COSTAS VAROTSOS, Sculptor

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BIOGRAPHY

1955   BORN IN ATHENS , LIVES AND WORKS IN GREECE

STUDIES

           ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI, ROME

           UNIVERSITA DI PESCARA, ARCHITETURA

           FULLBRIGHT GRANT 1990-91, NEW YORK

           ELECTED PROFESSOR OF THE ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI IN 1999

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 

1978    MAURIC RENNAISSANCE GALLERY, PESCARA

            CENTRO CULTURALE COVERGENCE, PESCARA

1979    SPAZO-TEMPO ISIA, ROME-MAURIC RENNAISSANCE GALLERY,

            ,PESCARA

1980    CENTRO CULTURALE COVERGENCE, PESCARA

1981    GALLERY 2000,BOLOGNA

1982    DESMOS GALLERY, ATHENS

1983    CENTROSEI GALLERY, BARI

            DESTE FOUNDATION, SCULPTURE ''THE POET', NICOSIA, [PUBLIC WORK]

1986    DRACOS ART CENTER, ATHENS           

1988    SCULPTURE 'THE RUNNER', OMONIA SQUARE, ATHENS [PUBLIC WORK]

1989    ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME 

1990    MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, THESSALONIKI

            'HORIZON', ARISTOTELOUS SQARE, THESSALONIKI [PUBLIC WORK]

            ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, ATHENS

            RUBEN FORNI GALLERY, BRUSSELS  

1991    TOKYO ART EXPO, TOKYO

            GALLERY 3 ATHENS

            GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, MILANO

            INTERAMERICAN PLAZA 'ANELIXIS', ATHENS, [PUBLIC WORK]

1992    LEIMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK

            PAESAGIO CON ROVINE, CITY OF GIBELLINA, [PUBLIC WORK]

           ARTE ROMA, PALAZZO DI CONGRESSI, ROMA

1993    ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, ATHENS

            SPROVIERI GALLERY, ROME

            MYLOS, THESSALONIKI

1994    'THE RUNNER', ATHENS, [PUBLIC WORK]

            EUROPEAN CENTER OF CULTURE OF DELFI,'KLEPSYDRA', [PUBLIC WORK]

1995    GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, TORINO

           SCULPTURE 'SPIRA', EUROPEAN AND POPULAR BANK, NICOSIA, [PUBLIC WORK]

           LOLA NIKOLAOU GALLERY, THESSALONIKI

           SCULPTURE 'GLOBE', INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF THESSALONIKI, GREECE

           , [PUBLIC WORK]  

1996    ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER,'ANTI-POP'

           SANI FESTIVAL, SANI, HALKIDIKI, GREECE  

1997    ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME

           SCULPTURE 'THE POET OF CASACALENDA', COMMUNITY OF CASACALENDA, ITALY, [PUBLIC WORK]

           SCULPTURE 'UNTITLED', MC CORMICK CENTER, CHICAGO, [PUBLIC WORK]

1998    CASTELLO DI ROCCASCALEGNA, ITALY

           'HORIZONS', MUHKA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, ANTWERP, BELGIUM

           SCULPTURE 'HORIZON', AGIOS KONSTANTINOS, PYRGOS KORINTHIAS, GREECE,

           , [PUBLIC WORK]

1999    GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, TORINO

           SCULPTURE 'UNTITLED', P.ZZA BENEFICA, TORINO  [PUBLIC WORK]

           LOS ANGELES INVITATIONAL, TOBEY MOSS GALLERY

           FIERA DI BOLOGNA 

2000   C.GRIMALDIS GALLERY, BALTIMORE

           NATIONAL GALLERY

2001   ILEANA TOUNTA GALLERY, ATHENS

           THE FOUNDATION FOR HELLENIC CULTURE, NEW YORK

           UNTITLED, KREISEL ZURICHSTRASSE BUTZBERG, SWITZERLAND [PUBLIC WORK]   

2003                UNTITLED, AGIOS IOANNIS RENTIS SQUARE, ATHENS  [PUBLIC WORK]                 

                 CONTIGUOUS CURRENTS, CITY HALL SQUARE, PALM BEACH         

                 , GARDENS, MIAMI, FLORIDA  [PUBLIC WORK]

                        UNTITLED, WASHINGTON CONVENTION CENTER, WASHINGTON D.C.,

                        , [PUBLIC WORK]

                        LA LUNA, PARCO CASILINO LABICANO, ROMA [PUBLIC WORK]

