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Artist, Ph.D. School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Special teaching staff, School of Visual and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

1984-1989: Bachelor's degree, Berlin University of the Arts (UDK, Universtät der Künste Berlin), Germany. His painting studies were accomplished under professor Gerhard Bergmann. He attended Professor S. Taijiri’s sculpture workshop and also the engraving workshops (etching, lithography, serigraphy).

1991: Master's Degree-Title of "MEISTERSCHULER" (U.D.K.), Berlin, Germany 

1994-2006: High School teacher of artistic courses. 
 

1996-2000: General Secretary elect of Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece, (V.A.A.N.G).
 

2000-2003: President elect of Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece, (V.A.A.N.G).

1999-2000: organized the Artistic Village "Sails’ colonies" in Samos with the participation of 15 international artists, funded by the Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace. Exhibitions were held in Samos, Xanthi, Thessaloniki and Limassol. 

1999-2003: organized students’ art workshops "Triovolon" in Naxos, Pomakochoria, Xanthi and Paphos, Cyprus funded by the Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace.

2000: won the 1st Prize in the Mixed Art category at the 6th International Miniature Biennale, in Milanovac, Yugoslavia. 

2002-2003: Director of the program of Supportive Teaching, Thessaloniki, Greece
 

2003-2007: Director of the Cultural Affairs in Secondary Education, Thessaloniki
 
2000-2007: Instructor of "Visual art courses I and II", School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

2015: Ph.D. at the Department of Architectural Design and Visual Arts entitled: "Sculptures of post-war Thessaloniki and the contemporary trends of public art interventions", School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
 
2012: organized the group exhibition "Art and Brain", an event for the Brain Awareness Week, at Alatza Imaret in Thessaloniki. 

2012-2014: organized and taught art workshops for immigrants and unemployed, at the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki 

2010-2021: curated Gallery Choros 18, Thessaloniki (www.choros18.com)
 

2013: organized the group exhibition "Re-art, re-cycle project", Goethe Institute in Thessaloniki
 

2014: organized the exhibition "Law and Art", Goethe Institute in Thessaloniki
 

2014: documentary film "Construction of an original ecological house by Roma of the Perea settlement", French Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece

 

2014: CAT Cologne conference of the International Art Meeting, "Citizens vs Work", Cologne, Germany

 

 2017: participated in the Eco Art program of the Organization of the European Capital of Culture, Paphos, Cyprus

He organized 36 private and he participated in 73 group national and international exhibitions.
 

Honors - Prizes - Scolarships

Scholarship of Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) (German Academic Exchange Service), U.D.K. Βerlin, 1989
 

«Sail Colonies»: Financial support from the Macedonia-Thrace Ministry for the awarded project for the Artistic Village at the island of Samos with the participation of 15 international artists. Exhibitions were held in Greece and Cyprus, 1999
 

«Bottle I»: 1st Award at the mixed technique category at the 6th International Biennale of Micrography, Milanovats, Yugoslavia, 2000
Diploma "Ηonor Held", Association of Greek Artists, Athens, Greece, 2000

 

«Triovolon»: Financial support from the Macedonia-Thrace Ministry for the organization of students’ artistic workshops. The project was completed with School Students from Greece and Cyprus, 2001-2003
Sculptures at public spaces

 

"Interconnecting bottles", Conservatory of Ag. Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece,1999 
 

"Bottling sensations", Porto Valitsa, Paliouri, Chalkidiki, Greece,1999 
 

"Urban vessels", Cedefop, European Center for the Development of Vocational Training,Thessaloniki, Greece, 2001
 

"Planetleaves", "Αthens by Art", iron, Municipal Art Gallery of Athens, 2004 
 

"Medalion", Sculpture made of stained iron. It is placed at the central entrance of Olympics Sports Museum, May 2006 
 

"Active Filaments", Sculpture made of histological stains and biological specimens, Histology Hall, Laboratory of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2009 
 

"Chromosome kisses", A two-part stained iron sculpture. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2009 
 

