Born in Athens in 1976
Since 2018 he is Assistant Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts
He is the writer of the book The Ethnocentric Discourse in Modern Greek Art (in greek, Asini editions, 2022).
Studies:
2010–2021: PhD, Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Economicand Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
2006–2008: MA in Visual Arts, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece.
1999–2000: Painting, Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee, Germany (Erasmus/ Socrates student exchange program).
1996–2002: Painting (Y. Psychopedis studio) and Printmaking (G. Miliosstudio), Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece.
Solo shows:
2023: Flashbang, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece.
2016: y.st.rd, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece.
2014: PANK!, Action Field Kodra 2014 (curated by Anthi Argyriou, Panagis Koutsokostas & Dimitris Michalaros), Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece
2010: The Room, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece
2006: Bingo, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece
Other exhibitions – solo presentations:
2022: On the ground, Porfyriada School, East End Samos Art Festival, Karlovasi, Samos, Greece
2014: Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor (Proposal for a mural), Action Field Kodra 2014 (curated by Anthi Argyriou, Panagis Koutsokostas & Dimitris Michalaros), Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece | Imprints, Collages & Decollages, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece
2008: Disintegrated land, Jam Jar Gallery, Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE (with Nikos Papadimitriou)
Participation in Group shows (selection):
2024: Nikos Alexiou – The Collection, Benaki Museum – Pireos Str., Athens, Greece (curated by Polina Kosmadaki & Yorgos Tzirtzilakis) | The other side of history, Islahane, Thessaloniki, Greece (curated by Efi Michalarou)
2023: Vanitas: Stories of the hereafter, MOMus – Museum of Contemporary Art – Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections, Thessaloniki, Greece (curated by Yannis Bolis) | Parallel Lives, Kalamata Dance Megaron, Kalamata, Greece (curated by Artemis Potamianou) | Travelers, Hotel Erato, East End Samos Art Festival, Karlovasi, Samos, Greece | 29th Ploes: “Anthropon Astea”, Petros and Marika Kydoniefs Foundation, Andros, Greece (curated by Athena Schina) | ROI, Synoikismos, Chalandri, Greece (curated by Panagiotis Daramaras, Ira Papadopoulou, Dimitris Halatsis) | Back to Athens 10 International Art Meeting 2023: Geometry of Rational, individual installation in Isaiah Mansion, Athens (org. by Georg Georgakopoulos, Fotini Kapiris, Christian Rupp) | The construction of concepts and things, To Pikap, Thessaloniki, Greece (curated by Giorgos Divaris)
2022: This Current Between Us, Historic Steam Electric Power Station of PPC in Neo Faliro, Greece (curated by Panos Giannikopoulos and Georgia Liapi, organized by Eleni Kalara – Blow Up) | Incarcerations, Dromokaiteio Psychiatric Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece (curated by Dimitris Trikas) | Writing and Reading II, “Tatiana Dimou” Cultural Center, Patras, Greece |Interpretations, The Asia Minor Culture Museum of Egaleo |The Revival of the Stones, Fortified Complex of Troupakides – Mourtzinoi in Old Kardamyli, Messenia, Greece (curated by Stella Christofi) catalog | Burn in, Synoikismos, Chalandri, Greece (curated by Panagiotis Daramaras & Ira Papadopoulou) | Resilience / Compassion, Athens Municipal Art Gallery, Athens, Greece (curated by Katerina Koskina, Efi Kyprianidou, Myrto Voreakou) | Rebetiko, Athens Municipal Art Gallery (curated by Christoforos Marinos) / Open-ended, Zoumboulakis Galleries (curated by Georgia Liapi)
2021: Greek Revolution: 200 Years After, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens, Greece (surated by Erato Chatzisavva & Yannis Bolis, coordinated by Ekfrasi- Yianna Grammatopoulou Art Gallery) | Gender Melancholia, The Project Gallery, Athens (curated by Faidra Vasileiadou & Thanos Makris) | Iera Polis / I – eromeni, Salt Museum, Messolonghi, Greece (curated by Naira Stergiou & Eriphyli Veneri aka Comotirio) | Ammophila vol.2 “Under the Burning Sun”, Elafonisos School, Elafonisos Island, Greece (curated by Evi Roumani) catalog
2019: a.O.-b.c. (AfterOlympics-beforecrisis): An audiovisual diary, Former Library of the Athens School of Fine Arts & State of Concept, Athens (curated by Iliana Fokianaki) | Allowed, House of Cyprus, Athens (curated by Lina Tsikouta) | Lands of Creation: A tribute to Metsovo, E. Averoff Art Gallery, Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza Foundation, Metsovo, Greece (curated by Lina Tsikouta) | Forthcoming 2, Space 52, Athens, Greece (curated by Dionisis Christofilogiannis) | The Collection as an Automation, with the students of the 8th studio of painting of ASFA Olga Vlassi, Thanos Kardoulas & Katerina Messini and in collaboration with the photographer Giannis Asvestas, ACG Art Gallery, Deree-The American College of Greece, Athens, Greece (curated by Elpida Karaba)
2018: PhotoBiennale 2018: Capitalist Realism,Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece (curated by Penelope Petsini) | The Fortress, Fortress complex of Troupakis-Mourtzinos, Kardamili, Greece (curated by Theodoros Zafeiropoulos) | Democracy, Eptapirgio-Gienti Kule, Thessaloniki, Greece, org. by the State Museum of Contemporary Art (curated by Yannis Bolis & Aikaterini Kousoula) | Acropolis at the Bottom,“Nikos Kessanlis”Gallery, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece (curated by Katerina Nikou) | The Memory of Revolution: Contemporary Greek Artists, coordinated by State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki and the Athens School of Fine Arts, “Nikos Kessanlis”Gallery, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece and Municipal Gallery of Larissa-G.I. Katsigras Museum, Larissa, Greece (curated by Yannis Bolis) | Cultures, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece | Once Upon a Time, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece | I look at you, 11th Annual International Festival of Art & Mental Health, trii art hub, Athens, Greece (curated by Nikos Kanarelis, coordinated by K.S.D.E.O “EDRA”)
2017: Transcending Time, Athens, Greece (coordinated & curated by Connectiva) | Retroactive, Action Field Kodra, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece (art. director Kleomenis Kostopoulos) | Pause, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece | The Memory of Revolution: Contemporary Greek Artists 100 Years after the October Revolution, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki, Greece (curated by Yannis Bolis) | Face to Phase: Performative Exhibition, “Nikos Kessanlis” Gallery, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece (concept & curation Tzeni Argyriou & Vassilis Gerodimos) | Black Beauty, STOArt Korai-Exhibition Space of Ethniki Insurance (curated by Yannis Psychopedis) | See if you can fit it on the paper, U.F.A.P Gallery, Athens, Greece (curated by Matina Charalambi)
2016: Paradise, Pirée, Piraeus, Greece (curated by Giorgos Vavilousakis)