                        UNTITLED, PARCO SCULTURE DEL CHIANTI, PIEVASCIATA (SIENA), ITALY  

2004   LABYRINTH, ARCO 2004, MADRID, SPAIN

    ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, ATHENS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1979    CENTRO CULTURALE COVERGENCE, PESCARA, [PERFORMANCE FOTOFONIE]            

1982   'EMERGING IMAGES', EUROPALIA’82 HELLAS

         I.C.C., ANTWERPEN, CURATED BY EFI STRUSA 

1983   'EMERGING IMAGES', DESTE FOUNDATION, ATHENAUM INTERCONTINENTAL,

        , ATHENS, CURATED BY EFI STRUSA

        '7 GREEK-ARTISTS-A NEW JOURNEY', DESTE FOUNDATION, NICOSIA,'THE POET',

        , [PUBLIC WORK], CURATED BY EFI STRUSA 

1984     SYST, RHODES 

1985   NATIONAL GALLERY OF ATHENS

           MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF ATHENS

           DRACOS ART CENTER,'SIGNS OF CHANGE '80-NEW DIALOGUES'  

1986    STOCKCHOLM, SWEDEN, CURATED BY VEATRIKI SPILIADI

           GALLERY 3 ATHENS, CURATED BY VEATRIKI SPILIADI

           BIENNALE OF YOUNG ARTISTS, THESSALONIKI 

1987    PIERIDES MUSEUM, ATHENS

           PATRAS FESTIVAL, PATRA

           BIENNALE OF Sao Paulo 

1988    'HYPER-PRODUCT', CLUB 22,ATHENS, CURATED BY HARIS KABURIDIS

           ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME

           MINOS BEACH, CRETE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

           BORDERLINE, COMMUNITY OF MONTECICCARDO, ITALY

           MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF ATHENS

           PALLAS THEATRE, ATHENS, SCENOGRAPHY

           '4 CRITICAL REVIEWS', ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER,

           ATHENS

1989    DESTE FOUNDATION, ATHENS, CURATED BY HARIS SAVOPOULOS  

1990    EPIKENTRO ART CENTER, PATRA

          GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, [REALISMI], TORINO,

          , CURATED BY CECILIA CASORATI

          MINOS BEACH, CRETE

          ARTE LAGO, COMMUNITY OF VARESE, [PUBLIC WORK]

          ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, [REALISMI], ATHENS,

          , CURATED BY CECILIA CASORATI 

1991    SPOLETTO FESTIVAL, SPOLETTO-INCONTRI D'ARTE

           'DE EUROPA, ERICE, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA

           'DE EUROPA', ATHENS 

1992    'DE EUROPA', ROME, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA  

1992    PAESAGIO CON ROVINE, MUSEUM OF GIBELLINA, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA

           MUSEUM OF CAGLIARI, SARDENIA

           C.GRIMALDIS GALLERY, BALTIMORE

           ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME

           NATIONAL GALLERY OF ATHENS, CURATED BY ANNA KAFETSI

1993   'THALATTA-THALATTA', PREMIO TERMOLI, TERMOLI HELIA,

          , CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA

          AVISTAMENTI, SPROVIERI GALLERY, ROME, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA

          AVISTAMENTI, VENICE

          BIENNALE OF VENICE, ITALIAN PAVILION 'GIBELLINA'

          CENTER OF FINE ARTS, MADRID, CURATED BY SANIA PAPPA

          ARCO DI RAB GALLERY, ROME

1994    MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART OF NICE,

          ,'GLASS SCULPTURES', NICE

          BIENNALE DI SCULTURA, GUBBIO, ITALY

          INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF SCULPTURE AT DELFI, CURATED BY

          SANIA PAPPA  

1995    MILIGMATA, NEES MORPHES GALLERY, ATHENS, CURATED BY SANIA PAPPA

          CONFIGURA 2,ERFURT GERMANY, CURATED BY KATERINA KOSKINA

          XLVI BIENNALE OF VENICE, PROJECT ARTELAGUNA,

          CURATED BY SIMONETTA GORRERI

          CONTEMPORANEAMENTE, NAPOLI, CURATED BY CECILIA CASORATI  

1996    INEDITO OPEN '96,PREMIO BOCCIONI, LATINA, ITALY, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA

          ADICERE ANIMOS, CESENA, ITALY, CURATED BY ALICE RUBBINI

          TEMPI ULTIMI, 13TH BIENNALE OF ART OF THE CITY OF PENNE 1996-97,ITALY,

          CURATED BY LUCIA SPADANO AND PAOLO BALMAS

          CONTEMPORANEAMENTE, ILEANA TOUNTA CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART,

