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“If I’m not sketching, then I’m not alive. It’s kind of a bloodline.”

In this conversation between artists Chris Christodoulou and Michelle Avison recorded during the COVID-19 2020 lockdown, Chris discusses his obsessive sketching practice and how drawing is fundamental to his life.


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How do I feel now?

This exhibition brings together new work – animation, drypoints, drawings and video projection – made in response to Odyssey, Chris’s 100m epic charcoal drawing.

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“They’re not simple images. They are about everything.”

Artist Chris Christodoulou grapples with the complexities of life in his epic drawing series Odyssey.

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Odyssey

Exhibition of large scale drawing and prints by Chris Christodoulou.

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Home

What is home? Chris Christodoulou searches for ‘home’ in the blurry, velvety lines of drypoint, as he obsessively draws from his dream diaries and his domestic environment.

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Drypoint

Using a sharp pointed tool like an etching needle, an image is scratched into a flat polished sheet of metal such as copper or aluminium. Plastic or card can also be used.

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“It’s like my own morse code, my own shorthand.”

From writing poetry on the underground to interpreting nightmares in drawing, Chris Christodoulou discusses his practice with Sarah Gillett in parallel with his 2019 exhibition, Home.

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Carborundum

Abrasive carborundum grit (silicon carbide) is mixed with acrylic medium or glue and painted onto a flat surface, such as plastic or metal.

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