Miniprint Annual 2012

He was born in Kavala city of Greece in 1965. He lives and works in Thessaloniki since 1982.
His first active contact with visual art happened, specifically through sculpture, under Konstantinos Balian’s innovation and help, within the “Polyergastiri” group of visual arts in 1984.
Since 1994 he had professionally worked in the fields of ceramics and visual-art constructions.
By the end of 2004 and until the middle of 2008 he worked as chief-editor of the “Yoga World” magazine. During this period he was responsible in organizing two different congresses, in the frame of “Activia” exhibition. The first was “NAMASTE” (building 8 of Thessaloniki HELEXPO, 4th – 7th of May in 2006) and the second the 1st Yoga Congress, the first in Greece, in SEF (Stadium of Peace and Friendship) of Athens (1st – 3rd of December in 2006). In both of these congresses he exhibited some of his visual-art creations.
He has also contributed with some of his writing- works in two books of “Agnosto” publications.
In 2008 he came in touch again with “Polyergastiri” group and he has studied since then under the same artist’s guidance. He has been inspired by the creative spirit of this group for further exploration of new ways of expression.
Using the relevant advices of etcher Ruud Matthes and valuable assistance of engraving teacher Dimitris Karlaftopoulos, he has started to explore the art of linocut without further help. From April to September 2009 he worked, under the guidance of Konstantinos Balian, in traditional byzantine “orofografisis” (ceiling painting) of “trapeza” (refectory), as well of other rooms, of Xiropotamou monastery of Mount Athos.
Today he studies in the “Helios” engraving art workshops, in Neapoli of Thessaloniki, where D. Karlaftopoulos teaches.
He is member of Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (SKETBE), of contACT- Contemporary Art Club of Thessaloniki and of International Union of Mail-Artists (IUOMA).

Exhibitions

1999 – Installation / sculpture as part of decoration in the ethnic restaurant “Yfilios”, in Thessaloniki.
2006 – Visual-art creations located where the two congresses of “Yoga World” magazine took place.
2010 – “13000 Words”. Exhibition of 13 linocuts in contACT Art Club of Thessaloniki.

Group Exhibitions

1993
– Marina Petri’s “Mono Ena” Gallery in Hora of Mykonos island.
– Exhibition / happening “Flower Power”, including photos of Panoraia Galata, paintings of Marina Petri and sculptures of Ioannis Monogyios in “1900” Restaurant, in Hora of Mykonos island.

2009

– “Polyergastiri” exhibition held in “Ianos” gallery, in Ampelokipi of Thessaloniki.

2010

– Exhibition of Miniature Art in “Vlassis” art gallery, in Ladadika of Thessaloniki.
– Exhibition of Miniature Art in “Technohoros” gallery in Ioannina.
– Exhibition of Small artworks and Miniature art in Domna Kourtidou’s gallery in Veroia.
– “Eikastikes diadromes”, exhibition in the congress hall of Piraeus Bank, in Ladadika of Thessaloniki.
-Visual Art Exhibition held in the “Building 56” of the Hellenic Cosmos Fountation (in the frame of the Athens Fringe Festival).
– “Eikastikes diadromes”, exhibition in “Naias” gallery, in Naoussa.
– Visual Art Exhibition held in the historical building of Alatza Imaret in Thessaloniki.
– Engraving exhibition in Arte AC / Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico (in the frame of the Third International Printmaking Juried Exhibit Prints for Peace 2010).
– Visual-art exhibition in “Partisan Art Café” in Thessaloniki (in the frame of the Festival contACT#2- Abnormal Cocreation).

2011

– “50 Visual Artists” Exhibition held at “Epsilon” art gallery, in Thessaloniki.
– Exhibition of Miniature Art in “Vlassis” art gallery, in Ladadika of Thessaloniki.
– “Bazaart”, Art Bazar exhibition in the congress hall of Piraeus Bank, in Ladadika of Thessaloniki.
– Engraving exhibition in Arte AC / Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico (in the frame of the International Printmaking Juried Exhibit Prints for Peace 2011).
– Exhibition at Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Centre, Egypt( in the frame of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina 2nd International Biennale For Miniature Graphics)


Mail Art Projects

2010

– «Human-Colours-Music» International Mail Art Exhibition, Syntagma Square of Athens. (He was also member of the Artistic Organizing committee of the exhibition)
– «Human-Colours-Music II» International Mail Art Exhibition, new City Hall of Thessaloniki. (He was also member of the Artistic Organizing committee of the exhibition)
– International Mail Art Exhibition in Mill Gallery, Nyíracsád, Hungary.

2011

– International Mail Art Exhibition“Unity in diversity”, held at the 1stJunior High school of Elassona
– International Mail Art Exhibition “Who I Am”, Greifswald, Germany

The Zen Garden I – Stillness, 2010, Linocut, 10 x 10 cm – 100

The Zen Garden III – Emptiness, 2010, Linocut, 10 x 10 cm – 100

The Zen Garden V – Flow, 2010, Linocut, 10 x 10 cm – 100