Haven to artists of all types for generations, Hydra provides a unique natural setting and community in which to create.
The Artists
Nunes’s entire life has been a transgression between two very different realities, each evolving deeply around his art. His style of painting doesn’t start with an idea or a concept. Rather, he paints straight onto the canvas without drafts or subject. Often in a semi-conscious state, undefined, his work emanates from an urge, an impulse, something irrational. Nunes’s instincts take control in such a way that he is no longer the master of the brush. Nunes’s live painting performances with the Kharkiv State Opera Orchestra and Ballet Theatre have attracted global attention, and his works are on permanent display in the Council of Europe. He has also exhibited at Christie’s and the National Portrait Gallery in London. Born in Lisbon, with his early childhood years spent in Africa, he now lives and works in London.
Gianna Dispenza earned her BFA in sculpture from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2014 and completed her MA in painting at the Royal College of Art in 2020. Her work has been showcased internationally, spanning the USA, UK, Italy, France, South Korea, and Lebanon, including prestigious institutions like the Victoria and Albert Museum. Currently residing and working in London, Dispenza continues to captivate audiences with her emotionally charged and archetypal explorations.
Gianna Dispenza has taken part in numerous solo and group exhibitions locally and abroad. Gallery exhibitions and residencies include: In The Flesh, 2023, This is not a curated exhibition III, 2022 - 2023, Residency Num. 1, 2021, This is not a curated exhibition II, 2021 - 2022, VestArt, 2022, Who is Ramo (Project Room #1), 2021 Double like tata, 2020.
Aristeidis Lappas (b. Athens, 1993) lives and works in Athens. He studied for a BA degree at the University of West England, Bristol, UK. During this time he participated in an exchange programme with Academia De Belle Art, in Bologna, Italy. His work has been exhibited in: Body Thoughts, The Breeder, Athens (2021); Tenderness of a Cutting Sword, The Breeder, Athens, (2020, solo); Theorimata 2, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (2020, group); Polymorphic Entrancing Topos, P.E.T Projects, Athens (2019, solo); Part II, The Breeder, Athens (2019, group); Break Time Contemplations, Transformer, Washington D.C. (2018, group); From November 2020 until January 2021 he was a resident in St.A.I.R., Graz, Austria, and in the summer of 2021, in the Tryfon Art Residency, Lesvos, Greece. His work was part of the 7th Athens Biennale Eclipse (2021). He is represented by The Breeder, in Athens.
Wesley Eberle (b. 1978) is an American painter and sculptor based between London and the Greek island of Hydra.
Eberle’s work explores the space between figuration and abstraction. His practice is characterised by the use of thick, expressive brushstrokes, deep layers, heavy impasto, and a vibrant palette. Rooted in the tradition of American abstract expressionism, his colour field paintings draw on everyday inspirations, feelings, relationships and emotions and have garnered a devoted following among collectors throughout Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States.
He has participated in numerous exhibitions across the UK and Europe and celebrated his first major solo show in London in 2023. Held at the House of St Barnabas in Soho, it featured eight large-scale oil paintings and one bronze sculpture, sharing the stage with solo exhibitions by esteemed artists Brian Eno, Helen Beard and Alvaro Barrington.
His long career in political and communication consulting shapes his work and fuels his exploration of contemporary culture and the rapidly changing ways in which we perceive ourselves and the world around us.