Biographical Notes
1931
Born in Agrinion, Greece
1952-58
Studies in the School of Fine Arts, Athens
1959-62
Studies in the School of Fine Arts (E.S.N.B.A), Paris
1956-1957. Theodoros is at the right of the picture.
1972
Visiting Professor at the California Unversity, Hayward, U.S.A.
1980-98
Professor of Plastic Arts at the School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens (N.T.U.A.)
2007
Emeritus professor of N.T.U.A.
2018
Theodoros dies in Athens
Awards & Grants
1965
Rodin Prize – IV Biennale of Paris
1966
First Prize of Sculpture – House of Fine Arts, Athens
1972
Ford Foundation Grant
1973
I.B.M. Fellowship at the International Design Conference in Aspen, Colorado, U.S.A.
1997
Grand Prix at the 42nd Salon d’Art Contemporain, Montrouge, Paris
Urban Sculpture & Private Commisions
1971
Metal Composition for a Bank, Athens
1973
Fontaine – Composition for a group of Schools, France
1976
Metal Composition for a Bank, Volos, Greece
1983
Columbus’ Egg – Sculptural Composition for an Hotel, Athens
Scenery-Environment for the Euripidis’ Tragedy, Phoenicien Women, in the Ancient Theatre of Epidavros
1987
Sculpture-Trophy for the «European Better Environment Awards» in Industry by the European Commission.
1988
Horizon I – Bronze & steel sculpture for the house of the Architect I.Gounaropoulos, Skinias, Marathon, Greece
1993
Twelve Ray/Spoked Wheel on Cables Counterbalanced by a Sphere
Large-scale sculpture in stainless steel for the technical & scientific exhibition Eurometrics ’93, Athens
1996
Olympic Diptych Large-scale sculpture in stainless steel and bronze on the facade of the building of the Olympic Committee in Athens
2001
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
Clepsydra ’00. Large-scale sculpture in stainless steel, glass and water is set at the gardens of the City of Amarousion Town Hall.
2007
Rising Index. Large-scale sculpture in stainless steel and bronze for the new building of Athens’ Stock Exchange
Solo Exhibitions & Performances
1965
Centre Culturel National, Aix-en-Provence, France
1966
Maison de la Culture, Amiens, France
1969
Retrospective 62-68, New Gallery & Kennedy Hall, Athens
1970
Sculpture for Public Participation – Participation Prohibited (Environment – Manifestation)
Studio of Contemporary Art, Goethe Institute, Athens
1972
Instead of a Sculpture, (Environment), Desmos Gallery, Athens
1973
Sculpture ‘73 = Touch + A Litle Taste (Environment & Performance), Desmos Gallery, Athens
1974
Sculpture ‘74 = Manipulations (Anti-Spectacular) Desmos Gallery, Athens
1975
Confronted Retrospectives 1963-67 & 1968-74 French Institut, Thessaloniki
1976
Experimental Theatre, One-Act Sculptural Plays-Performances:
- Original Work of Sculpture – Without Quality, Without Message, Without Content…(1974)
- Manipulation II – On the Limits of Tolerance (1973)
1977
Double Exhibition, Desmos Gallery
- Manipulation III, XIII & XV
- Environment: Fragile – Non Fragile
1981
Manipulation XXX, (Performance), Nieuwe Kerk of Amsterdam
1982
Manipulation XXX, Variation B (Performance)
Palais Royal des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Europalia – Greece
1984
Journey’s Marks – Traces of Touch, Objects 1953-1983
Retrospective in the National Gallery, Athens
Environment – Fragile, Zoumboulakis Galery
1986
Re-Place « Re-Search, Municipal Art Gallery, Rhodes
Installation in the Saint-Georges Ramparts
1988
Apocalypse Main-Tenant(e), French Institut, Athens
Sculpture ‘73 = Touch + A Litle Taste
One-Act Sculptural Plays Performance 1976
Re-Place Re-Search II in Elefsina 2005
