HECTOR MAVRIDIS, Sculptor
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BIOGRAPHY
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Born 1958 in Melbourne, Australia. Moved to Greece in 1969. Lived in Chicago from 1979 to 1988, where he studied Linguistics and Ceramics at Northeastern Illinois University. Lives and works in Thessaloniki, Greece. |
ONE MAN SHOWS
1988 Hellenic Cultural Organization, Chicago, U.S.Á.
1992 Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, Greece.
1994 “In Awe of Solidity”,Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1994 ORT- ArtSpace, Wuppertal, Germany.
1994 “Earth, Fire, Water, Time,” Epikur Gallery, Wuppertal, Germany.
1996 “Entropy or I Was Informed That I Know”, Gallery 111, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1999 “On a Paper’s Edge”, French Institute of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2000 "Up side down, the way is the same", Artforum Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1985 N.E.I.U. Art Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
1986 Evanston Arts Centre, Evanston, U.S.A.
1990 Sotos Art Gallery,Thessaloniki, Greece.
1992 Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1993 Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1994 Galeria D'Art "Villegas", Barcelona, Spain.
1995 Gallery 111, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1995 “Art for the Environment” Mylos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1995 “Cultural Spring”, Ptolemaeda, Greece.
1996 “Balkan Dreams,”Xanthi, Greece.
1996 “Three Mediterranean Artists”, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
1996 Terracotta Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1997 “De Valigia”Thessaloniki,Belgrade,Budapest, train stations, Cultural Capital of Europe Project.
1997 “Threat”, Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1997 “Wall Paintings”, Photography Center , Thessaloniki, Greece.
1997 Armos Art Gallery, Serres, Greece.
1997 “Art in Thessaloniki after the 60’s”, Cultural Capital of Europe show, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1997 Art Gallery of the Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998 “New Acquisitions Show”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998 Vicky Drakos Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998 Vicky Drakos Contemporary Art , Athens , Greece.
1998 Makridis Art Space, Demetria Art Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998 The Greek House of Culture, Stockholm, Sweden.
1999 “Autism Horizons”, Vafopoulio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1999 Alatja Imaret, Millennium show, Thessaloniki, Greece.
OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PROJECTS
1992 Co-founder of “Amalgama” Artist Initiative and Co-op Gallery. Active member until 1997.
1992 “Greek-German Art Symposium, Nea Fokea, Greece.
1993 International Art Festival Nea Fokea, Greece.
1994 “The Almond Grove” Nea Redestos, Greece (land art project).
1994 Art Symposium: 2. Kunstwoche in Schmerwitz, Schmerwitz, Germany.
1994 Interkultur Festival, Wuppertal, Germany.
1995 “The Quarry” Asvestohori, Greece (land art project).
1998 Co-founds an artist group with
the artists Alexandra Katsiani, Nikos Krionidis, Demetre
Lioliopoulos, Iordani Stilidis and Thanasis Hondros The group
adopts a name according to the action/performance/ project etc
undertaken. Thus : Box Office Hit / Society for the Restoration
of the Vustrofidon Writing System.. The same year the group runs
for mayor of Thessaloniki. The ticket’s /group;s name is
IDIA POLI.
PIXEL DEPTH (1999).
1998 “Idomeni Meeting Point”,Idomeni,Greece.
1998 S.O.F.A , Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago USA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vlachos Marcos, “Hector
Mavridis,” Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1992.
Vlachos Marcos, “In Awe of Solidity”, Exhibition
catalogue, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1994.
Keramiki Techni, “Hector Mavridis,” Athens,
Greece, no. 21, 1994.
Tentokali Anastasia, “Redefining Ceramic Art,”
Thessaloniki newspaper, Thessaloniki, Greece, March 3, 1994.
Norma Null, “Stuerme Im Gehirn,” Wupper
Nachrichten newspaper , Wuppertal, Germany, no. 16, 1994.
Susanne Bien, “Er geht nicht zimperlich mit seinem
Material um,” Westdeutsche Zeitung newspaper, Germany,
15.08.1994.
Interkultur Festival Wuppertal Catalogue, “Hector
Mavridis Keramiken,” Wuppertal, Germany, September 1994,
p.20.
Michael Carnap, “Hektor Mavridis aus
Griechenland,” Neue Keramik, Berlin, Germany, no. 7, 1995,
p. 520-521.
Dorothea Konteletzidou, “Hector Mavridis,
Entropy,” Art News, Athens, Greece, no. 48, May 1996, p. 9.
Tentokali Anastasia, “The Language of Clay, Fire and
Water,” Thessaloniki newspaper, Greece, April 22, 1996, p.
39.
Dorothea Konteletzidou, “Hector Mavridis,” Arti
, Athens, Greece, n?31, 1996, p. 276-277.
Dorothea Konteletzidou, “Entropy or I Was Informed
That I know,” Kerameiki Techni, Athens, Greece, n? 23, 1996,
p. 46-47.
Emilio Williams, “Artistas del Mediterraneo presentan
su obra en Chicago,” Chicago Tribune (Exito) , Chicago, USA,
September 1996, p.25-26.
Jana Cazalla, “Earth, Air & Water,”
Exhibition catalogue: “Three Mediterranean Artists”,
Chicago, U. S.A., September 1996, p. 2.
Dorothea Konteletzidou, “Cultural Entropy”,
Exhibition catalogue : “Three Mediterranean Artists”,
Chicago, U.S.A., September 1996, p. 3.
Emmanouel Mavromatis, “The Face of Art in
Thessaloniki-The New Generation,” Kathimerini newspaper
(Sunday supplement), Athens, Greece, June 15, 1997, p.23.
Ageliki Sachini, “Art in Thessaloniki after the
60’s,” Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki, Greece,
1997, p.131.
Ageliki Sachini, “Hector Mavridis,” Exhibition
catalogue : Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, The Permanent
Collection ,Thessaloniki, Greece, 1999, p. 216-217.