COSTAS VAROTSOS

BIOGRAPHY

1955 BORN IN ATHENS , LIVES AND WORKS IN GREECE ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI, ROME UNIVERSITA DI PESCARA, ARCHITETURA FULLBRIGHT GRANT 1990-91, NEW YORK ELECTED PROFESSOR OF THE ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI IN 1999 PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 1978 MAURIC RENNAISSANCE GALLERY, PESCARA CENTRO CULTURALE COVERGENCE, PESCARA 1979 SPAZO-TEMPO ISIA, ROME-MAURIC RENNAISSANCE GALLERY, ,PESCARA 1980 CENTRO CULTURALE COVERGENCE, PESCARA 1981 GALLERY 2000,BOLOGNA 1982 DESMOS GALLERY, ATHENS 1983 CENTROSEI GALLERY, BARI DESTE FOUNDATION, SCULPTURE ''THE POET', NICOSIA, [PUBLIC WORK] 1986 DRACOS ART CENTER, ATHENS 1988 SCULPTURE 'THE RUNNER', OMONIA SQUARE, ATHENS [PUBLIC WORK] 1989 ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME 1990 MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, THESSALONIKI 'HORIZON', ARISTOTELOUS SQARE, THESSALONIKI [PUBLIC WORK] ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, ATHENS RUBEN FORNI GALLERY, BRUSSELS 1991 TOKYO ART EXPO, TOKYO GALLERY 3 ATHENS GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, MILANO INTERAMERICAN PLAZA 'ANELIXIS', ATHENS, [PUBLIC WORK] 1992 LEIMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK PAESAGIO CON ROVINE, CITY OF GIBELLINA, [PUBLIC WORK] ARTE ROMA, PALAZZO DI CONGRESSI, ROMA 1993 ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, ATHENS SPROVIERI GALLERY, ROME MYLOS, THESSALONIKI 1994 'THE RUNNER', ATHENS, [PUBLIC WORK] EUROPEAN CENTER OF CULTURE OF DELFI,'KLEPSYDRA', [PUBLIC WORK] 1995 GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, TORINO SCULPTURE 'SPIRA', EUROPEAN AND POPULAR BANK, NICOSIA, [PUBLIC WORK] LOLA NIKOLAOU GALLERY, THESSALONIKI SCULPTURE 'GLOBE', INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF THESSALONIKI, GREECE , [PUBLIC WORK] 1996 ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER,'ANTI-POP' SANI FESTIVAL, SANI, HALKIDIKI, GREECE 1997 ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME SCULPTURE 'THE POET OF CASACALENDA', COMMUNITY OF CASACALENDA, ITALY, [PUBLIC WORK] SCULPTURE 'UNTITLED', MC CORMICK CENTER, CHICAGO, [PUBLIC WORK] 1998 CASTELLO DI ROCCASCALEGNA, ITALY 'HORIZONS', MUHKA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ANTWERP, BELGIUM SCULPTURE 'HORIZON', AGIOS KONSTANTINOS, PYRGOS KORINTHIAS, GREECE, , [PUBLIC WORK] 1999 GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, TORINO SCULPTURE 'UNTITLED', P.ZZA BENEFICA, TORINO [PUBLIC WORK] LOS ANGELES INVITATIONAL, TOBEY MOSS GALLERY FIERA DI BOLOGNA 2000 C.GRIMALDIS GALLERY, BALTIMORE NATIONAL GALLERY 2001 ILEANA TOUNTA GALLERY, ATHENS THE FOUNDATION FOR HELLENIC CULTURE, NEW YORK UNTITLED, KREISEL ZURICHSTRASSE BUTZBERG, SWITZERLAND [PUBLIC WORK] 2003 UNTITLED, AGIOS IOANNIS RENTIS SQUARE, ATHENS [PUBLIC WORK] CONTIGUOUS CURRENTS, CITY HALL SQUARE, PALM BEACH , GARDENS, MIAMI, FLORIDA [PUBLIC WORK] UNTITLED, WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, WASHINGTON D.C., , [PUBLIC