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KESSANLIS NIKOS

KESSANLIS NIKOS
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Born 1930, Thessaloniki GR.
Died 2004, Athens GR.

 

Education
1955 - 1959

Istituto Centrale del Restauro, Rome IT (on an Italian Institute scholarship)
1948 - 1955
Athens School of Fine Arts (Y. Moralis' studio), Athens GR
1944 - 1948
Apprenticeship, Y. Spyropoulos' studio

 

Awards/ Distinctions
1977

Conseil Regional, Salon de Montrouge, 1st Prize
1971
Prix Europe, 2nd Prize
1963
Chocquet, 2nd Prize
1962
Prix Europe, Honorary distinction
1961
Sao Paolo Biennial, Honorary distinction
Premio Lissone, Jeune Peinture Internationale
1959
Modigliani Award

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006
Nikos Kessanlis 1957-2000, AD Gallery, Athens GR

2000
Art Athina 00, AD Gallery, Athens GR
1999
Nikos Kessanlis. Mec Art, AD Gallery, Athens GR
1998
Nikos Kessanlis, Face - Transformations of the human body 1953-1997, Rethymno Centre for Contemporary Art, Rethymno, Crete GR
Art Athina 98, AD Gallery, Athens GR
1997
Ploes III, P. & M. Kydonieos Foundation, Andros GR
Art Athina 97, AD Gallery, Athens GR
Mec-Art, Photosensitized canvas, Works 1964-1968, Month of Photography, AD Gallery, Athens GR
Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki GR
Nikos Kessanlis. Retrospective, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki GR
1996
Gestures, AD Gallery, Athens GR
Reformations, Photosensitized cement, Art Athina 96, AD Gallery, Athens GR
1994
Front Face, Corfu GR
1989
The Walls, Municipal Gallery, Thessaloniki GR
Reformations in Three Dimensions, 4th International Festival of Patras, Patras GR
1988
Venice Biennale, Venice IT
1987
Pierides Foundation, Athens GR
1985
Epiloges Gallery, Larissa GR
1981
Desmos Gallery, Athens GR
1978
Panselinos Gallery, Thessaloni GR
Z-M Gallery, Thessaloniki GR
1977
Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens GR
1976
Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens GR
1967
Galerie N. Smith, Bruxelles BE
1965
Galerie Lacloche, Paris FR
Gallery B. Katz, Berlin DE
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
1964
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
1963
Galleria Numero, Florence IT
Museum of Modern Art, Miami, USA
1962
Galleria Numero, Florence & Milan IT
Galleria Il cancello, Bologna IT
Galerie Lacloche, Paris FR
1961
Galleria Numero, Florence IT
1959
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
Talasia Gallery, San Luis Obispo CA, USA
1958
Galleria Montenapoleone, Rome IT
Galleria Numero, Florence IT
Galerie Auriga, Bern CH
1957
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
1955
ADEL Gallery, Athens GR
1947
Komotini

 

