Stavros Panagiotakis









ARTIST
Ph.D. School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,Greece.
www.stavros-panagiotakis.net
www.choros18.com
stavros.panagiotakis@gmail.com
- 1963: Born in Chania, Crete, Greece
- 1984-1989: Bachelor's degree at Berlin University of the Arts (UDK, Universtät der Künste Berlin): painting studies under professor Gerhard Bergmann, engraving workshops (zincography, lithography, serigraphy) & sculpture workshop by professor S. Taijiri
- 1991: Master's degree-Title of "MEISTERSCHULER" (U.D.K.), Berlin
- 1994-2006: High School teacher of artistic courses
- 1996-2000: General Secretary of Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece, (V.A.A.N.G)
- 2000-2003: President of Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece, (V.A.A.N.G.)
- 2000-2007: Instructor of "Visual art courses I and II", School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2002-2003: Director of the program of Supportive Teaching, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2003-2007: Director of the Cultural Affairs in Secondary Education, Thessaloniki
- 2015: Ph. D. of the Department of Architectural Design and Visual Arts, School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
HONORS - PRIZES - SCHOLARSHIPS
- Scholarship of Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) (German Academic Exchange Service), U.D.K. Βerlin, 1989.
- «Sail Colonies»: Financial support from the Macedonia-Thrace Ministry for the awarded project for the Artistic Village at the island of Samos with the participation of 15 international artists. Exhibitions were held in Greece and Cyprus, 1999.
- «Bottle I»: 1st Award at the mixed technique category at the 6th International Biennale of Micrography, Milanovats, Yugoslavia, 2000.
- Diploma "Ηonor Held", Association of Greek Artists, Athens, Greece, 2000.
- «Triovolon»: Financial support from the Macedonia-Thrace Ministry for the organization of students’ artistic workshops. The project was completed with School Students from Greece and Cyprus, 2001-2003.
SCULPTURES AT PUBLIC SPACES
- "Interconnecting bottles", Conservatory of Ag. Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece,1999
- "Bottling sensations", Porto Valitsa, Paliouri, Chalkidiki, Greece,1999
- "Urban vessels", Cedefop, European Center for the Development of Vocational Training,Thessaloniki, Greece, 2001.
- "Planetleaves", "Αthens by Art", iron, Municipal Art Gallery of Athens, 2004
- "Medalion", Sculpture made of stained iron. It is placed at the central entrance of Olympics Sports Museum, May 2006
- "Active Filaments", Sculpture made of histological stains and biological specimens, Histology Hall, Laboratory of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2009
- "Chromosome kisses", A two-part stained iron sculpture. Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2009
- “Birds” Port of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2012
- ‘‘Are you walking’’, stainless, 15 m., Porto Valitsa, Paliouri, Chalkidiki, Greece, 2015
- “Seagulls”,stainless,2,20 x 1,50x 0,50m.private collection, Chalkidiki, Greece, 2016
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS
- French Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1993
- Gallery Terrakotta, Thessaloniki, Greece 1994
- Gallery Pliades, Athens, Greece, 1994
- Artists' Initiative «Αmalgama», Thessaloniki, Greece, 1994
- Macedonian Artists' Association "Art" Kilkis, Greece, 1995
- Art Gallery «Astir», Athens, Greece, 1996
- Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1996
- «Ceremonies and Sequences», "Alli Poli", Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997
- French Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1998
- 33rd Festival of "Dimitria", Municipality of Thessaloniki Greece, 1998
- Art Gallery «Paratiritis», Thessaloniki, Greece, 2000
- Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2000
- European Center for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), Thessaloniki,
- Greece, 2001
- Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2002
- Gallery 7, Αthens, Greece, 2002
- Gallery Newspapers, Mykonos, Greece, 2002
- Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004
- Basilica Cistern (Cistern Yerebatan), Istanbul, Turkey, 2004
- Baths "Paradisos", Bey Hamam, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2005
- Gallery ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Greece,2006
- «Kittaro», performance & installation, Yeni Mosque, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
- «Take Seats», Olympic Sports Museum, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
- «Kittaro», performance & installation, Hellenic Centre, London, UK, 2007
- Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2007
- Griechische Kulturstiftung, Greek Foundation for Culture, Berlin, Germany, 2008
- "Chorika +", Performance, State Museum, Port of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2008
- «Colonies», Ormo Sanat Gallery, Instabul, Turkey, 2009
- “Sleepwalkers”, Gallery Choros 18, Thessaloniki,2012
- “Sleepwalkers”, gallery “Artis Causa”, Thessalonki, 2012
- “Emigrand Wings”,(Loutra Paradisos, Bey Hamam), installations, Thessalonki, 2012
- “Humandrawings”, gallery “Artis Causa”, Thessalonki, 2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Klasse Bergmann, UDK, Berlin, Germany, 1986
- Artistic Proposals, Thessaloniki, Greece,1987
- Participation in F.B.K. Berlin, Germany, 1987
- Print of Stone and Copper, UDK, Berlin, Germany,1988
- Participation in F.B.K. Berlin, Germany, 1988
- Ballhaus Naunynstr., Βerlin, Germany, 1989
- Participation in F.B.K. Berlin, Germany, 1989
