Tasos Missouras Biographical Note 1963 Tassos Missouras was born in Larissa in February, 1963 1981 Enrolls in the Athens School of Fine Arts and studies painting under Dimitris Mytaras and Rena Papaspyrou in the preparatory course under Yannis Moralis, Dimitris Koukos and Zacharias Arvanitis in the first year and under Dimitris Mytaras in all subsequent years He obtained scholarships for all his years as a student 1986 Graduates from the ASFA with distinction 1987 Studies at the Ecole Νationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Leonardo Cremonini (1987-1991) on a French state (CROUS) scholarship 1988 Obtains a three-year Greek-state scholarship for the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs
Nikos Moschos Born in 1979 in Heraklion, Crete, Lives and works in Athens, EDUCATION 1997-2003 Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, SOLO SHOWS 2013 Penindaplinena Gallery, Art Athina, Athens, Greece 2012 Xippas Gallery, Athens, 2010 Theorema Gallery, Brussels, Belgium 2007 Ekfrasi Gallery - Yianna Grammatopoulou, Athens, GROUP SHOWS 2013 Incidents IV, Contemporary Greek Painting from the Antony and Azia Hadjioannou Collection, Cyclades Gallery, Syros, curator Iris Kritikou 2012 Between Reality and Fantasy. Works from the Sotiris Felios Collection (curator: Irene Orati), Giorgio De Chirico Centre d Art, Volos, 2011 Painting Stories, Penindaplinena Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus. 2011 Art Athina, Ekfrasi Gallery - Yianna Grammatopoulou, Athens, 2011 Expo Collective 2011, Theorema Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. 2011 Bodies & Places, Contemporary Greek Painting from the Collection of Anthony and Asia Hadjioannou, hellenic Fondation for Culture, Berlin, Germany. 2010 Our Father (curator: Harris Kondosphyris), Kalos & Klio Showroom, Thessaloniki, 2010 Human Limits (curator: Iris Kritikou), Mikri Arktos Organisation, Melina Cultural Centre, City of Athens, 2010 Deconstructing the Canvas, Inventing the Image: Works from the Collection of Anthony and Asia Hadjioannou (curator: Iris Kritikou), Toumpa Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, 2010 Tracing Istanbul (curator: Iris Kritikou), Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, Turkey; Technopolis, Athens, 2010 Erysichthon: Contemporary Reading of the Myth (curator: Louisa Karapidaki), L. Kanellopoulos Cultural Centre, Elefsina, 2010 Modern Art, Views of the Cretan Art Scene: Artworks from the Schizakis Collection(curator: Denise-Chloe Alevizou), Municipal Art Gallery, Corfu, 2010 About Heroes and (curator: Iris Kritikou), Municipal Art Gallery, Kalamata,
2010 Joannes Gennadius and His World (curator: Iris Kritikou), Gennadius Library, Athens, 2010 Parcours d artistes, Theorema Gallery, St. Gilles, Belgium. 2009 1x1 Antropofauna, St.Marc Basilica, Heraklion, Crete, 2009 It Happened in Athens (curator: Iris Kritikou), Mikri Arktos Organisation, Athens Cultural Centre, Athens, 2009 Landscape Stories (curator: Louisa Karapidaki), St.Marc Basilica, Heraklion, Crete; Bath House of the Winds, Athens, Greece & Rome, Italy. 2009 Athens Voice, Art on the First Page, Benaki Museum, Athens, 2008 Art Athina, Ekfrasi Gallery - Yianna Grammatopoulou, Athens, 2008 Experiencing Greece, Travels to Enchanted Landscape (curator: Iris Kritikou), Organised by the Ministry of Tourism of Greece, Hellenic House, Beijing, China. 2008 Always Open, Always Watchful the Eyes of my Soul - Sketching Dionysios Solomos(curator: Iris Kritikou), Moschandreou Gallery - Mikri Arktos, Messolongi, Greece; Saints Cosma et Damian Monastery, Venice, Italy. 