Artist Bio

Victoria Anne Koursaros is a Philadelphia based artist. She received her Bachelor’s of Fine Art degree from the University of the Arts majoring in Illustration. Upon graduation, she worked in artist studios where she refined her technical skills and gained experience in oil painting, paper, and fabric conservation and preservation. She currently works as a freelance graphic designer and full time artist.

Her work is based on, or influenced by, art history, specifically the Baroque and Rococo era.

Artist Statement

I’ve always been drawn to the past. There was an unabashed embrace of beauty that I love and am fascinated by. An embrace which is I think is lacking in the modern era. The epitome of this for me is the late Baroque and Rococo era. The music, painting, and architecture all culminated in, what is for me, the height of beauty and harmony. It is an era generally overlooked but deserves to be seen.

My paintings usually start by using figures from old masters drawings or paintings. Then, as the painting progresses it begins to get its own narrative or feel through layers of paint or by changing certain design elements, creating something stuck somewhere in a dreamlike state between the past and present.