THEODOROS, sculptor
THEODOROS PAPADIMITRIOU
Biographical Notes
1931 wBorn in Agrinion, Greece
1952-58 wSchool of Fine Arts, Athens
1959-62 wSchool of Fine Arts (E.S.N.B.A), Paris
1972 wVisiting Professor at the California Unversity, Hayward, U.S.A.
1980-98 wProfessor of Plastic Arts at the School of Architecture,
National Technical University of Athens (N.T.U.A.)
2007 wEmeritus professor of N.T.U.A.
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
1965 wCentre Culturel National, Aix-en-Provence, France
1966 wMaison de la Culture, Amiens, France
1969 wRetrospective 62-68, New Gallery & Kennedy Hall, Athens
1970 wSculpture for Public Participation - Participation Prohibited
(Environment - Manifestation)
Studio of Contemporary Art, Goethe Institute, Athens
1972 wInstead of a Sculpture, (Environment), Desmos Gallery, Athens
1973 wSculpture ‘73 = Touch + A Litle Taste
(Environment & Performance), Desmos Gallery, Athens
wPresents at the International Design Conference,Aspen, U.S.A.
a. Manipulation I - For A Specator Alone (vinyl - record)
b. Manipulation II - On the Limits of Tolerance (Anti-Spectacular Theatre)
1974 wSculpture ‘74 = Manipulations (Anti-Spectacular) Desmos Gallery, Athens
1975 wConfronted Retrospectives 1963-67 & 1968-74 French Institut, Thessaloniki
1976 wExperimental Theatre, One-Act Sculptural Plays-Performances:
a. Original Work of Sculpture - Without Quality, Without Message, Without Content...(1974)
b. Manipulation II - On the Limits of Tolerance (1973)
1977 wDouble Exhibition, Desmos Gallery
a. Manipulation III, XIII & XV
b. Environment: Fragile - Non Fragile
1981 wManipulation XXX, (Performance), Nieuwe Kerk of Amsterdam
1982 wManipulation XXX, Variation B (Performance)
Palais Royal des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Europalia - Greece
1984 wJourney’s Marks - Traces of Touch, Objects 1953-1983
Retrospective in the National Gallery, Athens
wEnvironment - Fragile, Zoumboulakis Galery
1986 wRe-Place « Re-Search, Municipal Art Gallery, Rhodes
Installation in the Saint-Georges Ramparts
1988 wApocalypse Main-Tenant(e), French Institut, Athens
1990 wBalances ‘90, Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens
1991 wSuspensions, Vellidion Art Center, Thessaloniki
1993 wArt Fragile, French Institut, Thessaloniki
1994 wCaryatides ‘94, Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens
1995 wCaryatides ‘94, Art Fair 26’95, Messe Basel, Switzerland
1997 w¢ôïðá* ’97, Art Forum-Vilka, Thessaloniki (*Out of place, Without place)
1999 wMetechmion, Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens
wDelphica, European Cultural Centre of Delphi & Festival in Drama
2005 wSCREENS, Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens
wRE-PLACE « RE-SEARCH II, Municipality of Elefsina
Exhibition-Installation in the old distillery KRONOS
2006 w SISYPHUS Performance in the Sani Resort
2007 w A-TOPOS installation in the School of Fine Arts, Athens
2008 w LITTLE SUMMERY RETROSPECTION, marina KEAS gallery
2009 w A-LOGOS, A-TOPOS, A-CHRONOS. M. Museum of C.A. Thessaloniki
2011 w HYPER-TUMULUS HOMAGE, Benaki Museum
2015 • JOURNEY’S MARKS –TRACES ON PAPER -1947-1961 - Municipal Gallery in Agrinion
2016 • JOURNEY’S MARKS –TRACES OF STUDIES -1947-1962 - ÌÉÅÔ, Athens
2017 • ARCHETYPES - Decade's summary 1990-1999 - NATIONAL INSURANCE Co - Stoa Korae, Athens
EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
1961-66 wSalon des Réalités Nouvelles, Museum of Modern Art of Paris
1962 wContemporary Sculpture, Havre Museum, France
1962-68wSalon de la Jeune Sculpture, Rodin Museum, Paris
1963 wBiennale of Sao Paulo, Brasil
wBiennale of Alexandria, Egypt
1964-67 wSalon des Comparaisons, Museum of Modern Art, Paris
1965 wPanathenea of International Sculpture, Philoppapos Hill, Athens
wLa Main, Claude Bernard Gallery, Paris
1966 wIII Exhibition of International Sculpture, Rodin Museum, Paris
wOfferings Inatendus, J.Ranson Gallery
