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ilias papailiakis

Born 1970 in Crete

Education 

1990-1996

School of Fine Arts, Athens

Awards

1998 

1st Prize, Yannis & Zoe Spiropoulos Foundation

Solo Shows

2017

Das Leben Der Anderen, Municipal Gallery Corfu, Corfu, GR

2016

Study for a Sedate Landscape, Elika Gallery, Athens, GR

 

Delos, Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, GR

 

Day After Day. Again, Salon de Bricolage, Athens, GR

 

Portrait of P. P. Pasolini, Ύλη [matter] HYLE, Athens, GR

 

2015

 

Water Hollows Stone (with Pauline Oliveros), Signal Centre for Contemporary Art, Malmö, SE

 

2014

 

Confidence Building Measures, Marinos Vrachimis Art Proposals, Nicosia, CY

 

2011

 

Dresden, Upstairs Berlin Gallery, Berlin, DE

 

2009

 

Mythologie Unserer Zukunft 2005-2009, Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Berlin, DE

 

The Apotheosis of Bavaria, The Breeder Gallery, Athens, GR

 

Volkerschauplatz, Upstairs Berlin Gallery, Berlin, DE

 

2007

 

Like Lovers Do…, Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York, US

 

2005

 

Democracy is the Opposite of Ingratitude, The Breeder Gallery, Athens, GR

 

Cassandra, Upstairs Berlin Gallery, Berlin, DE

 

Ilias Papailiakis, Sorcha Dallas Gallery, Glasgow, UK

 

2004

 

Land of the Just, Vilma Gold, London, UK

 

2003

 

Ilias Papailiakis, The Breeder Gallery, Athens, GR

 

2002

 

Papailiakis, Tzamia-Krystalla Gallery, Chania, GR

 

2001

 

Papailiakis 1998-2001, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, GR

 

2000

 

The Origin of the Myth, Papafion Foundation, Thessaloniki, GR

 

Basic Arsis and Theseis, Plessas Textiles S.A., Athens, GR

 

1999

 

The Origin of the Myth, Yannis Spyropoulos Foundation, Athens, GR

 

The Objective Image, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, GR

 

1997 

 

Νon Historical Cosmos, Gallery 7, Athens, GR

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2017 

 

New Acquisitions (2014 - 2017) of the E.M.S.T. Collections, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, GR

 

Von Pablo Picasso Bis Robert Rauschenberg, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, DE

 

Antidoron, Documenta 14, Fridericianum, Kassel, DE

 

Ten Chapters: Artworks from the Permanent Collection of C.C.A., C.C.A. – Contemporary Art Museum of Crete, Rethymno, GR

 

2016

 

Genii Loci. Greek Art from 1930 to the Present, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, RU

 

Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, GR

 

2015

 

Group ’15, Marinos Vrachimis Art Proposals, Nicosia, CY

 

2013

 

C. P. Cavafy Painted, B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music, Athens, GR

 

Mediterranean Experience, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, GR

 

DESTE Prize 13, DESTE Foundation, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, GR

 

2012

 

Faces, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens, GR

 

2010

 

Monkey See Monkey Do, Montehermoso Cultural Centre, Montehermoso, ES

 

2009

 

The First Image, Centre Regional d’art Contemporain du Languedoc-Roussillon, Sete, FR

 

Paint - Id, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, GR

 

Warum Ich Kein Konservativer Bin, Museum der bildenden Kunste, Leipzig, DE

 

2008

 

Archaeology of Mind, Malmo Art Museum, Malmo, SE

 

Archaeology of Mind, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, SE

 

2007

 

In Present Tense, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, GR

 

Topoi (Places), An Exhibition, an Approach, a Museum, a History: Contemporary Art in Greece Through the Collections of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Benaki Museum, Athens, GR

 

2006

 

What Remains is Future, Arsakeio, Patras, GR

 

2004

 

Breakthrough! Greece 2004: Contemporary Perspectives in the Visual Arts, Alcala 31, Madrid, ES

 

2003

 

Free -Transit (?), Zappeion Hall, Athens, GR

 

2002

 

Premio del Golfo La Spezia 2002: Biennale Europea Arti Visive, Palasport, La Spezia, IT

 

IV Cetinjske Bijenale: Reconstructions, Cetinje, Montenegro, ME

 

2001

 

Plateau of Humankind, La Biennale di Venezia, 49th International Exhibition, Greek Pavilion, Giardini di Castello, Venice, IT

 

1999

 

Biennale Dei Giovani Artisti dell' Europa e del Mediterraneo: Visioni di Futuro, Mattatoio di Testaccio, Roma, IT

 

1997

 

...And Still the Ship is not in Sight, Lichthaus eV, GmbH, Bremen, DE

 

...And Still the Ship is not in Sight, Warehouse 1 of the TH. P. A., Pier 1, Port of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GR

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