2015: It’ all Greek to me, Hallway Galleries, Toronto, Ontario Canada (curated by Artemis Potamianou and Julie René de Cotret) | The Symptom 6: Rims and Frontiers, The Symptom Projects, Delphi Archaeological Museum, Delphi, Greece (curated by Evangelia Ledaki) | Magic Carpet Ride: San Francisco Rim sculptors Meet Athenian sculptors, Ekfrasi-Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery, Athens, Greece [curated by Kati Casida (SanFransisco), Michalis Arfaras & Kornelios Grammenos (Athens)] | Curious Artefacts, ArtWall, Athens, Greece (curated byBecky Campbell) | Luminous Flux: Reflected overlays on locative norms, Kornilaki Building, Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece (coordinated by Campus Novel) | The Babel Fragments: Revisited, metamatic:taf, Athens, Greece (curated by Alexis Fidetzis) | Aporimata, Karolos Koun Art Theatre (Theatro Technis), Athens, Greece (curated by Evangelia Ledaki)
2014: The Minimum Structure: Scenes of a hut, Romantso, Athens, Greece (curated by Apostolis Artinos) | RefugeProjectII-Testimonials, Subterranean WWII Bunker in Adamantas, Milos, Greece (curated by Nikos Podias & Maria-Andromachi Chatzinikolaou) | Fever of the Antique, Association of Greek Archaeologists, Athens, Greece (curated by Evangelia Ledaki) | PRE-TEXT, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece (curated by Dimitris Antonitsis, Katerina Nikou & Ileana Tounta) | Evolution2/ Skins, ArtWall, Athens, Greece (curated by Fotini Kapiris) | In his Underground Island, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece | Block-Spots & Metrologos, Owl Art Space Athens, Greece
2013: Narratives of the Material, Contemporary Art Meeting Point, Athens, Greece (curated by Lina Tsikouta) | Shining Through, Zone-D, Monastiraki, Athens, Greece (curated by MarkNoll) | Out of Paper, Tint Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece | Springs and Sources, Apoikia, Andros, Greece (coordinated by Leda Kazantzaki & Campus Novel) | State of Mind, Lo & Behold, Supermarket Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden and Art-Athina 2013, Athens, Greece (curated by Nikos Papadimitriou) | Refuge project, Subterranean WWII Bunker in Adamantas, Milos, Greece | From Athens with Spontaneous Love_ A Spontaneous Project, Studio Visits, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany (curated by Vasileia Stylianidou) | Casa Amalia, Former Hospital of Amfissa, Greece and Salon de Vortex, Cheapart, Athens, Greece (curated by Apostolis Artinos) | Journey to the End of Night, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece
2012: Love Shelters and Various Love Stories, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece | Sanatorio project, Athens University Museum, Greece | Big City, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece | ArtA Topographies, Municipal Gallery of Arta, Greece | Holidays in Greece_ A performative installation, Studio Visits, Neukölln, Berlin, Germany (curated by Vasileia Stylianidou) | Rooms to art, Panepistimiou Str. 64, Athens, Greece (curated by Georgia Voudouri)
2011: Epekeina: The Intermediate Space, Cultural Centre, Municipality of Athens, Greece (curated by Theofilos Tramboulis) | METart Moves, 23 Graduates of Master Course of Visual Arts, The Factory, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece | Everything that Melts into Air is Solid, Elika Gallery, Athens, Greece (curated by Galini Notti) | Sanatorio project, G. Karamanis ruined sanatorium, Chania, Pelion, Greece | The Symptom of the Place, Amfissa, Greece (organized and curated by The Symptom Projects)
2010: Cabinets of Miracles, Zone-D & Zoumboulakis Galleries, Ag. Eirinis Sq., Athens Greece (curated by Polyna Kosmadaki & Christophoros Marinos) | Conversation piece, Tint Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece | Oasis en Aoasi, Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos, Megara, Greece (curated by Panos Famelis & Dimitris Michalaros) | The Sound of Color, The Athens Concert Hall (facade), Greece (curated by Yannis Psychopedis)
2009: Head Start, Eleftherias Park-Art Centre, Athens, Greece (curated by Anna Chatzinasiou & Alexandra Ikonomou) | TOWER-TOWER: Nikos Alexiou-The Collection, Bazeos Tower, Naxos, Greece (curated by Nikos Alexiou) | Carteblanche VII-SALIGIA, Booze Cooperativa, Athens Greece
2008: Games without frontiers, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece (curated by Thanos Stathopoulos)
2007: ProTaseis / Meatspace, Action Field Kodra, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece (curated by Christophoros Marinos) | Trans-mission, Kardamyli, Greece (curated by Marina Lagou) | Common Place III-Urban Legends, Epi Kolono Theatre, Athens, Greece (curated by Marina Lagou) | 12 Young Visual Artists, Athens Municipal Cultural Centre “Melina Merkouri”, Greece (curated by Leda Kazantzaki) | Metropolis, Athens Municipal Gallery, Greece (curated by Yannis Psychopedis) | The Golden Age, a.antonopoulou.art, Athens, Greece and Art Space Hermoupolis, Syros, Greece | Dreams Come True, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece (curated by Iris Kritikou) | Untitled Installation in Elefsina, Greece, during the EASA007 (in collaboration with the Urban non Profit Company “Kormoranos”)
2006: Crossing the Borders: Visual Arts in Greece, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (curated by Thanasis Moutsopoulos) | Fata Morgana: Visual Approaches to the Poetry of Nikos Kavvadias, Benaki Museum-Pireos Str. Annex, Athens, Greece (curated by Yannis Psychopedis) | Metropolis, Barry Raisin Storehouse, Patras-European Capital of Culture 2006, Greece (curated by Yannis Psychopedis) | From To: Athens, Paris, Cairo, Athens Municipal Cultural Centre “Melina Merkouri”, Greece | The Space is Into the World, Alma Theatre, Athens, Greece
2003: Chromatic Printing, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece (curated by Yannis Psychopedis)
2002: Renaissance-Recycling, Tériade Museum (during the Third Summer Academy of Theatre-National Theatre of Greece), Mytilene, Greece (curated by Eleni Varopoulou)
2001: Zoological Gardens, Museum of Modern Art (during the Second Summer Academy of Theatre-National Theatre ofGreece), Florina, Greece (curated by Eleni Varopoulou) | 9, Ersi Gallery, Athens, Greece | Landscape of Writing, General Confederation of Greek Workers, Athens, Greece (curated by Yannis Psychopedis) | Body, Motion, Writing, action during the 30th Book Fair, Athens, Greece | A Different Exhibition Hall, I.S.A.P. Metro Station Pireaus, Greece
Curatorial–Collaborative project:
2020: Theorimata 2: On history, AICA Hellas (proposed artist: Kostas Tsolis), National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, Greece
2018: Theorimata 1: Deductive and Axiomatic Systems, AICA Hellas (proposed artists: Giorgos Gyparakis, Vengelis Gokas and Nikos Kanarelis), National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, Greece
2016: Identifying Loss,The Symptom Projects, Old Hospital of Amfissa, Greece (in collaboration with Niki Papaspirou) catalog
2015: Yiannis Theodoropoulos, Es–Optron 03: Inert Elements, Museum of Delphi Festivals–Angelos and Eva Sikelianos Museum, Delphi, Greece catalog
2013: Member of the curatorial team of AGORA, the 4th edition of the Athens Biennial
2011: Reference / Representation, Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece (in collaboration with Vangelis Gokas, Vassilis Vasilakakis & Christos Ventis–producted by Zone–D) catalog | The Symptom of the Place, The Symptom Projects, Amfissa, Greece (in collaboration with Apostolis Artinos & Margarita Kataga)
2011-2018: Co–founder and co–organizer (together with Apostolis Artinos) of the contemporary art platform The Symptom Projects (www.thesymptomprojects.gr), in Amfissa, Greece. The activities of the platform are carried out in two cycles: “The Symptom”, which mainly includes annual contemporary art group showsand “Es–Optron”, which is a series of annual photography exhibitions. The exibitions are accompanied by theoritical symposiums, workshops,literature and experimental music events. So farthe platform has carried out the following exhibitions and presentations:
