GREEK CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS GREEK CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS21 COLORS OF GREECE IN THE HAMPTONS SPONSOR www.chrysostomelaw.com www.jopeters.com www.skygreece.com COLORS OF GREECE IN THE HAMPTONS A unique Fine Art Exhibition with a vision of modern Greek life and cul- ture under the auspices of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Hamptons along with the collaborative support of the Greek artists themselves. The exhibition’s title «Colors of Greece» will explore contemporary artists and their masterful depictions of the illuminated, inexorable Greek spirit. The renowned artists are inspired by Greece’s intense light, vivid colors, mythic landscapes, and the endless, magical seas of blue. Each contemporary artist has lived the challenge to transform the daily crisis of present Greece into a personal and harmonious, visual statement. 60 artworks of 21 artists from Greece travel to the Hamptons to demon- strate the current face of modern Greek painting. At an extremely difficult political time in Greece's history, and under adverse financial circumstances, «Colors of Greece» is a reminder of the beauty, excellence, and perseverance of, as Will Durant rightfully de- scribed, «the Morningstar of the Western World». portraits 21of the artists daphne | Angelidou paschalis | Angelidis | Angelos stefanos | Daskalakis maria | Filopoulou savas | Georgiadis irene | Iliopoulou sophia | Kalogeropoulou theofilos | Katsipanos yannis | Kondaratos olga | Maria dimitris| Milionis tassos | Missouras ignatios | Mitrofanous nikos | Moschos eva | Nikolakaki christos | Pallantzas george | Tornaritis philip | Tsiaras | Vago chryssa | Verghi philip Tsiaras Philip Tsiaras is an international Greek artist who lives and works in New York City. Since 1974 he made more than 75 one-person exhibitions Including: Seattle Mu- seum of Art, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Mannheimer Kunstverien, Mannheim, Bernier Gallery, Athens, Studio Palazzoli, Milan, Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Miami, Tegnerforbundet Gallery. Oslo, Museum Santa Apollonia, Venice, Gallerie Dominion, Montreal, Swank/The Regen- cy-Intercontinental, Hong Kong, Newport Art Museum, R. I., Villa Reale, Monza, The Currier Museum, N. H., Spazio Cavallieri di Malta, Syracusa, Pinakotech of the Cy- clades, Syros, International Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul, Bienalle of Photogra- phy, Torino, De Novo Gallery, Sun Valley, Cento St. Benin, Aosta, Pinakotech of Ithaca, Museum of Contemporary Art, Crete, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Museum of Modern Art, Shenzhen. Tsiaras works in a great range of media-painting, photography, glass, ceramic, and bronze. He has exhibited in the Venice Biennale three times and produced a ten foot bronze sculpture on the Grand Canal entitled «Social Climber». Philip Tsiaras has been the recipient of many national prizes: The American Acad- emy Award for Poetry, The Thomas Watson Fellowship, New York State C.A.P.S grant, two N.E.A. National Endowment Grants for Arts, nomination for the Blickle Stiftung International Photography Prize, Germany and The Generali Assicurazioni Gold Metal Award for «Civilita» Venice. Philip Tsiaras’ works are widely collected in corporate, private and important mu- seum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fifteen books and cat- alogues are attributed to his work, most notably monographs published by Electa and Mondadori books, and a book of photographs entitled, «Family Album» pub- lished by Contrasto, Rome. A recent 30 year retropsective of photography entitled Philip Tsiaras-SUPEREAL was published by the Muesum of Photography Thessaloniki. 8 The Universe of Mauve mixed media / 135 × 135 cm 9 10 Planet Greece mixed media / 150 × 150 cm 11 daphne Angelidou Born in Athens Greece, 1962. Studied painting, at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1980-1986) with Moralis and Mytaras as her teachers, and mosaic, with Kolefas. On the teaching staff of Athens School of Fine Arts, in the Department of Mosaic, since 1987. Appointed Lecturer in Mosaic in 1999. Appointed Assistant Professor of Athens School of Fine Arts, in the Department of Mosaic, in 2005, 2013. She has participated in many group exhibitions, since 1986 until today, in Greece, Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, Usa, and in China. There are works by Daphne Angelidou in public and private collections, muse- ums and art galleries in Greece, England, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Cyprus. 