WORK] LA LUNA, PARCO CASILINO LABICANO, ROMA [PUBLIC WORK] UNTITLED, PARCO SCULTURE DEL CHIANTI, PIEVASCIATA (SIENA), ITALY 2004 LABYRINTH, ARCO 2004, MADRID, SPAIN ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, ATHENS 1979 CENTRO CULTURALE COVERGENCE, PESCARA, [PERFORMANCE FOTOFONIE] 1982 'EMERGING IMAGES', EUROPALIA’82 HELLAS I.C.C., ANTWERPEN, CURATED BY EFI STRUSA 1983 'EMERGING IMAGES', DESTE FOUNDATION, ATHENAUM INTERCONTINENTAL, , ATHENS, CURATED BY EFI STRUSA '7 GREEK-ARTISTS-A NEW JOURNEY', DESTE FOUNDATION, NICOSIA,'THE POET', , [PUBLIC WORK], CURATED BY EFI STRUSA 1984 SYST, RHODES 1985 NATIONAL GALLERY OF ATHENS MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF ATHENS DRACOS ART CENTER,'SIGNS OF CHANGE '80-NEW DIALOGUES' 1986 STOCKCHOLM, SWEDEN, CURATED BY VEATRIKI SPILIADI GALLERY 3 ATHENS, CURATED BY VEATRIKI SPILIADI BIENNALE OF YOUNG ARTISTS, THESSALONIKI 1987 PIERIDES MUSEUM, ATHENS PATRAS FESTIVAL, PATRA BIENNALE OF Sao Paulo 1988 'HYPER-PRODUCT', CLUB 22,ATHENS, CURATED BY HARIS KABURIDIS ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME MINOS BEACH, CRETE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM BORDERLINE, COMMUNITY OF MONTECICCARDO, ITALY MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF ATHENS PALLAS THEATRE, ATHENS, SCENOGRAPHY '4 CRITICAL REVIEWS', ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, ATHENS 1989 DESTE FOUNDATION, ATHENS, CURATED BY HARIS SAVOPOULOS 1990 EPIKENTRO ART CENTER, PATRA GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, [REALISMI], TORINO, , CURATED BY CECILIA CASORATI MINOS BEACH, CRETE ARTE LAGO, COMMUNITY OF VARESE, [PUBLIC WORK] ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, [REALISMI], ATHENS, , CURATED BY CECILIA CASORATI 1991 SPOLETTO FESTIVAL, SPOLETTO-INCONTRI D'ARTE 'DE EUROPA, ERICE, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA 'DE EUROPA', ATHENS 1992 'DE EUROPA', ROME, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA 1992 PAESAGIO CON ROVINE, MUSEUM OF GIBELLINA, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA MUSEUM OF CAGLIARI, SARDENIA C.GRIMALDIS GALLERY, BALTIMORE ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME NATIONAL GALLERY OF ATHENS, CURATED BY ANNA KAFETSI 1993 'THALATTA-THALATTA', PREMIO TERMOLI, TERMOLI HELIA, , CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA AVISTAMENTI, SPROVIERI GALLERY, ROME, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA AVISTAMENTI, VENICE BIENNALE OF VENICE, ITALIAN PAVILION 'GIBELLINA' CENTER OF FINE ARTS, MADRID, CURATED BY SANIA PAPPA ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME 1994 MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART OF NICE, ,'GLASS SCULPTURES', NICE BIENNALE DI SCULTURA, GUBBIO, ITALY INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF SCULPTURE AT DELFI, CURATED BY SANIA PAPPA 1995 MILIGMATA, NEES MORPHES GALLERY, ATHENS, CURATED BY SANIA PAPPA CONFIGURA 2,ERFURT GERMANY, CURATED BY KATERINA KOSKINA XLVI BIENNALE OF VENICE, PROJECT ARTELAGUNA, CURATED