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.
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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)
Human Measures, Melina Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens, Greece
New acquisitions of the National Gallery of Greece 1992-2006, Sifnos, Greece
''The Portrait of a Museum'' Averoff Museum, Metsovo, Greece
''Birthplace'', Benaki Museum Pireos, Athens, Greece
''realia mundi'', Kydonieos Foundation, Andros, Greece
''Crossing the Borders'', State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
''Scarecrow'', Averof Gallery, Metsovo, 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
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki, Greece
Technopolis-Gazi, Athens, Greece
Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece
''Body'', Municipal Cultural Centre of Ioannina, Greece
Winners of the Europe Prize 1996 Competition, Museum of Modern Art, Ostend, Belgium
''Three Young Artists'', Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
Greek Embassy, Madrid, Spain