2007 Birth Place (curator: Iris Kritikou), Benaki Museum, Athens, 2007 Realia Mundi (curator: Athina Schina), Kydoniefs Fondation, Andros, 2007 Aspects of Form - Markings of Landscape, Anthony and Asia Hadjioannou Collection (curator: Iris Kritikou), Municipal Art Gallery, Chania, Crete, 2007 Art Athina, Ekfrasi Gallery - Yianna Grammatopoulou, Athens, 2007 Schizakis Collection (curator: Denise - Chloe Alevizou), Museum of Fine Arts in Heraklion, Crete, 2007 Visual Arts in Greece (curator: Harris Kampouridis), Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece 2006 Once Upon a Time There Was Penelope Delta (curator: Iris Kritikou), Athens College, Athens, 2005 The Colors of the Rainbow, A.P.A.C.A. (Association for the Psychosocial Health of Children & Adolescents), Eleftherias Park Art Centre, Athens, 2005 The Worlds of Women and Men, Direction of Culture, Art and Cultural Events Departement - University of Crete, Rethymnon, Chania, Heraklion, Crete et Thessaloniki, 2005 Art Athina, Galerie Ekfrasi - Yianna Grammatopoulou, Athens, 2004 Gallerie d Art Viannou, Heraklion, Crete, 2004 New Generation, Ekfrasi Gallery - Yianna Grammatopoulou, Athens,
2004 Near Likeness, Versions of a Portrait of Antonis Benakis (curator: Thanassis Moutsopoulos), Benaki Museum, Athens, 2004 Book of Prayers (curator: Iris Kritikou), Ekfrasi Gallery - Yianna Grammatopoulou, Athens, 2004 Art Goes to School, Ekfrasi Gallery - Yianna Grammatopoulou, Athens, 2003 Graduating Class Exhibition 2002-2003, Ergostasio, School of Fine Arts, Athens, 2003 Opus Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus. 2003 Ariadne Gallery, Heraklion, Crete, 2003 Frissiras Collection, Galleria Forni, Milan, Italy. EXHIBITION CATALOGUES (selection) 2012 Irene Orati, Between Reality and Fantasy. Works from the Sotiris Felios Collection, Volos, Greece 2011 Iris Kritikou, Bodies - Places. Contemporary Greek Painting from the Collection of Anthony & Asia Hadjioannou, Hellenic Foundation for Culture - Berlin Branch, Berlin, Germany. 2010 Iris Kritikou, Tracing Istanbul, Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, Turkey; Technopolis, Athens, 2010 Iris Kritikou, Nikos Moschos, Galerie Theorema, Brussels, Belgium. 2009 Athens Voice, Art on the First Page, Benaki Museum, Athens, 2008 Iris Kritikou, Experiencing Greece, Travels to Enchanted Landscape, Hellenic House, Beijing, China. 2007 Visual Arts in Greece, curated by Harris Kampouridis, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2007 Denise-Chloe Alevizou, Schizakis Collection, Heraklion Museum of Visual Arts, Heraklion, Crete, 2007 Iris Kritikou, Nikos Moschos, Ekfrasi - Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery, Athens, 2007 Athina Schina, Realia Mundi, P. & M. Kydoniefs Foundation, Andros, 2004 Thanassis Moutsopoulos, Near Likeness, Versions of a Portrait of Antonis Benakis, Benaki Museum, Athens, ARTICLES (selection) Figos Magazine, Issue # 29 & 30, 2011.
Mylona K., Nikos Moschos, Stigmes, No. 107, (July-August 2009). Makra T., Recommendation letter, Tachydromos, No. 378, (26 May 2007). Pournara M., Nikos Moschos, eyes through distorting mirror, Kathimerini, (21 April 2007). Katsa A., Urban life snapshots by Nikos Moschos, Eleftheros, (17 April 2007). Kritikou I., Nikos Moschos, a wonderful New World, Nemesis, No. 75, (April 2007). Nikos Moschos works belong to the collections of the Benaki Museum, the Frissiras Museum, the Viannou Art Gallery, the Heraklion Museum of Visual Arts and numerous private collections in Greece and abroad. He has also made numerous artworks for book covers, cd s, films, magazines, newspapers etc.
