EXTRAVERSION, Γιάννης Σταμενίτης

EXTRAVERSION / ARTISTS

Dimitris Merantzas

Lilla Agrafioti

Efstathia Milaraki

Nikoletta Antonakou

Kyriakos Mortarakos

Nikolas Bliatkas

George Pallis

Alexandros Dimitriadis

Froso Papadimitriou

Dora Dimitriadou

Antonis Papadopoulos

Vassiliki Douzeni

Yorgos Papakarmezis

Rania Fragoulidou

Maria Paschalidou

Sarantis Gagas

Spiridoula Politi

Elli Griva

Natassa Poulantza

Panagiotis Kalogiannis

Vasilis Poulios

Dimitris Karlaftopoulos

Daphne Rocou

Antigoni Kavvatha

Vasileios Sivvas

George Koftis

Giannis Stamenitis

Despina Konstantinou

George Tansarlis

Apostolos Kotoulas

Nikos Terzis

Christos Kountouras

Giorgos Tserionis

Sofia Kyriakaki

Maria Tsimbourlas

Theodore Lalos

Alexia Tsimika

Sotiris Lioukras

Andreas Vais

Alexandros Maganiotis

Vasilis Zografos

CURATOR Yannis Bolis

PRODUCTION – ORGANISATION Kostas & Agapitos Tzitzikas Dimitris Vlassis

SISMANOGLIO MEGARO of General Consulate of Greece in Istanbul OCTOBER 2012

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Θεσσαλονίκη υπήρξε ανέκαθεν κοσμοπολίτισσα. Μια πόλη – φάρος στην άμεση περιφέρειά της, που εξέπεμπε το φως του πολιτισμού και της προόδου και προσήλκυσε ανθρώπους όλων των εθνοτήτων και θρησκευμάτων. Η διαδρομή της στην ιστορία ήταν πολλές φορές παράλληλη με αυτή της Κωνσταντινούπολης, με την οποία δεν σταμάτησε ποτέ να επικοινωνεί εμπορικά, κοινωνικά και κυρίως πολιτιστικά. Αυτός ήταν ένας από τους λόγους που το Γενικό Προξενείο της Ελλάδας στην Κωνσταντινούπολη υποδέχθηκε με μεγάλη χαρά την ιδέα να φιλοξενήσει στο Σισμανόγλειο Μέγαρο 41 νέους καλλιτέχνες που έχουν ως αφετηρία τους τη Θεσσαλονίκη. Και χαίρομαι προσωπικά ακόμη περισσότερο, που οι συντελεστές της έκθεσης επέλεξαν τον τίτλο «εξωστρέφεια». Ο όρος αυτός πραγματικά αποδίδει μια τάση που υπάρχει σήμερα στην ελληνική κοινωνία. Ένα ακόμη αδύναμο ρεύμα, το οποίο είναι ευθύνη μας να αναδείξουμε και να ενθαρρύνουμε, για να γίνει ποτάμι που θα παρασύρει ξανά τη χώρα μας προς ένα καλύτερο και περισσότερο δημιουργικό αύριο. Οι νέοι άνθρωποι είναι αυτοί που αντιστέκονται στο κλίμα της παραίτησης που υποθάλπει η οικονομική κρίση. Είναι αυτοί που απαντούν στον αρνητισμό με δημιουργία. Που δεν κλείνονται στον εαυτό τους, αλλά ανοίγονται στον κόσμο και στις ευκαιρίες που προσφέρονται. Οι 41 νέοι καλλιτέχνες που φιλοξενούμε στο Σισμανόγλειο Μέγαρο εκπροσωπούν την Ελλάδα που αγαπάμε, την Ελλάδα για την οποία είμαστε υπερήφανοι και αυτή που θέλουμε να δείξουμε στον κόσμο. Οκτώβριος 2012 Νίκος Ματθιουδάκης Γενικός Πρόξενος της Ελλάδας στην Κωνσταντινούπολη

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hessaloniki has always been cosmopolitan. A city-lighthouse in the immediate region that emitted the light of civilization and progress, and attracted people of all ethnicities and religions.

The course of the city’s history was many times paralleled to that of Istanbul; the cities never stopped communicating commercially, socially and culturally in particular.

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elanik her zaman kozmopolitti. Uygarlığın ve tekamülün ışığını yayan ve tüm milletlerden ve dinden insanları kendisine çeken, yol gösterici bir şehir. Tarih içerisindeki yolculuğu, ticari, sosyal ve özellikle kültür ile iletişimini hiçbir zaman kesmeyen İstanbul ile bir çok kez paralel olmuştur.

That was one of the reasons that the Consulate General of Greece in Istanbul welcomed with great joy the idea of hosting 41 new artists starting from Thessaloniki, in the Sismanoglio Megaro. And I am even happier that the contributors of this exhibition chose the title “extraversion”. This term actually reflects a trend that is dominant in Greek society nowadays; another weak stream, which is our responsibility to reward, encourage and convert to a river that will drift our country once again to a better and more creative tomorrow.

Yunanistan İstanbul Başkonsolosluğu’nun, başlangıç noktaları Selanik olan 41 genç sanatçıyı Sismanoglio Megaro’da misafir etmeyi sevinçle kabul etmesi bu nedenlerden birini oluşturmaktadır. Bu serginin oluşumunda katkıda bulunanların sergi için «dışa dönüklük» başlığını seçmelerinden dolayı, özellikle ben, bizzat daha büyük bir sevinç duymaktayım. Gerçekten de bu başlık bugün Yunan toplumunda var olan bir eğilimi ifade etmektedir. Ülkemizi yarınlar için daha iyi ve çok daha yaratıcı olmasına sürükleyecek bir ırmağın oluşması için bu zayıf akımı yüceltmek ve teşvik etmek yükümlülüğünü taşımaktayız.

Young people are those who resist resignation pandered by the economic crisis. They are the ones who respond to negativity with creativity. Not closed in on themselves, but open to the world and to the opportunities offered.

Ekonomik krizi körükleyen vazgeçme havasına karşı direnen bu genç insanlardır. Olumsuzluğa yaratıcılıkla cevap veren yine gençlerimizdir. Kendi içlerine kapanmayan ve sunulan fırsatlara açılan yine bu kişilerdir.

The 41 young artists who are hosted at the Sismanoglio Megaro represent Greece we love, Greece for which we are proud of, and the one we want to show to the world.

Sismanoglio Megaro’da misafir ettiğimiz bu 41 genç sanatçı gurur duyduğumuz ve onu dünyaya göstermek istediğimiz, sevdiğimiz Yunanistan ‘ı temsil etmektedirler.

