Kechagioglou Christos

Born in Thessaloniki in 1960.
He studied civil engineering in Thessaloniki, attending in the meantime painting classes at Polytechnic of Nikos Sachinis. Then studied film directing in Athens and finally did postgraduate studies in philosophy of art at the Sorbonne University in Paris, studying the relations between film and painting.

He has directed dozens of films and video works that were played at the Thessaloniki Film Festival and other major festivals in Europe, as well as in museums and galleries.

He has presented his painting, in Greece and abroad, in 41 solo and in more than a hundred group exhibitions. In 2014, the Cyclades Art Gallery in collaboration with Zoumboulakis Gallery presented in Syros a major retrospective exhibition of his work. On the occasion of the exhibition, his book entitled “with eyes inwards looking” was published by Kritiki Publications.

His work is presented in dozens of books, catalogues, music albums and covers of many important publishing houses. His work can be found in galleries, museums and large collections in Greece and abroad. He is a permanent collaborator of Zoumboulakis Galleries in Athens.

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