
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Take it all in, let it all out 3
2020
Oil and acrylic on canvas
72 1/4 by 72 1/4 in. 183.5 by 183.5 cm.
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Untitled
2019
Oil and acrylic on canvas
66 by 64 in. 167.6 by 162.6 cm.
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Untitled
2019
Oil, acrylic and mixed media on canvas
87 by 57 1/2 in. 146.05 by 220.98 cm.
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Untitled
2019
Oil, acrylic and mixed media on canvas
64 1/2 by 84 in. 213.36 by 163.83 cm.
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Untitled
2019
Oil, acrylic and mixed media on canvas
72 by 48 in. 182.88 by 121.92 cm.
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Seamless Minions
2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas
84 by 65 in. 213.36 by 165.1 cm.
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Untitled
2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas
134 by 88 by 1 1/4 in. 340.4 by 223.5 by 3.2 cm.
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Extended head space
2018
Oil and acrylic on canvas
84 by 66 in. 213.36 by 167.64 cm.
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Soft Bone Slumper
2017
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79 by 63 in. 200.66 by 160.02 cm.
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Installation view of Soft Bone Journey at Armada, Milan, 2017
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Installation view of Soft Bone Journey at Armada, Milan, 2017
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Installation view at White Columns New York, 2016
GERASIMOS FLORATOS
Installation view at White Columns, New York, 2016
b. 1986, New York
Lives and works between New York and Kefalonia, Greece
A first-generation Greek-American and native New Yorker, Gerasimos Floratos grew up quite literally at the center of the city in Times Square where he continues to keep a studio. The vibrant dynamism of this milieu is evident in Floratos’s paintings and sculptures, where he draws from the constant yet ever-changing nature of his surroundings to create pictorial abstractions populated by what the artist calls “characters.” Through these amorphous figures—formed from tropes of the city’s denizens—Floratos examines the psycho-spatial architecture of a globalized world from a highly localized perspective. Floratos’s paintings are known for their vivid palette and assertive brushstrokes layered on top of collaged elements and richly textured canvases.
Gerasimos Floratos was born in 1986 in New York. He currently lives and works between New York and Kefalonia, Greece. Recent solo exhibitions of his work include Bismuth at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York (2020); There's a sidewalk inside this gut at Tanya Leighton, Berlin (2019); Slangwich Motel at Schloss, Oslo (2018); 1977 at Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens (2018); Soft Bone Journey at Armada, Milan (2017); Big Town at Pilar Corrias Gallery, London (2016) and White Columns, New York (2016), where the artist had his first solo New York exhibition.
All images © Gerasimos Floratos.