BY SIMONETTA GORRERI CONTEMPORANEAMENTE, NAPOLI, CURATED BY CECILIA CASORATI 1996 INEDITO OPEN '96,PREMIO BOCCIONI, LATINA, ITALY, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA ADICERE ANIMOS, CESENA, ITALY, CURATED BY ALICE RUBBINI TEMPI ULTIMI, 13TH BIENNALE OF ART OF THE CITY OF PENNE 1996-97,ITALY, CURATED BY LUCIA SPADANO AND PAOLO BALMAS CONTEMPORANEAMENTE, ILEANA TOUNTA CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART, , ATHENS, CURATED BY CECILIA CASORATI FUORI USO, PESCARA PREMIO GRINZANE,'CAVOUR', GIARDINI BOTANICI, HANBOURY, , LA MORTOLA, ITALY 1997 RICICLART, ROME, CURATED BY JULIANA STELLA 'LA MORGIA', COMMUNITY OF GESSOPALENA, ARTE NATURA, ITALY MONTROUGE-ATHENES, SALON DE MONTROUGE, FRANCE CITTA APERTA, CITY OF SANT' ANGELO, ITALY, CURATED BY RENATO BIANCHINI LA BELLA ADDORMENTATA, CITY OF SANT'ANGELO, ITALY, , CURATED BY RENATO BIANCHINI NEW SCULPTURE, C.GRIMALDIS GALLERY, BALTIMORE BIENNALE DE CETINIE, MONTENEGRO, YOUGOSLAVIA 1998 OPEN, LIDO OF VENICE, CURATED BY EFI STRUSA BIENNALE DEI PARCHI NATURA E AMBIENTE, INSTALLATION, PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI, ROME, [PUBLIC WORK] 1998 MATIERE EN EMOI, MONACO 1999 CUMA 4000,PARCO ARCEOLOGICO, CUMA, NAPOLI, [PUBLIC WORK], CURATED BY DOTT.SSA ELISABETH S. GLUCKSTEIN 48TH BIENNALE OF VENICE, GREEK PAVILION ART GALLERY WILLIAMS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, EASTON PENSYLVANIA,'JOURNEYS', CURATED BY MICHICO OKAYA SPAZI IN LUCE-DA CARAVAGIO A OLTRE FONTANA, CASTELLO CARLO QUINTO, , LECCE, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, BERLIN, CURATED BY ANNA KAFETSI HISTORY CENTER OF THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY HARIS SAVOPOULOS BIG, TORINO 2000 LOLA NIKOLAOU GALLERY, THESSALONIKI 2000 'HORIZON', INSTALLATION, NET ART 2000-NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SWITZERLAND, CHATEAU DE PRANGINS, CURATED BY FRIEDERIKE SCHMID 2001 ' LABIRINTO TRANSPARENTE', ACQUA POTABILE, COMMUNITY OF LAMEZIA TERME, ITALY, CURATED BY CENTRO ANGELO SAVELLI, [PUBLIC WORK] 'UNTITLED', IN NATURALMENTE, FOUNDATION VILLA BENZI ZECCHINI, , CAERANO DI SAN MARCO [TV], ITALY, [PUBLIC WORK] FRAGILE BEAUTY, OPEN 2001,LIDO-VENICE, ITALY 2003 BIENNALE OF BEINGING, BEINGING, CHINA PLACE AND FIGURE, MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF ATHENS, CURATED BY NTENIS ZACHAROPOULOS THE PIONEERS, MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY NTENIS ZACHAROPOULOS 1979 R.RIVORDA, IN CATALOGUE 'MAURIC RENNAISSANCE' 1980 PEPINO DE MIGLIO, PRESENTATION IN THE CATALOGUE 'CENTRO CULTURALE CONVERGENCE', PESCARA 1982 EFI STROUZA, IN THE CATALOGUE 'EUROPALIA-HELLAS '82', ICC, ANWERP EFI STROUZA, TEXT FOR THE EXHIBITION IN THE DESMOS GALLERY, ATHENS 1983 S.FIZZAROTI, IL GRECO VAROTSOS UN NUOVO UMANESIMO, IN 'PUGLIA' A.D'ELIA, L’AQUA DURA DI VAROTSOS, IN 'GAZETTA DI MEZZOGIORNO' 1984 EFI STRUSA, ART IN GREECE, IN 'FLASH ART’, NOVEMBER, P.152 THE WORK OF COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN 'DESIGN AND ART IN GREECE', N.15, P.193 