October 2012 Nikos Matthioudakis General Consul of Greece in Istanbul

Ekim 2012 Nikos Matthioudakis Yunanistan İstanbul Başkonsolosu

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EXOSTREFEIA*

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εξωστρέφεια, για να συμβεί, προϋποθέτει δύο πράγματα: όχι μόνο την εσωστρέφεια αλλά προπαντός, και πριν από αυτήν, το έσω, ένα έσω που είναι, με την σειρά του, προϋπόθεση της εσωστρέφειας. Το έσω είναι, κατά κάποιον τρόπο, ο απαράβατος όρος και της εσωστρέφειας και της εξωστρέφειας, και ενώ το έσω, ως έσω, δεν έχει αφ’ εαυτού αρνητικό χαρακτήρα, για την εσωστρέφεια αλλά και για την εξωστρέφεια ισχύει το αντίθετο: χρησιμοποιούμε, τις περισσότερες φορές, και τις δύο λέξεις για να χαρακτηρίσουμε έναν τρόπο ή μία κατάσταση υποτιμητικά, για να δηλώσουμε μία τάση με ελλειμματικούς όρους, να περιγράψουμε, και στις δύο περιπτώσεις, μία συμπεριφορά που μόνο θετική δεν είναι: ο εξωστρεφής θεωρείται επιφανειακός, επιπόλαιος, μη σοβαρός, ακόμη και ανεύθυνος, ο εσωστρεφής, αντίθετα, εκτιμάται ως ακοινώνητος, μονόχνοτος, ακατάδεκτος, ομφαλοσκόπος, και ο ένας και ο άλλος ανάγονται σε περιπτώσεις μάλλον προς αποφυγήν και υποκείμενες στην καταδίκη. Κι όμως, το έσω είναι ατελές αν δεν στραφεί προς τα έξω, και η στροφή προς τα έξω είναι απαραίτητη προκειμένου να δηλωθεί εμφανώς κάτι που, αν μείνει μόνο μέσα, θα χαθεί στην αφάνεια. Αν δώσουμε θετικό πρόσημο στην εξωστρέφεια, αυτό θα είναι της ρήξης με μία μονομερή και απομονωτική κατεύθυνση, αλλά για να έχει αληθινό νόημα και λόγο υπάρξεως η εξωστρέφεια, θα πρέπει να αποτελεί φορέα ενός έσω υλικού το οποίο να μην είναι μόνον υπαρκτό αλλά και πλούσιο, ενδιαφέρον, δυνατό και ζωντανό. Με την έννοια αυτή, η εξωστρέφεια γίνεται μία αναγκαία κίνηση, τόσο σε προσωπικό όσο και σε συλλογικό επίπεδο, με στόχο την μετάδοση, την συμμετοχή, την ένταξη σε μία άλλη οντότητα που υπερβαίνει τον ατομικό και εθνικό χώρο και που είναι οι άλλοι άνθρωποι, οι άλλες κοινότητες. Ωστόσο, και πάλι, η εξωστρέφεια, με την παραπάνω έννοια, δεν μπορεί να σημαίνει κάτι σοβαρό και αναγκαίο παρά μόνον όταν αφετηρία της είναι ένα έσω το οποίο έχει κάτι να δώσει, κάτι να πει, κάτι να προτείνει, κάτι να εκφράσει σε όλα τα επίπεδα τής ανθρώπινης νοημοσύνης και ευαισθησίας. Εάν δεν συμβαίνει αυτό, τότε η εξωστρέφεια δεν έχει λόγο άλλον εκτός από μία ανάγκη κενής προβολής και αναίτιας επιβεβαίωσης. Στην περίπτωση όμως όπου η εξωστρέφεια είναι συνέπεια μιάς εσωτερικής διεργασίας η οποία έχει φτάσει σε σημείο κάποιου ολοκληρωμένου αποτελέσματος, λ.χ. ένα έργο τέχνης ή μία φιλοσοφική πραγματεία, τότε καθίσταται αναπόσπαστο μέρος κάθε δημιουργικής ενέργειας η οποία, χωρίς την εξωτερίκευσή της, παραμένει ατελής επειδή διατηρείται αμετάδοτη, εντέλει είναι σαν να μην υπάρχει. Ιδιαίτερα σε περιοχές όπως η τέχνη και ο στοχασμός, η εξωστρέφεια έχει εκ προοιμίου αναμφισβήτητα θετικό χαρακτήρα, όταν βέβαια συνδυάζεται και συνοδεύεται από την παραγωγή δημιουργικού έργου. Τότε, ακόμη και η εσωστρέφεια αποκτά εντελώς θετικό πρόσημο αφού, εν προκειμένω, αποτελεί το άλλο όνομα της εσωτερικής διεργασίας, του πνευματικού μόχθου, της ψυχικής δαπάνης, τα οποία όλα αυτά συνιστούν θεμελιώδεις όρους για κάθε καλλιτεχνικό και στοχαστικό έργο. Έτσι, εσωστρέφεια και εξωστρέφεια αποδεικνύονται όχι μόνο συναφείς αλλά και αναγκαίες η μία για την άλλη, και τότε μόνο βρίσκουν τον θετικό τους χαρακτήρα όταν συλλειτουργούν, όταν η μία προετοιμάζει την άλλη, όταν η μία ξεκινάει για να καταλήξει στην άλλη. Εντέλει, και σύμφωνα με τα παραπάνω, εξωστρέφεια και εσωστρέφεια συναποτελούν μία και την αυτή κίνηση, και, μολονότι δύο, είναι τόσο αδιαχώριστες ώστε θα μπορούσαν να συνυπάρξουν σε μία και μόνο λέξη: εκσωστρέφεια. Δημήτρης Δημητριάδης

wo things are presupposed in order for extraversion to happen: not only introversion but first and foremost, and even before the latter, the inner self and one of this inner self, that would be with its turn a presupposition of introversion. The inner self is in a way an integral term both for introversion and extraversion and although the inner self has not a negative character on its own, for the introversion and the extraversion the opposite is valid. Most of the times we use both words to characterize a way or a situation disparagingly to state a tension with elliptic terms, to describe in both cases a behavior that is just not positive: the extraverted person is considered superficial, promiscuous, not serious, even irresponsible; on the other hand the introverted person is considered as unsociable, uncompanionable, aloof, a fatalist; both of these former cases are reduced in cases of abjuring and are subject to condemnation.

Notwithstanding this fact, the inside is imperfect if it does not turn to the outside and the turn to the outside is necessary in order to state evidently something that, if it stays only inside, it will be lost in invisibility.

If we give a positive signal in extraversion this will be that of rupture with a unilateral and a seclusive direction, yet to have a real meaning and reason for existence the extraversion needs to constitute a carrier of an inner material that is not just existent but rich, interesting, strong and lively.

With this meaning, extraversion becomes a compulsory movement, in an individual as well as a team level, with the aim of transmission, participation and the incorporation in another entity that overcomes the individual and the national space where there are other people, other communities.

Yet again, extraversion with the above meaning cannot indicate something serious and necessary, but only when its starting point is one inner self that has something to give, something to say, something to suggest, something to express to all the levels of human mentality and sensitivity.

If this is not happening, then extraversion does not have any other reason but one necessity of void projection and one ascertainment without any reason.

However in the case that extraversion is a consequence of an internal fermentation that has reached to a point of some complete result eg. a piece of art or a philosophical disquisition, then it becomes an integral part of every creative action that, without its exteriority, stays incomplete because it is maintained incommunicable, in the end it is like it does not exist.

Especially in areas like art and contemplation, extraversion has from its prelude without any doubt a positive character, when it is surely combined and accompanied by the production of a creative piece of work. Then, even introversion acquires one complete positive signal since in this case it consists another name for the internal procedure, of the mental labour, the psychic expenditure, which all comprise essential terms for every artistic and contemplative work.

Thus, introversion and extraversion are proved not only coherent but necessary one for another and only then they find their positive character; when they function together, when one prepares the other, when the first starts to end to the other.

Finally, and according to all the above mentioned, introversion and extraversion create together one and only movement, and no matter the two are so inseparable so that they could coexist in one and only word: exostrefeia.

Dimitris Dimitriadis * exostrefeia is a synthesis of the Greek words for extraversion and introversion.

EXOSTREFEIA*

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ışa dönüklüğün oluşması için iki şey ön görülmektedir: Salt olarak yalnız içe dönüklüğü değil, öncelikle sırasıyla içe dönüklüğün bir ön koşulu olan içeri kelimesidir. İçeri kelimesi bir şekilde, içe dönüklüğün ve dışa dönüklüğün ihlal edilemeyen bir şartı olarak, çeri kelimesinin bir iç olarak içe dönüklülük için kendiliğinden menfi karakteri bulunmakta, ancak dışa dönüklülük için bunun tersi geçerli olmaktadır. Her iki kelimeyi bir çok kez bir şekli veya bir durumu küçümsemek, eksik ifadelerle olan bir yönelimi beyan etmek ve her iki durumda yalnızca müspet olmayan bir davranışı açıklamak için kullanmaktayız. Dışa dönük olan kişi, havai, yüzeysel, ciddi olmayan ve sorumsuz bir kişi olarak kabul edilmekte ancak bunun aksine içe dönük kişi, asosyal, kurumlu, kendisiyle uğraşan biri olarak takdir edilmektedir. Dolayısıyla her ikisi de bir cezaya bağlı olan durumlardan kaçınmak kategorisine girerler.

Buna rağmen, iç dışarıya dönmezse mükemmel sayılamaz ve onun dışarıya doğru dönüşümünde bir şeyin yalnız içte kalması durumunda belirsizliğe doğru kaybolacağı için, apaçık bir şekilde beyan edilirse o zaman geçerlidir.

Dışa dönüklüğe müspet bir simge verirsek bu tek taraflı ve izole edici bir yönelme ile bir karşı gelme oluşacak ve dışa dönüklüğün gerçek bir manasının ve var olmasının nedeninin olması için gerçek bir iç madde ile yetinmesiyle zengin, canlı, kuvvetli ve ilgiyi çeken bir iç maddenin taşıyıcısını da oluşturması gerekmektedir.

Bu durum altında, dışa dönüklük özel olduğu kadar, ortak düşünce yüzeyinde de gerekli olan bir harekettir. Hedefi, özel ve milli mekanı aşan ve başka insanları ve başka cemiyetlerin bulunduğu yerlerde diğer bir mevcudiyetle katılma iştirak etme ve aktarmayı yapmasıdır.

Bununla birlikte, dışa dönüklük yine de yukarıdaki manasıyla, onun başlangıç noktası bir şey verebilecek durumda olan bir içi olursa, söylemek istediği bir şey var ise, bir şey teklif etmek ister ise, insan zekasının tüm seviyelerine ve duyarlılığına bir şeyler ifade etme etmek gibi vermek istediği bir şey yok ise, ciddi ve gerekli bir şey ifade etmemektedir.

Bu oluşmuyorsa, o zaman dışa dönüklük boş bir sergileme ve nedensiz bir onay gerekliliğinden başka bir nedeni bulunmamaktadır.

Dışa dönüklük ancak, tamamlanmış bir neticenin bir noktasına varan bir içi hazırlığın neticesi durumunda ise, örneğin bir sanat eseri, felsefi bir inceleme gibi, ve o zaman dışa dönüklük olmazsa, sanki hiç yokmuş gibi iletilmediği için eksik olan her türlü yaratıcı faaliyetin ayrılmaz bir parçası olacaktır.

Dışa dönüklük, özellikle sanat ve düşüncenin bulunduğu yerlerde, doğal olarak yaratıcı bir eserin meydana getirilmesiyle bağlantılı olup onunla takip edilirse dışa dönüklüğün imtiyazdan dolayı tereddütsüz müspet bir karakteri vardır.

O zaman içe dönüklük bile tamamiyle müspet bir karakter kazanır çünkü bu durumda her türlü sanat ve düşünce eseri için temel şartlarını ifade eden iç çalışmanın, düşünce emeğinin, ruh harcanmasından başka bir adını oluşturacaktır.

Dolayısıyla, içe dönüklük ve dışa dönüklük yalnız birbirleriyle irtibatlı oldukları ispat edilmemekte ve birinin diğeri için gerekli olduğu ispat edilmektedir. Ancak beraberce faaliyette bulundukları ve biri diğerini hazırladığı ve biri diğerine ulaşmak istediği zaman birbirleri için gereklidirler.