1990
Balances ‘90, Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens
1991
Suspensions, Vellidion Art Center, Thessaloniki
1993
Art Fragile, French Institut, Thessaloniki
1994
Caryatides ‘94, Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens
1995
Caryatides ‘94, Art Fair 26’95, Messe Basel, Switzerland
1997
Άτοπα* ’97, Art Forum-Vilka, Thessaloniki (*Out of place, Without place)
1999
Metechmion, Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens
Delphica, European Cultural Centre of Delphi & Festival in
Drama
2005
SCREENS, Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens
RE-PLACE « RE-SEARCH II, Municipality of Elefsina
Exhibition-Installation in the old distillery KRONOS
2006
SISYPHUS Performance in the Sani Resort
2007
A-TOPOS installation in the School of Fine Arts, Athens
2008
LITTLE SUMMERY RETROSPECTION, marina KEAS gallery
2009
A-LOGOS, A-TOPOS, A-CHRONOS. M. Museum of C.A. Thessaloniki
2011
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 – ΜΙΕΤ, Athens
2017
ARCHETYPES – Decade’s summary 1990-1999 – NATIONAL INSURANCE Co – Stoa Korae, Athens
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
1961-66
Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Museum of Modern Art of Paris
1962
Contemporary Sculpture, Havre Museum, France
1962-68
Salon de la Jeune Sculpture, Rodin Museum, Paris
1963
Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brasil
Biennale of Alexandria, Egypt
1964-67
Salon des Comparaisons, Museum of Modern Art, Paris
1965
Panathenea of International Sculpture, Philoppapos Hill, Athens
La Main, Claude Bernard Gallery, Paris
1966
III Exhibition of International Sculpture, Rodin Museum, Paris
Offerings Inatendus, J.Ranson Gallery
1967
Contemporary Greek Art, Rath Museum, Geneva
L’ Age du Jazz, Galliera Museum, Paris
EXPO ‘67, Montreal, Canada
1968
Les Assiges du Siège Contemporain, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
1969
Sculpture Exhibition, Centre Albert Camus, Tananarive, Madagascare
1970
Salon de Mai, Paris
1973
International Design Conference, Aspen, U.S.A.
1977
Hypothesis For a Museum of Contemporary Art, Desmos Gallery, Athens
Expo Arte exhibition «Myth & Reality», Bari, Italy
Greek Art, Warsaw, Poland & Budapest, Hungary
1978
Question Marks – Reference Points, Galleria Civica, Modena, Italy
Jewel« Anti-Jewel, Ericson Gallery, New York
Portrait of the Artist and Social Environment, French Institut, Athens
at the Museum of Modern Art of Paris, 1962
1985
Art Exhibition, Dracos Art Center, Athens
1986
Pandora’s Box, Gallery 3, Athens
1988
Art Symposium, Minos Beach, Crete
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul
1989
Idioms of Contemporary Sculpture, Sommacampagna, Verona, Italy
1990
La Pietra e i Luoghi, Bitonto, Puglia, Italy
1991
Les Couleurs de l’Argent, Musée de la Poste, Paris
1992
Sanat-Tέχνη, M.S.Û. Istambul Painting & Sculpture Museum
Metamorphoses of the Modern, National Gallery, Athens
Simppetra, Symposium of Sculpture,Antonio Duarte Museum, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
1993
Dialogues, Palais d’ Iena, Paris
The Tree, Averoff Gallery, Metsovo, Greece
& Contemporary Art Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
1997
42ème Salon d’Art Contemporain, Montrouge, Paris
1999
OPEN ’99, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations – Lido
2001
«Terramare» – Artist and Mediterranean land, Antico Palazzo della Pretura Di Castel Arquato, Parma, Italy
2004
ATHENS by ART, AICA HELLAS & Municipality of Athens
2009
Special Presentation by BIOS, ART-ATHINA
