Katerina Spilio
Katerina Spilio was born in Athens, Greece, emigrated here at the age of four and was raised in New York City. While attending Hunter College High School she began an apprenticeship in Byzantine iconography with her father (Rev. John Spilio), training in the creation of traditional Eastern Orthodox icons for churches. Ms. Spilio continued her education at New York University, Pace University, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design at The London Institute, and the New York City Art Students League.
Since 1987 as part of Byzantine Icons Studio/Byzantium Arts Studio, Ms. Spilio has created icons ranging from a sixteen foot Last Supper to miniatures five inches across. Her religious work is represented in churches and private collections in the United States. Ms. Spilio’s secular work is conceptual, symbolic, political, sometimes representational, and is not bound by the protocol of religious art. Her secular work is in private collections in the United States, England, and Greece. Ms. Spilio is also a decorative arts instructor at the Finishing Trades Institute of New York where she teaches our hardworking laborers. She is currently working for Evergreene Architectural Arts on a church restoration in NY City.
Commisions
- Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, Webster, MA 1976
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Vestal, NY 1977-78
- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Bridgeport, CT 1978-81, 2002, 2007, 2008
- Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Dayton, OH 1979-80
- Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, Westfield, NJ 1980-81
- Saint Irene Church, Astoria, NY 1984-85
- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Wyckoff, NJ 1986-87
- Evangelismos this Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 1985-90
- Transfiguration of Christ Greek Orthodox Church, Mattatuck, NY 1993-94
- Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, Middletown, NY 1995
- Koimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church, Brooklyn, NY 1990-97
- Club Fitness NY, Astoria, NY 2007
- Steven Weiss Studio, NY, NY 2007
- Portrait Commission Denner/Freed 2008
Exhibitions
- Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NY 1994-95
- Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
- Juror: Lisa Dennison, Deputy Director and Chief Curator Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY, NY 2002
- Donald Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY 2003
- New York Public Library 2005