Sonuç olarak, ve yukarıdakilere de uygun olmak suretiyle, dışa dönüklük ve içe dönüklük bir ve tek bir hareketi oluştururlar ve her ikisi de o kadar çok ayrılamaz bir halde bulunmalarına rağmen tek bir tek bir kelime içinde bulunmaları gereklidir exostrefeia.

Dimitris Dimitriadis * exostrefeia: Hem dışadönüklük, hem içedönüklük iki yunan sözcüğünün birleşiminden ortaya çıkan kelimelerdir.

ε μια πόλη με βαθιά πολιτισμική και πνευματική κληρονομιά, όπως αυτή της Κωνσταντινούπολης –μια πόλη πολύμορφη, αντιφατική και μοναδική, ένας κόσμος ομόκεντρων και αλληλοκαλυπτόμενων κύκλων με μακραίωνη ιστορία και παραδόσεις, συγκλίσεις και αποκλίσεις, σημείο συνάντησης Ανατολής-Δύσης– οι καλλιτέχνες της έκθεσης Εξωστρέφεια καλούνται να αναλάβουν τον ρόλο τους, να ανακαλύψουν και να προσδιορίσουν εκ νέου τη δυναμική και ουσιαστική λειτουργία της τέχνης και μέσα από αυτήν να υποδείξουν μια αξιοπρεπή και συνειδητή θέση για τον άνθρωπο, ο οποίος βρίσκεται εγκλωβισμένος στη δίνη της κατάρρευσης, σε μια κρίσιμη, ασταθή και επώδυνη στιγμή της ιστορίας του, σε ολοκληρωτική ρήξη με τις αξίες, τις ρίζες και τις πηγές της ταυτότητάς του, σε έναν κόσμο κατακερματισμένο και διαρκώς μεταβαλλόμενο, έναν κόσμο αποπροσανατολισμένο, που έχει χάσει τις σταθερές του και απορρίπτει τις ιδεολογίες που αδυνατούν, μέσα στην πληθώρα των διφορούμενων και αντιφατικών απόψεων, να υψώσουν φωνή για την οικονομική, κοινωνική και ηθική κρίση. Η τέχνη φιλοδοξεί να γίνει για ακόμη μία φορά εξωστρεφής, να δώσει τη δική της απάντηση, να αρθρώσει τον δικό της λόγο σε μια σειρά από κρίσιμα ερωτήματα και ζητήματα, επιδιώκοντας με τον μοναδικό της τρόπο την «έξοδο» από μια παγιδευμένη κατάσταση, μια τραγική συνθήκη, όπου όλοι οι δρόμοι μοιάζουν να έχουν κλείσει. Οι καλλιτέχνες έρχονται να αφηγηθούν μια ιστορία –μια ιστορία προσωπικών και συλλογικών βιωμάτων–, ενώ τα έργα, συνολικά, επιθυμούν να μεταδώσουν την ενεργό-κριτική στάση του δημιουργού τους, να διαμορφώσουν μια ενιαία πρόταση, μια εικαστική παρέμβαση, να είναι ταυτόχρονα γλώσσα, πράξη και ιδίωμα, έκφραση και εικόνα –η καλλιτεχνική «αντίσταση», «εναντίωση» και «διάλογος»– σε μια εποχή έντονων και δραματικών ανακατατάξεων, ραγδαίων και αναπάντεχων μεταβολών, σε μια εποχή όπου όλα τείνουν προς την ομογενοποίηση της καθημερινότητας και ο χρόνος εκμηδενίζεται από τις ψηφιακές τεχνολογίες. Φυσικά, η τέχνη δεν μπορεί να δώσει άμεσες λύσεις αλλά εξακολουθεί να διατηρεί την επικοινωνιακή της δύναμη, να επιζητά τη συμμετοχικότητα, τη συλλογικότητα και την αλληλεγγύη ή να κινείται και να εμπνέεται από τις ίδιες τις εκφάνσεις της καθημερινότητάς μας, μπορεί να προσφέρει ελπίδα και ομορφιά, να οδηγείται, υπερβαίνοντας τις δεσμεύσεις και τα στερεότυπα του θεωρητικού λόγου, σε μια καθαρή παρουσίαση πρωταρχικών εννοιών και συμπεριφορών της ανθρώπινης ύπαρξης, να ωθεί στον προβληματισμό και την εξωτερίκευση, να δημιουργεί αισθήματα ανάτασης και ανθρωπισμού, να εμψυχώνει την ανατροπή του κατεστημένου και να πυροδοτεί το νέο, να περιλαμβάνει και να προτείνει ιδέες και στάση ζωής που δεν εναρμονίζεται με το σημερινό κοινωνικό-πολιτικό σκηνικό. Κεντρικός στόχος της έκθεσης είναι να παρουσιάσει -πλουραλιστικά, χωρίς περιχαρακώσεις και προκαταλήψεις– 41 σύγχρονους εικαστικούς δημιουργούς· κάποιοι από αυτούς έχουν, ήδη, δώσει το στίγμα τους, αλλά οι περισσότεροι βρίσκονται στο ξεκίνημά τους με αξιόλογη, ωστόσο, δουλειά και συνεπή, μέχρι τώρα, διαδρομή σε έναν τόπο όπου οι συνθήκες κάθε άλλο παρά ιδανικές είναι: διαρκώς μειούμενη αγορά, έλλειψη ευκαιριών ανάδειξης και αδυναμία πρόσβασης σε θεσμούς, απουσία παιδείας, αναίτιοι ανταγωνισμοί και μεθοδευμένοι αποκλεισμοί, αποθέωση του προκλητικού και του εντυπωσιακού, του κακώς εννοούμενου εννοιολογικού, εναλλακτικού ή πρωτοποριακού –υπερασπιζόμενων, τις περισσότερες φορές, από έναν σαθρό και αίολο θεωρητικό λόγο. Εξωστρέφεια. Μια κίνηση-εκδήλωση προς τα έξω, πραγματική και συμβολική. Διέξοδος και πρόταση, ενέργεια που προϋποθέτει τη στροφή προς το έσω. Δράση-έκθεση που απευθύνει και απευθύνεται, σε μια πόλη που ανταποκρίνεται και είναι ανοιχτή στις προκλήσεις, τα ερεθίσματα και τις προοπτικές που θέτει η νέα εποχή. Γιάννης Μπόλης

EXTRAVERSION

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he exhibition takes place in Istanbul, a city of a profound cultural and intellectual heritage, a diverse, contradictory and unique city; a world of concentric and overlapping circles of history and tradition, convergences and divergences, the meeting point of East and West. The artists participating in the exhibition entitled Extraversion are invited to play their role, discover and redefine the dynamic, substantial function of art and use it to indicate a dignified and conscious stance for man, who is currently trapped in the midst of collapse at a critical, unstable and painful moment of history, in total rupture with the values and roots of his own identity.

Furthermore, his frame is a shattered, constantly changing and disorientated world that has lost its context and rejects the ideologies that have failed to raise up their voice against financial, social and moral crisis amidst a plethora of ambiguous and contradictory viewpoints.

Art aspires once more to become extraverted, give its own answer, and enunciate its own opinion regarding critical questions and issues, thus seeking in a unique way the “exit” from a trapped situation, a tragic state where all roads seem to have been closed.

The artists come to tell a story of personal and collective experiences while the works, overall, wish to communicate the active-critical stance of their creators, to form a single sentence, an artistic intervention. They intend to be language, action, idiom, expression and picture at the same time (the artistic “resistance”, “opposition” and “dialogue”) in an era of intense and dramatic upheaval, rapid and unexpected changes; in an era where everything tends to homogenize everyday life and time is eliminated by digital technologies.

stanbul gibi, çok yönlü, çelişkili, dünyada tek, asırlar boyu bir tarihe ve geleneklere sahip, görüş birliği ve farklılıkları olan, Doğu ile Batının buluştuğu, aynı merkezi olan ve birbirini kaplayan daireler dünyası bir şehir- derin bir kültür ve düşünce mirasına sahip bir şehirde, dışa dönüklük sergisinin sanatçıları rollerini üstlenmek, sanatı yeniden keşfetmek ve sanatın dinamizmini ve özlü faaliyetini tayin etmek ve bunun içinden de çöküş girdabında hapsedilmiş durumda olan insana saygın ve bilinçli bir yer göstermek için çağrılmışlardır. Kritik, dengesiz tarihindeki acı bir durumunda, değerler ile kimliği, kökleri ve kaynaklarıyla karşı karşıya geldiği, parçalara bölünmüş ve devamlı değişen, yönelimden uzaklaşan bu dünyada, sabit ideolojilerini yitiren ve zayıf ideolojileri reddeden bu dünyada, çift anlamlı ve çelişkili görüşlerin çokluğu içerisinde, ekonomik, sosyal ve ahlak için seslerini yükseltmek için davet edilmişlerdir.

Sanat, bir kez daha dışa dönük olmayı, kendi cevabını vermeyi, kritik sorular ve meselelerde bir sıra dahilinde kendi sözünü söylemeyi, kapana kısılmış bu durumdan tüm yolların kapandığını gözüken trajik bir durumdan, «çıkışı» tek ve yalnız kendisine ait yolu amaçlamak maksadıyla bir kez daha dışa dönüş olmasını arzulamaktadır.