1985 COSTAS VAROTSOS,'DESIGN AND ART IN GREECE', N.16 1986 GIORGOS TZIRTZILAKIS, EXCERTS FROM A CONVERSATION WITH VAROTSOS IN 'EIKASTIKA', N.51 POST SCRIPT, CATALOGUE OF THE DRACOS ART CENTER 1987 ISTOE Sao Paulo, O GREGO VAROTSOS, OCTOBER ELENI VACALO, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN GREEK ART MARIA KOTZAMANI, UTOPIA VERSUS REALITY, IN CATALOGUE OF SAO PAULO BIENNALE 1988 MARC BERCOWITZ, THE 19TH BIENNALE IN 'FLASH ART', OCTOBER CINO PATRONI, FONTANA TUMULATA IN 'LA NAZIONALE', N.279 ALEXANDROS XYDIS, 4 CRITICAL REVIEWS, IN CATALOGUE OF THE ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER THE RUNNER OF OMONIA SQARE, A CONVERSATION IN TO 'DENTRO' MICHALIS FAKINOS, ATTENTION: THE MESSAGE IS FRAGILE IN 'TA NEA', , AUGUST 27 1989 SANIA PAPPA, ART IN GREECE IN 'CONTEMPORANEA', APRIL NIKOS STATHOULIS, COSTAS VAROTSOS IN 'STATUS', JULY MIRIAM MIROLA, TOPOS-TOMES, IN FLASH ART, JUNE GIUBITA VILLA,IL SOFISTICATO GIOCO DELLA MATERIA, , IN 'LA REPUBLICA', MAY GIOVANI IOVANE, IN 'ART IN UMBRIA', N.19 TAKIS KUBIS, ARCHITECTURE-SCULPTURE: AAT THE LIMITS OF CONTRADICTION, IN 'TEFCHOS', N.1 HARIS SAVOPOULOS IN 'FLASH ART' INTERNATIONAL, 'THE RUNNER', , N.146, MAY-JUNE, MILANO 1990 PARASKEVI KATIMERTZI, IN 'TA NEA', MODERN AS AN ANCIENT GREEK, , JULY, 2,ATHENS TINA POLITI, HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING MAGICAL? IN TAHIDROMOS, , P.115, JULY, ATHENS DIETER RONTE, GRIECHISCHES GLAS, IN CATALOGUE 'MIRARAKI GALLERY- -GALLERY 3',P.5, ATHENS CECILIA CASORATI, IN EFFETO REALE, IN ARTI N.1, REALISMI, ATHENS 1991 CECILIA CASORATI, COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN CATALOGUE, GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, P.5, TORINO COSTAS VAROTSOS, GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, IN 'FLASH ART', N.164, MILANO CECILIA CASORATI, COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN 'TITOLO', N.7, DEC-JAN, PERUGIA 1992 CECILIA CASORATI, COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN 'ARTE FACTUM', SEP-NOV, P.17, , ANTWERP 1993 ZOE KOSMIDOU, DOSSIER ATHENS-GREECE, IN 'SCULPTURE', MAY-JUNE, P.23, , NEW YORK 1994 NIKOS DASKALOTHANASIS, PLUS 7 EQUAL 13 YOUNG GREEK ARTISTS OF NINENETIES, IN 'THE ART MAGAZINE', N.3, P.20, JANUARY, ATHENS 'SCULPTURES DE VERRE', CATALOGUE TEXT, BY KATERINA KOSKINA, , GIORGOS TZIRTZILAKIS, MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN, NICE APRIL-JUNE 1995 'DIALOG DER CULTUREN', CATALOGUE TEXT, IN CONFIGURA 2,ERFURT, JUNE-SEP COSTAS VAROTSOS, CATALOGUE EDITED FOR THE XLVI BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, PROJETO ARTELAGUNA, OPERE D'ARTE PER LA LAGUNA DI VENEZIA.TEXTS BY A.B.OLINA, K.KOSKINA M.NIGRA,VAROTSOS,GALLERIA GIORGIO PERSANO,IN 'SEGNO', , N.140, P.34, MAY, ROME F.PIQUE, VAROTSOS, GALLERIA GIORGIO PERSANO, IN 'FLASH ART', , JUNE, MILANO A.B.OLIVA'S,'LEZIONI DI ANATOMIA IL CORPO DELL' ARTE, LOTTA GRECO-ROMANA, EDIZIONI KAPPA,ROME 1996 ALICE RUBBINI,LA CITTA CHE SALE,IN 'SEGNO',N.151,P.40,NOV,ROME 1997 SARAH TANGUY, TEXT IN 