Panayiotis Kalorkoti (born 11 April 1957,

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) is a British artist. He works primarily in acrylics and

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, and has also produced drawings,

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and monotypes. His work is figurative and features bright colour, economic use of line and makes use of collage, whilst referring to

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, abstraction and

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Early life

Kalorkoti was born in

in 1957. He was raised in a poor family and moved to the United Kingdom in 1966. He became a British citizen in 1974. He studied at Newcastle upon Tyne University (1976–80) and the

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(1982–85).

Career

Kalorkoti's work has been shown at the Imperial War Museum, London, National Portrait Gallery, London, and National Garden Festival, Gateshead. He has worked on major public projects, such as a residency at

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, Cumbria and has been

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for the

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and has won fellowships,

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and commissions. He was appointed the official war artist for the Falklands War.''The female form by Tamzin Lewis, The Journal''
/ref>''An Artist 'Who Paints in Poetry' EXHIBITION: Kalorkoti by Judith Bumpus, Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)''
/ref>''Shedding Light on the Face of Art by Lucy Bell, Coventry Evening Telegraph''
/ref> Kalorkoti has been a part-time visiting lecturer at a number of art schools and won a Netherlands Government Scholarship (1986–87). He was appointed a Bartlett Fellow in the Visual Arts at Newcastle University in 1988 and was artist in residence at Cleveland County in 1992.

References

External links

Official websiteBritish CouncilImperial War MuseumArtnetTyne & Wear MuseumsBritish Library
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