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NIKOS MARKOU

Born 1959, Athens.
Lives and works in Athens.

 

Education
1978 - 1982

Mathematics, University of Athens GR

Awards/ Distinctions
1993

1st Prize, Fuji Hellas Competition
3rd Prize, Paneuropean Fuji Competition
1990
1st Prize, Kodak Competition
1987
Distinction, Competition for Young European Photographers
1986
Air France Prize
1984
Distinction, Competition of Press-Photo, Charleroi, Belgium

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007

AD Gallery, Athens GR
2005
AD Gallery, Athens GR
2000
Geo-metries, PHOTOSYNKYRIA 2000, Terracota Gallery, Thessaloniki GR
1998
Body Icons, Photographic Centre of Skopelos, Skopelos GR
Perama, Aspects of Greek Photography, Nice Biennial, Gallerie Mossa, Nice FR
1997
Gazi, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens GR
1995
Through The Naked Eye, PHOTOSYNKYRIA 1995, Terracota Gallery, Thessaloniki GR
1991
Evmaros Gallery, Athens GR
1985
Gazi, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR
1982
Perama, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Tenants, AD Gallery – Remap2, Parallel event to the 2nd Athens Biennial, Keramikos, Athens GR
10 Aspects of Hellenic Photography. Recent Trends of Creation, Art Athina 09 - Falliro Pavillion, Athens & Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki GR
2008
Visual Arts in Greece 3, And Now?, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki GR
Water Currents, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki GR
What Does New and Interesting Mean?, AD Gallery, Athens GR
10 Aspects of Hellenic Photography. Recent Trends of Creation, Theatre de la Photographie et de l'Image, Nice FR
2007
The City: From Adaptaion to Transcendence, part of Remap KM project, Athens GR
Recall Athens, Antonopoulou Gallery, Athens GR
The Athens Effect- Photographic Images in Contemporary Art, Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris FR
Recreation- Maid in Greece, Parallel Event of the 1st Thessaloniki Biennial of Contemporary Art, Aladja Imaret, Thessaloniki GR
The Workshop- Locus Athens, Zoumboulaki Gallery, Athens GR
2006
An Outing - The Beltsios Collection. Contemporary Art in Greece in the 21st century, Matsopoulos Mill, Trikala GR
The Athens Effect- Photographic Images in Contemporary Art, Fondazione Mudima, Milan, IT
2005

Communities - Territories, 12th International Month of Photography, P37 Art Gallery, Athens GR
Circum(de)scribed Worlds, Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki GR GR & Hellenic American Union, 12th Month of Photography, Athens GR
2004
Man and Woman - God Becomes a Man, XI International Nude Art Exhibition, The Museum of New Art,
Parnu, EE
Building Wraps and Building Banners, outdoor photography exhibition, Athens 2004, Athens GR
Circum(de)scribed Worlds, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin DE & Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Stuttgart DE & Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel DE & Hallescher Kunstverein, Halle DE
2003
OUTLOOK: International Art Exhibition, various locations, Athens GR
Transphotometafores: Trajectories and Intersections, l' espace apollonia, Strasbourg FR
2002
Transphotometafores: Trajectories and Intersections, Centro Andaluz de la Fotografia, Almeria ES
2000
Transphotometafores: Trajectories and Intersections, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki GR & Montpellier FR
Contemporary Greek Photography, Galerie Municipale du Chateau d' Eau, Toulouse FR & Larissa Contemporary Art Centre, Larissa GR
Attitudes, Photographic Centre of Skopelos, Skopelos GR
1999
City Images, Ios Gallery, Áthens GR
Crossroads, Kifissia Art Gallery, Athens GR
1997
Pireos Street, Metamorphoses of an industrial landscape, Athens GR
Image and Reflection, New Hellenic Photography 1975-1995, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki GR & Royal Photografic Society, Bath UK
1994
Photography and its material, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR
1990
Arles Paneuropean Festival, Arles FR
1988
A Post-Classical Landscape, The Photogallery, Cardiff, Wales
1987
20 Young Greek Photographers, 1st International Month of Photography, Athens GR
Biennial of Young European Artists, Barcelona ES
Sequences, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR
1986
Funf Fotografen aus Athen, Goethe-Institut, Dusseldorf DE
1984
Fotografia Mediterrania, Primavera Fotografica, Barcelona ES
1983
The Nude, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR
1982
Jeune photographie grecque, Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi BE

Publications
2004
COSMOS, text by Hercules Papaioannou, tetarto Publications
2000
Geometries, text by Kostis Antoniadis and Olga Daniylopoulou, Adam Publications

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