Name - Surname:

Periklis Costopoulos (Kostopoulos)

Date and place of birth:

1959, Athens

Education:

1980       
Athens School of Fine Arts, Plaster Art under Theodoros Vasilopoulos, 6 months as an auditor

1979       
Studio of the Painter Stavros Dalakos (Oskar Kokoschka's student), 6-month studies in Painting and Colour

1977-1980            
Studio of the Painter George Vogiatzis, 3 Years of Painting, Drawing

1976-1977            
Shape, Christina Bezante, Architect, 1 year of Architectural Design, free and linear

Solo exhibitions in Greece:

2009
ARTZONE 42 GALLERY, ''SITUATIONS ON HUMAN DIMENSION'', FORWARDED BY DR. IN HISTORY OF ART - ART CRITIC DORA-ILIOPOULOU-ROGAN, ATHENS

1985       
Parnassos Literary Society, Athens

1982       
Hellenic Art and Culture Centre, Athens

1980       
DIOMIDIS Gallery, Athens

1978       
DIOMIDIS Gallery, Athens

Group exhibitions in Greece:

2012
INSTITUTE FRANCAIS DE THESSALONIQUE , '' ART IN LIFE '',65 SKETBE MEMBERS EXHIBITION, CATALOG, THESSALONIKI, GREECE

ART SPACE EPSILON, '' ART IN HARD TIMES '', 30 SKETBE MEMBERS EXHIBITION, CATALOG, THESSALONIKI, GREECE

2011
ART GALLERY/ SOCIETY FOR MACEDONIAN STUDIES (EMS), ''THESSALONIKI OF DIVERSITY-VISUAL REACTIONS'', SKETBE MEMBERS EXHIBITION, CATALOG, THESSALONIKI

TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, ''SUMMER ASCENT'', ATHENS

TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, '' IN ART WITH A DRACHMA '', DVD/FORMAT CATALOG, ATHENS , GREECE

ART SPACE EPSILON,'' WITH THE EYES OF 50 ARTISTS '' - SKETBE MEMBERS EXHIBITION, CATALOG, THESSALONIKI, GREECE

2010
CAMP KODRA , '' CO - DRASEIS '', SKETBE MEMBERS EXHIBITION , THESSALONIKI , GREECE

TITANIUM - YIAYIANNOS  GALLERY , '' SUMMER ASCENT '', ATHENS

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTER  CRETE, ''THE ANCIENT OLIVE  GROVE OF CRETE IN THE DEPTH OF TIME'' ,PART 2/ INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION, ORGANIZED BY THE CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS NETWORK OF CRETE/ TEI CRETE/THE WORLD COUNCIL CRETE/ CHAMBER OF FINE ARTS OF GREECE(E.E.T.E.) /FOUR PREFECTORALADMINISTRATION AUTHORITIES OF CRETE,CURATED BY MARIA MARANGOU, ALBUM CATALOG(350 pages!), HERAKLION, CRETE

TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTE CRETE-(TEI/CRETE) , ''THE ANCIENT OLIVEGROVE OF CRETE IN THE DEPTH OF TIME'' , PART 1/INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION,ORGANIZED BY THE CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS NETWORK OF CRETE/ TEI CRETE/THE WORLD COUNCIL CRETE/ CHAMBER OF FINE ARTS OF GREECE(E.E.T.E.) /FOUR PREFECTORAL ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITIES OF CRETE,CURATED BY MARIA MARANGOU, ALBUM CATALOG(350 pages!), HERAKLION, CRETE

SYNTAGMA SQUARE, ''HUMAN, COLOURS, MUSIC'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION,CURATED BY THOMAI KONTOU,ORGANIZED BY HELLENIC SOCIETY OF HAEMATOLOGY/ JOSE CARRERAS FRIENDS ASSOCIATION OF GREECE-FIGHT AGAINST LEUKEMIA/ GINA BACHAUER INTERNATIONAL MUSIC ASSOCIATION,CATALOG,ATHENS

MUNICIPAL GALLERY CHALASTRA , (HALASTRA), ''NO TO VIOLENCE, YES TO CREATE'',TOURING INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION IN COLABORATION OF SKETBE,THESSALONIKI

