Nikos Alexiou
1960 Greece
Lives and works in Athens
1982 Akademie der bildenden kunste Wien
1984 Athens School of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions (selection):
2010
"The Sense of Order" Margini Arte Contemporanea, Massa, Curator: Paolo Emilio Antognoli Viti
"San Marco di Venezia 2010" Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, respondent: Emmanouil Zacharioudakis
2008
"The End" Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki, Curator: Υorgos Tzirtzilakis
2007
"The End" 52nd Intemational Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, 2007, Greek Participation, Curator: Υorgos Tzirtzilakis
"The End" Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
"The End" Françoise Heitsch, Munich
2004
Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens
2003
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens
2002
Gallery 3, Athens
1998
Athens Art Gallery, Athens
1994
Gallery 3, Athens
1989
Gallery 3, Athens
1987
Gallery 3, Athens
1985
Desmos Art Gallery, Athens
Group Exhibitions (selection):
2009
Celestial Contrakt, Cur. by Christina Mitrentse and Jonas Ranson, Schwartz Gallery, London
Expanded Ecologies, Cur. Daphne Vitali, emst, Athens
2008
Captivated by Bakhchisaray, Bachchisaray, Crimea,Bakhchisaray State Historical and Cultural Reserve / Moscow Museum of Modern Art / The State Museum of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki / Contemporary Art Center BM (Istanbul) / Gallery "Collection" (Kiev), Cur. M. Tsantsanoglou, B. Madra, O. Lopuhova, O. Bayshev
Athensville, Parallel Plan, Art Athina 2008, cur. M. Fokidis
Games without Frontiers, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, cur, T, Stathopoulos
2007
Disco Coppertone, Locus Athens, cur. Maria Thalia Karas & Sofia Tournikiotis, OLP Piraeus
Heterotopias: Recreation maid in Greece, 1st Biennale of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, cur. T. Stefanidou
The Workshop - locus Athens, Zouboulakis Gallery, cur. Maria Thalia Karas & Sofia Tournikiotis, Athens
2006
Apolis, Hellenic American Union, Athens, cur. C. Velonis
Totems of the City, Underground Station, Chalandri, Athens, cur. T. Moutsopoulos
22 Winter Festival Seragevo, Hotel Evropa, Serajevo, cur. C. Petrinou
23rd Biennale of Alexandria, Benaki Museum, Athens, cur. C. Petrinou
The Scarecrow, Institution E. Averof, Metsovo, cur. Ο. Danyilopoulou
An Outing, L. Beltsios Collection, Trikala, cur. S. Bahtsertzis
2005
23rd Biennale of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt, cur. C. Petrinou
2004
Athens by Art, Athens, cur. C. Petrinou
Aus der Ferne, Aus der Nähe, Aus der Mitte, Galerie Françoise Heitsch, Munich,
Aus der Ferne, Aus der Nahe, Aus der Mitte, European Patent Office, Munich, cur. F. Heitsch, M. Poalas
Breakthrough! Greece 2004, Sala Alcala 31, Madrid, cur. K. Gregos, D. Zacharopoulos, S. Papa
2003
Outlook, Athens, cur. C. Joachimides
Deste Prize 2003, Deste Foundation, Athens
The Pioneers, L. Beltsios Collection, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thesasaloniki, cur. D. Zacharopoulos
Free Transit(!), Zappeio, Athens & Porto Caras, Halkidiki, Greece, cur N. Argyropoulou
Sketching Out Today, Tommorow, Yesterday, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thesasaloniki, cur. L. Tsikouta
2002
The Pionners, L. Beltsios Collection, Kalambaka, cur. D. Zacharopoulos
2001
Glossalgia, Hellenic-American Union, Athens, cur. M. Stefanidis & N. Argyropoulou
2000
P + P = D, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thesasaloniki, cur. Y. Tzirtzilakis
1999
P + P = D, Deste Foundation, Athens, cur. Y. Tzirtzilakis
1998
Greek Artists - Quests 1950-2000, Centre for Contemporary Art, Rethymnon, Crete, cur. M. Maragou
1995
Alexiou-Varotsos-Totsikas-Tsoklis, Mayia Tsoklis Gallery, Athens
1994
Magasin, House of Cyprus, Athens, cur. A. Von Fürstenberg
International Meeting of Sculpture, European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, cur. S. Papa
1992
Spira 1, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, cur. S. Papa
Egoism, House of Cyprus, Athens, cur. K. Stavopoulos
1990
Borderline 80-90, Municipal Art Gallery, Athens, cur. M. Stefanidis
Itérations, Fondation Danae, Pouilly, France
2nd Minos Beach Art Symposium, Minos Beach, Agios Nicolaos, Crete, cur. D. Koromilas
1989
Revolution, French Institute, Athens
1988
5 Greek Artists - 30 Works, Salle de Conferance de la Communaute Europeenne, Brussels, & Laiterie Centrale, Strasbourg, cur. N. Misirli
Meetings, Highlights, Conflicts, Municipal Gallery, Athens, cur. K.Stavropoulos
1987
Jeune Sculpture 87/1, Porte d’ Austerlitz, Paris
3rd Biennale of Young Mediterranean Artists, Barcelona, Spain, cur. S. Papa
1986
2nd Biennale of Young Mediterranean Artists, Thessaloniki
1985
5th Biennale of Sculpture, Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos, Megara
Set design works (selection):
Medea 2
Conceived, Directed and Choreographed by Dimitris Papaioannou
Set Design by Nikos Alexiou