Sanatçılar, bir tarihi- şahsi ve ortaklaşa yaşanmış olayları - anlatmak için gelmekteler ve eserler, tümüyle yaratıcılarının fiilli-eleştirici durumunu biçimlendirmeyi, bununla görsel bir müdahaleyi iletmeyi arzu etmektedirler. Doğal olarak sanat, «direnmesi», «karşı gelmesi» ve «diyalogu ile» bir dilin, bir faaliyetin, bir ifadenin ve bir görüşün dramatik ve belirgin olarak yeniden düzenlendiği, hızlı ve beklenilmeyen değişikliklerin olduğu zamanda tüm şeylerin günlük hayatın homojenleşmesine doğru yöneliminin bulunduğu zamanda ve zamanın bilgisayar teknolojisi ile sıfırlandığı zamanla, bir olmalıdır.

Of course, art cannot provide immediate solutions but still retains the power of communication, seeks participation, collectiveness and solidarity, deals with and draws inspiration from the aspects of everyday life. Art can bring hope and beauty, be driven in a pure presentation of primary concepts and behaviors of human existence transcending stereotypes and commitments of the theoretical discourse, urge meditation and self expression, uplift and arouse humanitarian feelings, encourage the overthrow of the established, trigger novelties, embrace and suggest ideas and attitudes that are contrary to the current socio-political scenario.

Sanat doğal olarak, doğrudan çözümler veremez, ancak iletişim kuvvetini muhafaza etmeye devam etmekte, iştiraki istemekte, ortak çalışmayı ve karşılıklı yardımlaşmayı istemekte veya hareket etmek suretiyle günlük hayatımızın ayni tezahürlerinden ilham almayı istemekte, umut ve güzellik sunar, insan varlığının davranış ve ilk düşüncelerinin açık bir takdimiyle sözün bağımlıklarını ve kalıplarını aşmak suretiyle kılavuzluk etmeyi, dışa dönüklüğe ve sorunlara eğilmeyi, insanlık ve ruhsal yükselme duygularını oluşturmayı, var olan statünün devrilmesi için yüreklendirmeyi sağlamayı, yeni bir statüyü ateşlemeyi, bugünkü sosyal – siyasi görüşler ile ayak uyduramayan hayat şekli ve düşünceler içermesini ve teklif etmesini istemektedir.

The main objective of this exhibition is to present –pluralistically, without entrenchments and prejudices- 41 contemporary artists.

Some of them have already made their mark, but most of them are starting out now with remarkable, however, works and a so far steady course in a place and time where the conditions are far from ideal; a constantly shrinking market, lack of promotion opportunities and of access to institutions, lack of education, unnecessary rivalries and systematic exclusions, glorification of the provocative and impressive, of the misconceived conceptual (alternative or innovative) – all these are supported, most of the times, by a loose and ambiguous theoretical discourse.

Bu serginin esas hedefi, çoğulcu olarak ve ön yargısız bir şekilde sınırlar çizmeden 41 çağdaş görsel yaratıcıyı, sunmaktır. Bunlardan bazıları zaten dengelerini bulmuşlardır. Ancak çoğu, dikkate değer bir çalışma ile, şartların ideal olmaları bakımından elverişli olmayan bir yerde, devamlı azalan pazarda, kendilerini göstermek için fırsatların yokluğunda, kurumlara ulaşabilme zorluğunda, eğitimin olmayışında, nedensiz rekabetler içerisinde, metotlu bir şekilde yapılan ambargolardan mesnetsiz ve havai teorik bir sözden dolayı kötü olarak anlaşılan kavramsal, seçenekli, öncü veya etkileyici sözün göklere çıkartılması gibi, geçen süreçlerde başlangıç noktalarında bulunmakta ve bugüne kadar tutarlı bir iş göstermektedirler.

Extraversion; a movement-expression outwards, real and symbolic. An outlet and a suggestion, a process that requires taking a turn inwards. An action-exhibition that addresses and is addressed to, taking place in a city that reciprocates and is open to challenges, impulses and prospects set by the new era.

Dışa dönüklük: Dışarıya dönük bir hareket - tezahür, gerçek ve sembolik. Teklif ve çıkar yol. İçeriye doğru dönmeyi ön gören bir faaliyete karşılık veren ve yeni çağın ortaya koyduğu beklentilere, tahriklere ve uyarılara açık olan ve bunlara karşılık veren bir şehre hitap edilen ve eden Faaliyet- Sergi.

Yannis Bolis

Yannis Bolis

Lilla AgraďŹ oti Portrait of Mrs. L. A., 70 x 50 cm, oil on canvas, 2011

Nikoletta Antonakou Untitled, variable dimensions, wire and mesh, 2011

Nikolas Bliatkas Paradise plant I, 120 x 40 cm, mixed media on wood, 2010

Alexandros Dimitriadis Memory-Oblivion, 27 x 47 cm, pencil on board, 2010 The dream of freedom, 40 x 60 cm, pencil on board, 2010

Dora Dimitriadou Lilly, 140 x 200 cm, oil on canvas, 2011

Vassiliki Douzeni Everything is ďŹ ne with me. How about you?, 120 x 100 cm, oil on canvas and oxygen mask, 2010

Rania Fragoulidou Tommy Girl, 85 x 57 cm, linocut, 2008

Sarantis Gagas The inexistent time, 50 x 35 cm, acrylic pens on plexiglas, 2011 The inexistent time, 30 x 21 cm, acrylic pens on paper, 2012

Elli Griva The Landing, 70 x 70 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2012

Panagiotis Kalogiannis Untitled (from Body_Eng series), 60 x 90 cm, linocut, 2009

Dimitris Karlaftopoulos We would have ďŹ nished by now, 70 x 100 cm, drawing, 2011

Antigoni Kavvatha Agony in the garden, 158 x 122 cm, acrylics on mylar, 2010

George Koftis Untitled, 70 x 90 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2012

Despina Konstantinou Apple room, 162 x 140 cm, digital collage, print and oil on canvas, 2012

Apostolos Kotoulas Homeric sea, 150 x 120 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2012

Christos Kountouras Neoclassical building, 55 x 75 cm, papiers collĂŠs with drawing, 2008

SoďŹ a Kyriakaki Intermedio para la foto Relliletes (from Tribus Urbanas y Otras Historias series), 170 x 120 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2011

Theodore Lalos Through the reeds, 70 x 100 cm, mixed media on canvas, 2012

Sotiris Lioukras Christmas Eve, 105 x 130 cm, oil on canvas, 2011

Alexandros Maganiotis Absence, 97 x 62 cm, colour markets on canvas, 2012

Dimitris Merantzas Cheers, 83 x 76 cm, butcher’s block with drawer and soil, 2001

Efstathia Milaraki Lying nude, 160 x 120 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2007

Kyriakos Mortarakos Still life, 160 x 215 cm, oil on canvas, 2006

George Pallis Figure, 115 x 63 cm, woodcut, 2008

Froso Papadimitriou 01006 index series, 45 x 30 cm, mixed media on paper, 2008

Antonis Papadopoulos Untitled, 128 x 118 cm, pencil on paper, 2011

Yorgos Papakarmezis Sic transit gloria mundi, 100 x 55 cm, pencil, charcoal, ink and acrylic on paper, 2011

Maria Paschalidou Wall, 110 x 70 cm, mixed media, 2011

Spiridoula Politi Hymn to Botticelli, 70 x 50 cm, mixed media on paper, 2009

Natassa Poulantza F. W. N. P., 24 x 30 cm, acrylic and digital print on canvas, 2010

Vasilis Poulios Untitled, 120 x 80 cm, charcoal, pencil, graphite on paper, 2012

Daphne Rocou Untitled (from Maibox series), 50 x 36 x 6 cm, photography on canvas, polystyrene, acrylics, varnish, seal wax and strings, 2008 Untitled (from Maibox series), 33 x 43 x 5,5 cm, photography on canvas, polystyrene, acrylics, varnish, seal wax, paper and strings, 2008

Vasileios Sivvas Figure, 102 x 74 cm, oil on paper, 2008

Giannis Stamenitis Ni Kappa, 120 x 120 cm, laser print, paper, paint marker permanent, glue, varnish and acrylic on canvas, 2012

George Tansarlis Untitled, 70 x 100 cm, charcoal on paper, 2012

Nikos Terzis Untitled, 70 x 100 cm, linocut, 2009

Giorgos Tserionis In between, 120 x 90 cm, oil paints on canvas, 2010

Maria Tsimbourlas Not a cloud in the sky, 60 x 60 cm, acrylic on board, 2011

Alexia Tsimika Untitled, 150 x 120 cm, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2012

Andreas Vais In ux, 110 x 110 cm, acrylic on canvas, 2012

Vasilis Zorgafos Untitled, 145 x 165 cm, oil on canvas, 2012

Artists’ Biographies Lilla Agrafioti Born in Athens (1977). She studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (graduated 2002). In 2000 she studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts (Printmaking Department) of Barcelona as an ERASMUS student. Selected solo exhibitions: Fragile material, Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2009; Profile Alternative Forward-Facing, Orpheus 20 Gallery, Xanthi, 2010. Selected group exhibitions: Two Oceans One Sea, Architecture Faculty, UNAM, Mexico City and Fine Arts Center, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 2009; Letters, Biblioteca Berio, Sala Lignea, Genoa, 2009; Miniprint Finland 2004, 5th International Miniprint Biennale, Lathi, Finland, 2004; Enter in the City Exit, International Miniprint Biennale, Tetovo, FYROM, 2003; Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, 2002, 2004, 2010.

