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Artist Statement

Lara Karasavvidis’ work is largely inspired by coastal landscapes, particularly the area around Port Fairy on Gunditjmara land, where she spends time each year. Her works move between representation and abstraction, with aspects of forms, colours, objects and textures pulled apart and put back together again. These contradictory spatial relationships suggest both closeness and distance as fragments of the landscapes are simultaneously seen from below and above, near and far, at night and during the day.
Mark making is essential to her practice. The physical expression of drawing, carving, etching and painting is a visible component of her work. The tactility of the mark is intended to be akin to the tactility of the landscape. She is interested in the layering or interplay between marks as they sit on the surface in different ways, an interest that began with her studies in printmaking.

Bio

Lara Karasavvidis is a Melbourne based artist who has a family home in Port Fairy where she spends time each year. It is this landscape that she returns to frequently in her practice as inspiration and as an antidote to life in the city.

She has worked as a secondary school art teacher for 15 years and has a passion for seeing young people find their voice through art. Since 2020 she has participated in a number of group shows and held a successful solo exhibition at Boom in 2023.