Kalliopi Lemos: A Tide of Roses : Works from the New Insights series (2025–26)

19 March – 16 May

A Tide of Roses brings together new paintings and key sculptures from the career of Greek artist Kalliopi Lemos, exploring memory, mythology, and the female body across the passing of time.



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  • Works from the New Insights series (2025–26)
     
    A Tide of Roses brings together new paintings and key sculptures by Kalliopi Lemos, exploring memory, mythology, and the female body across the passing of time.

    The series of watercolours on paper, New Insights (2025–26), takes as its point of departure rose petals gathered by the artist and observed in her studio. Rather than faithful still life studies, these luminous and radiant paintings are improvised and shift towards abstraction, encompassing a wide range of colours and hues, from saturated bruise-reds to fresh yellows and greens. Petals dissolve into pigment; colour opens into a field of light.
     
  • About Kalliopi Lemos , (B. 1951; Greece)

    About Kalliopi Lemos

    (B. 1951; Greece)

    Kalliopi Lemos (b. 1951) is a Greek-born, London-based sculptor, painter and installation artist. Lemos pursued graduate and post-graduate studies at Byam Shaw School of Art, London. In addition, Lemos has studied the art of Ikebana for 15 years, introducing her to a distinctive approach in the use of materials and the awareness of space. Over the past decade, her works have explored the narrative of existential journeys, displacement and forced migration. Lemos creates site-specific public installations and films with a focus on human rights and female oppression, challenging the viewer and encouraging reflection and discussion. Lemos has exhibited extensively at international venues and festivals, including Brandenburg Gate Pariser Platz, Berlin (organised by The Akademie der Künste); 13th Istanbul Biennial (parallel programme); Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens; Musée nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration, Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris; Spitalfields Market, London; Galleria Continua, Les Moulins; The Crypt Gallery, St. Pancras Church, London; Frieze Sculpture, London; Biennial D’Autun, France; Dordrechts Museum, The Netherlands; and NEON, Athens. Lemos’ work is in collections including Onassis Cultural Foundation, New York; Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul; British Museum, London; and the V&A, London. Current and permanent public displays include Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Westersingel Sculpture Terrace, Rotterdam; Benaki Museum, Athens; the American School of Classical Studies in Athens; Bilgi University, Istanbul; and the Turkish city of Çanakkale.