Nikoletta Antonakou Born in Athens (1983). She studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Selected group exhibitions: Rooms 2012+, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, 2012; Rooms 2012, St George Lycabettus Hotel, Athens, 2012; Graduates Exhibition (parallel program of the XV Biennale de la Mediterranee), Thessaloniki, 2011; Printmaking Centre Helios, Thessaloniki, 2010.

Nikolas Bliatkas Born in Naoussa (1962). He studied painting (1986-1991) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Fine Arts, Department of Visual and Applied Arts. He currently works as a teacher in secondary schools, while in 2008-2010 he was a collaborator of the 5th Painting Workshop and of the Printmaking Workshop of the School of Fine Arts, AUTh. He is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, the Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece and the Hellenic Art Teachers Union. Since 2002 he is the artistic director of the Visual Arts Workshops - Municipality of Naoussa. He has presented his work in 19 solo exhibitions in Athens (Dirty Paradise, Astrolavos Gallery, 2009), Thessaloniki (Eroticism of the Nature, Lola Nicolaou Gallery, 2006; Vafopoulio Cultural Centre, retrospective, 2008) and Stockholm and in group exhibitions as well.

He has participated in numeral art symposiums in Greece and abroad.

Alexandros Dimitriadis Born in Volos (1962). He studied film directing at the Hellenic Cinema and Television School L. Stavrakos, Athens. He experiments with drawing, painting and the construction of small artefacts. Selected solo exhibitions: AD INTRA, Art Space 24, Athens, 2002. Selected group exhibitions: Anathena, DESTE Foundation, Athens 2006; Permanent Collection I, Olivepress - Contemporary Art Museum, Dromonero, Chania, Greece, 2011; Sexplosion, Booze Cooperativa, Athens, 2011; The Exquisite Corpse, Booze Cooperativa, Athens, 2011.

Dora Dimitriadou Born in Kavala, Greece. She studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Solo exhibitions: Lectures of Pictures, 52nd Festival of FilippiKavala, 2009. Selected group exhibitions: 1st Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, 2005; Crash Fest, Thessaloniki Cinema Museum, 2006; Re-presentations, 50th Festival of Filippi-Kavala, 2007; Woman, School of Architecture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2007; 4th Students Biennale, Crete, 2007; 5th Students Biennale, Crete, 2008; Alumni Show, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2009; Museum of Contemporary Art, Florina, 2010; Tettix Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2011.

Vassiliki Douzeni Born in Athens (1986). She studied at the Fine and Applied Arts Department of the School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (graduated 2010). Selected group exhibitions: Demo 2, Dynamo Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2011; Graduates Exhibition of Faculty of Fine Arts, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki, 2010; Museum of Contemporary Art, Florina, Greece, 2010; Young Artists at Teloglion, Teloglion Foundation of Art, Thessaloniki, 2008; Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, 2007; Young Artists, Bey Hamam, Thessaloniki, 2006.

Rania Fragoulidou Born in Katerini (1972). She studied painting (graduated 1999) and engraving (graduated 2009) at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Selected solo exhibitions: Tsatsis Projects / Art Forum, Thessaloniki, 2010; Union of the Graduates of the Superior Fine Arts School of Athens (EPASKT), Athens, 2003. Selected group exhibitions: International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland, 2011. 2008; Evora International Gravura Festival, Portugal, 2009; Ex libris, Triennale of Small Graphics, Lefkas, Greece, 2008, 2005; 1st Printmaking Triennale, Printmaking Centre Helios, Thessaloniki, 2008; TinT Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2007; Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2007; Biennial of Small Graphics, Aiud Cultural Center, Aiud, Romania, 2006; Triennial Mondial d’ Estampes Petit-Format, Chamallieres, France, 2006; Torso, Union of the Graduates of the Superior Fine Arts School of Athens (EPASKT), Athens, 2003; Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 1998, 1996.

Sarantis Gagas Born in Thessaloniki (1966). Selected solo exhibitions: Technochoros Gallery (with Anne Thulin), 2012; Orfeos 20 Gallery, Xanthi, 2011; Unesco Gallery (with R. Ceckauskaite and N. Terzis), Vilnious, Lithuania, 2011; World Art Delft (with Wolfgang Brenner), Holland, 2010; Anixis Gallery, Baden, Swiss, 2010; Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2009, 2006. Selected group exhibitions: Landscape as a Memory, Land Art Delft, World Art Center, The Netherlands, 2012; Kavafis Museum, Alexandria, Egypt, 2012; Letter of pleasure, Gallery im Schloss Dryburg, Bad Langensalza, Germany, 2012; 15th Lulea Biennale, LAB11, Sweden, 2011; Sofia Paper Art Biennale, Bulgaria, 2011; 25th Alexandria Biennale, Egypt, 2010; Couleurs pour la planete, Unesco, Paris, 2009; Mediteran Biennale, Trogir, Croatia, 2008; Borstbeelden, World Art Delft, Holland, 2007; 8th International Book Art Festival, Lodz, Poland, 2006; Connecting Art, United Nations, New York, 2006.

Elli Griva She studied at the Law School of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1990-93) and at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1994-99). Selected solo exhibitions: I BECAME. The.

ROUND.OF.The World.Inside ME, Cube Art Gallery, Patra, 2012; 11 +-./ a Love Story in the Intermediate Time, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, 2011; Small Red Volcanos from B611, Cube Art Gallery, Patra, 2011; Yes. The Bound Home, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, 2009; I want you, ART-SPACE Art Gallery, Santorini, 2008; I want you, Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens, 2007; Why don’t you play with me?, Bar Hoxton, Athens, 2006; Oh!!! What a wonderful world!!!, Tricky Trick Art Gallery, Athens, 2004; It flies… It flies…, Statement Art Gallery, Athens, 2003; Oh!!! What a wonderful world!!!, Paratiritis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2001; Why don’t you play with me?, Ios Art Gallery, Athens, 2000. She participated in many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.

Panagiotis Kalogiannis Born in Romania (1983). Lives and works in Thessaloniki. He studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2004-10). Solo exhibitions: Humanoids, Academia Printmaking Center, Belgrade, Serbia, 2012; ov-on, Papatzikou Gallery, Veria, 2010; Linocuts (with D. Karlaftopoulos), Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2009. Selected group exhibitions: 1st International Printmaking Triennal of ULUS, Belgrade, Serbia, 2011; I Create, therefore I Am, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, 2008; 10th International Engraving Biennale Caixanova, Ourence, Spain, 2008; 1st Printmaking Triennial, Thessaloniki, 2008; 13th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms, Lodz, Poland, 2008; 2nd International Ex Libris Triennial, Lefkas, Greece, 2008; 3rd International Contemporary Art Meeting, Lamia, Greece, 2007; 1st International Ex Libris Triennial, Lefkas, Greece, 2005.

Dimitris Karlaftopoulos Born in Athens (1971). He studied painting and printmaking at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Selected solo exhibitions: Third level, Lemon Gallery, Athens, 2002; Printmaking, Aggelon Vima Gallery, Athens, 2007; Linocuts, Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2009; Linocuts, Fotopoulou Gallery, Athens, 2010; Wrong title, Aggelon Vima Gallery, Athens, 2011. Selected group exhibitions: International Graphic Biennale Dry Point, Uzice, Serbia, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011; Small Graphic Forms, Nis, Serbia, 2002; Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, 2002, 2011; Small Form Triennale, Chamaliers, France, 2003, 2006; International Biennial of Mini Prints, Tetovo, FYROM, 2003; Miniprint Finland, Lahti, Finland, 2004; 1st International Triennale of Ex Libris, Lefkas, Greece, 2003; L’Arte e il Torchio / Art and the Printing Press, International Biennial of Engraving, Cremona, Italy, 2005; Egyptian International Print Triennale, Giza, Egypt, 2006; Printmaking, Crakovia, Poland, 2008; Two Oceans One Sea, Centre de las Artes, San Louis Potosi and University of Mexico City (UNAM), Mexico, 2009; International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Alexandria, Egypt, 2011; Print-logue, Firenze-Atene, Firenze, Italy, 2012; L’ incisione greca alle Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, 2012.

Antigoni Kavvatha Born in Thessaloniki (1955). She studied (1974-79) at the School of Fine Arts of Athens and continued at the École des Beaux Arts of the University of Quebec (Montreal, Canada, 1979), at the State University of New York (Plattsburgh, New York, 1980), at the Arts Students League of New York (1981) and at the School of Fine Arts of Boston University (1982-84, MFA on painting). Selected solo exhibitions: Chthonic Serpents and Sacred Trees, Fizz Gallery, Athens, 2011; Shadows II, Tsatsis Projects/ Art Forum, Thessaloniki, 2008; Tracking Erebus, Verena Foundation, Hydra, 2007; Small Paintings 2000-2004, Art Gallery L-S, Elounda Mare, Crete, 2005; Shadows, Gallery 3, Athens, 2005, etc. Selected group exhibition: The Pet City Exhibition, Melanithros Art Space, Athens, 2012; Art + Nature. Environment-Action 08, Villa Kazouli, Athens, 2008; Visual Arts in Greece 2, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2007; Artmar 2007, II Biennal de la Mediterrania, Barcelona, 2007; Strong Women-Picturesque Worlds, Verena Foundation/Kunsthalle Mannheim, Hydra, 2007; Pret-a(rt)-porter, DESTE Foundation, Athens, 1999.