EXHIBITION HALL- ex DEPKA-SERRES -KEPAS ,''NO TO VIOLENCE,YES TO CREATE'',TOURING INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION IN COLABORATION OF SKETBE/ EGE SERRES/ NEPOS, SERRES

2009
ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF TESSALONIKI(A.U.TH.), TOWER BILDING OF THE ''FACULTY OF EDUCATION'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART 2009, ORGANIZED BY SKETBE (VISUAL ARTISTS ASSOCIATION OF NOTHERN GREECE) IN COLLABORATION WITH A.U.TH. FACULTY OF EDUCATION, PARTICIPATION OF 33 COUNTRIES, THESSALONIKI

TECHNOPOLIS, HUMAN FIGURE IN ART - PANHELLENIC EXHIBITION OF Ε.Ε.Τ.Ε. MEMBERS, ALBUM CATALOG (450 pages!) SPONSORSHIP BY PANAYOTIS & EFFIE MICHELIS FOUNDATION, ATHENS

2008
EXHIBITION CENTER OF ELLENICO (OLD AIRPORT), EXHIBITION RENDEZ-VOUS DES ARTS (BOOK - CATALOG), ATHENS
CULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF ATHENS, WORKS OF ART AND SPEECH CONTRIBUTION - CULTURAL CENTRE OF MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS (NAMELY CATALOG), ATHENS

2007
EXHIBITION-LOVE AUCTION,ORGANISED BY ELEFTHEROS TYPOS NEWSPAPER - AUCTED BY PETROS VERGOS (www.vergosauctions.gr) ATHENAES MULTIPLEX (HISTORIC CONFERENCE CENTRES OF EUROPE) BOOK CATALOG (ET-OPAP) (WITH THE NOBLE OFFER OF MY WORKS OF ART BY GALLERY EPIPEDA) THE WORK WAS BOUGHT AND BELONGS TO IOANNIS KONTELLIS COLLECTION - ATHENS
GALLERY EPIPEDA - MICROSHAPES AND MICROFORMS, ATHENS

2006
GALLERY EPIPEDA-MICROSHAPES AND MICROFORMS, ATHENS
SUMMER EXHIBITION - MINOIS VILLAGE - ORGANISED BY GALLERY EPIPEDA, PAROS
"EROTICA" - PAROS, MINOIS VILLAGE, ORGANISED BY GALLERY EPIPEDA IN COOPERATION WITH DR IN HISTORY OF ART - ART CRITIC DORA ILIOPOULOU-ROGAN, PAROS

2003       
Exhibition Hall of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Micropainting Exhibition of the members of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Catalog, Athens

1996       
EPIPEDA Gallery, "Microforms - Microshapes", Athens

1989       
EPIPEDA Gallery, "Microforms - Microshapes", Athens

1988       
EPIPEDA Gallery, "Microforms", Athens
EPIPEDA Gallery, "Summer '88", Athens

1987       
EPIPEDA Gallery, "Microforms - Microshapes", Athens

1986       
EPIPEDA Gallery, Painting Exhibition, Salon of Young Artists Phase B (after a selection in Phase A), Catalog, Athens
EPIPEDA Gallery, Painting Exhibition, Salon of Young Artists Phase A (after a selection), Athens

1984       
City Hall of Piraeus, 14th Panhellenic Seascape Exhibition, (organized by the House of Letters of Piraeus), Municipality of Piraeus, Catalog, Piraeus

1982       
Athens Conservatoire - temporary home of National Museum of Contemporary Art, Exhibition of Greek Young Painters, (European Union contest, organized by the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece), Namely Catalog, Athens
City Hall of Piraeus, 13th Panhellenic Seascape Exhibition, (organized by the House of Letters of Piraeus), Municipality of Pireus, Catalog, Piraeus

1981-1982            
Hellenic Art and Culture Centre, Group Painting Exhibition, Athens

1981       
Spiti tis Kyprou Cultural Centre, Exhibition on the centenary of Picasso's birth, Athens
City Hall of Piraeus, 12th Panhellenic Seascape Exhibition, (organized by the House of Letters of Piraeus), Piraeus

