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Zoe’s painting, Playing With Balloons
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Can she match the great Lowry? The amazing world of artist, Zoe
Major exhibition for painter who is deaf and suffers from autistic condition
A REMARKABLE exhibition of paintings by an artist who is profoundly deaf and suffers from Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism, is being held in Highgate next week.
Thirty-two-year-old Zoe Kakolyris creates vibrant, quirky paintings that have been compared to LS Lowry and Beryl Cook. Her work is said to belong to a “never-never-land” of fun and friendship and can sell for thousands of pounds.
Drawing on every day scenes, Zoe’s world is completely uninfluenced by any art movement, and critics say her work has humour, zest and natural rhythm. She has participated in numerous exhibitions and appeared on television.
Zoe, from Winchmore Hill, visited Buckingham Palace when one of her paintings was presented to Princess Anne in recognition of HRH’s work for the Islington-based National Autistic Society.
Dr Niki Katsaourni, cultural counsellor of the Cyprus High Commission, is among those who have praised her work.
The bodies of Zoe’s people are angular and bend in unusual ways. Despite the awkwardness of their movement critics have described a “feeling of happiness, calmness and strength which somehow manages to be encapsulated by them”.
George Hanrahan was Zoe’s art teacher and mentor at Tewin Water School for the deaf. He recognised her innate artistic talent and encouraged her to develop her unique style of painting.
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