          , ATHENS, CURATED BY CECILIA CASORATI

          FUORI USO, PESCARA

          PREMIO GRINZANE,'CAVOUR', GIARDINI BOTANICI, HANBOURY,

          , LA MORTOLA, ITALY  

1997    RICICLART, ROME, CURATED BY JULIANA STELLA

          'LA MORGIA', COMMUNITY OF GESSOPALENA, ARTE NATURA, ITALY

          MONTROUGE-ATHENES, SALON DE MONTROUGE, FRANCE

          CITTA APERTA, CITY OF SANT' ANGELO, ITALY, CURATED BY

           RENATO BIANCHINI           

          LA BELLA ADDORMENTATA, CITY OF SANT'ANGELO, ITALY,

          , CURATED BY RENATO BIANCHINI

          NEW SCULPTURE, C.GRIMALDIS GALLERY, BALTIMORE

          BIENNALE DE CETINIE, MONTENEGRO, YOUGOSLAVIA

 1998    OPEN, LIDO OF VENICE, CURATED BY EFI STRUSA

           BIENNALE DEI PARCHI NATURA E AMBIENTE, INSTALLATION, PALAZZO

           DELLE ESPOSIZIONI, ROME, [PUBLIC WORK]

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

1998   MATIERE EN EMOI, MONACO  

1999 CUMA 4000,PARCO ARCEOLOGICO, CUMA, NAPOLI, [PUBLIC WORK], CURATED BY DOTT.SSA ELISABETH S. GLUCKSTEIN

        48TH BIENNALE OF VENICE, GREEK PAVILION

       ART GALLERY WILLIAMS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE,

       EASTON PENSYLVANIA,'JOURNEYS', CURATED BY MICHICO OKAYA

       SPAZI IN LUCE-DA CARAVAGIO A OLTRE FONTANA, CASTELLO CARLO QUINTO,

       , LECCE, CURATED BY A.B.OLIVA

       EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK, BERLIN, CURATED BY ANNA KAFETSI

       HISTORY CENTER OF THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY HARIS SAVOPOULOS

       BIG, TORINO 2000

       LOLA NIKOLAOU GALLERY, THESSALONIKI  

2000   'HORIZON', INSTALLATION, NET ART 2000-NATIONAL MUSEUM OF  

            SWITZERLAND, CHATEAU DE PRANGINS, CURATED BY FRIEDERIKE SCHMID            

2001    ' LABIRINTO TRANSPARENTE', ACQUA POTABILE, COMMUNITY OF LAMEZIA

          TERME, ITALY, CURATED BY CENTRO ANGELO SAVELLI, [PUBLIC WORK]

         'UNTITLED', IN NATURALMENTE, FOUNDATION VILLA BENZI ZECCHINI,

         , CAERANO DI SAN MARCO [TV], ITALY, [PUBLIC WORK]

          FRAGILE BEAUTY, OPEN 2001,LIDO-VENICE, ITALY         

2003   BIENNALE OF BEINGING, BEINGING, CHINA

         PLACE AND FIGURE, MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF ATHENS, CURATED BY

         NTENIS ZACHAROPOULOS

         THE PIONEERS, MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART,

         THESSALONIKI, CURATED BY NTENIS ZACHAROPOULOS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1979    R.RIVORDA, IN CATALOGUE 'MAURIC RENNAISSANCE'

1980    PEPINO DE MIGLIO, PRESENTATION IN THE CATALOGUE 'CENTRO CULTURALE  

            CONVERGENCE', PESCARA

1982 EFI STROUZA, IN THE CATALOGUE 'EUROPALIA-HELLAS '82', ICC, ANWERP

EFI STROUZA, TEXT FOR THE EXHIBITION IN THE DESMOS GALLERY, ATHENS

1983    S.FIZZAROTI, IL GRECO VAROTSOS UN NUOVO UMANESIMO, IN 'PUGLIA'

            A.D'ELIA, L’AQUA DURA DI VAROTSOS, IN 'GAZETTA DI MEZZOGIORNO'

1984    EFI STRUSA, ART IN GREECE, IN 'FLASH ART’, NOVEMBER, P.152

            THE WORK OF COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN 'DESIGN AND ART IN GREECE', N.15, P.193  