Athens Festival – 1-5 June 2008 - “Meet in Beijing”, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing – 1 and 2 August 2008 - Pallas Theatre, Athens – from 1 October 2008
Medea - Euripides
Directed by Giorgos Lazanis
Set Light and Costumes Design by Nikos Alexiou
Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, 1995
Suppliants - Aeschylus
Directed by Stavros Doufexis
Set Design by Nikos Alexiou
Light Design by Nikos Alexiou and Eleftheria Deco
Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, 1994
Memoria del Olvido
Directed and Choreographed by Denise Perdikidis
Set Design by Nikos Alexiou
Teatro Olimpia de Madrid, 1994 - tour in Germany, Switzerland, Festival de Teatro Clásico de Mérida, Dansa Valencia, Cabildo Insular de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1994
Medea
Visual Concept by Nikos Alexiou and Dimitris Papaioannou
Set Design by Nikos Alexiou
K.N.S. Theatre, Antwerp – Belgium, 28-29th September 1993 - Kotopouli – Rex Theatre, Athens - Greece, 20-25th April 1994 - Ypsikaminos, Patra - Greece, May 1994 - Argos Ancient Theatre, Argos - Greece, June 1994 - 2nd International Dance Festival, Kalamata - Greece, July 1996 - 4th Festival of Contemporary Expressionistic Dance, Chania - Greece, August 1996 - Ferres and Komotini - Greece, August 1996 - 1st Musical Theater Meeting, Ancient Dimitriada, Volos - Greece, September 1996 - Melina Merkouri Amphitheatre, Veroia - Greece, September 1996 - Dassos Theatre, Thessaloniki - Greece, 17-18th September 1996 - Vrachon Theatre, Melina Merkouri, Athens - Greece, October 1996 - Riverside Studios, London - UK, 12-14th March 1998 - Anfiteatro na Doca, EXPO ’98, Lisbon - Portugal, July 1998 - Theater De La Croix Rousse – 8th Biennale of Dance, Lyon – France, 14-18th September 1998 - Pattichio City Theater, Limassol - Cyprus, September 1998 - City Theater, Nicosia - Cyprus, September 1998 - Pattichio City Theater, Larnaca - Cyprus , September 1998 - Anderson Center for the Arts, Concert Theater, Binghamton University / - Performing Arts Center, Albany University / - The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College, New York - USA, 9-16th October 1999 - Ataturk Kultural Center, Grand Hall, 12th International Istanbul Theatre Festival, Istanbul - Turkey, 18th May 2000 - Gerard Bechar Theatre, DancEuropa Festival, Jerusalem - Israel, June 2000 - Suzanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv - Israel, June 2000 - Papagou Municipal Theater, Athens – Greece, June-July 2000 - Nikos Kazantzakis Theatre, Heraklion - Greece, July 2000 - San Marino Stage Fesival, San Marino, August 2000
Ηλέκτρας κομμοί - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides
Directed by Roula Pateraki
Set Design by Nikos Alexiou
Athens Concert Hall, Athens, November 1993
The songs
Edafos Dance Theatre In collaboration with Nikos Alexiou
Artists' Building, Athens - from 17 April 1991
Catalogues & Books (selection):
"Patterns 2. Design, Art and Architecture" by Barbara Glasner, Ed. Schmidt Petra 2008
"The End" Catalogue for the 52nd Intemational Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, 2007, Greek Participation, Curator: Υorgos Tzirtzilakis, Texts: Dimitris Liakos, Christopher Marinos, Υorgos Tzirtzilakis, published by Ministry of Culture, Athens 2007
"Nikos Alexiou - Angel rolling up the Heavens", Texts by Alexandra Koroxenides and Christina Petrinou, Cube Art Editions 2005
"Breakthrough!, Grecia 2004" Texts by K. Gregos, S. Papa, D. Zacharopoulos, published by Comunidad de Madrid, 2004
"ausderferne ausdernähe ausdermitte" Texts by Kristine Schönert, Sotirios Bahtsertzis, Thanassis Moutsopoulos, Publisher: European Patent Office Munich, 2004
"OUTLOOK" curated by Christos M. Joachimides, Catalogue texts by Yorgos Tzirtzilakis, Daniel Birnbaum, Boris Groys, Arthur C. Danto, Nicolas Bourriaud and Nikos Daskalothanassis, Athens 2003
The Pionners, L. Beltsios Collection, Text by D. Zacharopoulos, Futura editions, 2002
"Spira I" Text by Sania Papa, edited by Circulo De Bellas Artes Madrit, Greek Minister of Culture, European Cultural Center of Delphi, 1992
Recent Publications & Reviews (selection):
"Athens - Ancient and Modern: Athens in the Twenty-First Century" by Marina Kotzamani, "PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Volume 31, Number 2, May 2009 (PAJ 92)"
"Was bedeuten all die wilden Kringel?" by Michael Pilz "Die Welt" 16 November 2007
"I Padiglioni dei Sensi" by Laura Larcan "La Repubblica" 9 June 2007
"De Venise à Athènes, les biennales se suivent et se ressemblent" by Georges Férou "L' Humanité" 7 July 2007
"L’art contemporain en Grèce, de Byzance à Venise" by Yves Kobry "L' Humanité" 7 July 2007
"Nikos Alexiou" by Alexandra Koroxenidis "Frieze Magazine" Issue 74, April 2003
"An artist’s vision of Mount Athos" by Alexandra Koroxenidis, "Kathimerini English Edition" 5/2/2003
"Nikos Alexiou, diversified artist, full of surface contradictions" by Alexandra Koroxenidis, "Kathimerini English Edition" 15/11/2001