George Koftis Born in Thessaloniki (1980). He undertook his first drawing lessons from Donatella Riccio, who became his mentor. From 1999 until 2001 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy and from 2001 until 2007 at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Solo exhibitions: Pitacasso, Seville, Spain, 2010; Tettix Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010. Selected group exhibitions: Action Field Codra, Thessaloniki, 2009, 2010. In 2008 he was honored by the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki, where three of his paintings remained in the museum’s permanent collection. Numerous of his works belong to private collectors as well. Since 2007 he works as a book illustrator and as a video artist and settings designer for the National Theater of Northern Greece.

Despina Konstantinou She studied at the Visual and Applied Arts Department of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Solo exhibitions: euphoria, CK Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2012; prinTemps, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, 2012; woman, Papatzikou Gallery, Veria, 2011. Selected group exhibitions: Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, 2011; Zina Athanasiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010; Museum of Contemporary Art, Florina, 2010; Vafopoulio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, 2009; Artis Causa Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2008; Fizz Gallery, Athens, 2008; Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2006.

Apostolos Kotoulas Born in Thessaloniki (1970). Solo exhibitions: Cyan Sorrows, Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010; Midnight Constellation, World Art Delft, The Netherlands, 2011; Existence - Non Existence, Vafopoulio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, 2012. Selected group exhibitions: Landscape as a Memory, Land Art Delft, World Art Center, The Netherlands, 2012; Travelers of colors, Antalya Museum, Turkey, 2008; Two Oceans One Sea, Centre de las Artes, San Louis Potosi and University of Mexico City (UNAM), Mexico, 2009; Me and the others, Biblioteca di Torino, mail art, Italy, 2009; Art and Peace, Dolma Bahce Palace, Istanbul, 2009; Mnemonysing 1, Muzel De Arta, Timisoara, Romania, 2011; Des accueils de jour du foyer, Major House of Lyon, France, 2011; Pawnshop, Dynamo Project Space, 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, 2011; Poetry’s Day, World Art Delft, The Netherlands, 2012. He took part in various art projects: Street Art Project Public Art Space, Thessaloniki, 2007; Zone Zero, International Art Symposium for the Environment, 2009. His first poetry collection (Room 19) was published in 2010.

Christos Kountouras Born in Athens (1974). He studied at the Saint Etienne School of Fine Arts, France.

Selected solo exhibitions: Zeuxis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2001; Paratiritis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2004; Ersi’s Gallery, Athens, 2007; Romanou 7 Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010. Selected group exhibitions: Romanou 7 Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2009; Collage.

Cut + Paste, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2008; International Workshop of Young Artists, parallel program of the 1st Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, 2007; Florina of Colors, Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, 2006; Young Balkan Artists - Variations in Balkan Spaces, Bey Hamam, Thessaloniki, 2003; Young Greek Artists - Tribute to the Region of Ioannina, Evangelos Averoff Tossizza Foundation, Metsovo, Greece, 2002; Laboratorio di Scultura Europea, Mogliano Veneto, Italy, 2000.

Efstathia Milaraki Born in Thessaloniki (1984). She started her studies (2000-01) at the Athens School of Fine Arts and continued (2001-06) at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki. In 2007-08 she studied (Darmasiswa Scholarship for cultural studies) at the Academy of Indonesian Performing Arts. Selected solo exhibitions: Guilin Art Museum, Guilin, Guanxi Province, China, 2012; Tettix Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2009; Esp’ Art Gallery, CCF, Bandung, Indonesia, 2008. Selected group exhibitions: 1st Contemporary Art Exhibition, Nanning, Guanxi Province, China, 2012; International Art Festival, Sanbao Gallery, Jingdezhen, China, 2010; Excellent Young Artists 2010, Penang State Art Gallery, Malaysia, 2010; Bule Berkumpul, Gallery Biasa, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 2008; Graduates 2005 - 2006, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2006; International Cartoon Festival, Rhodes, Greece, 2006.

Sofia Kyriakaki Born in Athens. She studied painting at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (graduated 1990). She also studied at the “Lumini” School, Marseille, France (1991), and at the “Esmeralda” School, Mexico (1993). Selected solo exhibitions: Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2000; Tercer Elemento, Galeria Tere Caballero Palacio, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, 2003; Apotypomata / Huellas Digitales, Department of Foreign Affairs, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 2005; Retrospectiva: los años en México, Cultural Centre of the Greek Community, Mexico City, Mexico, 2007; Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2008, 2010; Space Available, Municipal Cultural Center of Thessaloniki, 2009; Una Revolucion Interrumpida, Cero de San Pedro, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 2010; Tribus Urbanas y Otras Historias, “German Gedovius” Theatre de la Paz, Mexico, 2011. Selected group exhibitions: 1st EncontrARTE Greece- Mexico “Two Oceans, One Sea”, Centro de las Artes, San Luis Potosí, UNAM-Faculty of Arquitecture and Hellenic Community Center, Mexico City, Mexico, 2009.

Kyriakos Mortarakos Born in Athens (1948). He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1970-76). Since 2006 he is full professor at the School of Fine Arts, Department of Visual and Applied Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Selected solo exhibitions: Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens, 2008; Reference to Van Gogh, Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens, 2005; Reference to Van Gogh, Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens, 2001; Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens, 1998, 1994; F Gallery, Karditsa, Greece, 1997; Zina Athanasiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki, 1997; Epikentro Contemporary Art Gallery, Patras, 1991; 3 Art Gallery, Athens, 1990; Zygos Gallery, Washington D.C., 1986; Zygos Gallery, Athens, 1986, 1984; Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens, 1981; Ora Art Gallery, Athens, 1979. Selected group exhibitions: Reference / Representation, parallel programme of the 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, 2011; Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, 2010; Aral Biennial, 2009; Realia Mundi, Petros & Marina Kydonieos Foundation, Andros, 2007; Flowers in Contemporary Art, Benaki Museum, Athens, 2006; I, me, myself, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, 2003; Classical Theater Festival of Merida, Spain, 2001; Conversation, School of Fine Arts, Madrid, 2001; Art Athina, Athens, 2001, 1998, 1994, 1993; Zeitgenossische Kunst Aus Griechenland, Central Bank of Europe, Frankfurt, Germany, 1999; Modern and Contemporary Greek Art, P. Emfietzoglou Collection, Athens, 1999; Salon de Montrouge, Paris, 1997; Welcome to Europe, Hjorring Kunst Museum, Denmark, 1992; Arco 92, Madrid, 1992; Kunst Europa, Kunstverein Kunsthalle, Berlin, 1991; VI International Pleinair, Hommage à Otto Dix, Rudolstadt, Gera, Germany, 1990.

Theodore Lalos Born in Thessaloniki (1976). He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and art conservation in Athens and Rome. Solo exhibitions: Ut pictura poesis, Romanou 7 Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2011; Say I’m a dreamer, Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010; Some colors are bright... the other brighter, Porto Valitsa Hotel, Paliouri, Halkidiki, 2002. Selected group exhibitions: CompositionConstruction-Production. Russian Avant-Garde and Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2012; Crossroads, Galerija ARKA, Vilnius, Lithuania, 2012; Konst från Grekland, Fullersta Bio Konsthall, Stockholm, 2012; Wad Poetry Project V, World Art Delft, The Netherlands, 2012; George Maciunas and Beyond: Fluxus Never Stops, Kaunas Biennale, Lithuania, 2012; My everyday object, Cultural Center Polifemo-La Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, 2011; 4th International Printmaking Juried ExhibitPrints for Peace 2011, Monterrey, Mexico, 2011; Art Athina, Athens, 2011, 2010; Why cinema now?, National Bank Cultural Foundation, Thessaloniki, 2009; New Artist at Work, Byzantine Museum of Thessaloniki, 2008. He designed scenery and costumes for the theatre.

Sotiris Lioukras Born in Florina (1962). He studied (1980-85) painting at the Athens School of Athens. Solo exhibitions: Illuminated Windows, Ianos Gallery, Athens, 2007; Dialogues, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2006; Night Walks, Eirmos Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2005; Constructions, Old Archaeological Museum, Thessaloniki, 2002; Installation, Jardin d’ hélys (participation in the program L’ art est ouvert), Saint Medard d’ Excideuil, Perigord, France, 2000; Drawings-Constructions, Zeuxis Gallery, Thessaloniki, 1998; Painting, Museum of Contemporary Art, Florina, 1993.

Selected group exhibitions: 4 Seasons, Eirmos Gallery & Metamorphosis Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010; Teachers and Apprentices, Eirmos Gallery & Metamorphosis Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2009; Thessaloniki, an inner landscape painting, Eirmos Gallery & Metamorphosis Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2008; Journeys (organized by Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki), Archaeological Museum, Kavala, 2007; Florina’s Colors, Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, 2006; …and the shadow created the work, French Institute, Thessaloniki, 1999; 12 Artists from Thessaloniki, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, 1998.

Alexandros Maganiotis Born in Athens (1972). He studied at the National Technical University of Athens (1989-96, diploma in architecture) and at “The Bartlett”, Faculty of the Built Environment, U.C.L., London (1996-97, master in architectural design). Solo exhibitions: The Alphabet (from Alpha to Omega), Municipal Library of Chania, Crete, 2011; Labyrinth Games, Polis cafe, Athens, 2008; Non-places, Municipal Gallery, Mykonos, 2007; Imaginary Loss, mommy.art, Athens, 2006. Selected group exhibitions: Echoes of Absence, Michaela Stock Gallery, Vienna, 2012; Recording Actions, The Art Foundation, Athens, 2011; The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn, Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, Japan, 2010; Tracing Istanbul, Sismanoglio Megaron, Istanbul, 2010; SYMPTΩMATIC GREECE: Art and politics after crisis, Freud’s Dream Museum, Saint Petersburg, 2010; ARTmART, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 2007, 2008.