1985    COSTAS VAROTSOS,'DESIGN AND ART IN GREECE', N.16 

1986    GIORGOS TZIRTZILAKIS, EXCERTS FROM A CONVERSATION WITH VAROTSOS IN

            'EIKASTIKA', N.51

            POST SCRIPT, CATALOGUE OF THE DRACOS ART CENTER    

1987    ISTOE Sao Paulo, O GREGO VAROTSOS, OCTOBER

            ELENI VACALO, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN GREEK ART

            MARIA KOTZAMANI, UTOPIA VERSUS REALITY, IN CATALOGUE

            OF SAO PAULO BIENNALE 

1988    MARC BERCOWITZ, THE 19TH BIENNALE IN 'FLASH ART', OCTOBER

            CINO PATRONI, FONTANA TUMULATA IN 'LA NAZIONALE', N.279

            ALEXANDROS XYDIS, 4 CRITICAL REVIEWS, IN CATALOGUE OF THE

            ILEANA TOUNTA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER

            THE RUNNER OF OMONIA SQARE, A CONVERSATION IN TO 'DENTRO'

             MICHALIS FAKINOS, ATTENTION: THE MESSAGE IS FRAGILE IN 'TA NEA',

             , AUGUST 27 

1989    SANIA PAPPA, ART IN GREECE IN 'CONTEMPORANEA', APRIL

            NIKOS STATHOULIS, COSTAS VAROTSOS IN 'STATUS', JULY

            MIRIAM MIROLA, TOPOS-TOMES, IN FLASH ART, JUNE

            GIUBITA VILLA,IL SOFISTICATO GIOCO DELLA MATERIA,

            , IN 'LA REPUBLICA', MAY

            GIOVANI IOVANE, IN 'ART IN UMBRIA', N.19

            TAKIS KUBIS, ARCHITECTURE-SCULPTURE: AAT THE LIMITS OF

            CONTRADICTION, IN 'TEFCHOS', N.1

            HARIS SAVOPOULOS IN 'FLASH ART' INTERNATIONAL, 'THE RUNNER',

            , N.146, MAY-JUNE, MILANO

 1990    PARASKEVI KATIMERTZI, IN 'TA NEA', MODERN AS AN ANCIENT GREEK,

            , JULY, 2,ATHENS

            TINA POLITI, HOW COULD YOU DO SOMETHING MAGICAL? IN TAHIDROMOS,

            , P.115, JULY, ATHENS

            DIETER RONTE, GRIECHISCHES GLAS, IN CATALOGUE 'MIRARAKI GALLERY-

            -GALLERY 3',P.5, ATHENS

            CECILIA CASORATI, IN EFFETO REALE, IN ARTI N.1, REALISMI, ATHENS

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1991   CECILIA CASORATI, COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN CATALOGUE, GIORGIO PERSANO

           GALLERY, P.5, TORINO

           COSTAS VAROTSOS, GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY, IN 'FLASH ART', N.164, MILANO

