Nikos Alexiou                                                                                                                                                                  . . .

Born in 1960 in Rethymo, Crete, Greece; Lives and works in Athens.

 

1982     Academy of Vienna, Austria

1984     Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens

 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

2004     Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens (November)

2003     Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki

Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens

2002     Gallery 3, Athens

2001     Exerevnitis, Athens

2000     Alekton, Athens

Tzamia Kristala, Chania, Crete, Greece

1999     Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki

Gallery 3, Athens

1998     Athens Gallery, Athens

1995     Athens Gallery, Athens

1994     Gallery 3, Athens

1992     Athens Gallery, Athens

1989     Gallery 3, Athens

1988     ZM Gallery, Thessaloniki

1987     Gallery 3, Athens

1985     Desmos Art Gallery

1983     Ynnsprukgeer Werkstatt Gallery, Innsbruck, Austria

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2004     Twelve contemporary positions in Greek Art, European Patent Office, Munich (cur. Francoise Heitsch & Monica Poalas, cat.) 23/06 – 30/07/03

            365 Project Space, Athens

Light Between, Municipal Art Center, Volos, Greece (cur. Fai Tzanetoulaki)

Breakthrough! (Greece at Arco 2004), Alcala 31, Madrid, Spain (cat.)

            ARCO, Madrid (Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens)

2003     Outlook International Exhibition, Athens (cur. Christos Joachimides, cat.)

Deste Prize 2003, Deste Foundation, Athens (cat.)

The Pioneers, Beltsios Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece

Free Transit ?, Zappeio, Athens (cur. Nadia Argiropoulou for the Ministry of Foreign Office)

Sketching out today, tomorrow and yesterday/ young greek artists, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece &Technopolis, Gazi, Athens

2002     Sketching out today, tomorrow and yesterday/ young greek artists, Pinakothiki Averoff, Metsovo, Greece (cat.)

The Pioneers, Beltsios Collection, Kalambaka, Greece (cur. Denys Zacharopoulos, cat.)

2001     Art Paris (Athens Gallery), Paris, France

Glossalgia, Hellenic-American Union, Athens

1998     Original Replica, Nees Morphes Gallery, Athens

1994     Passion, Greek National Railways warehouse (OSE), Athens

Nees Morphes Gallery, Athens

Magazin, House of Cyprus, Athens

International Meeting of Sculpture, European Cultural Center, Delfi, Greece

1992     Spiral 1/12 Greeks, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain (cat.)

Egoism, House of Cyprus, Athens

1990     Borderline 80-90o, Municipal Gallery, Athens

Danae 90’, Puilly, France

1989     Antifestival, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens

Revolution, French Institute, Athens

Five Greek Artists – 30 Works, salle de Conference de la Communaute Europeenne, Brussels, Belgium

Five Greek Artists – 30 Works, Laiterie Centrale, Stasbourg, France

Meetings, Highlights, Conflicts, Municipal Gallery, Athens

1987     Panhellenic Fine Arts Exhibition, Piraeus Port, Piraus, Greece

What the Servant Saw inside The Closed Room, Eleftherias Park, Athens

Jeune Sculpture, Port d’Austerlitz, Paris, France

Biennale of Young Mediterranean Artists, Barcelona, Spain

1986     Biennale of Young Mediterranean Artists, Thessaloniki, Greece

 

 

Catalogues & Books (selection)

 

Breakthrough!, Grecia 2004: Contemporary Perspective in the Visual Art, catalogue of the exhibition, Madrid, 2004, published by Comunidad de Madrid, Consejeria de Cultura Y Deportes, texts by K. Gregos, S. Papa, D. Zacharopoulos

Outlook, catalogue of the exhibition, text by Christos Joachimides, Athens 2003

The Beltsios Collection, catalogue of the exhibition, text by Denys Zacharopoulos, edited by Futura, 2003

Deste Prize 2003, catalogue of the exhibition, Deste Foundation, Athens, 2003

Free Transit ?, catalogue of the exhibition, text by Nadia Argiropoulou, Ministry of Foreign Office, Athens 2003

Holly Monastery Iviron, 1996-2000, text by Giorgos Tzirtzilakis, edited by Nikos Alexiou and Niki Ekdosi AE, Athens 2001 (250 signed copies)

Nikos Alexiou, 7 Drawings, catalogue of the exhibition at Tzamia – Krystalla, text by Maria Maragou, edited by The Contemporary Art Center of Rethymno, Crete, Greece, 2000

Spiral I, catalogue of the exhibition, text by Sania Papa, edited by Circulo De Bellas Artes/ Greek Minister of Culture, European Cultural Center of Delphi, 1992.

 

Recent Publications & Reviews

 

Koroxenidis Alexandra, Nikos Alexiou in Frieze Issue 74/ reviews, April 2003, p 99

Karras Maria-Thalia, Nikos Alexiou in Tema Celeste 96/ reviews, March-April 2003, p 103

Koroxenidis Alexandra, An artist’s vision of Mount Athos in Kathimerini English Edition / Herald Tribune, 2003

Koroxenidis Alexandra in Vogue Hellas, January 2003, p 114

Kabouridis Haris in Ta Nea, 08/01/2003, p 24

Xydakis Nikos in Kathimerini, 04/12/2002, p 14

Katimertzi Paraskevi in Ta Nea, 05/11/2002, p 21

Maragou Maria in Eleftherotypia, 12/11/2001

Tzirtzilakis Giorgos in Ta Nea, 01/12/2001, p 42

Papagiannidou Maria, Nikos Alexiou: Holly Monastery Iviron in To Vima, 29/04/2001

Koroxenidis Alexandra, Nikos Alexiou, diversified artist.. in Kathimerini English Edition / Herald Tribune, 2001

Katimertzi Paraskevi in Ta Nea, 14/12/1999, p 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unlimited Contemporary Art

Athens