“Birds” Port of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2012 
 

‘‘Are you walking’’, stainless, 15 m., Porto Valitsa, Paliouri, Chalkidiki, Greece, 2015 
 

“Seagulls”,stainless,2,20 x 1,50x 0,50m.private collection, Chalkidiki, Greece, 2016 
 

“Balancers” “Eco Art”, Paphos Cultur Capital City, Cyprus, 2017 

 

 

 

Private Exhibitions
French Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1993

Gallery Terrakotta, Thessaloniki, Greece 1994

Gallery Pliades, Athens, Greece, 1994

Artists' Initiative «Αmalgama», Thessaloniki, Greece, 1994
 

Macedonian Artists' Association "Art" Kilkis, Greece, 1995
 

Art Gallery «Astir», Athens, Greece, 1996
 

Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1996
 

«Ceremonies and Sequences», "Alli Poli", Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997
 

French Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1998
 

33rd Festival of "Dimitria", Municipality of Thessaloniki Greece, 1998
 

Art Gallery «Paratiritis», Thessaloniki, Greece, 2000
 

Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2000
 

European Center for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), Thessaloniki, Greece, 2001
 

Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2002
 

Gallery 7, Αthens, Greece, 2002
 

Gallery Newspapers, Mykonos, Greece, 2002
 

Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004
 

Basilica Cistern (Cistern Yerebatan), Istanbul, Turkey, 2004
 

Baths "Paradisos", Bey Hamam, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2005
 

Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
 

«Kittaro», performance & installation, Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
 

«Take Seats», Olympic Sports Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
 

«Kittaro», performance & installation, Hellenic Centre, London, UK, 2007
 

Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2007
 

Griechische Kulturstiftung, Greek Foundation for Culture, Berlin, Germany, 2008
 

"Chorika +", Performance, State Museum, Port of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2008
 

«Colonies», Ormo Sanat Gallery, Instabul, Turkey, 2009
 

“Sleepwalkers”, Gallery Choros 18, Thessaloniki, 2012 
 

“Sleepwalkers”, gallery “Artis Causa”,  Thessalonki, 2012
 

“Emigrand Wings”,(Loutra Paradisos, Bey Hamam), installations, Thessalonki, 2012
 

“Humandrawings”, gallery “Artis Causa”,  Thessalonki, 2015
 

“Sillent Naratives”, French Institute Thessaloniki, 2017
 

“Sillent Naratives”, gallery Chiaki Kamikawa, Paphos Cyprus, 2017
 

“Synapsis”, Villa Petridi Thessaloniki, 2018
 

“Temple”, Alatza Imaret, Thessaloniki, 2019
 

“Silent narratives”, Chalkos Gallery, 2023


 

Group Exhibitions
Klasse Bergmann, UDK, Berlin, Germany, 1986
Participation in F.B.K. Berlin, Germany, 1987, 1988 & 1989
Print of Stone and Copper, UDK, Berlin, Germany, 1988
Ballhaus Naunynstr., Βerlin, Germany, 1989
«Griechishe Kreise», "Greek circles", Station Schlesisches Tor, Βerlin, Germany, 1990
Exhibition of International Amnesty, Goethe institute, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1990
"Three Young Artists", Vellidio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1991
27rd Festival of "Dimitria", Municipality of Thessaloniki Greece, 1991
Gallery Ochra, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1991
"Greek Engravers" Bratislava, Slovakia and Athens, Greece, 1992
Exhibitions VAANG, Luxemburg and Bonn, Germany, 1992
Katsigras museum, Larissa, Greece, 1993
Museum Modern Art, Νis, Servia, 1994
«Natura morte», Art Group Elasma «Elasma», Modiano Market, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1995
International engraving Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan, 1995
«Land Art», Quarry Asvestohori, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1995
Art Athina 3, Athens, Greece, 1995
«Art and Environment», Greenpeace, Art Gallery Milos, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1995
«Artists from Thessaloniki», Lemasol, Cyprus, 1995
Group Elasma, Port of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1996, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1996
Artistic Meeting, Neoria, Chania, Greece, 1996
"The seas I have travelled" Porto Karas, Chalkidiki, Greece, 1996
«Aspects of Post-war Art at Thessaloniki», Cultural Capital City of Europe 1997
"Pictor", Alatza Imaret, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997
1st Inter-Balkan Symposium, Group "Elasma", Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997
«De Valigia», Railway Station Thessaloniki Cultural city, '97, Greece, Belgrade Serbia, Budapest Hungary, 1997
Group Elasma, EPASKT Athens, Greece, 1998
"Greek House" VAANG, Stockholm, Sweden, 1998
"Artistic - Literary Parallelisms" Gallery Aenaon, Thessaloniki, Athens and

