ELIAS HARISSIS

BIOGRAPHY

1957 Born in Greece Elias Harissis is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece He currently lives and works in Athens, Greece Education 1977-1982 Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece Graduated with honorary distinctions In addition to Fine Arts degree, Elias Harissis also holds University diploma in Historical and theoretical studies. Awards 1984 - International Award in Painting, silver medal, 15th Biennial of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt 1999 - Commemorative Diploma, Biennale Internazionale Del Arte Contemporanea, Firenze, Italy 2001 - Honorary Distinction in World Festival of Art on Paper, Bled, Slovenia 2010 – Parchemin d` Honneur 8`eme Modial de l`Estampe et de la Gravure Originale Triennale de Chamalieres. Exhibitions 2010 Triennale de Chamalieres, France Summa Arts, Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium 2009 Elias Harissis, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland 2007 Elias Harissis: Much in Little, Art_Act, Athens, Greece European Masters of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria 2006 Elias Harissis, Portraits of Collectors from Chania, Municipal Gallery of Chania, Greece Elias Harissis: The Colors of Iris, Freedom Park Art Center, Athens, Greece Summa Artis, Berlaymont, Brussels, Belgium Elias Harissis: Bathers, Ianos Gallery, Athens, Greece 2005 Elias Harissis: Art Expertise, Hellenic Cosmos Foundation, Athens, Greece Friends of the National Museum of Contemporary Art – Fund Raising, London, UK Elias Harissis: Summer Show, Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece 2004 Elias Harissis: paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece 2003 Elias Harissis: Shapes and Colors of the Psyche, Argo Gallery, Athens, Greece Elias Harissis: Coup de Coeur, Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece Elias Harissis: Every Monday, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens, Greece 2002 Installation: Poetic Step for the Poetry of Sylvia Plath-Education Society, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens, Greece Installation: Poetic Step for the Poetry of T.S. Elliot’s Waste Land-Education Society, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens, Greece Installation: Poetic Step for the Poetry of Pindar’s Pythioniki, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens Elias Harissis: All Fashioned, Visual Center of Contemporary Art, Larissa, Greece Elias Harissis: All Fashioned, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 2001 Elias Harissis: Christmas Exhibition, Domzale, Slovenia Art Athina #9, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens, Greece World Festival of Art on Paper, Bled, SloveniaElias Harissis: Search for a Face, Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens, Greece Elias Harissis: Paintings, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens, Greece Elias Harissis: Inviting the Gaze, Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece Greek Artists 1962, Research Center, Christie’s, Athens, Greece 1999 P+P=D, DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy Elias Harissis: The Blue in Lavrion, Diana Yullia Gallery, Technology Park, Lavrion, Greece Elias Harissis: Path II, Contemporary Visual Art Center, Larissa, Greece Elias Harissis: paintings, Athens Art Center, Athens, Greece 1994 Elias Harissis, paintings, Choros Art Studio, Neoria, Chania, Greece 1993 Elias Harissis: painting, Fayoum Gallery, Chania, Greece 1992 Elias Harissis: Painting Installation, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens Multum in Parvo, Skoufa 4 Gallery, Athens, Greece Elias Harissis: paintings, Ioannis & Efterpi Topalis Foundation, University of Patras, Greece 1991 Elias Harissis, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece 1990 Elias Harissis: paintings, Polyedron Gallery, Patras, Greece 1989 Elias Harissis: paintings, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece 1988 Elias Harissis: paintings, House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece Elias Harissis: paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece 1987 Ideal for Life: International Exhibition of Mail-Art, Vicenza, Italy SOS for Wine, L’Agricultura Elumpiente, International Exhibition of Mail-Art, Naples, Italy 1986 DEPAK, National Gallery, Athens, Greece Antinor Gallery, Athens, Greece 1985 Reminiscences – Transformations – Quests, National Gallery, Athens, Greece 1984 15th Biennale of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt 1983 Elias Harissis: Punk Painting, Desmos Gallery, Athens, Greece