2018: The Symptom 8- Garden Variations: From outside to inside and vice versa, Former Hospital of Amfissa, Panourgias’ house, the Archaeological Museum of Amfissa, houses, public spaces, gardens and private courtyards in Amfissa, Greece (curated by Fay Zika & Nikos Papadopoulos) catalog | The Folk, Panourgias’ House, Amfissa, Greece (curated by Apostolis Artinos) catalog
2017: Tourism, Former Hospital of Amfissa, Greece (curatedby Elpida Karaba & Glykeria Stathopoulou) catalog | Es–Optron 05–Picture this, Panourgias’ House, Amfissa, Greece (curated by Niki Papaspyrou)
2016: The Symptom 7– Identifying Loss, Former Hospital of Amfissa & Delphi Archaeological Museum, Amfissa & Delphi, Greece (curated by Kostas Christopoulos & Niki Papaspirou) catalog | Lizzie Calligas, Es–Optron 04–Creasing a Breath, Amfissa, Greece (curated by Apostolis Artinos)
2015: The Symptom 6– Rims and Frontiers, FormerHospital of Amfissa & Delphi Archaeological Museum, Amfissa & Delphi, Greece (curated by Evangelia Ledaki) catalog | Yiannis Theodoropoulos, Es–Optron 03– Inert Elements, Museum of Delphi Festivals–Angelos and Eva Sikelianos Museum, Delphi, Greece (curated by Kostas Christopoulos) catalog | Screening of the film, which was shot by Eleni Fetta for the documentation of the art exhibition Failure, Platform Project @ Art–Athina 2015, Athens, Greece
2014: The Symptom 05– Failure, Former Hospital of Amfissa, Greece (curated by Theodoros Zafeiropoulos) catalog | Christos Chryssopoulos, Es–Optron 02–My mother’s Silence, Alexandros Delmouzos’ House, Amfissa, Greece (curated by Apostolis Artinos) | Maria Lianou, Condition: Diving Board, Platform Project @ Art–Athina 2014, Athens, Greece
2013: The Symptom 04- The Transparency of Sex, Former Hospital of Amfissa, Greece (curated by Apostolis Artinos) catalog | Es–Optron 01 – CasaAmalia, Former Hospital of Amfissa, Greece and Salon de Vortex, Cheapart, Athens, Greece (curated by Apostolis Artinos)
2012: The Symptom 03- To the Limits of Togetherness, Former Hospital of Amfissa, Greece (curated by Kostis Stafylakis) catalog
2011: The Symptom 02- The Symptom of the Place, Charmaina, Amfissa, Greece (curated by Apostolis Artinos, Kostas Christopoulos & Margarita Kataga)
Founding member of the artist–run non–profit organization Lo & Behold
2001–: Founding member of the artistic collective ‘Filopappou’ (www.omadafilopappou.info), participating in the following actions, exhibitions, and presentations:
2014: Platform Project @Art Athina, Athens, Greece
2013: Platform Project @Art Athina, Athens, Greece
2012: Off Shore Project, Meropi Island, Kardamyli, Messinia, Greece trailer / blog
2011: At a Turn we met Iolas, Beton7, Athens Greece | Filopappou Group_ Traces, The Art Foundation, Athens, Greece | Desert, Action for the project Microgeographies I, Art–Athina 2011–Parallel Programme, Athens, Greece (curated by Harikleia Hari)
2009: Et in Arkadia Ego,project and interactive installation for the open exhibition LIVE, 2nd Athens Biennial, Floisvos Park–Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece (curated by Dimitris Papaioannou & Zafos Xagoraris)
2002: Residents of the Ruins,ruined Hotel “Theoxenia”, Portaria, Pelion, Greece
2001: 37–58 Β/23–43 Α, 19 Sept. 2001, Filopappou Hill, Athens, Greece
2008–2009: Member of the artistic collective Άντερ Κονστράξιον (Under Construction), participating in the following actions, exhibitions, and presentations:
2009: Beautiful world, heavenly creation,installation for the exhibition “OPEN 12”,Lido, Venice, Italy | EXIT, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece | To spiti tis…, installation for the exhibition “Design ’09”, The House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece
2008: Our Living Room, My Living Room, Athens, Greece | under construction, installation for the Action Field Kodra, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece
2006–: A collaborator and as of 2013 a book and art editor of ‘Anagnoseis’, a review supplement in the Sunday edition of the Greek daily Avgi
List of articles, art- and book reviews and interviews publiced in newspapers and magazines (in Greek):
2024: “Apo ton Duchamp kai istera” [“From Duchamp and beyond” (in Greek), for Kyrillos Sarris’ book, Marcel Duchamp (28.7.1887 – 2.10.1968), Agra editions & Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 31.3.2024 | “Gia to ergo tou Markou Kampani” [“On Markos Kampanis’ artwork” (in Greek), for Markos Kampanis’ exhibition, Works 1990-2022, in National Library of Greece, Stavros Niarchos Foundation], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 11.2.2024 | “’Anastohastiki’ kai ‘apoapikiopiimeni’ arheologia” [“’Reflective’ and ‘decolonized’ archaeology” (in Greek), for Yannis Hamilakis’ and Raphael Greenberg’s book, Archaeology, Nation, and Race: Confronting the Past, Decolonizing the Future in Greece and Israel, Ekdoseis tou Eikostou Protou], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 7.1.2024
2023: “Apoklinontes (meta)mondernismoi” [“Divergent (post)modernisms” (in Greek), for Elena Hamalidi’s book Histories on the verge: modernism and reality in postwar Greek art, Melissa Publishing House], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 10.9.2023 | “Meteorismos I diastavrosi” [“Pending or crossing” (in Greek)], “Nees Epohes”, To Vima on Sunday 19.2.2023 |“Anaparastaseis tou 19ou aiona kai didaktiki tis istorias” [“Representations of 19th century and teaching of history” (in Greek), for Aggelos A. Palikidis’ book, Art, and historical consciousness in Greece of 19th century: Image, history, education, Gutenberg publications], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 5.2.2023 | “O Parthenis stin Ethniki Pinakothiki” [“Parthenis in National Gallery” (in Greek), for the Constantinos Parthenis’ retrospective exhibition], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 22.1.2023
2022: “Kanones kai paradeigmata” [“Rules and examples” (in Greek), for the Syrago Tsiara’s book, The curation of the gaze: Contemporary art and curatorial practices, Nissos Publications], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 9.10.2022 | “Gia tin istoria tou parontos” [“For the history of the present” (in Greek), for the Greek translation of Dimitris Tziovas’ book, From Junta to Crisis: Modernization, Transition and Diversity, Gutenberg Publications], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 12.6.2022 | “Imerologio: O telefteos chronos tis diktatorias” [“Diary: The last year of dictatorship” (in Greek), for the Kyriakos Rokos’ comic, Imprints 1967-1974, Stereoma Publications], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 12.6.2022 | “Enas mikros apologismos” [“A small account” (in Greek), for the 1000 issues of “Anagnoseis”], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 9.1.2022
2021: “Politismos kai metemfyliako kratos” [“Culture in the post-civil-war state in Greece” (in Greek), for the Areti Adamopoulou’s book Art and Cold War Diplomacy. International Art Exhibitions in Athens (1950- 1967), University Studio Press] “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 26.9.2021 | “Gia tin ‘ennoia’ tis ‘genias’” [“For the ‘concept’ of ‘generation’” (in Greek), for the Evgenios D. Matthiopoulos’ book The Concept of “Generation” in the Periodization of History, of History of Literature and of History of Art, Crete University Press], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 9.5.2021 | “Kornelios Grammenos 1959-2021” (in Greek), “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 11.4.2021 | “O ‘Desmos’ kai i syghroni tehni stin Ellada” [“‘Desmos’ and contemporary art in Greece” (in Greek), introductory article for the tribute to Epi Protonotariouand the Art Gallery “Desmos”], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 31.1.2021