- «Griechishe Kreise», "Greek circles", Station Schlesisches Tor, Βerlin, Germany, 1990
- Annual exhibition of VAANG, Xanthi, Komotini, Greece, 1990
- Exhibition of International Amnesty, Goethe institute, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1990
- "Three Young Artists", Vellidio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1991
- 27rd Festival of "Dimitria", Municipality of Thessaloniki Greece, 1991
- Gallery Ochra, Thessaloniki, Greece,1991
- "Greek Engravers" Bratislava, Slovakia and Athens, Greece, 1992
- Exhibitions VAANG, Luxemburg and Bonn, Germany, 1992
- Katsigras museum, Larissa, Greece,1993
- Museum Modern Art, Νis, Servia, 1994
- «Natura morte», Art Group Elasma «Elasma», Installation, Balcony of Modiano Market,
- Thessaloniki, Greece,1995
- International engraving Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan, 1995
- «Land Art», Quarry Asvestohori, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1995
- Art Athina 3, Athens, Greece, 1995
- «Art and Environment», Greenpeace, Art Gallery Milos, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1995
- «Artists from Thessaloniki», Lemasol, Cyprus, 1995
- Group Elasma, Modiano Market, Thessaloniki, 1996
- Group Elasma, Port of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1996, Gallery Zefxis, Thessaloniki,
- Greece,1996
- Artistic Meeting, Neoria, Chania, Greece,1996
- "The seas I have travelled" Porto Karas, Chalkidiki, Greece, 1996
- «Aspects of Post-war Art at Thessaloniki», Organization of Cultural Capital City of Europe
- 1997, 1997
- "Pictor", Deutsche Schule, Alatza Imaret, Thessaloniki, Greece,1997
- 1st Inter-Balkan Symposium, Group "Elasma", Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997
- «De Valigia», Railway Station Thessaloniki Cultural city, '97, Greece, Belgrade Serbia,
- Budapest Hungary, 1997
- Group Elasma, EPASKT Athens, Greece, 1998
- "Greek House" VAANG, Stockholm, Sweden 1998
- Society for Macedonian Studies, VAANG, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1998
- "Artistic - Literary Parallelisms" Gallery Aenaon, Thessaloniki, Athens and Corfu,
- Greece,1998
- 5th European Festival of Arts, ECOUCHE, France,1999
- "1999 Roads", Video 1', Cultural Capital, Weimar, Germany, 1999
- «Cheap Art», Gallery "Epikentro", Athens, Greece,1999
- «Discovering a Nation: "Modern Art in Balkans" Macedonian Museum of Contemporary
- Art, Sofia, Bucharest;Thessaloniki , 1999
- "Biotechnology exhibition" Port Apothiki Gama Thessaloniki, Greece, 1999
- "The Planet Art", Cape Town, South Africa, 1999
- «Engraving 1997-2000», Engraving center «Ilios», Thessaloniki, Greece, 2000
- 1st Triennalle of Engraving, Pieridis Art Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2000
- 6th International Biennale of Miniature Art Milanovac, Yugoslavia, 2000
- 5th International Biennale of Engraving Belgrade, Thessaloniki, Athens; 2000
- "Malta", International Festival, Poznan, Poland, 2001
- Griechische Kulturstiftung, Greek Foundation for Culture, Berlin, Germany, 2001
- "Labyrinth", Group "Elasma", Vafopoulio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki; Greece, 2001
- 1st Inter- Balkan Exhibition for Modern Micrographic Art, National Museum of Modern Art,
- Thessaloniki Greece, 2002
- Kodra Camp, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003
- Gallery "Nylon'' «4 Greek Artists", Istanbul, Turkey, 2003
- «Art Athens», Athens, Greece, 2003
- "De Valigia", «Kunstwerk Krastal", Austria, 2003
- «Transformations», Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2003
- 3rd Festival of Greek-Turkish Friendship, Alexandroupoli, Greece, 2003
- "Light Between", Gallery Dianna, Athens, Greece, 2003
- "Conversations", Macedonian Museum of Modern Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2004
- «Athens by Art», Municipal Art Gallery of Athens, Greece, 2004
- 1st International Turkish Arts Biennalle, Ankara, Turkey, 2005
- 2nd International Art Biennalle, Millennium House, Beijing, China, 2005
- Gallery Dipolo, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
- Gallery Ianos, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
- Art District", International Festival of Poznan, Poznan, Poland, 2006
- "Nylon Group", Biennalle Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2007
- Festival "Legambiende", Italy, 2008
- G11 Gallery, Berlin, 2009
- 9 Dimensions, Choros 18, Thessaloniki, 2011
- Red Line, Choros 18, Thessaloniki, 2012
- Alatza Imaret, International week of Neuroscience, Thessaloniki, 2013
- Frames of Mind, Choros18, Thessaloniki, 2013
- Art Athina, Athens, 2014
- Artis Causa, Thessaloniki, 2015
- In Red, Cultural Center Casa Bianca, 2015
- European Cultural Capital Paphos 2017, Cyprus, Proposal 2016
- Art fair Thessaloniki, 2016
PERFORMANCES
- Script - Direction - Artistic installations - Video
- "Edem-Gilgamesh", Basilica Cistern, Cistern Yerebatan, Istanbul, 2004
- "Heaven", Millenium House, Tien an men Square- Forbidden City- Wangfujing Dajie- Great Wall- Beijing,
- "Emigrant", Brandenburger Tor- Akademie der Kuenste- East Side Gallery- Berlin, 2005.
- "Moon", Theater "Dasous" Thessaloniki, 2005
- "ΕDEΜ", Baths «Paradisos - Bey Hamam», Thessaloniki, Greece, 2005
- «Kittaro», Yeni Jami, Thessaloniki Greece, 2006
- «Εdem, Eternity», Nicosia, Pila, Amochostos, Derinia, Cyprus, 2006
- «Chorika +», Theatre «Aktis Aeliou», Thessaloniki, 2007
- «Κittaro», Hellenic center, London, 2007
- «Chorika+», in memory of May 68, State Museum, Thessaloniki Port, 2008
- "Chorika+", 8 International Literature Festival, Berlin, 2008
- “Sleepwalker", Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, 2014
- ‘’Citizens - Denizens’’, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, 2016