Zelia Resort Halkidiki

June 6, 2024

Place: Halkidiki, Greece

Year: 2024

Presenting The Zelia Resort Collection

Commissioned series of artworks on behalf of the amazing, new Zelia Resort, at Potidaia, Halkidiki.

Strongly connected with the 4 elements, this 5* hotel’s concept, is a constant interaction between the human and the earth, the salty sand and the summer breeze, the smell of the wet ground and the aura of nature.

This is why the mediums I selected for this extraordinary hotel are touchable, defined, earthy and textured.

A series of paintings that you can touch, feel and see, while traveling through their ribs, feeling comfortable and relaxed through their warm color palette.

Each artwork is unique, a different piece of earth, an ode to mother nature.

The collection consists of:

86 Artworks 90×70 cm
12 triptych 160×50 cm
A 3 meters height tree – sculpture for the lobby
A 3 meters triptych for the reception
Artworks for the lobby, the lounge and the spa areas

All artworks are mixed media created with acrylics, cement, sand, polyurethane, love and plaster.

Christina Michalopoulou

Making of the 98 artworks - Rooms & Suites

86 artworks for the hotel’s rooms and 12 triptych artworks for the suites were the main body of the commission, created for the Zelia Resort & Spa Hotel. All artworks were mixed media (acrylics, cement, stucco and sand) on stretched canvas.

Dimensions: 70×100 cm (single artworks), 50×160 cm (triptych)

The Zelia Resort Collection 2024 - Rooms & suites

Making of the Tree

The end of August found me climbing on a tree, trying to put leaves, acrylics and polyurethane in one solid piece.

This challenging installation, a 3 meters long sculpture – tree, was hand made for the Lobby lounge area.

16 tubes of polyurethane, a pack of cement, sand, tones of acrylics, polypropylene fiber, stucco, 35 days (and nights) and a lot of energy were the main ingredients needed in order to bring this to life.

The Zelia Resort Collection 2024 - Reception, Lobby & Lounge Area

A 3 meters wall art installation for the reception area was also part of the Zelia Resort project. A hard-textured 3 pieces mixed media artwork with stucco, sand, acrylics, rust and a package of…. cannellonni pasta for the craters!

Dimensions: 310 x 130 cm

Finally, the Zelia Resort project was completed with the making of 2 more textured, mixed media artworks (Venetian stucco, cement, sand, acrylics) for the Lounge and Spa areas.

Dimensions: 110 x 110 cm each