Pavlos Samios
Pavlos Samios | |
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| Born | Παύλος Σάμιος October 28, 1948 Athens, Greece |
| Died | February 4, 2021 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater | Athens School of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Painting, Icon painting |
| Website | http://www.samiospavlos.gr/ |
Pavlos Samios (Greek: Παύλος Σάμιος; 1948-2021) was a Greek painter and professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
Biography
[edit]Samios was born on October 28,[1] 1948[2][3] in Athens,[4] Greece. His interest in art rose during his early childhood when he used to spend many hours at his father's workshop (Samios's father was a shoemaker). As a teenager he worked at Dionysios Karoussos icon-painting studio and at the same time he attended drawing lessons under Panos Sarafianos so that he could pass the exams in order to enter the School of Fine Arts where he became accepted in 1969.[4][5]
He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Nikos Nikolaou and Yiannis Moralis, graduating in 1972. In early 1978 Samios organised his first solo exhibition in Athens where he exhibited a total of 36 paintings inspired by Agion Oros.[6] The same year he moved to Paris where he lived until 1992. During his stay in France he became associated with Yannis Tsarouchis, who had a major influence on Samios. Manos Hatzidakis was another person who influenced Samios.[4]
In his paintings Samios expresses a symbolic and metaphysical vision. He used several painting techniques (fresco, tempera, etc.) which are characteristic of his various periods of work. His works are found in private collections, museums and cultural institutions worldwide (Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art,[7] National Gallery of Greece,[8] Andros Museum of Contemporary Art[3] etc.).[9]
Since 2000 he was a professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
Exhibitions (selected)
[edit]Individual exhibitions
[edit]- Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens (1978,[6] 1987)
- Galerie Samy Kinge, Paris (1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2005)
- FIAC, Paris (1986)
- Zeta Mi Gallery, Thessaloniki[10] (1988)
- Les Ateliers de Montmartre, Espace de Vente, Paris (1989)
- Gallery K, London (1997)
- Municipal Art Gallery of Mykonos (1997)
- Yiorki Residence, Nicosia (1997)
- Gallery 4, Chalkis (1998)
- Galerie Epreuve d’Artiste, Beirut (1999)
- Helexpo, Maroussi (2000)
- City of Athens Cultural Centre (2002)
- Greek Cultural Center, New York City (2002)
- The Maliotis Cultural Center, Boston (2002)
- Benaki Museum, Athens (2007,[11] 2014 – 2015[12])
- Centre Culturel Français de Hanoi, Hanoi (2009)
- Municipal Art Gallery of Chania[13][14] (2016)
Group exhibitions
[edit]- Exhibition on a house's garage, Pangrati[15] (1972)
- FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris (1982, 1983, 1996)
- MSI, Chicago (1985)
- Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. (1986)
- Seibu Yarakucho, Tokyo (1989)
- Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa (1992)
- Averoff Gallery, Metsovo (1993, 1996)
- Nicosia International Conference Center (1994)
- Galerie Yahia, Tunis (1995)
- Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (1997)
- Municipal Art Gallery, Thessaloniki (1997)
- Gallery K, London (1998)
- Hotel Athens Plaza (1999)
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation Andros (2001)
- Benaki Museum (2004)
- St Mark's Basilica, Heraklion (2004)
- The National Arts Club, New York (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011)
- Sotheby's, London (2009)
- Athens School of Fine Arts (2009)
- Skoufa Gallery, Athens (2013)
- Alma Contemporary Art Gallery, Trikala[16] (2015)
References
[edit]- ^ Xanthakos, Maria, ed. (2015). Samios: "Painting Apology". Athens: Militos. p. 685. ISBN 978-960-464-623-4.
- ^ Cangelaris, Panayotis D. "PAVLOS SAMIOS (1948)". Panayotis D. Cangelaris. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ a b "Samios Pavlos". Museum of Contemporary Art, Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ a b c "P.SAMIOS – CURRICULUM VITAE". Pavlos Samios. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Samios Pavlos (1948)". Contemporary Greek Art Institute. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ a b "Εκθέσεις" [Exhibitions]. Rizospastis (in Greek): 4. February 11, 1978 – via efimeris.nlg.gr.
- ^ "Σάμιος Παύλος". Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (in Greek). Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Samios Pavlos (1948 Athens)". National gallery. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Pavlos Samios". Martix. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Exhibitions: Παύλος Σάμιος". Contemporary Greek Art Institute. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Pavlos Samios : "Traces through Time"". Benaki Museum. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ Bistika, Eleni (November 26, 2014). "Παύλος Σάμιος, "Zωγραφική Aπολογία", αναδρομική έκθεση στο Mουσείο Mπενάκη της Πειραιώς" [Pavlos Samios: "Painting Apology", Retrospective Exhibition at Benaki Museum, Piraios Str.]. Kathimerini (in Greek).
- ^ "ΠΑΥΛΟΣ ΣΑΜΙΟΣ: Κάθε έργο… μια ιστορία" [PAVLOS SAMIOS: Each painting… and a story]. Municipal Art Gallery of Chania (in Greek). Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ Mastropavlos, Nikos (July 20, 2016). "Τα Χανιά του Παύλου Σάμιου" [Pavlos Samios' Chania]. To Βήμα Online (in Greek). Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ Xanthakos, ed. (2015). p. 688.
- ^ Zaoutsos, Alexandros (December 17, 2015). "Τρίκαλα: Δεκαεννέα καλλιτέχνες εκθέτουν για τον Βασίλη Τσιτσάνη στην γκαλερί alma". ERT (in Greek). Retrieved March 20, 2017.
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