Short Bio Καλός & Κλιό www.kalosklio.com Οι Kalos&Klio (Χρήστος Καλός, Κλειώ Τανταλίδης ) είναι εικαστικό δίδυμο, γεννήθηκαν στην Θεσσαλονίκη και σπούδασαν καλές τέχνες στην Ελλάδα και στο εξωτερικό. Από το 2005 ένωσαν τις αναζητήσεις τους και λειτουργούν με συμπληρωματικό τρόπο παράγοντας κοινό καλλιτεχνικό έργο. Προερχόμενοι από διαφορετική καλλιτεχνική διαδρομή, συνθέτουν και διευρύνουν την καλλιτεχνική τους έρευνα σε περισσότερα πεδία. Αναφορικά η Κλειώ Τανταλίδου σπούδασε Ζωγραφική,BFA, (summa cum laude),στο Hanze University, Groningen, NL, Xαρακτική,,MA, Governors State University, Chicago IL USA, Ψηφιακά Μέσα, MFA (πλήρη υποτροφία) University Of Chicago, IL, USA. Ο Χρήστος Καλός σπούδασε Φωτογραφία στο (Ι.Ι.Ε.Κ) E.S.P. Photography,Θεσσαλονίκη και Ζωγραφική στο Boston College UK. Οι Kalos&Klio με τα μετά pop, μετά- ψυχεδελικά τους έργα διαπερνούν τα όρια των τεχνών δημιουργώντας έργα - περιβάλλοντα που είναι σύνθετα και πολυεπίπεδα.. Έχουν λάβει μέρος σε εκθέσεις, στην Ελλάδα, Αμερική και Ασία. Επιλεγμένες διεθνείς εκθέσεις : Lumen price group exhibition 2013 2014, Arcade Cardiff Gallery, Wales, New York Institute of Technology, Gallery 61, New York City, Chelsea College of art & Design s Triangle space, London and The Space gallery, Hong Kong, China. Art Athina,2011-2013, Solo exhibition, Lola Nikolaou Gallery,2010. Προτεινόμενοι καλλιτέχνες Liquid Identities, 2012, Scoletta di San Giovanni Battista e del SS.Sacramento in Bragora, Venice και ID / Identities, 2012, Koza Visual Culture and Arts Association, Istanbul, Turkey. Συμμετοχή στην XV Biennale de la Mediterranée, SYMVIOSIS,2011. Διακρίσεις στους διεθνής διαγωνισμούς: Lumen prize 2013 shortlist, 2013, Artsland 1st Showcase Juried Winner στην κατηγορία New Media και 2012, International ArtExpo, Liquid identitiesjuried winners of Computer Graphic Competition με το έργο τους Pandora s Box. Σχετικά με το έργο τους κυκλοφορεί το βιβλίο του καθηγητή της Ιστορίας της Τέχνης και της Θεωρίας του Πολιτισμού στο Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης Θανάση Μουτσόπουλου με τίτλο: «Kalos&Klio, Ένα εγχειρίδιο χρήσης του ψηφιακού κόσμου και των σκουπιδιών του πλανήτη». Εκδόσεις IANOS, Θεσσαλονίκη, Ελλάδα, ISBN: 978-960- 6882-43-2 Kalos&Klio (Christos Kalos, Klio Tantalidis) is an artist duo born in Thessaloniki, Greece, where they live and work. The pair has joined forces since 2005 and operates in a complementary fashion, considering the process of working as one, a path more intriguing given that they come from different artistic trajectories. Klio Tantalidis studied Painting, BFA (summa cum laude) in Hanze University, Groningen, NL,Printmaking, MA in Governors State University, Chicago, USA and has an MFA, ( U of C scholarship) in Digital Arts, The University of Chicago, USA. Christos Kalos studied photography, (BA, ESP, School Of Photography, Thessaloniki, and GR) and painting (Boston College UK.). Kalos&Klio post- pop, post- psychedelic digital works are breaking through the boundaries of the arts encompassing a variety of printed media, sculpture and installation creating elaborate art environments that are intricate and multifaceted. Kalos&Klio have showed their work in Greece, America and Asia. Selected exhibition history includes: National Archaeological Museum, Athens, October 15th to December 15th, 2013, group exhibition, titled Offering -Greek contemporary artists,curator: Manos
Stefanidis. Lumen price, group exhibition, 2013 2014, in Arcade Cardiff Gallery, Wales, New York Institute of Technology, Gallery 61, New York City, Chelsea College of art & Design s Triangle space, London and The Space gallery, Hong Kong, China. 2013; International fairs 2013 Re-culture 2, GR, Art Athina 2011-2013. Solo exhibition, Lola Nikolaou Gallery,2010. Exhibition as feature artists at Liquid Identities Scoletta di San Giovanni Battista e del SS. Sacramento in Bragora, Venice; ID / Identities Koza Visual Culture and Arts Association, Istanbul, Turkey,2012; participation at 2011 XV Biennale de la Mediterranée, SYMVIOSIS. Awards: Lumen prize 2013 shortlist, 2013 Artsland 1st Showcase Juried Winner (artwork Pandora s Box) category New Media. 2012 International ArtExpo, Liquid identities, (artwork Pandora s Box) Juried winners of Computer Graphic Competition. In print: By author Thanasis Moutsopoulos, (2011). Kalos&Klio, Digital world and global trash: A user s manual. Thessaloniki, Greece: IANOS Publishers. ISBN: 978-960-6882-43-2