Biographical Notes

'View from the window', Agrinion, 1954

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

 

Studio of Professor Michalis Tobros in the Athens School of Fine Art
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.)

 

                   

Theodoros and Melina Merouri, 1983
Theodoros during the construction of the Metro Clock, 2001

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:

  1. Original Work of Sculpture – Without Quality, Without Message, Without Content…(1974)
  2. Manipulation II – On the Limits of Tolerance (1973)

1977 

Double Exhibition, Desmos Gallery

  1. Manipulation III, XIII & XV
  2. 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

 

Working on the sculpture 'Varvato '65' in the workshop of Mazarine Str. in Paris
Performance and Opening
Sculpture ‘73 = Touch + A Litle Taste
Theodoros & Rauschenberg in Aspen during the International Design Conference 1973
Experimental Theatre,
One-Act Sculptural Plays Performance 1976
Theodoros with Pavlos, Restany and Caniaris during the exhibition 'Delfics', 1999
At the opening of the exhibition
Re-Place Re-Search II in Elefsina 2005
At the SISYPHUS Performance in Sani Resort, 2006

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 ArtWarsaw, 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

Theodoros, Christos Karas and Gerasimos Sklavos
at the Museum of Modern Art of Paris, 1962

 

1985   

Art ExhibitionDracos Art Center, Athens

 1986    

Pandora’s Box, Gallery 3, Athens                                

 1988    

Art Symposium, Minos Beach, Crete                                                          

Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul

 1989    

Idioms of Contemporary SculptureSommacampagna, Verona, Italy

 1990    

La Pietra e i Luoghi, Bitonto, Puglia, Italy

 1991    

Les Couleurs de l’ArgentMusée de la Poste, Paris

 1992    

Sanat-TέχνηM.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 ARTAICA HELLAS & Municipality of Athens

2009   

Special Presentation by BIOS, ART-ATHINA