HECTOR MAVRIDIS

Sculptor

BIOGRAPHY

1988 Hellenic Cultural Organization, Chicago, U.S.Á. 1992 Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, Greece. 1994 “In Awe of Solidity”,Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1994 ORT- ArtSpace, Wuppertal, Germany. 1994 “Earth, Fire, Water, Time,” Epikur Gallery, Wuppertal, Germany. 1996 “Entropy or I Was Informed That I Know”, Gallery 111, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1999 “On a Paper’s Edge”, French Institute of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. 2000 "Up side down, the way is the same", Artforum Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. SELECTED GROUP SHOWS 1985 N.E.I.U. Art Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A. 1986 Evanston Arts Centre, Evanston, U.S.A. 1990 Sotos Art Gallery,Thessaloniki, Greece. 1992 Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1993 Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1994 Galeria D'Art "Villegas", Barcelona, Spain. 1995 Gallery 111, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1995 “Art for the Environment” Mylos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1995 “Cultural Spring”, Ptolemaeda, Greece. 1996 “Balkan Dreams,”Xanthi, Greece. 1996 “Three Mediterranean Artists”, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A. 1996 Terracotta Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1997 “De Valigia”Thessaloniki,Belgrade,Budapest, train stations, Cultural Capital of Europe Project. 1997 “Threat”, Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1997 “Wall Paintings”, Photography Center , Thessaloniki, Greece. 1997 Armos Art Gallery, Serres, Greece. 1997 “Art in Thessaloniki after the 60’s”, Cultural Capital of Europe show, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1997 Art Gallery of the Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1998 “New Acquisitions Show”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1998 Vicky Drakos Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1998 Vicky Drakos Contemporary Art , Athens , Greece. 1998 Makridis Art Space, Demetria Art Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1998 The Greek House of Culture, Stockholm, Sweden. 1999 “Autism Horizons”, Vafopoulio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1999 Alatja Imaret, Millennium show, Thessaloniki, Greece. OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS 1992 Co-founder of “Amalgama” Artist Initiative and Co-op Gallery. Active member until 1997. 1992 “Greek-German Art Symposium, Nea Fokea, Greece. 1993 International Art Festival Nea Fokea, Greece. 1994 “The Almond Grove” Nea Redestos, Greece (land art project). 1994 Art Symposium: 2. Kunstwoche in Schmerwitz, Schmerwitz, Germany. 1994 Interkultur Festival, Wuppertal, Germany. 1995 “The Quarry” Asvestohori, Greece (land art project). 1998 Co-founds an artist group with the artists Alexandra Katsiani, Nikos Krionidis, Demetre Lioliopoulos, Iordani Stilidis and Thanasis Hondros The group adopts a name according to the action/performance/ project etc undertaken. Thus : Box Office Hit / Society for the Restoration of the Vustrofidon Writing System.. The same year the group runs for mayor of Thessaloniki. The ticket’s /group;s name is IDIA POLI. PIXEL DEPTH (1999). 1998 “Idomeni Meeting Point”,Idomeni,Greece. 1998 S.O.F.A , Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago USA. BIBLIOGRAPHY