1980       
Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens, Greek Visual Artists' Exhibition for the Cypriot People, (organized by P.E.A.K.L.)
City Hall of Piraeus, 11th Panhellenic Seascape Exhibition, (organized by the House of Letters of Piraeus), Catalog, Piraeus

1979       
City Hall of Piraeus, 10th Panhellenic Seascape Exhibition, after a selection, (organized by the House of Letters of Piraeus), Catalog, Piraeus

1977       
Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens, 1st Panhellenic Student Exhibition of Visual Arts, Education-Art-Life Student Association, Athens

Group exhibitions Intenational:

2012
GALLERY M / EURO - ASIAN ART CENTER , COLLECTIVE ART EXHIBITION / '' 21st CENTURY ART AND ARTISTS '' (ART COLLECTOR'S GUIDE) ,VIENNA , AUSTRIA

GALLERIA TERRE RARE , '' NO COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL – PHASE II '' , ORGANIZED BY MAURIZIO FOLLIN , CATALOG , BOLOGNA , ITALY

CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER , ''WRITE NOW: ARTISTS AND LETTERFORMS'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART/VISUAL POETRY/FLUXUS, CURATED BY KEITH A. BUCHHOLZ - NATHAN MASON, CHICAGO , ILLINOIS, USA

2011
GALLERIA NAZIONALE DI COSENZA / PALAZZO ARNONE , '' INSERT COIN – RETROGAMING 2011 '', ORGANIZED BY ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE VERDE BINARIO ,COSENZA , ITALY

BAHNHOF HUGLFING , '' ARBEITSWELTEN - WORKING WORLDS '' , INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT ORGANIZED BY THORSTEN FUHRMANN – OTTMAR BERGMANN , BAVARIA , GERMANY

GYLSBODA ART – CENTER , '' ARBEITSWELTEN - WORKING WORLDS '' , INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT ORGANIZED BY THORSTEN FUHRMANN – OTTMAR BERGMANN , LÖNSBODA , SWEDEN

KAUNAS BIENNIAL TEXTILE '11, ''GEORGE MACIUNAS AND BEYOND: FLUXUS NEVER STOPS'', CURATED BY KEITH A. BUCHHOLZ , CATALOG, KAUNAS, LITHUANIA

CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER , ''WRITE NOW: ARTISTS AND LETTERFORMS'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART/VISUAL POETRY/FLUXUS, CURATED BY KEITH A. BUCHHOLZ - NATHAN MASON, CHICAGO , ILLINOIS, USA

CENTRO CULTURALE CANDIANI, ''NO COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL - PHASE II'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT ORGANIZED BY MAURIZIO FOLLIN, CATALOG, VENEZIA MESTRE, ITALY

THE SECOND AVENUE FIREHOUSE GALLERY,'' THE TIES THAT BIND - ABAD'', CURATED BY LUANN T. PALAZZO, BAY SHORE, NEW YORK, USA

CHINA NATIONAL AGRICULTURE EXHIBITION CENTER, ART BEIJING 2011 , THE ARTIST WAS PRESENTED BY GALLERY M / BRATISLAVA / VIENNA / NEW YORK, ALBUM CATALOG , BEIJING , CHINA

GARAGE N.3 GALLERY , '' NO COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL '' , ORGANIZED BY MAURIZIO FOLLIN , CATALOG, VENEZIA MESTRE , ITALY

STEDELIJK VAN ABBEMUSEUM , '' COLLECTING '', CURATED BY MIRANDA VISSERS - DIANA FRANSSEN, CATALOG, EINDHOVEN , THE NETHERLANDS

GALLERY M / EURO-ASIAN ART CENTER , '' IN VIVID COLOR '' , VIENNA , AUSTRIA

2010
LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY / SAL GALLERY/ C.W .POST CAMPUS( LIU), '' RAY JOHNSON & ABAD'', CURATED BY JOAN HARRISON - LUANN T. PALAZZO, NEW YORK, USA

PALERMO H GALERIA DE ARTE+ INSTITUTO UNIVERSITARIO NATIONAL DEL ARTE( IUNA) ,'' SPACE OF LIBERTY '', BUENOS AIRES , ARGENTINA