2020: “Enan aiona meta: Apo tin Liubov Popova stin tehni meta to 1989” [“After a century: From Liubov Popova to the art after the year 1989” (in Greek), for the Liubov Popova’s retrospective exhibition Form, Colour, Space in MOMus-Museum of Modern Art-Costakis Collection, Thessaloniki, Greece (curated by Maria Tsantsanoglou, Andrei Sarabianov & KristinaKrasnyanskaya) and the 7th Biennial of the same city with the title Taking a Stance], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 16.2.2020 | “O Tsarouchis os tapitourgos…” [“Tsarouchis as a carpenter” (in Greek), for the exhibition Weavings: Painting and tapestry in Greece from 1960 to the present in Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (cureted by Irini Orati & Constantinos Papachristou)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday, 2.2.2020
2019: “Chronis Botsoglou: Enas dialogos me to ergo tou” [Chronis Botsoglou: A conversation with his work (in Greek), for the Christos Lazos’ book Tehni kai nostos: I zografiki tou Chroni Botsoglou (Art and Nostos: The Panting of Chronis Botsoglou), ed. Hestia], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 20.10.2019
2018: “Gia tin aferesi kai tin amorfi tehni” [For the abstract and the informal art (in Greek), for the Haris Savvopoulos’ book I tehni meta ton Deftero Pagkosmio Polemo /1940-1960 (Art after the Second World War/ 1940-1960), ed. Plethron], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 4.11.2018 | “I zografiki os praxi kai os ermineftiki ton oniron” [Painting as practice and as interpretation of dreams (in Greek), for the Dimitris Anastasiou’s solo exhibition (ena art gallery, Athens) and his homonymous graphic novel A=-A], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday, 20.5.2018 | “To ergo tou Christou Tzivelou” [Christos Tzivelos’s work (in Greek), for the retrospective exhibition of Christos Tzivelos Modelling Phenomena in Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (curated by Christopher Marinos & Bia Papadopoulou)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday, 7.1.2018
2017: “Rosiki Protoporia” [Russian Avant-garde (in Greek), introductory article for the homonymous tribute], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday, 10.12.2017 | “documenta 14: Mia anagnosi / prosorini apotimisi” [documenta 14: A reading/ temporary assessment (in Greek)], tribute editing (with Christopher Marinos), “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday, 16.7.2017, 23.7.2017 and 3.7.2017 | “Monterna tehni kai monternismos stin Ellada” [Modern Art and Modernism in Greece (in Greek), book review on Nikos Daskalothanasis’ book Restitutions, ed. futura] “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 9.7.2017 | “Étantdonnés: I metavasi apo ti monterna sti sighroni tehni-kai pali piso” [Étantdonnés: The transition of modern to contemporary art-and back again (in Greek),review on the Greek translation of Nathalie Heinich’s books Sociology of Art and The Paradigm of Contemporary Art, ed. Plethron], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 28.5.2017 | “Gianni ta eipame?” (text on occasion of Yiannis Valavanidis’ death), “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 28.5.2017 | “’LittleBoy’ kai ‘FatMan’” [’Little Boy’and ‘Fat Man’ (in Greek), text for Nikos Papadimitriou’s art exhibition Little Man in Elika Gallery, Athens, Greece],“Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 29.1.2017
2016: “Meta ton viografismo” [After Biografism (in Greek), review on the 5th edition of the magazine Istoria tis Tehnis (History of Art), ed. Futura], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 13.11.2016 | “Dimosthenis Kokkinidis” [(in Greek), an interview with Dimosthenis Kokkinidis], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 7.8.2016 | “Gia ton Vlassi Kaniari” [“For Vlassis Kaniaris” (in Greek), a conversation with Christopher Marinos for the exhibition Bound for Tinos III: Vlassis Kaniaris in Cultural Foundation of Tinos], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 17.7.2016 | “Stigmata poreias: EPIKINONIA I THORIVOS?” [“Route spots: COMMUNICATION OR NOISE” (in Greek), a conversation with sculptor Thodoros], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 3.7.2016 | “Ideologia kai esthitiki stous aristerous kallitehnes tou Metapolemou: To paradigma tis haraktikis tou Tassou. Part 2: I Romiosini” [Ideology and aesthetics of leftist artists after the World War II. Part 2: Romiosini (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 28.2.2016 | «Ideologia kai esthitiki stous aristerous kallitehnes tou Metapolemou: To paradigma tis haraktikis tou Tassou. Part 1: Antistasiakos realismos” [Ideology and aesthetics of leftist artists after the World War II. Part 1: Resistor realism (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 21.2.2016 | “I apoideologikopoiisi toy A. Tassou” [The de-ideologisation of A. Tassos (in Greek), text for the retrospective exhibition A. Tassos 1914-1985 in Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece (curated by Irini Orati)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 24.1.2016
2015: “Ta stihia pou adranoun” [Inert elements (in Greek), text for the homonymous Yiannis Theodoropoulos’ exhibition in Museum of Delphi Festivals-Angelos and Eva Sikelianos Museum, Delphi, Greece], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 18.10.2015 | “Periodiko Istoria tis Tehnis” [History of Art Magazine (in Greek), review on the 4th edition of the homonymous magazine, ed. Futura], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 27.9.2015 | “Michalis Katzourakis: Parallages 1954-2014” (review of Michalis Katzourakis’ retrospective exhibition Variations 1964-2014, Benaki Museum-Pireos Str. Annex, Athens, Greece), “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 5.4.2015 | “Palies apantiseis se nees anagkaiotites” [Old answers in new necessities (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 15.3.2015
2014: “I adinatotita tou ellinikou mondernismou” [The Impossibility of Greek modernism(in Greek), interview with the visual artist and rector of the School of Fine Arts in Athens Panos Charalambous], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 7.12.2014 | “Gia tin ‘parakmi’ tis protoporiakis ideologias IV: I epikindinotita tis tehnis” [On the ‘Decline’ of the Avant-garde Ideology IV: The Dangerousness of Art (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 9.11.2014 | “Gia tin ‘parakmi’ tis protoporiakis ideologias III: ‘Aristeres’ kai ‘dexies’ protopories” [On the ‘Decline’ of the Avant-garde Ideology III: ‘Left’ and ‘Rightwing’Avant-garde (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 2.11.2014 | “Gia tin ‘parakmi’ tis protoporiakis ideologias II: I protoporia os paradosi” [On the ‘Decline’ of the Avant-garde Ideology II: Avant-garde as tradition” (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 26.10.2014 | “Gia tin ‘parakmi’ tis protoporiakis ideologias I: Parakmi?” [On the ‘Decline’ of the Avant-garde Ideology I: Decline? (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 19.10.2014 | “Apohromatizontas ton kosmo” [Discoloring the World (in Greek), review onthe Greek translation of David Batchelor’s book Chromophobia, ed. Agra], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 27.7.2014 | “Periodika syghronis tehnis” [Contemporary Art Magazines (in Greek), review onthe Greek contemporary art magazines Kritiki + Techni (Criticism + Art), issue no. 5, AICA Hellas and Istoria tis Tehnis (History of Art), issue no. 1, ed. Futura], Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 4.5.2014 | “I politismiki stigmi tis tehnologikis exelixis” [The Cultural Moment of Technological Evolution (in Greek), review on Konstantinos Vassiliou’ s book Pros tin tehnologia tis tehnis: Apo ti monderna sti syghroni tehni (Towards the Technology of Art: From Modern to Contemporary Art), ed. Plethron], Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 2.3.2014 | “Stin plati tou archeofilaka” [In the Back of the Archaeological Site Security Guard (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of Yannis Hamilakis’ book The Nation and its Ruins: Antiquity, Archaeology and National Imagination in Greece, ed. Ekdoseis tou Eikostou Protou), “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 12.1.2014
