His work originates from physicality, geometry and gesture. The scale of his creations is based on the human being. Aiming at creating a unique journey for everyone, to make each viewer an active part of his work and make him experience primarily dilemmas, fears which usually are supposed to be solved but actually have been accepted and stored within.
Bio
Nikos Stathopoulos born in Zurich of Switzerland , lives and works in Athens. He is a graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) with faculty supervisors P. Charalambous , J. Skaltsas and M. Manousakis in painting, M. Mpampousis in photography and by N. Tranos in sculpture. Now he works as a Photographer, Designer and runs a ship engine repair unit at Piraeus since 1994
AWARDS: 2017 First Award at the Rail code competition of O.S.E (Greek Railway company) 2010 Awarded for his proposal entitled “Visual interference with painting in Athens” by the Ministry of Environment, Athens
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2020 PLATFORMS - ATHENS 2019 LIBRES , YVERDON-LES-BAINS SWITZERLAND WATER DEMOCRACE, Byzantine and Christian Museum-ATHENS NIKOLAS ASIMOS DOING A JOURNEY TOGETHER, ROMANTSO - ATHENS 70% WATER ,GALLERY TRII -ATHENS FESTIVAL NIKOS SKEPETZIS , RETHIMNO CRETE
2018 A FIELD GUIDE TO GETTING LOST - TAF- Athens Exhibition of Fine art graduates Athens 2018 - Athens 2017 CODE RAIL ART 2017 - Athens Trii Art Hub - Athens FERRY HOUSE – atelier Kikladon 8 Athens
2015 Atrides , Michael Cacoyannis Foundation Curating ,directing , scenography , Athens liberation Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens Exhibition in Simio Theater - Contemporary Art Showcase, Athens Be/Be/Be Beton 7, Athens (participation and curating) Photo As Performance - Athens Photo Festival 2015 , Benaki Museum, Athens ( participation and curating) FESTIVAL OF CULTURE | DISPLACEMENT , Beton 7, Athens Art - Athina 2015, Athens Εντός-Εκτός project, Panepistimiou st., Athens Design Lab 2015, Technopolis, Athens Electric Night Vol.3, BETON7 - TOKYO, Athens
2014 Graduate project /Athens Creating Commons• the case of Artemis Agrotera / Μicrogeographies -WorldWide Storefront (WWSf) ΝΥ/Athens " Excentricités V Le Banqeut-Anniversaire " L'institut Supérieur des Beaux Arts de Besançon / Franche- Comté "Factory Tsalapata: Art Factor", Rooftile and Brickworks Museum N & S Tsalapatas,Volos "Images of the Sea", HCMR Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Perseus,DASTA ,Athens “Alos Theasis" Ikastikes Anazitisis ,Athens Epitelesis Art- Foundation , Beton 7 , Athens Reperformance, Booze Cooperativa , Athens
2013 VALUE workshop Athens Biennale 2013 Agora , Athens "Photo as Performance" 2013 Athens Photo Festival , Technopolis ,Athens Kodra Fresh 2013 Action Field Kodra 2013 , Thessaloniki Art Athina 2013, The Grey Cube Platform, Athens Chania Art 2013, The Grey Cube ,Creta Arkadeia 2013 , Folklore Museum of Ini ,Creta (participation and curating) ARTFORALL ,Communicate, Megaro Gyzi, Fyra , Santorini
2012 "Photo as Performance" 2012 Athens Photo Festival , Technopolis ,Athens "Imagination" Action Field Kodra 2012 , Thessaloniki "Stymphalia Project" Environment Museum of Stymphalia , Peloponnese
2011 “ATHENS FASHION WEEK - The garment as residence of the body II ” Technopolis, Athens “MAZI art walks 2011” , Gallery Mary Alexiou, Athens “SINIRMOI”, Cultural Center MELINA, Athens Participated in the support group exhibition for the resident s of Keratea area at Lavrio Michanourgeio. “ATHENS FASHION WEEK – The garment as residence of the body Ι” – participated in the opening ceremony Technopolis, Athens “REJECTED”, Gallery συν , Athens
2010 “RESCUE PLAN – Memory and Disease in art”, Sotiria hospital, Athens “Metropolitan Stories”, Art Center 12, organized by the newspaper Metropolis, Athens “Mail Art”, organizing committee and participation , Syntagma Square, Athens “DIPOLARITY & ART”, Superior School of Fine Arts in collaboration with the Institute of Mental Health under the "anti-stigma" program, Athens
2009 “Motoshow 09”, motorcycling exhibition , EΚΕΠ, Athens Currated the artistic activities under the theme of recycling organized by the Association of Tourist Guides of Athens , Athens Organized the main event themed as the “social pulse of the city” at Syntagma Square, Athens
2008 “Creating therefore I am” Center of Contemporary Art of Salonika, Thessaloniki