Papacostas Achilleas
Achilleas Papacostas (b. 1970, Athens) is a graduate of the Thessaloniki School of Fine Arts and the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) under P. Tetsis and R. Papaspyrou. He continued his studies at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris under Μ.V. Velickovic with a scholarship from Onassis Foundation. His work is shown at numerus museums and international art fairs like, the Benaki museum, the National Gallery of Greece, Onassis Foundation, Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre, Art Paris and Art Athina. He has been awarded with the 1st prize of the Jannis and Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation (1995), the Greek Ministry of Culture Melina Mercouri award in 1998 and the Academy of Athens award for new painters under the age of 40 in 2004. In 1997 he received the Grand Ρrix of the Paul Louis Weiller contest which is regularly hosted by the Ιnstitut de France. His work is part o big private collections like the Sotiris Felios Collection. He lives and works in Athens.
SoloExhibitions
2018
On The Edge Of The Line, National Archaeological Museum, Athens
2010
Daydream, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2008
C.K art gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2004
Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
GroupExhibitions
2020
News from the Studios – A life-affirming show, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens.
2018
Once upon a time..., Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2017
Small Paintings 2017, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Adjacent images: eleven painters and a photographer ‘read’ Michel Fais, 16 Fokionos Negri Str., Athens
On a design scale, Evripides Art Gallery, Athens
20 Creators-Covers of the “Γυναίκα” magazine, Zoumboulakis Galleries-Zonar's, Athens
"2 Δεκαετίες +" Prizes Spyropoulos Foundation , Museum Vorre, Paiania Of Attica
21th Athens Xclusive Designers Week, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Zappeio, Athens
Adjacent images: eleven painters and a photographer ‘read’ Michel Fais, 16 Fokionos Negri Str., Athens
On a design scale, Evripides Art Gallery, Athens
20 Creators-Covers of the “Γυναίκα” magazine, Zoumboulakis Galleries-Zonar's, Athens
"2 Δεκαετίες +" Prizes Spyropoulos Foundation , Museum Vorre, Paiania Of Attica
21th Athens Xclusive Designers Week, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Zappeio, Athens
2016
Anthropo-graphies – works from the Sotiris Felios Collection, Municipal Art Gallery of Agrinio
Messolongi & Lord Byron, Route C, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Messolongi & Lord Byron, Route C, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2015
Small Paintings 2015, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Messolongi & Lord Byron, Route C, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Art Gallery of Contemporary Painting Ch.& S. Moschandreou, Messolongi
Dipola, Municipal Art Gallery of Athens
Messolongi & Lord Byron, Route C, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Art Gallery of Contemporary Painting Ch.& S. Moschandreou, Messolongi
Dipola, Municipal Art Gallery of Athens
2014
From the Sotiris Felios Collection ‘In The Ark Of Dreams’, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania
The Sotiris Felios Collection, Re-culture III, Patras
Painting III, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Summer 2014, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
The Sotiris Felios Collection, Re-culture III, Patras
Painting III, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Summer 2014, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2013
Journey to the End of Night, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Re-culture II, Patras
The 80's Generation - Contemporary Greek Painting from the Sotiris Felios Collection, National Gallery - Alexander Soutzos Museum - Sparta Annex, (Coumantaros Art Gallery), Sparta
Re-culture II, Patras
The 80's Generation - Contemporary Greek Painting from the Sotiris Felios Collection, National Gallery - Alexander Soutzos Museum - Sparta Annex, (Coumantaros Art Gallery), Sparta
2012
Love shelters and various love stories, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Ellenico Plurale - Dipinti dalla Collezione Sotiris Felios, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome (curated by Giuliano Serafini)
Children΄s Garden, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Between Reality and Fantasy. Works from the Sotiris Felios Collection, Giorgio de Chirico Art Center, Volos (curated by Irene Orati)
Face to face, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Ellenico Plurale - Dipinti dalla Collezione Sotiris Felios, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome (curated by Giuliano Serafini)
Children΄s Garden, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Between Reality and Fantasy. Works from the Sotiris Felios Collection, Giorgio de Chirico Art Center, Volos (curated by Irene Orati)
Face to face, Frissiras Museum, Athens
2011
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Black & White, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Bodies - Places, A & A Hadjioannou Collection, Greek Cultural Foundation of Berlin
Black & White, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Bodies - Places, A & A Hadjioannou Collection, Greek Cultural Foundation of Berlin
2010
Human measures, "Melina" Cultural Centre, Athens