CENTRUM KULTURY ZAMEK , '' MAIL US ART '' , WROCLAW , POLAND

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM +ARTS CENTER ,'' BMC to DiY '', ASHEVILLE , NORTH CAROLINA , USA

VANCOUVER ISLAND SCHOOL OF ART- SLIDE ROOM GALLERY, 4th BIENNIAL - ''MAILMANIA 4'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY DALE ROBERTS, CATALOG, VICTORIA, BC, CANADA

THE BRICK LANE GALLERY , ''CRUEL AND TENDER'' / AN ART IN MIND EXHIBITION, CATALOG , LONDON, U.K.

CENTRO GALLEGO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO ( CGAC ), ''SENDA/S( PATH )'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION ,ORGANIZED BY MANOEL BONABAL, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA , A CORUNA , SPAIN

SKYLAB GALLERY ,'' VISUAL POETRY'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART EXHIBITION,ORGANIZED AND CURATED BY JOHN M BENNETT- C MEHRL BENNETT- JOHN ALSO BENNETT,COLUMBUS, OHIO, USA

FLUXUS ST.LOUIS-ARTFARM / IN COLLABORATION WITH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ST.LOUIS( CAMSTL )-OPEN STUDIOS, FLUXUS , MAIL ART, PUBLICATIONS, SOUND & VIDEO WORKS BY CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS,ORGANIZER KEITH BUCHHOLZ, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA

ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS/CALDWELL GALLERY , INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART
SHOW IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF JUDITH A. HOFFBERG , CURATED BY JAY BELLOLI , PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, USA

ROCHESTER CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER ( RoCo ),6``x 6``x 2010,HUGE EXHIBITION OF SMALL ARTWORK INTERNATIONAL, ROCHESTER , NEW YORK ,USA

MUSEUM JANIS ROZENTAL SALDUS HISTORY AND ART,''MAN= HIDDEN TENDERNESS'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT , SALDUS, LATVIA

CHINA WORLD TRADE CENTER EXHIBITION HALL, CIGE 2010 ,7th CHINA INTERNATIONAL GALLERY EXHIBITION, THE ARTIST WAS PRESENTED BY JMA GALLERY/VIENNA/AUSTRIA, ALBUM CATALOG, BEIJING, CHINA

STADTMUSEUM-WEILHEIM,''BLICK AUS DEM FENSTER-VIEW FROM THE WINDOW'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT , OGANIZED BY KUNSTFORUM-WEILHEIM/ THORSTEN FUHRMANN(via H.E.W GALERIE WIELENBACH), CATALOG, WEILHEIM ,GERMANY

FLOREAN MUSEUM, ''WHAT I HAVE IN MY SOUL'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT, CURATED BY MIRCEA BOCHIS, BAIA MARE, ROMANIA

FLOREAN MUSEUM,''WHAT I DON'T LIKE'', INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT, CURATED BY MIRCEA BOCHIS, BAIA MARE, ROMANIA

MuBE - MUSEU BRASILEIRO DA ESCULTURA, ''A BOOK ABOUT DEATH-UM LIVRO SOBRE A MORTE'',INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT BY MATTHEW ROSE,CURATED AND
ORGANIZED BY ANGELA FERRARA, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL

2009
MANEGE CENTRALL EXHIBITION HALL, 14th ART MANEGE-MOSCOW ART FAIR 2009, INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION WITH 65 PARTICIPATING GALLERIES,THE ARTIST WAS PRESENTED BY THE JMA GALLERY/ VIENNA/AUSTRIA, ALBUM CATALOG 180 pages!, MOSCOW, RUSSIA

THE RITZ CARLTON, 6th MMAS (MASTERS MYSTERY ART SHOW), INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF SMALL DIMENTIONS ( 6''X9'' ), ORGANIZED BY FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FIU)- FROST ART MUSEUM-DEPARTMENT OF ART +ART HISTORY, MAIAMI, FLORIDA, USA

THE BRICK LANE GALLERY (ART IN MIND), CATALOG, LONDON, U.K.

