1985-1993. I can see! I am not cynical! I am touchedbyeveryonesbruisesandinjuries.Ilaughalot.Mymouthisasmall pink wound that needs air and care. I haven't been cured from my conveniences, yet. I am touched by the anger, the aggressiveness, the deep and cheap terror, the love -in and out of love! There must be a way I can make art for sensual love. Ero c, sexy, tender art full of terrible darkness but not sick. The people I show are fed by passive tensions and the roughness of their souls which inhabits passive bodies. No harm done. Death has to be abolished Marlene Dumas, Texts 1985-1993.
Saran s Gagas
Sakis Gountroubis
Nikos Kokkalis
Triantafyllos Tranos
Yiannis Christakos
Saran s Gagas. Born (1966) at Thessaloniki. Exhibits interna onally since 1989 Among his work presenta on emphasize on his par cipa on at 25th Alexandria biennale “a ermath'' 2009-2010, at 15th Lulea biennale-Sweden 2011 and to the 1st Sofia Paper Art Biennale 2011, as his solo exhibi on”Logos-Chronos'' at the Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki at 2013. In collabora on with Land Art Del Founda on –Holland completed a triptych of Land Art installa ons (2012-“Landscape as a memory”,2014- “the garden of Epicurus” and 2016- “Topos”) He par cipated in numerous exhibi ons(solo&group)/workshops/residencesworldwide
Mixed media in felt on canvas 2024, 1950x1350 cm
Sakis Gountroubis was born in 1965 in Sarantaporo, Elassona. He won a scholarship to the School of Fine Arts in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1986. Whilst studying he worked simultaneously as a set designer for feature films. In 2O23 he was awarded Second Prize in the Experimental Film Category at the European Cinema Fes val “Strange Screen” for the movie “Photographic Camera” Moreover he is involved with photography and sculpture and he also works as a public educator His ar is c approach is characterised by his stance against the commercializa on of art. He exhibits in public spaces, museums, municipal art galleries, schools, cultural centres,showcasingthiswaythesocialroleofart.
NikosKokkalis
Born in Corfu, Greece in 1966, he studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1984-1989). In 1993, and for two years therea er, he was a postgraduate intern of the State Scholarship Founda on, with Professor Nikos Kessanlis. In 2016, he graduated as a PhD student of the Ionian University's Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Greece, and the tle of his thesis being: "LIGHT AND INSTALLATIONS - The use of minimal natural light sources in interac ve video nstalla ons". In 2006, with Marilena Koskina, he set up the OKKO Group to raise ci zens' awareness through Art. Since 2017 he has been working in the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian UniversityasamemberoftheSpecialTeachingStaff
Triantafyllos Tranos, has always had an aesthe c fascina on on the physical proper es and op cal quali es of paper and raw canvas. Since 1991 he has been workingonpaperandcanvasofvarioussize,weightandquality Duringthenext10 years or so he worked furiously and produc vely on a series of big scale works. The character of those works, though based on his previous produc on, was proved to be highly experimental, self-referen al and construc vely self-sufficient. Despite the figura ve elements and the mul ple references of those elements to the physical world, the priority in the work is being given to the abstract. Thus, the work, that inten onally minimizes its means of produc on and its color vocabulary, could be considered abstract – amorphous art. The dynamic and powerful abili es of the painter to design and sketch the figura ve elements extracted from the physical world, create a graphic space of lines and forms. This createdspaceclasheswiththeEuclideanconcep onofthegeometricalspace.The end result of this clash has the powerful effect of a turbulent space of unrecognized shapes and forms. This amorphous space succeeds to create the illusionofadifferentrepresenta onalproposi onthatspinswithinitsownrules.
Mnemosyne.(Ν.Υόρκη).
YiannisChristakos
He holds a BA in Graphic Arts, as well as a BA in Fine Arts. From 1997 ll 2003 he moved to London to con nue his postgraduate studies with a Greek State Scholarship. He has completed an MA in Fine Arts “University of East London U.E.L” U.K. and has been awarded a Doctorate in Fine Arts from the same University Since 2024 he is Associate Professor at the University of Athens and between 2017 - 2023 he was a member of teaching staff at the University of Ioannina, (Associate Professor 2022). Since 2020 he is a member of the Interna onal Ar st/Academic group Mnemosyne supported by the University of Harvard He has been lecturing at the University of East London (2000 -2002), at the School of Visual Arts at the University of Ioannina (2003 -2005), at the University of Thessaly (2007 – 2014), at the School of Art Studies at the Technological University of Athens (TEI) and at The Wayne State College, Nebraska State College, U.S.A. within the framework of a study abroad program running in Greece. He has exhibited in 17 solo exhibi ons in Greece and abroad and has been involved in more than 110 group shows globally His work can be found in a number of public and private collec ons in Greece, UK, Germany, USA, Switzerland,SwedenandCyprus.Hehaspublica onsonArtandArtandPedagogicissues.