Dimitris Merantzas Born in Athens (1967). In 1988 he graduated from Lycourgos Stavrakos’ Film and Television School, as Director of Photography. In 1990 he was honored with the Fantastic Film Award for directing the movie Doors, at the Drama Short Film Festival. Selected solo exhibitions: Unknown heroes-Renown heroes, Elika Gallery, Athens, 2011; Intersections, State Museum of Contemporary Art (with Irfan Onurmen), Thessaloniki, 2009; Reality is the informer of Imagination, Tsatsis Projects/Art Forum, Thessaloniki, 2008; Untitled, Qbox gallery, Athens, 2006; Liberation Tools, Wine-Spirits Store, in collaboration with Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, 1998; Useful Three - Digit Numbers and Fantastic Signals, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, 1996; Good morning, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, 1993. Selected group exhibitions: Art Athina, Athens, 2011, 2010; Personal-Political, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 2009; Unexpected expedition, ReMap 2, International Platform for Contemporary Art, parallel program to the 2nd Athens Biennale Heaven, 2009; Visual Arts in Greece II, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2007; Anathena, DESTE Foundation, Athens, 2006; Athens by Art, Athens, 2004; Modernity - Project, Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, 1996.

George Pallis Born in Athens (1969). He studied painting (graduated 1993) at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 1996-2005 he attended an engraving course at the same school. Selected solo exhibitions: The Experiment, Cultural Center of Municipality of Thessaloniki, 2010; Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010, 2007, 2006; Ersi’s Gallery, Athens, 2006. Selected group exhibitions: Bizden ve Onlardan, Istanbul, 2012, 2011; Young Engravers 2011-2012, “A.Tassos” Visual Arts Society, Athens, 2012; The Now Existing Generation of Engravers, Vafopoulio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, 2011; 1st EnconrtART “Crecia-Mexico”, Mexico, 2009; Young Engravers 2008-2009, “A.Tassos” Visual Arts Society, Athens, 2009; Greek Engraving Today, Evangelos Averoff Tossizza Foundation, Metsovo, Greece, 2007 and State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2008; Young Engravers 2004-2005, “A. Tassos” Visual Arts Society, Athens, 2005; 7th International Biennal of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, 2005; 1st Inter-Balkan Exhibition of Contemporary Miniature Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2002; 5th International Biennial of Young Artists, Vrsac, FYROM, 2002.

Froso Papadimitriou Born in Thessaloniki. She studied (2006-09) fine arts at the Middlesex University, London. Selected group exhibitions: Off Spring, Curious Duke Gallery, London, 2012; It is Green, Cultivate Gallery, London, 2012; Changes, Topolski Century Gallery, London, 2012; Showcase Cities, Richmix Gallery, London, 2011; Faces, Topolski Century Gallery, London, 2010; Inspired by People, Soho Gallery, London, 2011; The Illusion of Art, Luxury Goods Art Festival 2011, The Courtyard Theatre, London, 2011; Desire and Repulsion: Grotesqueries, The Art Corner Gallery, Manchester, 2011; Parallax AFArt fair 2011, La Galleria, London, 2011; Non-Fiction, Together Our Gallery, London, 2010; Painting and Sculpture, Candid Art Galleries, London, 2010; Three conversations over a Pint, The Foundry (Vaults), London, 2010; Clusters Approving Association, Turn-Berlin Gallery, Berlin, 2009; Art Victims, Tettix Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2008. She is Co-author/contributor in book publication [(Im)possible School Book: As Found, London, 2012] by Five Years Gallery and Tate Modern.

Antonis Papadopoulos Born in Vestervik, Sweden (1972). He studied at the École Superier d’ Art & Design of Saint Etienne, France. Selected solo exhibitions: Zefxis Art Space, Thessaloniki, 2004; Ins & Outs, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, 2009; Techni (Art), Kilkis, 2010; Orfeos 20 Gallery, Xanthi, 2011; Double Reflections, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, 2012. Selected group exhibitions: Like What?, Goethe German Institute, Thessaloniki, 1996; Saint Etienne Art and Technology Museum, Saint Etienne, 1999; With Return, French Institute, Thessaloniki, 2007; Dinner, Thessaloniki Athletics Museum, Thessaloniki, 2007; Art + Nature. Environment-Action 08, Villa Kazouli, Athens, 2008; Notifications for a Tree, Melina Merkouri Cultural Center, Athens, 2009; Art-Athina, Athens, 2009, 2011; Turbulent Time, The Art Foundation, Αthens, 2009; Bonjour and Goodnight, Artis Causa Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2012; Mind Games, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, 2012; Schadenfreude, CAMP-Contemporary Art Meeting Point, Athens, 2012; Cross Roads, ARKA Art Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania and Stockholm, Sweden, 2012.

Yorgos Papakarmezis Born in Giannitsa (1982). He studied at the School of Fine Arts (Department of Visual and Applied Arts) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2003-08). In the trimester of October-December 2004 he studied at the Belgrade School of Fine Arts under Velizar Krstic, on a students’ exchange program. He collaborated with the artist Erwin Maheo at the residency workshop of Action Field Kodra (Thessaloniki, 2007) and with the artist Ines Doujak and the curators Ruth Noak and Roger Bruegel at the residency workshop of the same festival in 2008. Solo exhibitions: Orfeos 20 Art Gallery, Xanthi, 2010; Artis Causa Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010. Selected group exhibitions: Exhibition of Thessaloniki’s School of Fine Arts graduates, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2009; Art Athina, Athens, 2010; Artis Causa Gallery, Thessalo-

niki, 2010; Orfeos 20 Art Gallery, Xanthi, 2010; Art Is Hard vol.7, Contemporary Art Festival, Warehouse 7, Port of Thessaloniki, 2011.

Maria Paschalidou Born in Thessaloniki. She graduated (2009) from the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Selected group exhibitions: Painting through images of poetry, Vafopoulio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, 2012; 5, Romanou 7 Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2011; Graduates of School of Fine Arts, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2010; Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, 2010, 2007; Textures, Romanou 7 Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010; Urban Paths, Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, 2010; 4 New Artists, Tettix Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2010; First Pan-Hellenic Miniature Exhibition, Vafopoulio Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, 2002.

Spiridoula Politi Born in Houni, Aitoloakarnania, Greece. She studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1983-88). She also attended (1989-91) philosophy classes at the same school.

Selected solo exhibitions: N. Smirni-N. Kosmos, Fizz Art, Athens, 2011; TinT Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2006; Gallery 7, Athens, 2004, 2002, 1998, 1995. Selected group exhibitions: Chang of Climate, G. Koumidis Studio, Nikosia, Cuprus, 2009; Mutation, K-art Gallery, Athens, 2008; Quiet Time / Love’s Labour, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, USA, 2007; Once upon a time there was Penelope Delta, Athens College, Athens, 2006; Running Water, Teloglion Art Foundation, Thessaloniki, 2006; Visual Arts in Greece 1, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2006; Art Athina, Athens, 2003, 1997; I, me, myself, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, 2003; Dialogue, School of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain, 2001; 7 Greek Artists, Asamblea de Extremadura, Festival de Merida, Spain, 2001; Visual Testimonies, House of Cyprus, Athens. 2000; We are elsewhere, and going elsewhere, Aeschylia ‘98, Eleusis, Greece, 1998. She is co-founder of the Indoors, a group of visual artists.

Natassa Poulantza Born in Hannover, Germany (1965). In 1992 she graduated from Athens Fine Art School’s Painting Department and also attended the etching workshop. She continued with postgraduate studies (1992-96) in Munich Academy (diploma and master). Selected solo exhibitions: Out of time encounters, Art-Beat Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2010; Invasion-Flânerie, Art-Beat Gallery, Brussels, 2009; Portraits, Qbox Gallery, Athens, 2007; Spring, Cheap Art Gallery, Athens, 1999; Sea, Cheap Art Gallery, Athens, 1996; Thalassa, Kulturmodell, Passau, Germany, 1996. Selected group exhibitions: Justice is Mine, CAMP (Contemporary Art Meeting Point), Athens, 2012; Exhibition-Auction for A.S.K.I., Cultural Centre of Athens, 2011; Tracing Istanbul, Istanbul, 2010; Art Athina, Athens, 2010, 2009; Unexpected expedition, ReMap 2, International Platform for Contemporary Art, parallel program of the 2nd Athens Biennale, 2009; Personal-Political, parallel program of the 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, 2009; Visual Arts in Greece 2, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2007; Anathena, DESTE Foundation, Athens, 2006.

Vasilis Poulios Born in Thessaloniki (1973). In 2007 he graduated from the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2006 he received the first award in the 4th Biennale of Students of Schools of Fine Arts in Greece. From 2008 to 2010 he taught at the 4th laboratory of painting at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Solo exhibitions: Tsatsis Projects/Art Forum, Thessaloniki, 2007; Dialogues, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2007. Selected group exhibitions: Visual Arts in Greece 2, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2007; Paper works, Tsatsis Projects/Art Forum, Thessaloniki, 2008; Art Athina, Athens, 2008; Searching for the Contemporary, Thanassis Frissiras Gallery, 2009; Secret Rooms, Thanassis Frissiras Gallery, 2009; People’s measures, Cultural Centre of Municipality of Athens, 2010; Black/White, Frissiras Museum, Athens, 2011; Truth is always absurd, Cultural Centre of Municipality of Athens, 2010; Drawing Room, Omicron Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2011.