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Deconstructing the canvas-devising the picture, A & A Hadjioannou Collection, Municipal Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki
Naked truth, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Deconstructing the canvas-devising the picture, A & A Hadjioannou Collection, Municipal Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki
Naked truth, Frissiras Museum, Athens
2009
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Summer 2009, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Summer 2009, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2008
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Landscape in the island, Skoufa Gallery, Athens
Vibrancies of art II, Alexandros S. Onassis Foundation, Athens
Landscape in the island, Skoufa Gallery, Athens
Vibrancies of art II, Alexandros S. Onassis Foundation, Athens
2007
Sketching Dionyssios Solomos, Ch.& S. Moschandreou, Messolongi
Birth place, Benaki Museum, Athens
Sailing, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
The aspects of the form the labellings of the landscape, Collection A. & A. Hadjioannou, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Crete
Birth place, Benaki Museum, Athens
Sailing, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
The aspects of the form the labellings of the landscape, Collection A. & A. Hadjioannou, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Crete
2006
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Messolongi today in the art, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Salling, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
The scarecrow, Evangelos Averoff-Tossitsa Foundation, Metsovo
From to:une trilogie mediterraneenne d'art comtemporain, Melina Cultural Centre, Athens
Messolongi today in the art, Art Gallery of Contemporary Painting Ch.& S. Moschandreou, Messolongi
Messolongi today in the art, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Salling, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
The scarecrow, Evangelos Averoff-Tossitsa Foundation, Metsovo
From to:une trilogie mediterraneenne d'art comtemporain, Melina Cultural Centre, Athens
Messolongi today in the art, Art Gallery of Contemporary Painting Ch.& S. Moschandreou, Messolongi
2005
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
10th international festival babel
Salling, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
10th international festival babel
Salling, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2004
C.k.gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Salling, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Painting affinities, Skoufa Gallery, Athens
In our likeness, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Salling, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Painting affinities, Skoufa Gallery, Athens
In our likeness, Frissiras Museum, Athens
2003
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Art-paris 2003, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Paris
Humangeography-the human figure at the biginning of the 21st century, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Salling, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Art-paris 2003, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Paris
Humangeography-the human figure at the biginning of the 21st century, Frissiras Museum, Athens
Salling, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2002
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Portraits, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Portraits, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2001
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Vibrancies of art, Alexandros S. Onassis Foundation, Athens
Vlassis Frissiras Collection, Frissiras Museum, Athens
TinT gallery, Thessaloniki
Vibrancies of art, Alexandros S. Onassis Foundation, Athens
Vlassis Frissiras Collection, Frissiras Museum, Athens
TinT gallery, Thessaloniki
2000
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Personal Relations, Ekfrasi Gallery, Athens
The artists of the Spyropoulos Museum, Greater Hellenism Foundation
2000 cans, Lithography Lab of Piraeus Street
Personal Relations, Ekfrasi Gallery, Athens
The artists of the Spyropoulos Museum, Greater Hellenism Foundation
2000 cans, Lithography Lab of Piraeus Street
1999
Bonds of art, Alexandros S. Onassis Foundation, Athens
1998
Small paintings, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
52 Eme Salon De Mai, Paris
52 Eme Salon De Mai, Paris
1997
Academie of fine arts, Institut de France ,Paris
51 Eme salon de mai', Paris
16 Eme salon d'art plastiques de marne-la-valee, Paris
Cite internationale des arts, Paris
Bleecker street, Anverse, Belgium
5 years award winning painters, Yannis and Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation
Nicole Buck Gallery, Strasbourg
51 Eme salon de mai', Paris
16 Eme salon d'art plastiques de marne-la-valee, Paris
Cite internationale des arts, Paris
Bleecker street, Anverse, Belgium
5 years award winning painters, Yannis and Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation
Nicole Buck Gallery, Strasbourg
1996
Three Young Painters, Zoumboulakis Galleries
Prizes '95 Yannis and Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation
Exposition A.S.F.A. Graduates, National Gallery, Athens
Prizes '95 Yannis and Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation
Exposition A.S.F.A. Graduates, National Gallery, Athens
1995
Agrotiki Bank, Athens
1993
Athens-art Plastic, Art Centre Municipality of Athens