JMA GALLERY (UNITED ART & ARTISTS), CATALOG, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

1983       
Greek Artists' Exhibition at the Greek Cruise Ships, (organized by Pieridis Gallery and the Ministry of Culture)

Awards - Distinctions:

1977
Award at the First Panhellenic Student Exhibition of Visual Arts, (jury members: P. Gravvalos, V. Katraki, A. Baharian, Th. Panourgias, A. Tassos)

Professional experience:

Painting

Reviews and critiques:

GALLERY GUIDE, FINE ARTS IN GREECE magazine, Spring – Summer 1997, Issue 25, page 26, ''EXHIBITIONS PAR EXCELLENCE''

ATHENS VOICE newspaper, 19-25/2009 , No 245, page 40, ''Epiloges'' by Dimitra Triantafyllou

ATHENS PLUS newspaper(by The International Herald Tribune & Kathimerini SA), 20/2/2009, No 36, page 3

ATHENS NEWS newspaper, 20-26/2/2009, No 13,326 , page 27, Planningahead/ ART

ELEYTHEROS TYPOS/ AGENDA newspaper, 28/2/2009, page 8, ''ART TODAY'' by Vasiliki Tzevelekou

PROTO THEMA/ THEMA- I ZOI MAS newspaper, 1/3/2009, page 2, ''agenda'' by Giota Vazoura

VETO newspaper, 2/5/2010, page 54,''AGENDA/WORLD'' by Christina Farazi

VETO /MAGAZINE newspaper, 17/10/2010, page 30, ''AGENDA /WORLD'' by Christina Farazi

ELEYTHEROTYPIA newspaper, 18/1/2011, page 24,''EVENTS GUIDE'' by Giorgos Tzedakis

FAQ newspaper, 14-20/10/2010, no 116, page 28 by Anastasia Touroutoglou

Laiki foni newspaper, October 2010, Period B,no 16(1014), page 25

GALLERY GUIDE, FINE ARTS IN GREECE, Spring - Summer 2010 - Issue 53

GALLERY GUIDE, FINE ARTS IN GREECE, Autumn - Winter 2009/2010 - Issue 52

GALLERY GUIDE, FINE ARTS IN GREECE, Spring - Summer 2009 - Issue 51

Dora-Iliopoulou-Rogan, critical note for solo exhibition, Artzone42 gallery, 16 February - 7 March 2009, Athens 

Dictionary of Greek Artists, 1998, Melissa editions

Greek Artists Album 1800-1978, 1979, Hellenic Press Agency editions, A. Kourtikakis

SYLLEKTIKI EPITHEORISI newspaper, year 5, February 1986, no. 53, p. 9, Ch. Anagnostou

I VRADYNI newspaper, 8/12/1982, p. 4, K. Linardatos

"Culture Notes", ATHENS NEWS newspaper, 24/5/1980, nο 6647, p. 6

More info:

Member ''Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece'' (SKETBE) since 2010
Co-operation with art painter-designer Michail Michail and MOI ET LES AUTRES (art team from Belgium) (Michel Michel, Patrice Fincoeur, Jean Daxhelet) , brainstorming and give-and-take regarding modern painting in '80s.
Member Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (Ε.Ε.Τ.Ε.) since 1990.

Collections, Museums, Galleries:

- Pinakothiki Grigoriadi , Athens , Greece
- The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery, Bay Shore, New York, USA
- Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum , Eindhoven , The Netherlands
- Black Mountain College Museum +Arts Center , Asheville , North Carolina , USA
- Long Island University -LIU, Brookville , New York , USA
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki-AUTH, Thessaloniki,Greece
- MuBE- Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Sao Paulo, Brasil
- Florean Museum,Baia Mare,Romania
- Kunstforum -Weilheim , Weilheim ,Germany
- Museum Janis Rozentals Saldus History and Art, Latvia
- Fluxus St.Louis/Artfarm, St.Louis, Missouri, USA
- University of California, Santa Barbara-UCSB, USA
- Ohio State University- OSU, Columbus, Ohio,USA
- Instituto Universitario National del Arte- IUNA , Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Ioannis Kontelis Collection
- Endomos Office Collection
- Private and other Collections in Greece and worldwide.

Archive:

- Artists archive State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Artists archive Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, Greece