Selected Group Exhibitions
2017

Desmos Art Gallery Revisited, AD Gallery, Athens GR
2015
When Counter Culture Meets Society, AD Gallery, Athens GR
2008
What Does New and Interesting Mean?, AD Gallery, Athens GR
2004
7+7 - From the Collections of EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens GR
In Our Image After Our Likeness, 60 Years of Greek Figurative Painting from the Frissras Museum Collection, Fryssiras Museum, Athens GR
2003
Acquisitions 2001-2002, Paintings and Installations, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens GR
Agonon Polis, Technopolis, Gazi, Athens GR
2001
Contemporary Art Gallery of the Municipality of Agios Ioannis Rentis, Athens GR
2000
Beltsios Collection: The Pioneers, Kalabaka Centre of Contemporary Art, Kalabaka GR
1997
Salon De Montrouge, Paris FR
1996
N. Kessanlis - Ch. Romanou, Budapest Gallery, Budapest HU
Garbage, Larissa Contemporary Art Centre, Larissa GR
1995
New Acquisitions, Musee de Val de Marne, Paris FR
1994
Les Temps d' Ailleurs, Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris FR
1992
Metamorphoses of the Modern: the Greek experience, National Gallery, Athens GR
Pierides Collection, Walde Marsudde Museum, Stockholm SE
1991
Pierides Foundation, Athens GR
1988
Arts Olympiad, Seoul, Korea
Venice Biennale, Venice IT
1987
Athens School of Fine Arts - 150 Years, National Gallery, Athens GR
Materials and Technique, Apopsi Gallery, Athens GR
Pierides Foundation, Festival of Patras, Patras GR
Vellidio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki GR
Pierdies Foundation, Athens College Theatre, Athens GR
1986
Month of Photography, Galerie Parat, Paris FR
The Mask, Festival of Patras, Patras GR
Pierides Foundation, Athens GR
Pierides Foundation, Thessaloniki GR
Municipal Art Gallery, Athens GR
1985
ASFA Professors, Apopsi Gallery, Athens GR
The Character of Postwar Art in Greece: After the Abstract, Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens GR
Greek Art, Rhodes GR
Transformations, National Gallery, Athens GR
1984
Two Painters, Two Sculptors, Trito Mati Gallery, Athens GR
1982
Europalia '82, Bruxelles BE
1980
1950-1980, Espace Cardin, Paris FR & Tokyo JP
The Artist's Portrait, French Institute, Athens GR
Galerie 3, Athens GR
1978
15 Years Mec Art, Closerie de Lilas, Paris FR
1976
Salon de Mai, Paris FR
1975
For Cyprus, Palais Galliera, Paris FR
Les Parentes Imaginaires, Maison de la Culture, Saint Etienne FR
1974
Salon International d' Art, Paris FR
Grands et Jeunes d' aujourd' hui, Musee d' Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris FR
Mec Art Graphique, Bijou Galerie, Grenoble FR
4 Artistes, Kiefer Galerie, Paris FR
Maison de la Culture, Saint Etienne FR
1973
Salon de Mai, Paris FR
Portraits, Galerie Lacloche, Paris FR
L' Estampe Contemporaine, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris FR
1972
Salon Comparaisons, Paris FR
Propositions Luminaires, Atelier A, Paris & Rouen FR
N. Smith Galerie, Bruxelles BE
Konz Galleria, Venice IT
Bon a Tirer Galleria, Milan IT
Inter Etrennes, Lara Vincy Galerie, Paris FR
Inter Bratislava, Bratislava SK
Oeil de Boeuf, C. Franko Galerie, Paris FR
Biennale des Estampes, Musee Galliera, Paris FR
1971
Salon Comparaisons, Paris FR
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
Lacloche Galerie, Paris FR
1970
Salon Comparaisons, Paris FR
Art Concepts from Europe, Bonino Gallery, New York, USA & Buenos Aires AR
PItturficio Italiano, Galleria Apollinaire, Milan IT
Les Draps, Platres, Galleria Apollinaire, Milan IT
Salon de Mai, Paris FR
Yokohama Museum of Modern Art, Yokohama JP
Art Museum of Sendai, Sendai JP
1969
Salon Comparaisons, Paris FR
La Foule, Maison de la Culture de Montrouge, Paris & Maison de la Culture de Bougival, Paris & Maison de la Culture de Vanves, Paris & Maison de la Culture du Point Du Jour, Paris & Maison de la Culture, Amiens FR
Griechenland Avantgarde, Stuttgart & Frankfurt DE
Mec Art, Genova IT
1968
Salon Comparaisons, Paris FR
Mec Art, Galleria Apollinaire, Milan & Turin & Galleria Il Canale, Venice & Modern Art Agency, Naples IT
P. Stuyvesant, Amsterdam NL
Peinture Mecanique, Nuova Torretta, San Giovanni IT
1967
Salon Comparaisons, Paris FR
L' Objet Edite, Lacloche Galerie, Paris FR
Universal Exhibtion, Montreal CA
La Nature Moderne, Palais de Glaces, Paris FR
1966
Bianco su Bianco, Galleria L' Obellisco, Rome IT
Beatles, Galerie Turini, Paris FR
Exposition des Medailles, Atheneum, Helsinki FI
Salon Comparaisons, Paris FR
Mec Art, Galerie Cogeine, Bruxelles BE & Centre Culturel d' Uccle, Bruxelles BE & Galleria Blu, Milan IT
New Forms, Leeds Institute, London UK
Violon d' Ingres, Galerie Charpentier, Paris FR
Donner a voir, Galerie Turini, Paris FR
L' Automobile dans l' Art, Renault, Paris FR
1965
Salon Comparaisons, Paris FR
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
Lacloche Galerie, Paris FR
Realites Nouvelles, Paris FR
20 Ans de Medailles, Monnaie de Paris, Paris FR
Figuration Narrative, Galerie Creuze, Paris & Lyon FR
1964
Drian Galleries, London UK
Mostra Mercato delle Arti, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence IT
Tokyo Biennial, Tokyo JP
1963
Lacloche Galerie, Paris FR
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
Oeil de Boeuf, Sao Paolo Biennial, Sao Paolo BR
Prix Marzotto, London UK & Paris FR
Dickon Gallery, Washington DC, USA
1962
Peintres et Sculptures Grecs, Musee d' Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris FR
Kaniaris - Nikos, Galleria Cadario, Milan IT
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
International Painting, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis MN, USA
1961
Sao Paolo Biennial, Sao Paolo BR
Rotloff Galerie, Karlsruhe DE
Nouvelles Aventures de l' Objet, Galerie J, Paris FR
Nouvelle Ecole Europeenne, Hesenhuis, Antwerp BE
1960
Galleria Numero, Florence IT
Gruppo Sigma, Galeria Cancelo, Bologna IT
USA Gallery, Washington DC, USA
Festival dei Due Mondi, Spoletto IT
6th International Biennial of Lithography, Cincinnati OH, USA
Il Traghetto Galleria, Venice IT
1959
Galleria Numero, Florence IT
Galleria Discoteque, Rome IT
Galleria Numero, Bologna IT
Galleria Numero, Carrara IT
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
Art Grec Contemporain, Paris FR
Esposizione della Gravura Contemporanea, Prato IT
Gaitis - Nikos, Galleria Numero, Florence IT
Contemporary Italian Art, Lima, Peru
1958
Venice Biennale, Venice IT
Esposizione Internazionale della Tapiseria Moderna, Rome IT
Galleria Appia Antica, Rome IT
Howard Wise Gallery, Cleveland OH, USA
Galleria l' Obelisco, Rome IT
Juster Gallery, New York, USA
Avant Garde Gallery, New York, USA
1957
Taccuino delle Arti, Rome IT
Howard Wise Gallery, Cleveland OH, USA
1955
Contemporary Greek Art, New York, USA
1954
Ilissos Gallery, Athens GR
1952
Panhellenic Exhibition, Zappeion Megaron, Athens GR
1948
Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens GR