Daphne Rocou Born in Athens. She studied literature and philosophy at the University of Athens, film making and theatre also in Athens. She has a postgraduate diploma in photojournalism from London College of Printing. She has followed courses on alternative photography techniques at the International Center of Photography, New York and photography workshops in Arles and Athens. She has worked in the film industry and collaborated as a photographer with magazines and worked in various music, dance and theatre productions creating posters, cd covers, catalogues and photo stage settings. Solo exhibitions: Astrolavos Artlife Gallery, Athens, 2008. Selected group exhibitions: Mind games, Astrolavos dexameni Gallery, Athens, 2012; Ultimate Eye Foundation, California, 2008; 12th International Month of Photography, Athens, 2005; Greek Contemporary Photography, Vienna, 2004; Greek Photography of Today, Photographic Center of Skopelos, 2000.

Vasileios Sivvas Born in Drama (1980). He studied (1999-2005) at the School of Fine Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He also studied painting (2006-07) at the University of Arts in Belgrade. Selected solo exhibitions: Inside Man, Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2008. Selected group exhibitions: Clown, a Modern Citizen, London, 2010; Into a Danger, Teloglion Foundation of Art, Thessaloniki, 2008; Balkans Without Borders VII, Pozarevac National Museum of Art, Pozarevac, Serbia, 2007; Graduates 2005 - 2006, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Arts, Thessaloniki, 2006; The Melancholic Dead of The Oyster Boy, Mikro Theatre, Thessaloniki, 2005.

Giannis Stamenitis Born in Thessaloniki (1973). In 1993 he received a diploma in graphic design. He studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (200409). Solo exhibitions: Children only…, Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2011; . / .

Asimoi, Papatzikou Art Gallery, Veria, 2009; Arterror, Tettix Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2007. Selected group exhibitions: di.P.art, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki, 2012; Texture, Word, the Bible, Area 18, Thessaloniki, 2011; International Meetings of Photography - Around the imaging member, 20 Greek photographers of today, Society of Plovdiv Artists, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2011; Cancer, installation performance, Ariston Hotel, Symbiosis?, XV Biennale de la Mediterranee, Thessaloniki, 2011; Action Field

Kodra, Thessaloniki, 2010, 2009, 2006; Museo de las Artes, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 2009; Facultad de Arquitectura Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, 2009; International Cartoon Festival Aydin Dogan, Istanbul, Turkey, 2004; World Cartoon Festival, Museu Nacional De Imprensa Portuguese, Porto, Portugal, 2004.

George Tansarlis Born in Serres (1976). He studied (graduated 2004) at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Selected group exhibitions: Union of the Graduates of the Superior Fine Arts School of Athens (EPASKT), Athens, 2001; Festival of Symi, Naval Museum of Symi, 2002; Graduates 2003-2004, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2004; Action Field Codra, Thessaloniki, 2005; Exhibition of the Alumni Association of School of Fine Arts, Teloglion Foundation of Art, Thessaloniki, 2008; The other half, Tettix Art Gallery & Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2009; Power, Body, Movement, Olympic Museum, Thessaloniki, 2010; Lineatio Decans, Choros 18 Art Stage, Thessaloniki, 2011.

Nikos Terzis Born in Ammovouno, Orestiada, Greece. He studied (1981-1987) at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Poland and has a master degree in painting, engraving and poster art. He attained postgraduate studies (1987-1990) in poster art and painting at the same school under Julian Palka and Teressa Pagowska respectively. At the same time he worked as an assistant at the Academy and at the studios of the aforementioned teachers. He currently lives and works in Stockholm. He is a member of the Swedish Artists’ National Organization (KRO), the Swedish Printmakers’ Association, the BT of the Lithographic Museum of Sweden, the BT of the “Gallery Enkehuset” Foundation, and also a member of the BT and art director of the Helllenic Centre for Civilization of Sweden. He has realized numerous solo exhibitions and participated in many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.

Giorgos Tserionis Born in Athens (1967). He studied graphic arts at the Vakalo School of Art and Design (1988-91) and furthered his studies in painting, sculpture and history of art at the School of Art and Philosophy (1991-95). Selected solo exhibitions: Fade in-Fade out, Statement Gallery, Athens, 2002; Storm Weather Conditions, Saradopoulos Mills, Piraeus, 2003; Beauty Interrupted, Μillefiori Gallery, Athens, 2005; Everafter, D264, Athens, 2005; Private culture, Cheap Art, Athens, 2006; Creating Gaps in Happiness, K-art Gallery, Athens, 2007; In Between, Cheap Art, Athens, 2009; Native Land, K-art Gallery, Athens, 2011; In Between, Cube Gallery, Patra, 2011; Eight, Hellenic American Union, Athens, 2011; Eight, Center for the Arts “Leonidas Kanellopoulos”, Elefsina, 2012. Selected group exhibitions: 222+1, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2003; Similarities: Version of a Portrait, Benaki Museum, Athens, 2004; Visions, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, 2005; Unexpected Expedition-Remap 2, (parallel programme to Athens Biennale), Athens, 2009; Animacall, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, 2011; ArtWiki, 7th Berlin Biennale, 2012.

Maria Tsimbourlas She studied at the B.A.F.A. University of Natal, South Africa. Selected solo exhibitions: Wasteland, Aggelon Vima, Athens, 2009; Trademarks, Pleiades Gallery, Athens 1999; Grahamstown Arts Festival, Grahamstown, South Africa 1998, 1997; My Maritzburg, Phemba kahle Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 1998; Spiral Self, Questionmark Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1995. Selected group exhibitions: Cheap Art, Athens, Thessaloniki, Vienna, Cyprus, 1999-2012; Justice is Mine, Camp, Athens, 2012; Wo+Man, Cheap Art, Athens, 2006; Girl Power, Technopolis, Athens, 2003; Girl Power, Cultural Centre, Athens, 2002; I need a hero, Cultural Centre, Athens, 2001; Pret-Art-Porter, DESTE Foundation, Athens, 1999; One Nation Many Cultures, Phemba Kahle Museum, South Africa, 1998.

Alexia Tsimika Born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA (1980). She is studying painting at the School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Selected group exhibitions: Knowledge in A Box, Kavala, 2012; Diathesis, Vlassis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2012; Engraving Center Helios, Thessaloniki, 2012; Goya-Beethoven, Telloglion Foundation of Art, Thessaloniki, 2011; 15th Biennale of Young Artists of the Mediterranean, Thessaloniki, 2011; ANAKATA Festival, Thessaloniki, 2011. She also participated in painting projects and graffiti festivals.

Andreas Vais Born in Athens (1965). He studied English literature at the University of Athens but painting and music have always been indispensable to him. Selected exhibitions: lost in Athens, CAMP!, Athens, 2012; 3rd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Casa Bianca, Thessaloniki, 2011; Escape Tendencies, Kourd Gallery, Athens, 2010; Strange Paradise, ArtBeat, Βrussels, 2009; Turbulent Times, The Art Foundation, Athens, 2009; Exotica, Aggelon Vima, Athens, 2009; Art & Nature. Environment-Action 08, Villa Kazouli, Athens, 2008; Untitled (with Dimitris Merantzas), Tsatsis Projects/Art Forum, Thessaloniki, 2009; ArtmArt, Κuenstlerhaus, Vienna, 2007; Anathena, DESTE Foundation, Athens, 2006; Spring ’00 (with Dimitris Merantzas), Cheap Art, Athens, 2000.

Vasilis Zografos Born in Mytilini (1965). He studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1987-1992). During the period 1993-1995, he gained a scholarship from the Lilian Voudouri Trust in conjunction with the Dutch State whereby he attended and completed the master degree course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Groningen, The Netherlands. Between 2002 and 2007 he taught painting and drawing at the École Régionale de Beaux Arts of Saint Etienne. Solo exhibitions: Mysteria, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki (with Chryse Tsiota), Thessaloniki, 2012; A puff of air is an event, Mirta Demare Gallery, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2011; I.M.A.R.E.T. Contemporary Art Projects, Kavala, 2010; Batagianni Gallery, Athens, 2009; Tsatsis Projects/Art Forum, Thessaloniki, 2006. Selected group exhibitions: Breaking Walls-Building Networks, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2010; Paint-id, Alex Mylona Museum, Athens and Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2009; Recreation “Maid” in Greece, Thessaloniki 1st Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2007; Visual Arts in Greece 1, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 2006.

The catalogue “Extraversion” was printed on September 2012, in 1000 copies Graphic design: Giannis Stamenitis / Curator: Yannis Bolis The video installation “And from the end of the route, I started” is by Aggelica Prapa, sound: “...and the memory remains?” by Aemilia Karapostoli The cover works “Extraversion” (diameter 93 cm, meat hooks, 2005) and “Introversion” (diameter 57 cm, meat hooks, 2005) are by Dimitris Merantzas The linocut “Extraversion” was commissioned for the exhibition by Giannis Stamenitis The organizers would like to express their gratitude to Mr. Nikos Matthioudakis, General Consul of Greece in Istanbul for his generous help and support for the realisation of the exhibition Also thanks to: Victor Maligoudis, Dimitris Dimitriadis, Anna Frantzi, Kleoniki Christoforidou, Sarantis Gagas, Mara Tabaki, Popi Symeonidou, Chrysa Zarkali

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