2013: “Ipervaseis kai kathiloseis” [Transcendence and Transfixion (in Greek), review onthe exhibition Depicting Transcendence (curated by Nikos Zias) in Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation-Museum of Contemporary Art-Andros, Greece], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 8.9.2013 | “En kataklidi” [In conclusion (in Greek), closing article for the tribute “Contemporary Art in Greece”], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 11.8.2013 | “Mia apotiposi tis stigmis” [An Impression of the Present Time (in Greek), second part of the introductory article for the tribute “Contemporary Art in Greece”], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 4.8.2013 | “Mia apotiposi tis stigmis” [An Impression of the Present Time (in Greek), first part of an introductory article for the tribute “Contemporary Art in Greece”], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 28.7.2013 | “Anakataskevazontas archeia” [Reconstructing Archives (in Greek), review ofthe exhibition What Would I Say, If I Had a Voice? (curated by Elpida Karaba) in Contemporary Greek Art Institute, Athens, Greece], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 12.5.2013 | “Tehni, Ikonomia, Exousia” [Art, Economy, Power (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of Jean Clair’ s book The Winter of Culture, ed. Mikri Arktos], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 3.3.2013 | “Embros” (article on the free, self-managed Theatre Embros in Athens, Greece), “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 10.2.2013 | “To mi dimokratika anaparastasimo” [The non Democratically Representative (in Greek), article for the tribute “Fakelos Dimokratia” (Democracy Dossier), ed. By Giorgos Katsambekis], Red Notebook online magazine (https://rednotebook.gr) | “I ‘idieterotites’ tis ellinikis tehnis” [The ‘Peculiarities’ of Greek Art (in Greek), review on Antonis Kotidis’ book Mondernismos kai “Paradosi” stin Elliniki Metapolemiki kai Sygchroni Tehni: Zografiki, Gliptiki, Architektoniki (Modernism and Modernism and “Tradition” in Greek Postwar and Contemporary Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture), volume II, ed. University Studio Press], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 13.1.2013
2012: “Isagogi se ena ‘dialektiko’ pedio: To ‘ergo tis epimelias’” [Introduction to a ‘dialectical’ field: The Curators Work (in Greek), review on the Greek contemporary art magazine Kritiki + Techni (Criticism + Art), issue no. 5, AICA Hellas], kaput.11online magazine | “Mia apotimisi tis tehnis stin ipiresia tis dimokratias” [An Assessment of Art that Supports Democracy (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 26.8.2012 | “To telos tis vavarikis epirois stin elliniki tehni” [The End of Bavarian Influence in Greek Art (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 25.3.2012 | “I mikrofisiki tou prattein” [The Microphysics of Doing (in Greek), review onthe Greek translation of Michel De Certeau’ s book The Practice of Everyday Life, ed. Smili], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 18.3.2012
2011: “To prothema tis krisis” [The Prefix of Greek Debt Crisis (in Greek), review ofthe exhibition Monodrome, the 3rd Athens Biennial], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 27.11.2011 | “Protoporia kai aftonomia” [“Avant-garde and Autonomy (in Greek), review on Iliana Zarra’s book Episodia Kallitehnikis Palindromisis stin techni tou 20ou aiona: ermineftiki proseggisi (Episodes of Artistic Retrogression: Interpretative Approach), ed. Epikentro], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 2.10.2011 | “I protoporia kai I dialektiki tis apotihias tis” [Avant-garde and the Dialectic of its Failure (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of Peter Bürger’s book Theory of the Avant-Garde, ed. Nefeli], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 14.8.2011 | “Palies anavioseis se nees platies” [Old Revivals in new squares (in Greek), on the Occupy Movement in Greece], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 5.6.2011 | “O kallitehnis Joseph kai I persona Beiys” [The Artist Joseph and the Persona Beuys (in Greek), review of Rea Thönges-Striggari’s book Joseph Beuys: I epanastasi imaste emeis (Joseph Beuys: We Are the Revolution), ed. Pataki], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 22.5.2011 | “Peri sinenesis” [On the Consensus (in Greek), comment on the conversation between Pope Benedict XVI and Jürgen Habermas (see Dialectics of Secularization: On Reason and Religion)], Avgi on Sunday 27.2.2011 | “I anaktisi tis tehhnis” [The Retrieval of Art (in Greek), comment on the Greek translation of Richard Wollheim’s essay “Criticism as Retrieval” in I techni kai ta antikimena tis (Art and its Objects), ed. Athens School of Fine Arts], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi onSunday 9.1.2011
2010: “O mythos tou apomythopoiiti Theofilou” [The Myth Theophilos (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 26.9.2010 | “I tehni meta to ‘telos’ tis” [Art after its End (in Greek), review on the books of Stavros Tsigkoglou Simera i Techni (Art Today), ed. Kastaniotis and Charis Savvopoulos Erminies toy pragmatikou: I sygchroni tehni sti dekaetia tou 1980 (Interpretations of the Real: Contemporary Art in the Decade of 1980), ed. Plethron], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 5.9.2010 | “I via kai to iero sti metapolemiki tehni” [Violence and Sacredness in Art after the WWII (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of Laurence Bertrand Dorleac’s book Wild College: Violence, Expense and Sacred Art from 1950-1960, ed. Nefeli], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 25.4.2010 | “O Makrigiannis, o Zografos kai I neoelliniki tehni” [Makriyannis, Zografos and the Modern Greek Art (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 28.3.2010 | “Emeis kai o Tsarouchis” [We and Yannis Tsarouchis (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 21.2.2010 | “Ena periodiko pirama, pano se syghronous theoritikous provlimatismous” [A Periodical Experiment, on Contemporary Theoretical Questioning (in Greek), article on the first issue of alloglotta magazine], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 17.1.2010
