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Artist Statement:
‘Alcohol 2009-2010’
Catalogue 10/2010 ATHENS
Wishing to interpret a work of
art through a written text is
undoubtedly a difficult task
and I often wonder whether it
is even necessary.
A multitude of pages are
written every day all over the
world with the purpose of
explaining the existence,
necessity and worth of various
instances of artistic
expression. In and of itself,
this may trick the writer into
stating points of view that
grow out of the tendencies of
a particular era, out of a
stagnant aesthetic, out of
people who say one thing and
do another and, through this
process, give a nod of
approval to an “ego” that is
adventitious, selfish, and
falsely illustrated, while
they forget that the approach
to art requires poise,
profound knowledge, simplicity
and honesty.
Considering the speed with
which, in the past few years,
legions of artists have
surfaced, the parameter that
is used to measure the art
trade as carried out by
certain people who view their
artistic work as shares in a
unique yet nonetheless
effective stock market, and
whose sole purpose is
financial gain, is an actual
fact and, as far as many are
concerned, lawful in a...
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Artist Galleries:
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou,
Athens, Greece
Astrolavos Art Galleries,
Athens & Piraeus, Greece
Efimerides Gallery, Mykonos,
Greece
Gallery Chrysa, Katerini,
Greece
Trigono Gallery,
Kifissia/Athens, Greece
ArtSpace, Santorini, Greece
Minima Gallery, Mykonos,
Greece
Natasa Lavda Galleries,
Athens, Paros, Greece
Art Gallery Athanassia
Peftoulidi, Alexandroupolis,
Greece
Periplanissi Art Space,
Glyfada/Athens, Greece
Morfi ...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Collections - Museums:
Athens, Greece, The American
College of Greece Art
Collection
Athens, Greece, Meli&<225;
Residence Giorgio Hotel
Collection
Athens, Greece, Vorre's Museum
Athens, Greece, Camper’s
collection
Barcelona, Spain, Fundaciün
Joan Mirü, Parc de Montjuic
Bremen, Germany, HANSA
Dienstleistungs - und
Vertriebs GmbH
Brussels, Belgium, BP Oil
Europe
...
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Vassilis Karakatsanis:
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Solo Exhibitions
2010
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou, Athens, Greece
2009
Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
Art Galleri,Alexandroupoli, Greece
2008
ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou, Athens, Greece
2007
Galerie Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
Atrion, Heraklio/Crete, Greece
Architecture Studio Zoe Antoniadi, Athens, Greece
2006
Galerie Christina Karella, Athens, Greece
Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
Lucia Vassiliadis, Patmos, Greece
Trigono Gallery, Kifissia/Athens, Greece
2005
Galerie Zita-Mi, Thessaloniki, Greece
Astrolavos Art Galleries, Athens, Greece
ArtSpace Gallery, Santorini, Greece
2004
Galerie Minima, Mykonos, Greece
Silogi 12, Spetses, Greece
2003
Epoches Art Gallery, Kifissia/Athens, Greece
Cycladian Pinacotheque, Hermoupolis/Syros, Greece
Galerie Minima, Mykonos, Greece
2002
Galerie Argo, Athens, Greece
Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
Galerie Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
2001
Epoches Art Gallery, Kifissia/Athens, Greece
Chrysa Art Gallery, Katerini, Greece
Prisma Art Gallery, Livadia, Greece
1999
Galerie Minima, Mykonos, Greece
Asaya, Glyfada/Athens, Greece
Espace Kreonidis, Athens, Greece
Galerie Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
Pantarei Art Seminyak, Kuta/Bali, Indonesia
Galerie Scorpios, Trikala, Greece
Galeria Berruete Regoyos, Madrid, Spain
1997
Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
Galerie Amimoni, Ioannina, Greece
Kreonidis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Vicky Dracos Contemporary Art, Portes, Athens, Greece
1996
Kreonidis Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
Kreonidis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Art Gallery Hermoupolis, Hermoupolis/Syros, Greece
Galerie Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
1995
Galerie Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
1994
Art Gallery Hermoupolis, Hermoupolis/Syros, Greece
1993
Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Galerie Desmos, Heraklio, Greece
1992
Loulaki Gallery, Hydra, Greece
Vicky Dracos Contemporary Art, PDR, Athens, Greece
1991
Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Galerie K7, Thessaloniki, Greece
Villa Eolos, Mykonos, Greece
Galerie Titanium, Athens, Greece
1990
Galerie K7, Thessaloniki, Greece
Galerie Opsis, Mykonos, Greece
European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece
Galleria Fontanella Borghese, Rome, Italy
1989
Galerie Gisela Bollhagen, Kunstcentrum Alte Molkerei, Worpswede/Bremen, Germany
Galerie Meissner, Kempinski Atlantic, Hamburg, Germany
To Trito Mati Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
1988
Loulaki Gallery, Hydra, Greece
1987
Municipal Gallery, Corfu, Greece
Epoches Art Gallery, Kifissia/Athens, Greece
Trigono Gallery, Kifissia/Athens, Greece
1986
Galerie Artio, Athens, Greece
Galeria Joan Oliver, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1985
Iakinthos Art Gallery, Kifissia/Athens, Greece
Municipal Gallery – Museum of Modern Greek Art, Rhodes,Greece
1983
Instituto Cultural Espanol, Reina Sofia, Athens, Greece
1982
Instituto Cultural Espanol, Reina Sofia, Athens, Greece
Participation in Art Fairs & International exhibitions
2010
16th Art Athina 10, ArtAZ, Athens, Greece
2009
15th Art Athina 09,Athens, Greece
Temporary Art Product Exchange (TAPE), Arnhem, The Netherlands
2007
11th Art Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
16th Europ’ART, Geneva, Switzerland
27th Stockholm Art Fair Stockholm,Sweden
2004
11th Art Athina 04, Athens, Greece
Diana Gallery, Athens - Epoches Art Gallery, Kifissia - Galerie Argo, Athens, Greece
2003
10th Art Athina 03, Athens, Greece
2002
Santa Croce in Fossabanda, Pisa, Italy
Terme Tamerici, Montecatini Terme, Italy
Castello Doria, Porto Venere, Italy
2001
Technopolis- Gazi, Athens, Greece
2000
Derek Johns LTD, London, England U.K.
1999
7th Art Athina 99, Athens, Greece
1994
8th International Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi,India
1991
BP Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1990
Sotheby’s, New York, U.S.A
BP Oil Europe, Brussels, Belgium
1988
Soviet Artists Cultural Union, EETE, Moscow, Russia
1987
Organization of the Port of Piraeus, OLP, Piraeus, Greece
EETE, (Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece), Sofia, Bulgaria
1986
Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
E & C Department, La Vella, Andorra
1985
Itinerant exhibition of FPPU (Familiares de Presos Politicos Uruguayos) Foundation of Montevideo, Uruguay in Thessaloniki & Heraklio, Greece - Lausanne, Bern & Geneva, Switzerland - Uppsala & Stockholm, Sweden – Montreal, Canada - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil- Caracas, Venezuela - Paris, France
1983
La Lonja, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
1982
8th Bienal Internacional del Deporte en las Bellas Artes, Palacios de Exposiciones de El Retiro,Madrid, Spain
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