2005 - Saloni M presents The Shades of Love

Connie Mitropoulos

Connie Mitropoulos has been exhibiting in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1985. She is represented in private collections in South Africa, Japan, USA and in both private and public collections in Australia such as the National Gallery of Australia and the Moreland Arts Collection. She has been a curator for many years and involved in Artist Run Initiatives such as The Women’s Gallery and Roar Studios in Fitzroy. Public Arts Project management includes a range of projects between 1998-2004 such as shopfronts/ARTFRONTS a series of exhibitions in retail venues in Glenroy & Coburg, and the outdoor Moreland Sculpture Show. Words become part of her exhibitions in the form of hand-made poetry books. Her poems and drawings were published in the 2003 Hellenic Writers Association of Australia’s journal called O LOGOS.

Connie Mitropoulos curated and exhibited in Saloni Mediterranean (1999) and Saloni M goes South (2000).

In Saloni M swims East (2003) she contributed drawings and poems to the website.

a fishbone kiss lend a hook remove that ripped flesh quality and amazing tackle to boot a necessary sprinkle of sugar n’ salt and we’re in familiar waters love soup

ABOVE WORKS (clockwise from very top):

fishbone kiss      (dry pigment on paper, 55 x 75cm 2004)
heartspeak      (dry pigment on paper, 75 x 55cm 1991)
the pomegranate passeth to Persephone's lips     (dry pigment on paper, 53 x 37cm 1991)
animate with fire         (dry pigment on paper, 55 x 75cm 1995)
hatching double       (dry pigment on paper, 55 x 75cm 2004)
snakedance     (dry pigment on paper, 120 x 80cm 1996)