2009: “I isonomia ton ikonon kai I zografiki tou Helmut Middendorf [The Equality of Images and Helmut Middendorf’s Painting (in Greek), review on Helmut Middendorf’s exhibition Over the Under the Over in Benaki Museum, Pireos Str. Annex, Athens], kaput.06 online magazine | “I alagi tou paradigmatos” [The Change of the Example (in Greek), review on the edited by Yannis Stavrakakis & Kostis Stafylakis book To politiko sti sygchroni tehni (The Political in Contemporary Art), ed. Ekkremes], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 25.10.2009 | “Biennale tis Venetias: Ftiahnontas kosmous” [Venice Biennale: Making Worlds (in Greek), review on the homonymous biennial], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 13.9.2009 | “Kinimatografos kai filosofia” [Cinema and Philosophy (in Greek), article on the 9th issue of Cogito magazine], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 28.6.2009 | “Enantia sta paradoxa mias anepifilaktis eleftherias” [Against the Paradoxes of an Unconditional Freedom (in Greek), review on Andreas Takis’ book Gia tin eleftheria tis tehnis: Dokimio politikis kai sintagmatikis theorias (On Freedom of Art: Political and Constitutional Essay), ed. Savvalas], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 14.6.2009 | “To sok os anastoli tis krisis: Skepseis pano se ena epihirima” [The Shock as Suspension of Judgment: Thoughts on an Argument (in Greek), comment on an argument of Nicolas Sevastakis in Afto to pnevma poy paradidi to pnevma (The Spirit that gives up the Spirit), ed. Indiktos], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 29.3.2009 | “Mia shesi ipo sinehi diamorfosi” [A Relation under Continuous Configuration (in Greek), comment on the relation between art and the riots in Athens after December 2008], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 8.2.2009
2008: “Nikos Chatzinikolaou: O Greco sti megali othoni” [Nikos Chatzinikolaou: El Greco on Cinema (in Greek), review of the homonymous book], kaput.03 online magazine | “Omada Under Construction” (in Greek), “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 7.12.2008 | “Peri logokrisias kai pali” [On Censorship Once Again (in Greek), review on the edited by Y. Ziogas, L. Karambinis, Y. Stavrakakis & D. Christopoulos book Opseis logokrisias stin Ellada (Aspects of Censorship in Greece), ed. Nefeli & Platformes], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 14.9.2008 | “O logokritis Genius” [The Censor Genius (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of J.M. Coetzee’s book Giving Offence: Essays on Censorship, ed. Pataki], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 24.8.2008 | “Apo tin enatenisi sto stohasmo” [From the Contemplation to Meditation (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 18.5.2008 | “Oi epanekinisis tis mondernas tehnis” [The Permanent Restart of Modern Art (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of Clement Greenberg’s book Art and Culture: Critical Essays, ed. Nefeli], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 30.3.2008 | “O Marlaux kai oi epigonoi tou” [André Malraux and his Descendants (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of André Malraux book The Imaginary Museum, ed. Plethron], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 24.2.2008 | “Ena vivlio kai ena ikastiko ergo” [A Book and an Artwork (in Greek), review on Vassilis Alexakis’ book M.X (After Christ) and the Nikos Alexiou’s art installation The End], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 27.1.2008
2007: “En katakleidei” {In Conclusion (in Greek), review on the edited by X. Kalpaktsoglou, Poka- Yio. A. Zenakos & Th. Tramboulis book Prosefhi gia (pathitiki?) antistasi [Pray for (Passive?) Resistance]}, ed. Futura & Athens Biennial}, “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 16.12.2007 | “Anamesa sti mnimi kai tin anamnisi” [Between Memory and Remembrance (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of Jonathan Coe’s book The Rain Before it Falls, ed. Polis], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 18.11.2007 | “Merikes skepseis gia mia omologia enohis” [Some Thoughts about a Confession of Guilt” (in Greek), comment on Guenter Grass’ confession that he had served in SS during WWII], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 4.11.2007 | “O Chalepas kai I epohi tou” [Yannoulis Chalepas and his Era (in Greek), review on Leda Kazantzaki’s book Yannoulis Chalepas: O smileftis tis agonias (Yannoulis Chalepas’ The Sculptor af the Agony), ed. Ilektra], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 21.10.2007 | “Purgatorio” [review of the exhibition Destroy Athens, the first edition of Athens Biennial (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 7.10.2007 | “I tehni os eterotopia” [Art as Heterotopia (in Greek), review for Heterotopias, the first Thessaloniki Biennale], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 30.9.2007 | “Merikoi titloi gia mia istoria ton exereseon” [A Few Titles for a History of Exceptions (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 1.7.2007 | “Trela, arrostia, kerkides kai harakomata” [Madness, Illness, Tiers and Trenches (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of Ivan Colocic’s book Apo tis kerkides sta charakomata: Topodosfero os afigisi toy polemou- I Yougkoslaviki empiria (From Tiers to Trenches: Football as a Narration of the War: The Yugoslavian Experience), ed. Isnafi and D. Papageorgiou’s Mia alli Kiriaki: “Trela” kai “arrostia” sta ellinika gipeda (An Alternative Sunday: “Madness” and “Illness” in Greek Football Fields), ed. Epikentro], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 17.6.2007 | “Ena exohos politiko zitima” [An Extremely Political Case (in Greek), article on the withdrawal of Eva Stefani’s artwork from Art- Athina 07, the Athenian art fair], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 10.6.2007 | “Gia tous kallitehnes tis kathimerinis zois” [For the Artists of Everyday Life (in Greek), review on Danae Chondrou’s book Eikastikes Draseis (Artistic Actions), ed. Apopeira], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 13.5.2007 | “Gia tin erminia ton ergon tehnis” [On the Interpretation of Artworks (in Greek), review for the book Ta papoutsia tou Van Gogh: Heidegger, Schapiro, Derrida: 3+ 1 keimena (Van Gogh’s Shoes: Heidegger, Schapiro, Derrida: 3+1 texts), ed. Agra], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 22.4.2007 | “Enallaktikotita kai dinamiki” [Alternativity and Dynamic (in Greek)], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 25.2.2007 | “To esthitiko kai to politico” [The Aesthetic and the Political (in Greek), review on the Greek translation of Ferenc Feher’s essay “Lukács in Weimar” and Krzysztof Ziarek’s essay “Radical Art: Reflections after Adorno and Heidegger” in the book entitled Tehni kai rizospastikotita: Lukács, Heidegger, Adorno (Art and Radikalism: Lukács, Heidegger, Adorno), ed. Ypsilon], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 28.1.2007
2006: “To ego tou kallitehni mesa stin istoria” [Artist’s Ego in a Historical Perspective (in Greek), review on Nikos Daskalothanasis book O kallitehnis os istoriko ypokimeno (Artist as a Historical Subject), ed. Agra], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 10.12.2007 | “Ena neo kima eikastikon kalitehnon” [A new Age in Visual Arts (in Greek), review of Christophoros Marinos’ book Pithanotites: Synentefxeis me neous ellines kallitehnes (Eventualities: Interviews with Young Greek Artists), ed. Futura], “Anagnoseis”, Avgi on Sunday 26.11.2006
Other texts:
2019: “O N.K. kai I epohi tou: Skepseis pano se theoriseis tis kallitehnikis protoporias stin Ellada” [“N.K and his era: Thoughts on artistic avant- garde theories in Geece (in Greek), recto/verso magazine, No 2, Autumn 2019
2018: “I Flora Filopappou kai oi genealogies tis neoterikotitas” [Flora Filopappou and the genealogies of modernity (in Greek)], text for the catalog of the Nikos Papadopoulos’ solo show Flora Filopappou: A journey from the town of rocks to the garden in the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation- Eynard Mansion
2017: “On Earth and Heaven”, text for the homonymous Vaso Gavaise’s solo exhibition in marinos vrachimis art proposals, Nicosia, Cyprus | “Little Man”, text for the homonymous Nikos’ Papadimitriou solo exhibition in Elika Gallery
