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"Landscape
ΧΙΧ", 2001
By Kostis Georgiou
(1956)
Oil on canvas, 50Χ50 cm.
Inv. No.: Π-138
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KOSTIS
GEORGIOU (1956)
Born in
Thessalonica, Kostis Georgiou studied stage
scenery in Florence (1981-1982), painting and sculpture in the School
of Fine Arts, Athens (1982-1986) with Dimitris Mitaras and Dimosthenis
Kokinidis, as well as at the Royal College of Fine Arts, London
(1985-1986) with Peter de Francia. He had his first
one-man
exhibition in Thessalonica (1974). Other solo and group shows
followed in Greece and abroad. He has taught painting and
stage
scenery at the "L.Stavrakos" Cinematographic School (1988-1991) and
designed stage scenery for many performances of the Greek theatre and
television (1982-1988). He has been awarded with the First
Prize
of the ΧΧ International Premio di Sulmona and with
special
prizes at the Osaka Triennale 93 and the Young European Artists in
Brussels (1990 and 1992). His work is placed in the area of
abstract expressionism. He lives and works in Athens.
P.D.Cangelaris,
Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris
Collection, vol.3,
Athens 2015
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