Corfu, Greece, 1998
5th European Festival of Arts, ECOUCHE, France, 1999
"1999 Roads", Video 1', Cultural Capital, Weimar, Germany, 1999
«Cheap Art», Gallery "Epikentro", Athens, Greece, 1999
«Discovering a Nation: "Modern Art in Balkans" Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia, Bucharest;Thessaloniki , 1999
"Biotechnology exhibition" Port Apothiki Gama Thessaloniki, Greece, 1999
"The Planet Art", Cape Town, South Africa, 1999
«Engraving 1997-2000», Engraving center «Ilios», Thessaloniki, Greece, 2000
1st Triennalle of Engraving, Pieridis Art Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2000
6th International Biennale of Miniature Art Milanovac, Yugoslavia, 2000
5th International Biennale of Engraving Belgrade, Thessaloniki, Athens; 2000
"Malta", International Festival, Poznan, Poland, 2001
Griechische Kulturstiftung, Greek Foundation for Culture, Berlin, Germany, 2001
"Labyrinth", Group "Elasma", Vafopoulio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki; Greece, 2001
1st Inter- Balkan Exhibition for Modern Micrographic Art, National Museum of Modern Art,  Thessaloniki Greece, 2002
Kodra Camp, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003
Gallery "Nylon'' «4 Greek Artists", Istanbul, Turkey, 2003
«Art Athens», Athens, Greece, 2003
"De Valigia", «Kunstwerk Krastal", Austria, 2003
«Transformations», Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003
3rd Festival of Greek-Turkish Friendship, Alexandroupoli, Greece, 2003
"Light Between", Gallery Dianna, Athens, Greece, 2003
"Conversations", Macedonian Museum of Modern Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004
«Athens by Art», Municipal Art Gallery of Athens, Greece, 2004
1st International Turkish Arts Biennalle, Ankara, Turkey, 2005
2nd International Art Biennalle, Millennium House, Beijing, China, 2005
Gallery Dipolo, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
Gallery Ianos, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
Art District", International Festival of Poznan, Poznan, Poland, 2006
"Nylon Group", Biennalle Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2007
Festival "Legambiende", Italy, 2008
G11 Gallery, Berlin, 2009
9 Dimensions, Choros 18, Thessaloniki, 2011 
Red Line, Choros 18, Thessaloniki, 2012
Alatza Imaret, International week of Neuroscience, Thessaloniki, 2013 
Frames of Mind, Choros18, Thessaloniki, 2013
Art Athina, Athens, 2014
Artis Causa, Thessaloniki, 2015
In Red, Cultural Center Casa Bianca, 2015
Art fair Thessaloniki, 2016
“Eco Art”, European Cultural Capital Paphos Cyprus, 2017
Memoirs of Memory »Museum of Thessaloniki Macedonian Struggle, 2018
“Ah”, Adasanat gallery, Istanbul, 2019
Memory & art, SKG Festival, Thessaloniki, 2019
“Aura”, Artists from Greece & Turkey, , Jeni Tjami, Thessaloniki, 2020
Art & Theater, curator M. Gonda, ancient Theater of Epidaurus, 2020
2020 Osten Biennale of Skopje, curator M. Gonda 2020

 

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