exchibition – Costas Varotsos

UTOPIA – Eugenides Foundation Athens Dec 7, 2009 – Feb 21, 2010 Gazing at the stars Everyone wonders about their place in the Universe when looking at the stars. The starry night sky, a ‘gate’ for the voyage into cosmic…

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MILANO MALPENSA AIRPORT PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH PAOLO PERRINI,CLAUDIO BELLOTI,MARCELLO FAMULARI,ANTONIA CIAMPI,3D ANIMATION M. ATHANASOPOULOS

September 23, 2009Exhibitions/Museums, Public ProjectsNo comments

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Untitled 2007,Benaki museum,Athens,Greece

April 24, 2009Exhibitions/MuseumsNo comments

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1955
Born in Athens
Lives and works in Greece

Studies

Accademia di Belle Arti, Rome
Università di Pescara, Architecture

Distinctions

Fulbright Grant 1990–91, New York
Elected professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1999
Member of the Swiss Engelberg Academy
Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana (2004)

Awards

Segno d’Oro 2007, Italy
Street Trend Award 2004/2005
Best Sculpture, The Year in Review 2004, for Contiguous Currents

Public Collections (Selection)

Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Lausanne
Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

Principal Exhibitions (Selection)

1982 Europalia ’82, Athens and Antwerp
1987 Biennale of São Paulo
1992 Biennale of Venice, Italian Pavilion
1995 Biennale of Venice, Artelaguna
1998 “Horizons”, MUHKA, Antwerp
1999 Biennale of Venice, Greek Pavilion
2004 “Transcultures”, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
2007 “Future Through the Past”, Benaki Museum, Athens

Works in Public Space (Selection)

1983 The Poet, Nicosia
1988–1994 The Runner, Athens
1996–97 La Morgia, Gessopalena
1997 Untitled, McCormick Center, Chicago
2001 Untitled, Butzberg
2006 Horizon 4, Certosa di Padula
2009 Genesis, Eugenides Foundation, Athens
2010 The Moon of Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
2012 L’Approdo, Otranto
2015 La Luna, Epanomi
2016 Orizzonte Due, University of Salerno

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Kater I Rades

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UTOPIA – Eugenides Foundation Athens – ΟΥΤΟΠΙΑ – Ευγενίδειο Ίδρυμα Αθήνα

MILANO MALPENSA AIRPORT PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH PAOLO PERRINI,CLAUDIO BELLOTI,MARCELLO FAMULARI,ANTONIA CIAMPI,3D ANIMATION M. ATHANASOPOULOS

Untitled 2007,Benaki museum,Athens,Greece