1967 wContemporary Greek Art, Rath Museum, Geneva
wL’ Age du Jazz, Galliera Museum, Paris
wEXPO ‘67, Montreal, Canada
1968 wLes Assiges du Siège Contemporain, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris 1969
1969 wSculpture Exhibition, Centre Albert Camus, Tananarive, Madagascare
1970 wSalon de Mai, Paris
1977 wPresents the four-month Manifestation-Exhibition:
Hypothesis For a Museum of Contemporary Art, Desmos Gallery, Athens
wManipulation I & Manipulation XIII
in the Exhibition «Myth & Reality» at the Expo Arte, Bari, Italy
wGreek Art, Warsaw, Poland & Budapest, Hungary
1978 wQuestion Marks - Reference Points, Galleria Civica, Modena, Italy
wJewel« Anti-Jewel, Ericson Gallery, New York
wPortrait of the Artist and Social Environment, French Institut, Athens
1985 wArt Exhibition, Dracos Art Center, Athens
1986 wPandora’s Box, Gallery 3, Athens
1988 wArt Symposium, Minos Beach, Crete
wSpinx II (1965), placed in the Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul
1989 wIdioms of Contemporary Sculpture, Sommacampagna, Verona, Italy
1990 wLa Pietra e i Luoghi, Bitonto, Puglia, Italy
1991 wLes Couleurs de l’Argent, Musée de la Poste, Paris
1992 wSanat-TÝ÷íç, M.S.Û. Istambul Painting & Sculpture Museum
wMetamorphoses of the Modern, National Gallery, Athens
wSimppetra, Symposium of Sculpture,Antonio Duarte Museum
Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
1993 wDialogues, Palais d’ Iena, Paris
wThe Tree, Averoff Gallery, Metsovo, Greece
& Contemporary Art Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
1997 w42ème Salon d’Art Contemporain, Montrouge, Paris
1999 wOPEN ’99, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations - Lido
2001 w«Terramare» - Artist and Mediterranean land, Antico Palazzo della Pretura Di Castel Arquato, Parma, Italy
2004 wATHENS by ART, AICA HELLAS & Municipality of Athens
2009 w Special Presentation by BIOS, ART-ATHINA
OTHER INSTALLATIONS
1971 wMetal Composition for a Bank, Athens
1973 wFontaine - Composition for a group of Schools, France
1976 wMetal Composition for a Bank, Volos, Greece
1983 wColumbus’ Egg - Sculptural Composition for an Hotel, Athens
wScenery-Environment for the Euripidis’ Tragedy, Phoenicien Women,
in the Ancien Theatre of Epidavros
1987 wSculpture-Trophy «European Better Environment Awards» in Industry.
For the European Commission
1988 wHorizon I - Bronze & steel sculpture for the house of the Architect
I.Gounaropoulos, Skinias, Marathon, Greece
1993 wTwelve Ray/Spoked Wheel on Cables Counterbalanced by a Sphere
Large-scale sculpture in stainless steel for the technical & scientific
exhibition Eurometrics ’93, Athens
1996 w Olympic Diptych
Large-scale sculpture in stainless steel and bronze on the facade
of the building of the Olympic Committee in Athens
2001 w The METRO CLOCK. Large-scale sculpture in stainless steel and bronze
installed in the main hall of the Metro station of Syntagma square , Athens.
2002 w Clepsydra ’00. Large-scale sculpture in stainless steel, glass and water.
Town Hall of Amaroussion Greece
2007 w Rising Index. Large-scale sculpture in stainless steel and bronze for the new building of
Athens' Stock Exchange
AWARDS & GRANTS
1965 w Rodin Prize - IV Biennale of Paris
1966 w First Prize of Sculpture - House of Fine Arts, Athens
1972 w Ford Foundation Grant
1973 w I.B.M. Fellowship, for the International Design Conference in Aspen,
Colorado, U.S.A.
1997 w Grand Prix au 42ème Salon d’Art Contemporain, Montrouge, Paris
BOOKS
(written by the sculptor)
1981 w A SCULPTOR IN THE MARKET PLACE, published by Ypsilon
1984 w JOURNEY’S MARKS –TRACES ON THE SAND OF WORDS, published by Estia
1988 wTRACES, published by Kastaniotis
1989 w A SCULPTOR ON THE AIR, published by Ypsilon
1992 w RE-OCCUPATION, published by Ypsilon
1994 w LOGOI, published by Egokeros
2012 w JOURNEY’S MARKS – RESEARCHE IN ART & CULTURE
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