Takis

Born in 1925 in Athens. A self-taught artist, he left Athens in 1954, travelled to Europe and the United States and in Paris. In 1958, he started experimenting with magnetic fields, which became the foundation of his work. In 1960 the French Ministry of Industry awarded him a patent for ”Telesculpture” and for ”Electromagnetic Telesculpture”. In 1964, under his initiative, began the construction of the Centre for Arts and Sciences in Gerovouno. He is one of the pioneering artists of the international art scene and ranks among the major representatives of ”Kinetic Art”.

SoloExhibitions

2005

''The Music of the Spheres: music space 1'',Larissa Contemporary Art Center

2002

"TAKIS", Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens

1999

The Attiko Metro authority commissions the creation of a work for the Fix station in Athens, Greece

1994

The Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume exhibition is shown at the School for Fine Arts in Athens, Greece

1993

Retrospective, *Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Inauguration of K.E.T.E. , Athens, Greece

1992

Transforms the Beauvais waterworks into a 65 m (211 feet) musical sculpture, *France

1990

Commissioned for Signaux lumineux for the Grande Arche de la Défense, France

1988

Wins the French Grand Prix for Sculpture, *Creates a signal for the Seoul Olympic park.

1986

Performance ''Parallel Erotic Line'', Musee Rath, Geneva

1983

Takis creates the music and the stage design for Sophocles' Electra , directed by Michael Kakoyannis in Epidaurus, Greece

1981

''3 totems - Espace musical'', *Forum, Centre G. Pompidou ,Paris, France

1974

The first Espace Musical goes on exhibition, *Kunstverein , Hanover
''TAKIS'', Zoumboulakis Galleries - Iolas Gallery, Athens, Greece

1972

Retrospective, Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France

1961

''Sculptures telemagnetiques'', *Gallery Iola, New York, U.S.A.

1960

The impossible: man within space, *Gallery Iris Clert , Paris, France

1959

Télémagnétiques sculptures , *Gallery Iris Clert, Paris, France

1955

"Figures of plaster and iron" , *Hanover Gallery , London

GroupExhibitions

1995

Elected to represent Greece at the 46th Venice Biennale, Italy

1985

Biennale de Paris, Paris, France - awarded the 1st Prize

1984

''The century of Kafka'', Center G. Pompidou, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France

1977

''Espace musical'', Documenta VI, Cassel, Germany

1967

''Light and Motion'', Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France

1956

1st International Exhibition of the Plastic Arts, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France