KOSTIS

BIOGRAPHY

Kostis Georgiou was born in 1956. He presently lives and works in Athens, Greece. 1982-1986: Painting and sculpture at the University of fine arts in Athens with Pr. Mytaras,Pr. P. Panouryias and Pr. D. Kokkinides. 1985-1986: Royal College of Fine Arts in London with Professor Peter de Francia 1982-1988: Worked as stage designer in theatre and for the Greek television (ERT) 1988-1991: Taught painting and scenography at the L. Stavracos school of cinema in Athens SOLO EXHIBITIONS-SELECTION 2004 FYROM MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - FYROM 2004 "AGATHI" GALLERY - ATHENS 2004 NIEDERHAUSER GALLERY LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND 2004 COVALENCO GALLERY HOLLAND 2004 ART POINT GALLERY BELGIUM 2003 PNYKART FOUNDATION PIRAEUS 2003 GALLERY ERMOS, THESSALONIKI 2002 CARTEL GALLERIES GRANADA - SPAIN 2002 COVALENCO GALLERY - THE NETHERLANDS 2002 TITANIUM GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 2001 KOUROS GALLERY NEW YORK - USA 2001 NIEDERHAUSER GALLERY LAUSANNE - SWITZERLAND 2001 CARTEL GALLERIES - GRANADA - SPAIN 2001 MORPHI GALLERY - LEMESSOS CYPRUS 2001 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR - ART ATHINA 9 - ATHENS - GREECE 2000 GALLERY K LONDON - ENGLAND 2000 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR LINEART 2000 (ART POINT GALLERY) GHENT - BELGIUM 2000 COVALENCO GALLERY - THE NETHERLANDS 1999 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR ART ATHINA 7 - (EIRMOS GALLERY) ATHENS - GREECE 1999 AGATHI GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1999 TITANIUM GALLERY - ATHENS GREECE 1999 MORHI GALLERY - LEMESSOS - CYPRUS 1999 ARTE+SUR - FERIA INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO (Honorary partisipation) SPAIN 1998 CARTEL GALERIES MALAGA - SPAIN 1998 EIRMOS GALLERY THESSALONIKI 1998 CARTEL GALERIES GRANADA - SPAIN 1998 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR LINEART 98 (BLUE POINT GALLERY) GHENT - BELGIUM 1998 TITANIUM GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1998 BARBARA VON STECHOW GALLERY FRANKFURT - A.M GERMANY 1998 FERIA INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO DE BALEARES (Honrary participation) - SPAIN 1998 FERIA INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO DE ANDALUSIA - MALAGA - SPAIN 1997 OLGA GEORGANDEA GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1997 INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR ARCO - MADRID SPAIN - SCULPTURE 1996 RHAPSODY OF THE PRESENT - SCULPTURE - TITANIUM GALLERY ATHENS - GREECE 1994 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF TODI - PALAZZO PONGELLI - ITALY 1993 NIEDERHAUSER GALLERY - LAUSANNE - SWITZERLAND 1993 UNO - PALAIS DE CONGRESS (Honorary participation) GENEVA- SWISS 1993 GALLERY K - LONDON ENGLAND 1993 EIRMOS GALLERY - THESSALONIKI - GREECE 1993 TITANIUM GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1992 CATRIN ALTING GALLERY - ANTWERP - BELGIUM 1992 CIEL GALLERY - TOKYO - JAPAN 1992 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR TOKYO ART EXPO - TOKYO - JAPAN 1991 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR LINEART 91 - GHENT - BELGIUM 1991 SADLER WELLS THEATRE LONDON - ENGLAND 1991 GALLERY K - LONDON - ENGLAND 1990 TITANIUM GALLERY ATHENS - GREECE 1986 EIRMOS GALLERY - THESSALONIKI - GREECE 1986 ZYGOS GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1984 ASTIR PALACE GALLERY - RHODES GREECE 1984 ORA GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1981 NEPHELI GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1980 CULTURAL CENTER OF THESSALONIKI 1979 KYKLOS GALLERY - THESSALONIKI - GREECE 1978 KYKLOS GALLERY - THESSALONIKI - GREECE 1975 EDESSA CULTURAL CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER 1974 GOETHE INSTITUT - THESSALONIKI - GREECE GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2005 "HYOGO PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART" - KOBE - JAPAN 2004 "KOSMOPOLIS" - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART - MONI LAZARISTON - THESSALONIKI 2004 "AGONON POLIS" - TRACKS IN MODERN GREEK PAINTING - TECHNOPOLIS - GKAZI - MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS - ATHENS 2004 "BOHNAMS" - GREEN SALE - LONDON 2004 ABSOLOUTE AMERICANA MUSEUM-GALLERY, FLORIDA USA 2004 CITY OF THE RACES ATHENS GREECE 2004 MODERN ART MUSEUM OF SKOPJE 2002 RHODES MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - RHODES - GREECE 2001 TOULOUSE