A minute with Katerina Stavrou Visual Artist

Where do you live?
Larnaca with my husband and daughter.

What did you have for breakfast?
Two cups of coffee. I’m definitely not a morning person.

Describe your perfect day
Pretty simple to be honest. Making art in the morning and spending time with my family in the evening. I really enjoy play time with my daughter.

Best book ever read?
Sapiens: A Brief History of Human Kind, it helped me understand a lot about humanity.

Best childhood memory?
Baking my birthday strawberry cake every year with my mom.

What is always in your fridge?
Milk for my daughter and tonic for my gin.

What music are you listening to in the car at the moment?
Disney hits, whatever my daughter feels like singing! Alternative rock if I’m driving alone.

What’s your spirit animal?
I have no idea!

What are you most proud of?
Creating my own business from scratch, ARTiS art platform, where I teach and practice art.

What movie scene has really stayed with you?
The ending scene from Requiem for a Dream. Actually the whole movie.

If you could pick anyone at all (alive or dead) to go out for the evening with, who would it be?
I would love to meet Kahlo for drinks or have a session with Freud.

If you could time travel when/where would you go?
New York after World War II where abstract expressionism was born and contemporary art thrived. Hang out at The Cedar Tavern with the De Koonings, Rothko, Pollock and others.

What is your greatest fear?
Literal: snakes.
Abstract: time.

What would you say to your 18-year-old self?
Nothing. My life turned out great, I wouldn’t want to interfere in any way!

Name the one thing that would stop you dating someone
Only one? I have a list that took years of bad dating to create! If I should choose one I guess that would be narcissism.

If the world is ending in 24 hours what would you do?
Hold my baby girl in my arms for 24 hours.