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Bitsikas Xenofon

Bitsikas Xenofon

Born in Ioannina, Greece, in 1963.
He graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) in 1994. In 2000 he obtained his Phd degree at the Complutense University of Madrid, on a scholarship by the Greek state (his Phd Thesis was entitled ”Black and White as a visual arts composition”). Since 2000 he teaches Painting at the Department of Art Sciences of the University of Ioannina.
He was awarded Prizes in panhellenic and international painting competitions (1rst prize of the Spyropoulos Foundation competition, 1rst prize at the painting competition of the Foundation Ynglada Guillot etc.)
Works of his have been acquired by the National Gallery, the Fundació Ynglada Guillot Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Jordi in Barcelona, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, the Spyropoulos Museum, the Vorres Museum, the Frissiras Museum and at Felios Collection in Athens.
He has presented his work in solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.

 

 

SoloExhibitions

2012
Alma Contemporary Art Gallery, Trikala
2011
Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2005
Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
2001
Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
1998
Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
1995
Spyropoulos Museum, Athens

GroupExhibitions

2022
“Open–ended”, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Curated by Georgia Liapi
2013
The 80's Generation - Contemporary Greek Painting from the Sotiris Felios Collection, National Gallery - Alexander Soutzos Museum - Sparta Annex (Coumantaros Art Gallery), Sparta
2012
Ellenico Plurale - Dipinti dalla Collezione Sotiris Felios, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Italy (curated by Giuliano Serafini)
Moments of avant-garde, 85 works of postwar and contemporary art in the National Gallery of Greece, Athens, Greece
Between Reality and Fantasy- Paintings from the Sotiris Felios Collection, Giorgio de Chirico Cultural Center, Volos, Greece (curated by Irene Orati)
2010
Tracing Istanbul, Istanbul & Gazi Technopolis, Athens, Greece
Human Measures, Melina Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, Greece
2009
Α pale shade of white, Bellonia Foundation, Santorini, Greece
New acquisitions of the National Gallery of Greece 1992-2006, Sifnos, Greece
2008
New acquisitions of the National Gallery of Greece 1992-2006, Pinakothek of Patras, Greece
''The Portrait of a Museum'' Averoff Museum, Metsovo, Greece
2007
''Sketching Dionysios Solomos'', Moschandreou Gallery, Mesologgi, Greece
''Birthplace'', Benaki Museum Pireos, Athens, Greece
''realia mundi'', Kydonieos Foundation, Andros, Greece
2006
''New collections, 1992-2006'', National Gallery, Athens
''Crossing the Borders'', State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
''Scarecrow'', Averof Gallery, Metsovo, Greece
2004
''Suffering Body'', Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece
''In our Image after our Likeness'', Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
''Far-near-centre, 12 positions in contemporary Greek art'', European Patent Office και Galerie Francoise Heitsch, Munich, Germany
''Identity issues'', Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2003
ART PARIS 2003, Paris France, with Zoumboulakis Galleries
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki, Greece
Technopolis-Gazi, Athens, Greece
2002
Averoff Gallery, Metsovo, Greece
Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece
2001
'AD DAYS / ART DAYS', Technopolis-Gazi, Athens, Greece
''Body'', Municipal Cultural Centre of Ioannina, Greece
1999
''The artists of Spyropoulos Museum'', Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens
1997
Communaute Francaise de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
1996
Winners of the Fundacio Ynglada Guillot competition, Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
Winners of the Europe Prize 1996 Competition, Museum of Modern Art, Ostend, Belgium
''Three Young Artists'', Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
1995
Prizes 1994 of the Spyropoulos Foundation, Spyropoulos Museum, Athens (1rst Prize)
Greek Embassy, Madrid, Spain
1994
ASFA Graduates, National Gallery of Greece, Athens

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