12 Crossing I acrylic on canvas / 50 × 50 cm Crossing II acrylic on canvas / 50 × 50 cm Crossing III acrylic on canvas / 50 × 50 cm Crossing I, II, III 14 triptych / acrylic on canvas / 150 × 50 cm 15 paschalis Angelidis Paschalis was born in Alexandroupoli (North Greece). He studied art decoration, free drawing and color composition at Salonica’s Weder Art School. He studied under the instructions of the painter Dimitris Scretas in the engraving technique of the metal surface. He worked as a scene-painter and costume of stage-designer in various public theaters. He paints large dimensional wall-paintings in public and famous private establishments. Shipyard 16 oil on canvas / 100 × 80 cm 18 Pegasus oil on wood / 80 × 80 cm 19 Angelos Angelos (Panayiotou) was born in Farkadona near Trikala in Central Greece in 1943. Having studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1962-67) under professor G. Mavroidis, he continued his education on numerous trips to European museums, where he studied both yhe Great Masters of ther past and the latest trends in West- ern Art. Since 1975, he has exhibited his work in group and one man shows in Greeece, England and the U.S.A. He moved to Kapandriti, a mountain village North of Athens, in the early 80’s. His work is held in private collections and museums in Greece, Cyprus and further afield. 20 Pananthropino oil on canvas / 150 × 50 cm 21 stefanos Daskalakis Stefanos Daskalakis was born in Piraeus in 1952. From 1970 to 1974 he studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts in the studio of Giorgos Mavroïdes. He continued his studies in Lyon then in Paris (1978-1981). He lives and works in Athens. As an auditor, he later attended the studio of Leonardo Cremonini at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris. His work appears in the permanent col- lection of the National Gallery in Athens, the National Bank of Greece and the Bank of Greece, the Frissiras Museum in Athens, the Kouvoutsakis Art Institute in Kifissia, the Sotiris Felios Collection, the Anthony and Asia Hadjioannou Collection, the Tha- nassis Michailidis Collection as well as in numerous private collections in Belgium, France and Greece. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Greece, Istanbul, Rome, Paris, Brussels, London and New York. 22 Angeliki in a blue dress oil on canvas / 81 × 60 cm 23 maria Filopoulou Maria Filopoulou was born in Athens Greece in 1964. She studied painting in Paris at the Ecole National Superieure Des Beaux Arts under Leonardo Cremonini, during the period 1984-1988. Continued with postgraduate studies at same school with a scholarship of the French Government, during the period 1988-1989 (lithography under Abraham Hadad). She has 19 solo exhibitions in Athens, Thessaloniki, Cyprus, Istanbul, Paris, Lon- don, New York and she has taken part in many group showings. In 2009 had an retrospective exhibition in Cyclades Gallery, Hermoupolia. Her work has been acquired by the National Gallery, the Greek Parliament, muse- ums and private collections in Greece, France, England, New York. 24 Ancient pool Ireapolis oil on canvas / 200 × 135 cm 25 Under water swimmers oil on canvas / 156 × 96 cm 27 savas Georgiadis Savas Georgiadis was born in Limassol Cyprus, 1975. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts, Department of Painting under Pro- fessor D. Mytaras and he graduated with honors. He was granted a 5-year scholar- ship (for the whole duration of his studies) from the State Foundation for Scholar- ships (ΙΚΥ). Number of his paintings can be found in Benakis Museum, Vorres Museun and in private collections in Greece and abroad. Over the 2006-2007 period he made copies of paintings for the full length fea- ture film EL« GRECO» by G. Smaragdis. Red lips 1 28 oil on canvas / 80 × 100 cm Red lips 2 30 oil on canvas / 80 × 100 cm irene Iliopoulou She was born, lives and works in Athens Greece. She graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts. in 1981, and continued her studies at the Ecole Nationale Superieur des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the studio of Leonardo Cremonini until 1986. From 1987 to 1988 she lived and worked in an abandoned theatre, Le Vieux Colombier, and in 1988 she presented works at her exhibiton in Athens showing interiors of the theatre and a deserted metro station. In 1990 she started a collaboration with the Berggruen Gallery (Paris), show- ing her works at the Salon de Mars. From 1990 to 1993 she traveled frequently and painted in Bordeaux and Arles, for her next show at the Athens Art Gallery. She has made 14 solo exhibitions in France and in Greece, with the latest being held at the Historical Museum of Hydra. In 2014 she participate at art athina with Athes Art Gallery. She also participated to an extented number of group shows in Greece and abroad. Her works can be found at the National Gallery of Athens, the Megaro Maximou, the Greek Parliament, the Kouvoustaki Pinacotheque, the Bank of Greece, and also at the National, General and Commercial Banks, the Municipal Pinacotheques of Florina and Agrino and in many private collections such as T. Michaelidis, Azia and Antoni Hatziioannou and many private collections in Greece, Fr ance, Canada, Aus- tralia and Switzerland. 32 Swimming lessons oil on canvas / 180 × 130 cm 33 3 bodyguards oil on canvas / 180 × 130 cm 35 sophia Kalogeropoulou Sophia Kalogeropoulou was born in Athens, Greece, in 1946 and is a graduate of the American College of Greece (Pierce College).