When Flo Dinis Klopries was a small girl living in her hometown Porto, Portugal, near the exciting Atlantic coast she often had this feeling of boredom on long and hot summer days because she had no siblings and most of her friends were gone to spend summer holidays with their families elsewhere in other parts of the country.

So to flee this rather unpleasant feelings she would draw a lot, sing all kinds of songs aloud (neighbours were used to it and seemed even to like it or at least they found it somehow funny!), write poetry, play LEGO or play around with her dog, read lots of books and try to dance like a ballerina, which as she says herself, she definitely didn´t master! But who cared? These activities were seen by her as something normal like a daily routine, like eating or sleeping.

And so it went on year after year! As far as she can remember art in all its different forms has always been first of all a precious company you can always count on, a way of feeling alive and of communicating with others in a spontaneous way, expressing deep feelings and sometimes it even offered consolation when things got hard! This profound attachment to arts allows her even today to express her inner world in everyday life but especially in times of difficult crisis. When the world becomes too much to bear, art offers a quiet space of introspection, freedom, truth, consolation and peace.

A field of lively authentic exploration and of bold dreams. Along the way she has found inspiration in the work of so many brilliant artists like da Vinci, van Gogh, Fra Angelico, Cézanne, Matisse, Turner, or nowadays, Anselm Kiefer,... musicians like Bach, Haendel,Vivaldi, Mozart... and so, so many other great artists, poets, interpreters, dancers, who through their creative paths enrich our lives day by day with their work and their unique personalities and visions! Like them Flo hopes to inspire others with her artwork and perhaps one day with her life.

Flo Dinis Klopries is a female interdisciplinary contemporary artist born in Porto, Portugal, and currently living and working at the french/german border. Her academic and artistic training spans multiple disciplines, including fine arts, philology, and music - reflecting her relentless pursuit of knowledge and self expression- each leaving an indelible mark on her creative output.

Her foundational studies in classic painting techniques and her later immersion in modern and abstract art practices laid the groundwork for her stylistic versatility. Under the tutelage of several renowned visual artists she acquired the discipline and precision associated with old master techniques, while also embracing the experimental spirit that defines contemporary art.

This duality is a hallmark of her work, allowing her to traverse a spectrum of styles and themes with remarkable fluidity. Her dynamic oeuvre, at once enigmatic and profoundly resonant, is situated between figuration and abstraction – blurring the line between both but emphasizing abstraction over representation – wants to build a bridge between the inherited past, her subjective vision of the present and her own exploration of what might be the future.

The influence of her mentors from the Moscow Art Academy (now living in France!) is evident in her technical precision, while her abstract explorations owe much to her engagement with modernistic aesthetics. She is an artist who does not shy away from complexity, embracing it as a necessary aspect of both creation and existence. Her work invites viewers into a space of reflection, where the tactile and the transcendental converge, and it is as much about emotion as it is about form - both the product of her spontaneous feelings and emotions and the philosophical reflections of her intellect.

Her preferred subjects are the timeless exploration of the human condition between the universal and the personal, the abstract and the concrete, but also i.e. the dipicting of the fleeting beauty of natural spaces aiming to underline their eternal qualities. Dinis Klopries art is deeply informed by her sense of place. Her landscapes are not mere representations but emotional cartographies, mapping the interplay of internal and external worlds. Nature serves as both a mirror and a catalyst for human emotion.

Flo Dinis Klopries is not content to simply depict the world. She seeks to capture its essence, to distill its fleeting beauty into something eternal. Her exploration of themes like fragility, resilience and the passage of time resonates deeply in our contemporary moment offering a space for reflection and renewal where the tactile and the transcendental converge.

In a world increasingly dominated by spectacle and immediacy, Dinis Klopries´art stands as a counterpoint. It reminds us of the enduring power of painting as a medium for profound expression. Her career is marked by regular exhibitions in Paris participating in prestigious international salons such as Art Capital/Salon des Artistes Francais, the Salon d´Automne ou le Salon des Beaux-Arts de la Société National des Beaux-Arts,... These venues, stepped in history provide the perfect context for her artwork.

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