'SCULPTURE', SEPTEMBER, WASHINGTON JOHN DORSEY IN 'THE SUN', SCULPTURES CATCH THE LIGHT AND THE EYE, , APRIL 10,BALTIMORE ROBERTA BOSCO,'SE L' ARTISTA VA ALLA MONTAGNA, IN VERNISSAGE, , SEPTEMBER, TORINO 1998 ROGER PIERRE, LES HORIZONS TRANSPARENTS DE COSTAS VAROTSOS, ,LA LIBRE BELGIQUE, JUNE 3,BRUSSELS ZOE KOSMIDOU, LA MORGIA OF COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN 'SCULPTURE', , MAY-JUNE, NEW YORK EFI STROUSA, TEXT IN THE CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION, OPEN, , LIDO OF VENICE PEAKABLUE, WALL PAPER, 1999 COSTAS VAROTSOS, CATALOGUE EDITED FOR THE 48TH BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, GREEK PAVILION.TEXTS BY A.KAFETSI, FLORENT BEX, A.B.OLIVA 2000 FRIEDERIKE SCHMID, THE ENERGY OF A SPACE, IN 'THIS SIDE UP', N.3, SPRING, LEENDE, THE NETHERLANDS 2001 VAROTSOS, CATALOGUE EDITED BY 'THE FOUNDATION FOR HELLENIC CULTURE'. TEXTS BY A.B.OLIVA,A.BELLINI,M.SKALTSA GREEKMUSEUM, MILITOS EDITIONS, BY MANOS STEFANIDIS, P. 476,477,478,479, , ATHENS 2003 SARAH EISENHAUER, IN THE PALM BEACH POST, ART ON A GRAND SCALE COMES TO GARDENS, JUNE 21, P. 1,2, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA 2004 BOB BRINK, ART IN THE OPEN, THE PALM BEACH ILLUSTRATOR, P. 128, JANUARY, PALM BEACH, FL SEGNO MAGAZINE, MOSTRE E MUSEI, P. 20, N. 195, MARCH-APRIL 1979 ARTE CONTRO, BY PEPINO DE MIGLIO, RAI 3, [ITALIAN TV] 1980 TALKING ABOUT ART, BY PIETRO MARINO, RAI 3 1983 INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY MARIA KARAVIA, GREEK TV, DIR. EMIRZAS 1985 COSTAS VAROTSOS A YOUNG SCULPTOR, BY VEATRIKI SPILIADI, GREEK TV 1986 FINE ARTS, INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY MARIA KARAVIA, GREEK TV, DIR.EMIRZAS 1988 RUNNER, BY ANTONIS BOULOUTSAS, ATHENS TV 1989 THE EXHIBITION OF COSTAS VAROTSOS IN ROME, BY DIMITRIS DELIOLANIS, GREEK TELEVISION 1990 THE WORK OF COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY ANDREAS PAGOULATOS, GREEK TELEVISION, DIR. M.PLAITAKIS 1994 INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY E.KRIKONI, GREEK TV 1995 PRESENTATION OF COSTAS VAROTSOS AND HIS WORK [PART OF A FILM DEDICATED TO ATHENS TODAY], Z.D.F. BERLIN, BY D.KOSTOPOULOS 1996 INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY K.ZACHAROPOULOU, SEVEN-X TV, VIDEO 'ART AT THE HILTON', DIR. G.KONTOSPHIRIS INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, [LA MORGIA], BY K.ZACHAROPOULOU, , SEVEN-X TV VIDEO 'LA MORGIA', DIR. SHARON PEASLEE-LIZA XYDIS, PRODUCTION S.PEASLEE-LIZA XYDIS 1997 'THE POET OF CASACALENDA', PRODUCTION 'FOTO KEREM' 1999 VIDEO 'SLICES OF LIGHT', DIR. S.PEASLEE, PRODUCTION SHARON PEASLEE- LIZA XYDIS 1979 'THOUGHTS ON THE VIEWS OF LIAM HUDSON' IN SPAAC MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 1980 'ART IN REVERSAL', SPPAC MAGAZINE, MAY 1987 'THOUGHTS ON THE RELATION BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE', IN DESIGN AND ART IN GREECE 1988 'CHANGING SPACE-TIME RELATIONS SINCE THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY', IN MODERN-POST MODERN, SMILI EDITIONS