Costis
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Contact information www.costis.gr www.costis.org www.artopos.org/artists/costis Email: c@costis.org Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc. Education 1972-1976 Terminated his studies at the level of Doctorat d’état under J.F.Lyotard University of Paris VIII,Paris France Licence and Maitrise in Cinematography and Audio-Visual Studies University of Paris VIII,Paris France UER in Cinema and Visual Arts University of Paris VIII,Paris France Licence of Philosophy 1968-1972 Faculty of Economics and Political Science, University of Athens, Greece BSc Exhibitions Solo (selection) 2021 Conductive/Non-conductive, Roma Gallery, Athens, Greece 2009 High Tension, Lola’s Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece 2006 Electrogram, Art Act , Athens, Greece 2000 Energia in ergo, National Technical University, Athens, Greece 1996 Energia in ergo, Thema Gallery, Athens, Greece 1995 Electric Field, Maison de la Culture de Loire-Atlantique, as part of the events of the Science Festival, Nantes, France Electric Field, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (catalogue) Electric Field, Electropolis, Musée de l’Énergie Électrique, Mulhouse, France Electric Field, Espace Electra, E.D.F. Foundation, Paris, France (catalogue) 1992 Foudre, Keravnos, Lightning, Galerie J. et J. Donguy, Paris, France (catalogue) Foudre, Bliksem, Lightning, Galerie Xplus, Brussels, Belgium 1991 Keravnos / Lightning, Skironio Museum, as part of the events of the 8th International Sculpture Biennale, Megara, Attica, Greece. (catalogue) 1990 Black and White 1969-1979», Institut Francais d’Athenes, Athens, Greece. (catalogue) Eclats de transperence et eclair, Ekphrasi Gallery, Glyfada, Athens, Greece 1989 Labyrinth or the Empty Monument, Bicentennial of the French Revolution, Institut Francais d’Athenes, Athens, Greece. (catalogue) Municipal Gallery of Nauplion, Nauplion, Greece Wings of Daedalus, Opsis Gallery, Myconos, Greece 1988 Liquidité solide, Galerie Xplus, Brussels, Belgium (catalogue) 1986 Mediassemblage, Palazzo de Cardona, Todi, Italy (catalogue) 1984 Mediassemblage, Gallery F, Athens, Greece Mediassemblage, Institut Français d’Athènes, Athens, Greece (catalogue) 1976 Dreamdrome, Polyplano Gallery, Athens, Greece 1969 Hands, Hajiati Gallery, Athens, Greece Group exhibitions Costis has participated in over than 100 international group shows Performances (selection) 2003 Gate of Resistance , with A.Hatzigiannaki, as part of the worldwide events“Gates” organized by Caterina Davinio, in Athens organized by Artopos, Greece 1992Action Éclat -Éclair, Poetic dialogue with three electronic lightning’s Etablissements Phonographiques de l’ Est, Paris, France (Extract is included to the digital revue Son@rt number 21, International Anthology, edition on CD, Paris 2001) 1991 Energy performance». Nine electronic lightnings and a guitarist. Music by Dimitris Zafirellis for guitar synthesizer in the open-air amphitheater at the Skironio Museum, Megara, Attica, Greece (Extract is included to the digital revue Son@rt number 21,International Anthology, edition on CD, Paris 2001) 1976 Demolisher, Poetry performance accompanied by musical ensemble, Political Coffee House, Athens, Greece 1975 KRAK, Poetry performance accompanied by musical ensemble, Yanni Statha Gallery, Athens, Greece Selected Bibliography 2009 Costis: aventure électrisée , Thanasis Moutsopoulos, Plethron Editions, Athens, Greece 2004 Costis , Lena Kokkini, Contemporary Greek Artists, Melissa publishing House, Athens Greece 2000 Iconographs, Manos Stefanidis, Militos Editions, Athens, Greece 2000 Costis , Pierre Restany, L.Kokkini, A.Xatziyiannaki, M.Papadopoulou, edition of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece 2002 Costis, Lena Kokkini, Dictionnary of Greek Artists vol.4, Melissa publishing House, Athens Greece The European Who’s Who 2002-3, page 408, Essex, England 1999 Costis, Andreas Priever, K.G.Saur Verlag, Allg.Kunstlerlexicon, Vol.21, Leipzig, Germany 1995 Costis, Pierre Restany, X.Hoipel, Bia Papadopoulou, edition of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece 1992 Costis, de l ‘ energie pur, Annick Bureaud,Kanal Europa revue no 3, Kunst und Gegenwart, Paris, France Costis, l ‘ éclair, Christine Courty, Nov Art revue no 8,,France Foudre: ligne unificatrice de notions antithetiques, Bia Papadopoulou, Art Press revue no 170, Paris, France 1990 Costis, Noir et Blanc, 1969-1979 , Katerina Koskina, Bia Papadopoulou, edition of the French Institute in Athens, Greece Collections Works by Costis are found in museums and private collections in Greece, France, Belgium, Germany, etc., including: National Gallery, Athens, Greece Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece Fondation Electricité de France , Paris, France Espace Electra, Paris, France Electropolis, Mulhouse, France Musée du Chateau , Montbeliard , France Bremish Autothek, Bremen, Germany Kanagawa Prefecture Gallery, Yokohama, Japan Gyor Museum, Oxygen Foundation, Hungary Museum of International Contemporary Graphic Arts, Fredrikstad, Norway Musée du Petit Format, Couvin, Belgium Nicosia Historical Museum, Cyprus Baaz Art Foundation, Romania Skironio Museum, Athens, Greece Municipal Gallery, Athens, Greece Cycladic Gallery, Syros, Greece Collection of F. Lippens, France Dimitriou Kopelouzou, Greece L. Beltsiou, Greece |