           CECILIA CASORATI, COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN 'TITOLO', N.7, DEC-JAN, PERUGIA

1992    CECILIA CASORATI, COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN 'ARTE FACTUM', SEP-NOV, P.17,

            , ANTWERP

1993    ZOE KOSMIDOU, DOSSIER ATHENS-GREECE, IN 'SCULPTURE', MAY-JUNE, P.23,

            , NEW YORK

1994    NIKOS DASKALOTHANASIS, PLUS 7 EQUAL 13 YOUNG GREEK ARTISTS OF

            NINENETIES, IN 'THE ART MAGAZINE', N.3, P.20, JANUARY, ATHENS

            'SCULPTURES DE VERRE', CATALOGUE TEXT, BY KATERINA KOSKINA,

            , GIORGOS TZIRTZILAKIS, MUSEE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN, NICE APRIL-JUNE

1995    'DIALOG DER CULTUREN', CATALOGUE TEXT, IN CONFIGURA 2,ERFURT, JUNE-SEP

            COSTAS VAROTSOS, CATALOGUE EDITED FOR THE XLVI BIENNALE DI VENEZIA,

            PROJETO ARTELAGUNA, OPERE D'ARTE PER LA LAGUNA DI VENEZIA.TEXTS BY

            A.B.OLINA, K.KOSKINA

            M.NIGRA,VAROTSOS,GALLERIA GIORGIO PERSANO,IN 'SEGNO',

            , N.140, P.34, MAY, ROME

            F.PIQUE, VAROTSOS, GALLERIA GIORGIO PERSANO, IN 'FLASH ART',

            , JUNE, MILANO

            A.B.OLIVA'S,'LEZIONI DI ANATOMIA IL CORPO DELL' ARTE,

            LOTTA GRECO-ROMANA, EDIZIONI KAPPA,ROME  

1996    ALICE RUBBINI,LA CITTA CHE SALE,IN 'SEGNO',N.151,P.40,NOV,ROME  

1997    SARAH TANGUY, TEXT IN 'SCULPTURE', SEPTEMBER, WASHINGTON

            JOHN DORSEY IN 'THE SUN', SCULPTURES CATCH THE LIGHT AND THE EYE,

            , APRIL 10,BALTIMORE

            ROBERTA BOSCO,'SE L' ARTISTA VA ALLA MONTAGNA, IN VERNISSAGE,

            , SEPTEMBER, TORINO 

1998    ROGER PIERRE, LES HORIZONS TRANSPARENTS DE COSTAS VAROTSOS,

            ,LA LIBRE BELGIQUE, JUNE 3,BRUSSELS

            ZOE KOSMIDOU, LA MORGIA OF COSTAS VAROTSOS, IN 'SCULPTURE',

            , MAY-JUNE, NEW YORK

            EFI STROUSA, TEXT IN THE CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION, OPEN,

             , LIDO OF VENICE

            PEAKABLUE, WALL PAPER,  

1999    COSTAS VAROTSOS, CATALOGUE EDITED FOR THE 48TH BIENNALE DI VENEZIA,

           GREEK PAVILION.TEXTS BY A.KAFETSI, FLORENT BEX, A.B.OLIVA  

2000    FRIEDERIKE SCHMID, THE ENERGY OF A SPACE, IN 'THIS SIDE UP', N.3, SPRING,

           LEENDE, THE NETHERLANDS 

2001    VAROTSOS, CATALOGUE EDITED BY 'THE FOUNDATION FOR HELLENIC CULTURE'. TEXTS BY A.B.OLIVA,A.BELLINI,M.SKALTSA

           GREEKMUSEUM, MILITOS EDITIONS, BY MANOS STEFANIDIS, P. 476,477,478,479,

           , ATHENS  

2003 SARAH EISENHAUER, IN THE PALM BEACH POST, ART ON A GRAND SCALE COMES TO GARDENS, JUNE 21, P. 1,2, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA  

2004 BOB BRINK, ART IN THE OPEN, THE PALM BEACH ILLUSTRATOR, P. 128, JANUARY, PALM BEACH, FL

SEGNO MAGAZINE, MOSTRE E MUSEI, P. 20, N. 195, MARCH-APRIL

VIDEOS

1979    ARTE CONTRO, BY PEPINO DE MIGLIO, RAI 3, [ITALIAN TV]

1980    TALKING ABOUT ART, BY PIETRO MARINO, RAI 3

1983    INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY MARIA KARAVIA, GREEK TV, DIR. EMIRZAS

1985    COSTAS VAROTSOS A YOUNG SCULPTOR, BY VEATRIKI SPILIADI, GREEK TV

1986    FINE ARTS, INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY MARIA KARAVIA, GREEK TV, DIR.EMIRZAS

1988    RUNNER, BY ANTONIS BOULOUTSAS, ATHENS TV

1989    THE EXHIBITION OF COSTAS VAROTSOS IN ROME, BY DIMITRIS DELIOLANIS, GREEK TELEVISION

1990    THE WORK OF COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY ANDREAS PAGOULATOS,

            GREEK TELEVISION, DIR. M.PLAITAKIS

1994    INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY E.KRIKONI, GREEK TV

1995    PRESENTATION OF COSTAS VAROTSOS AND HIS WORK [PART OF A FILM

           DEDICATED TO ATHENS TODAY], Z.D.F. BERLIN, BY D.KOSTOPOULOS

1996    INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, BY K.ZACHAROPOULOU, SEVEN-X TV,

           VIDEO 'ART AT THE HILTON', DIR. G.KONTOSPHIRIS

           INTERVIEW WITH COSTAS VAROTSOS, [LA MORGIA], BY K.ZACHAROPOULOU,

           , SEVEN-X TV

           VIDEO 'LA MORGIA', DIR. SHARON PEASLEE-LIZA XYDIS, PRODUCTION

           S.PEASLEE-LIZA XYDIS

1997    'THE POET OF CASACALENDA', PRODUCTION 'FOTO KEREM'

1999    VIDEO 'SLICES OF LIGHT', DIR. S.PEASLEE, PRODUCTION SHARON PEASLEE-

           LIZA XYDIS

TEXT BY THE ARTIST

1979    'THOUGHTS ON THE VIEWS OF LIAM HUDSON' IN SPAAC MAGAZINE, OCTOBER

1980    'ART IN REVERSAL', SPPAC MAGAZINE, MAY

1987    'THOUGHTS ON THE RELATION BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE', IN DESIGN AND ART IN GREECE

1988    'CHANGING SPACE-TIME RELATIONS SINCE THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY',

           IN MODERN-POST MODERN, SMILI EDITIONS