2011: “Mple vathi, shedon mavro” (Deep blue, almost black), text for the Vasilis Vasilakakis’ solo show in Batagianni Gallery, Athens, Greece | Text for the group show Sanatorio Project in the G. Karamanis’ ruined sanatorium in Chania, Pelion, Greece
2009: “Gia to politiko sti syghroni tehni” (On the Political in Contemporary Art), a conversation with George Giannakopoulos, Yannis Stavrakakis and Kostis Stafylakis for the edited by Y. Stavrakakis &K. Stafylakis book To politiko sti syghroni tehni (The Political in Contemporary Art), kaput.05 online magazine | “Ta anthi tis kathimerinotitas” (The Blossoms of Everyday Life), text for the homonymous Achilleas Razis’ solo show in Agathi Gallery- Art- Athina 09, Athens, Greece
2007: “Merikes skepseis gia mia omologia enohis” (English translation “Some Thoughts about a Confesion of Guilt”), in Christophoros Marinos (ed.) Meatspace_ Art in a State of Emergency
Texts and essays in books and exhibition catalogs:
– “‘What did you do in these 7 years, artist?’: A brief overview of press coverage in the first months after the restoration of democracy”, for the catalog of the exhibition All here! 50 years of democracy, curated by Yannis Bolis, Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus, Thessaloniki 2024 (translated in English by Giorgos Christides)
– “Apo tin koinotita ston plithismo: Pros mia genealogia tou dimosiou chorou” [From community to the population: Towards a genealogy of the public space (in Greek)], in Michalis Paparounis (ed.), +oikismos: 12 texts on public space for the homonymous artistic project in Synoikismos, Chalandri 2019-2023, ed. futura, Athens 2023
– “On the ‘Two Temples’ by Stefanos Rokos”, in Stefanos Rokos, The Two Temples, ed. Stereoma, Athens 2022 (translated in English by Manos Tziritas & Ifigeneia Botouropoulou)
– “Gia tis aparhes tis neoellinikis tehnis” [“For the beginnings of Modern Greek Art (in Greek)], in Andreas Maratos (ed.), 1821- 2021: Mnimes Tehnon- Thrafsmata Istorias [1821- 2021: Memories of Arts- Fragments of History (in Greek)], Nicos Poulantzas Institute & ed. Nisos, Athens 2021
– “O Nikos Eggonopoulos kai I neoelliniki synthesi” [Nikos Eggonopoulos and the modern Greek synthesis (in Greek)], in Elisavet Arseniou (ed.), O Nikos Eggonopoulos kai I Elliniki Epanastasi tou 1821 [Nikos Eggonopoulos and the Greek Revolution of 1821 (in Greek)], ed. Vivliorama, Athens 2021
– “O Makrigiannis, o Zografos kai I neoelliniki tehni” [Makriyannis, Zografos and the Modern Greek Art (in Greek)], in Martha Pylia & Petros- Iosif Stanganelis, 1821: Diadromes Ethnikou Prosdiorismou [1821: Routes of National Identification (in Greek)], ed. Diapolitismos, Patras 2021
– “On the ‘decline’ of avant-garde ideology: ‘Left’ and ‘Right’- wing avant- gardes”, for the catalog of the exhibition PhotoBiennale 2018: Capitalist Realism, curated by Penelope Petsini, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography & University of Macedonia Press, Thessaloniki 2018
– “Words after the fact”, for the catalog of the exhibition Opposition: Art in dark times 1967- 1974, curated by Yannis Bolis & Domna Gounari in Contemporary Greek Art Institute (ISET) in Athens 2018 (translated by Tony Moser)
– Untitled text in Petros Batsiaris’ retrospective exhibition catalog Anazitisi kai Anadisi [Search and Emergance (in Greek)], ed. Kaleidoskopio, Athens 2018
– Editor (with Kostas Voulgaris) of the collective book 1917: October Revolution and Russian Avant- Garde, ed. Vivliorama, Athens 2018
– “Ideologia kai esthitiki stous aristerous kallitehnes tou Metapolemou (Mesa apo to paradigma tis charaktikis tou Tassou” [Ideology and aesthetics of leftist artists after the World War II (Through the case of Tassos’ engravings) (in Greek)], in Kostas Voulgaris & Giannis Pappas (ed.), O poiitis Manolis Anagnostakis kai I metapolemiki aristeri dianoisi [The poet Manolis Anagnostakis and the postwar leftists intellectuals (in Greek)], ed. Diapolitismos, Patras 2016
– “Identifying Loss”, introductory curatorial text for the catalog of homonymous exhibition in the Former Hospital of Amfissa, Greece, for The Symptom 7, The Symptom Projects (translated by Irini Bachlitzanaki)
– “Greekness as dystopia”, in Christopher Marinos (ed.), Bound for Tinos III: Vlassis Kaniaris, Cultural Foundation of Tinos, Tinos 2016
– “Ta stihia pou adranoun” (Inert elements), introductory curatorial text for the catalog of homonymous Yiannis Theodoropoulos’ exhibition in Museum of Delphi Festivals- Angelos and Eva Sikelianos Museum, Delphi, Greece for Es-optron03, The Symptom Projects (translated by Tony Moser)
– “Ethnokentrikes afigiseis tou ‘nifaliou’ ellinikou mondernismou: Mia eisagogi” [Ethnocentric Narratives of the ‘staid’ Greek Modernism: An Introduction (in Greek)], in Maria Dimasi, Paschalis Valsamidis, Ioannis Bakirtzis, Alexandros Papazoglou, Ahmet Nizam (ed.), Anaparastaseis kai apochorismoi: Timitikos tomos sti mnimi tis Marthas Pylia [Representations and Separation: Honorific Volume in the Memory of Martha Pylia (in Greek)], Democritus University of Thrace- School of Classics & Humanities Studies- Department of Language, Literature and Culture of the Black Sea Countries, Komotini 2015
– “Refuge Project II- Martyries” (Refuge Project II- Testimonials), text for the catalog of the homonymous group exhibition in the Subterranean WWII Bunker in Adamantas, Milos, Greece 2014 (translated in English by Eleni Angelou)
– “Anaskaptontas mnimes: Gia mia poly- esthetiriaki kai poli- chroniki archaiologia” (English translation “Excavating Memories: A Multi- sensorial and Multi- temporal Archaeology”), a conversation with Yannis Hamilakis, in Christophoros Marinos (ed.), AGORA. 4th Athens Biennale: Anthology, Athens 2013
– “To katafigio” (The Refuge), text for the catalog of the group exhibition The Refuge project in the Subterranean WWII Bunker in Adamantas, Milos, Greece 2013 (translated in English by Fotis Terzakis)
– “To telos tis vavarikis epirois stin elliniki tehni” [The End of Bavarian Influence in Greek Art (in Greek)], in Martha Pilia (ed.), Apo to 1821 sto 2012 (From 1821 to 2012), ed. Vivliorama, Athens 2012
– “Anafora / Anaparastasi” (Reference / Representation), introductory curatorial text for the catalog of homonymous group exhibition in Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, ed. Futura, Athens 2011 (translated in English by Chara Rovithi)
– Introductive texts for the presentation of artistic group Filopappou, in Omada Filopappou- Katagrafes 2001- 2011 (Filopappou Group- Traces 2001- 2011), ed. Eurasia, Athens 2011 (translatred in English by Angeliki Svoronou)
– “Apo tin enatenisi sto stohasmo” [From the Contemplation to Meditation (in Greek)], in Kostas Voulgaris (ed.), Theoria, Logotehnia, Aristera (Theory, Literature, Left), ed. To Perasma, Athens 2008
Lectures, presentations and participations in conferences, seminars, and public coversations:
2024: Participation in the public conversation “‘What did you do in these 7 years, artist?’ Resistance and Rebellion” (as part of the exhibition “All here! 50 years of Democracy, curated by Yannis Bolis), MOMus – Museum Alex Mylona, Athens, Greece, Friday 12 April 2024
2023: Lecture at the Dialogues #7: The recruitment of the work of art. Today, before, after, University of Patras, Department of Architecrure, Patras, Greece, Tuesday 12 December 2023 (coordination Ilias Papailiakis) | “Conducting art classes through distance learning during the pandemic”, lecture at the conference “Meetings”: Artistic education and the position of the artist, Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa – G.I. Katsigras Museum, Larissa, Greece, Sunday 3 December 2023 (coordination Zoe Godosi)