LAUTREC - THE MYTH OF THE WOMAN. ( Framed by the exhibition, the Myth of the woman in contemporary Greek painting) MUSEE D - ART CONTEMPORAIN - FONDATION BASIL ET ELISE GOULANDRIS - ANDROS - GREECE 2001 CAESAREA GALLERY - BOCA RATON - FLORIDA - USA 2001 ART ESSENTIALS - CALGARI - CANADA 2001 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, ART TEXAS 2001 2001 THE BODY - VAFOPOULION CULTURAL FOUNDATION - GRECE 2001 SUMMER ASCENSION - YIAYIANNOS GALLERY- ATHENS - GREECE 2001 CONTEMPORARY GREEK ARTISTS - PIERIDES MUSEUM ATHENS GR 2000 ART 21 - LAS VEGAS - NEVADA - USA 2000 CAESAREA GALLERY - BOCA RATON - FLORIDA - USA 2000 GREEK SCULPTURE IN HOLLAND - COUZI GALLERY - HOLLAND 1999 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR - LINEART 99 - ART POINT GALLERY GHENT - BELGIUM 1999 FUTURE NO FUTURE - HOTEL DU VILLE - BRUSSELS-BELGIUM 1999 MORHI GALLERY - LEMESSOS - CYPRUS 1998 PARALLELS IN LITERATURE AND ART-DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS-DIMITREIA 98-THESSALONIKI BASILICA OF SAINT MARCUS - HERAKLION-CRETA 1998 BYZANTIUM AS A DRIVING FORSE - ATHENS - ZURICH - BRUSSELS 1997 MEDITERRANEAN ENCOUNTERS - NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DUBROVNIK (in collaboration with Greek ministry of culture and VORRES MUSEUM) DUBROVNICK - JULY - OCTOBER 97 1997 ARTESUR - ARTE CONTEMPORANEO GRIEGO - A TRIBUTE TO CONTEMPORARY GREEK ART - GRANADA - SPAIN 1997 X I INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF CULTURE - SKYRONION MUSEUM ATHENS - POLICHRONOPOULOS MUSEUM - KORINTH GR 1996 ATHENS-ATTIKI: PLANNING, INTERVENTION, PROJECTS FOR A VIABLE DEVELOPMENT- MODERN GREEK SCULPTORS - (dp. Of Environment, planning and public works) ZAPEION MEGARON - ATHENS 1995 GREEK SCULPTURE- GREEK CENTER OF PRODUCTIVITY - ATHENS 1995 TRIBUTE TO DOMINICOS THEOTOCOPOULOS - NATIONAL GALLERY OF GREECE- ATHENS 1995 BRITAIN IN GREECE- FRIENDS OF THE NATIONS - ATHENS - LONDON CONTEMPORARY GREEK ARTISTS - NATIONAL GALLERY OF RHODES - GREECE 1995 PSYCHOANALYSIS OVER COLOR - TITANIUM GALLERY ATHENS - GR 1995 STILL LIFE IN GREEK PAINTING 1949 - 1995 EIRMOS GALLERY THESSALONIKI - GREECE 1995 INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR-ART ATHINA 3 - EIRMOS GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1995 HONORARY PARTICIPATION IN THE XXI TODI FESTIVAL - ITALY 1994 VOLKSWAGEN GROUP COLLECTION - TITANIUM GALLERY ATHENS 1993 XX PREMIO DI SULMONA INTERNAZIONALE - MUSEO CIVICO - PALAZZO DELL - ANNUNZIATA (1st PRIZE) 1993 CONTEMPORARY TENDENCIES IN GREEK PAINTING - GIORGIO DE CHIRICO MUSEUM - VOLOS - GREECE 1993 OSAKA TRIENNALE 93 - OSAKA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OSAKA - JAPAN (SPECIAL AWARD) 1993 ART 93 - BUSINESS DESIGN CENTER - LONDON - ENGLAND 1992 EIRMOS GALLERY - THESSALONIKI - GREECE 1992 CONTEMPORARY TENDENCIES IN GREEK PAINTING - COTOPOULI MUSEUM - ATHENS - GREECE 1992 CIEL GALLERY - TOKYO - JAPAN 1992 CATRIN ALTING GALLERY - ANTWERP-BELGIUM 1992 NEW BP COLLECTION - BP GALLERY - BRUSSELS - BELGIUM 1992 ART PUZZLE - ZAPPEION MEGARON - ATHENS-GREECE ART PUZZLE - MUNICIPAL CULTURE CENTER OF ATHENS 1992 NOCTURNAL PASSAGE - TITANIUM GALLERY - ATHENS-GREECE 1992 EUROPEAN CONTEMPORARY ART - MITO CITY - JAPAN 1991 GALLERY K - LONDON - ENGLAND 1991 GREEK ARTISTS IN INTERNATIONAL ART CENTERS - TITANIUM GALLERY - ATHENS-GREECE 1991 VICKY DRACOS CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART - ATHENS GR 1991 SUMMER 91 - TITANIUM GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1990 YOUNG EUROPEAN ARTISTS - BP GALLERY - BRUSSELS - BELGIUM 1990 OSAKA TRIENNALE 90 - OSAKA - JAPAN 1990 GREEK ARTISTS IN INTERNATIONAL ART CENTERS-TITANIUM GALLERY - ATHENS-GREECE 1990 SUMMER 90 - TITANIUM GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1990 COLOR AND EXPRESSIONISM - MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF CALAMATA - GREECE 1990 TRIBUTE TO BOUZIANIS - MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF ATHENS - GR 1989 6+6 TRIBUTE TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION - ATHENS-NIMES - PARIS 1989 THE FACE AS A MASK - CASES OF GREEK EXPRESSIONISM PATRAS CULTURAL CENTER - GREECE 1988 CONTEMPORARY GREEK ARTIST - MOSCOW MUSEUM - USSR 1987 PANHELLINIC EXHIBITION OF MODERN ART - OLP - PIREAUS GR 1986 SYNOPSIS 86 ZYGOS GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1983 GREEK ART - MUSIC CONSERVATORY - ATHENS - GREECE 1982 NEPHELI GALLERY - ATHENS - GREECE 1980 KYKLOS GALLERY THESSALONIKI