2022: “From the Community to the Population: Paradigms on a Social Approach of Public Space”, lecture on the thematic area “Public Space” at the Postgraduate Study Programme “Fine Arts”, in the School of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts & Art Science, University of Ioannina, Tuesday 13 December 2022 | “Artistic education in the pandemic”, lecture at the conference Incarceration and artistic life in Greece: From the visual to the post-visual era, Dromokaiteio Psychiatric Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece, Sunday 4 December 2022 (scientific coordination Kostis Stafylakis)
2021: “Nikos Engonopoulos and the modern Greek synthesis”, lecture at the conference Nikos Engonopoulos and the Greek Revolution of 1821 [coordinated by the Athens School of Fine Arts and Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Department of Communication, Media and Culture)], Athens School of Fine Arts, Saturday 2 October 2021
2019: Presentation and conversation (with the artist Nikos Papadopoulos) for the research program titled “Artistic Reasearch Archive in Greece from the 1990 to the years of crisis”, TwixtLab, Athens, Greece (coordinated by Katerina Konstantinou & Elpida Rikou)
2018: “The Mykonos annex of the Athens School of Fine Arts and the Greek Interwar Art”, Athens School of Fine Arts- Mykonos Annex- Garden, lecture within the framework of the exhibition Mykonos through the gaze of the artists. From the interwar years to 1960 (curated by Erene Savvani) Mykonos, Greece, Saturday 14 July 2018 | “Curating Exhibitions: Views from the Artist’s Perspective”, Art Athina 2018, Athens Conservatoire 23 June 2018 (curator- moderator Katerina Nikou)
2017: “The Art Gallery ‘Savvas Petrakis’ and its era”, lecture for the parallel program of the exhibition A comforting idea with works of the Viannos Art Gallery “Savvas Petrakis” curated by Theofilos Tramboulis, Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece, Wednesday 20 December 2017
2015: “Defeat, misery, despair, poverty, shame and resistance into Greek post-war Art: An Introduction”, lecture in the conference Reality Through Fiction, organized by Circuits and Currents, supported by DAAD, cooperated by the Academy of Fine Art Munich (ADBK) and the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), Politechneio- ASFA Building, Prevelaki Hall, Athens, Friday 30 October 2015 | Lecture in session “Objet Trouvé” (coordinated by Evangelia Ledaki) in the conference Archaeological Dialogues, University of Athens, Athens 9 January 2015 | “Reactivation of spaces through the artistic interpretation of archival material and the collective memory”, presentation in seminars, National Technical University- School of Architecture, Athens (Monday 27 April 2015) & Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences- Department of Social Anthropology, Athens (Wednesday 29 April 2015)
2014: “The 4th Athens Biennial” and “Attitudes and Collaborations”, lectures in the Ionian University- Faculty of Music & Audiovisual Arts- Department of Audio and Visual Arts, Corfu, Greece (Thursday 16 & Friday 17 January 2014) & University of Ioannina- School of Fine Arts- Department of Fine Arts and Sciences of Arts, Ioannina, Greece (Monday 12 & Tuesday 13 May 2014)
2013: Introduction and coordination in the open conversation “Producing Value in Visual Arts”, workshop “Value”, AGORA: 4th Athens Biennale, Old Stock Exchange Building, Athens (Saturday 23 November 2013) | “Aspects of Secularization in Contemporary Art”, lecture in Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Crete (Wednesday 31 July 2013, part of the lecture series “Expanded Points- 10 Lectures for Contemporary Art”, organized by the artist- run, non- profit organization Lo&Behold) | Lecture at the conference Management of Cultural Organizations in Times of Crisis, coordination D. Voudouri, A. Gazi, M. Michailidou, M. Paradeisi & E. Fountoulaki, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences- Faculty of International Studies, Communication and Culture- Department of Communication, Media and Culture, Athens (Saturday 1 June 2013) | “In Search of the Great Cultural Narrative: The Generation of the Thirties”, lecture as part of the lecture series entitled Ergotaxio Ideon (Factory of Ideas), coordinated by Miltos Theodosiou & Eurasia Editions, Floral Café, Athens, Greece (Tuesday 23 April 2013) | Lecture as part of the lecture and presentation series entitled “The Place and the Ethical, Political, Aesthetical Challenge in the Ideas of Maldiney, Derrida, Nancy, Rancière, Didi- Huberman”, coordinated by Takis Koumbis, Athens School of Fine Arts- Master Course in Fine Arts, Athens (Tuesday 12 March 2013)
2012: Lecture at the international conference “Art and Politics at the Limit: Claiming a Heterodox Modernity”, coordinated by Yannis Stavrakakis, Action Field Kodra, Municipal Thearte of kalamaria, Thessaloniki (Sunday 9 September 2012) | Lecture at the conference “Art and Propaganda”, University of Ioannina- School of Fine Arts- Department of Fine Arts and Sciences of Arts, Ioannina, Greece (Tuesday 29 May 2012) | Lecture as part of the lecture and presentation series entitled “Discourse and image: Interdisciplinary Approaches”, coordinated by Areti Adomopoulou, Christos Dermentzopoulos, Konstantinos Ioannidis, Giorgos Smyris & Esther Solomon, University of Ioannina- School of Fine Arts- Department of Fine Arts and Sciences of Arts, Ioannina, Greece (Tuesday 29 May 2012) | Lecture at the symposium “Contemporary Visual Artists in Museums of the Past”, coordinated by Esther Solomon & 12th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Archaeological Museum of Ioannina, Greece (Wednesday 30 May 2012).
2011: Lecture at the 4th International Literature Festival, coordinated by Christos Chryssopoulos, Dasein, Athens (4-8 May 2011)
2010: Lecture at the conference “The Artist as Worker”, 3rd Festival “Techni en kinisei” (Art on the Move), Athens School of Fine Arts (Sunday 12 December 2010).
Participation in seminars – workshops:
2015: Luminous Flux: Reflected overlays on locative norms, Syros Institute, Ermoupolis, Syros, Greece (coordinated by Campus Novel) | Delphic Perplexity, Athens School of Fine Arts- Annex in Delphi (coordinated by Kostas Ioannidis)
2004: Participation in the 3rd Seminar of Location Design, Centre for Mediterranean Architecture, Chania, Crete, Greece
2002: Participation in the 1st Seminar of Location Design, Centre for Mediterranean Architecture, Chania, Crete, Greece
Residencies:
2016: 3rd Artists in Residence Program by Eagles Palace (Visual Arts Edition), Chalkidiki, Greece
2014: I need a hero, Action Field Kodra 2014, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki, Greece
He was coordinator of the artistic residence for young artists, graduates of the Athens School of Fine Arts, and the “George Lappas Award”, that was awarded in 2016 in collaboration with the ELMIN BAUXITES S.A.
In 2022 he was member of the Evaluation Committee for the artistic director of MOMus (Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki) – Museum of Contemporary Art – Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and State Museum of Contemporary Art Collections
In 2023 he was member of the Evaluation Committee for the selection of artistic proposals for the “Anihta Pania” Art Festival of Municipality of Chania
2016-: Member and from 2018 to 2024 Counselor of the Administrative Board of AICA Hellas, the Greek Section of the International Association of Art Critics
2005-: Member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece