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NIKOS TRANOS

Born 1957, in Zaraka, Evia, Greece.
Lives and works in Athens.


Education
1983- 1988: Studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
1989-1992: Greek State scholarship for postgraduate studies in sculpture.
1990-1991: Ecole National de Beaux-Arts, Paris.
Scholarship from the Erasmus programme.
Teaches Sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts since 1995 (Assistant Professor). Lives and works in Athens.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1990
Artio Gallery, Athens, "Leaden Houses", "Passage" (installations; Catalogue: Theoni Schmidt).
1992
Artio Gallery, Athens, "Monument Memory"; installation.
1994
Artio Gallery, Athens, "Burning House"; installation.
1995
Kalfayan Gallery, Thessaloniki, "Building Stones"; installation (Catalogue: Katerina Koskina).
1997
Artio Gallery, Athens, "Torball" (tapesty for the blind, special installations).
1998
Kalfayan Gallery, Thessaloniki, "Careful! This is not lightweight"; installation.
2000
Artio Gallery, Athens, "Travel Warnings"; installation.
2002
Artio Gallery, Athens, "Spell your name"; installation.
2005
AD Gallery, Athens, "In-hospital Infections", installation.
2007
AD Gallery, Athens, "Crimen Majestatis", installation.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1985
"Athens Visual Art", Municipality of Athens- Art Centre, Parko Elefterias (Catalogue).
1986
"2nd Biennale for Young Mediterranean Artists, Thessaloniki (Catalogue).
"Antipodes", Melbourne, Australia (Organiser: Ministry of Culture).
"Athens Visual Art", Municipality of Athens- Art Centre, Parko Elefterias (Catalogue).
1987
"Utopias of Reality", Titanium Gallery, Athens. Curator: Manos Stefanidis (Catalogue).
"Panhellenic Art Exhibition", OLP Hall, Piraeus, (Catalogue).
"Athens Visual Art", Municipality of Athens- Art Centre, Parko Elefterias.
1988
"Bologna 87 - Barcelona 88", Municipal Gallery, Athens. Curator: Y. Kolokotronis, N. Kyriazi, (Catalogue).
"Encounters, Emphases, Juxtapositions", Municipal Gallery, Athens. Curator: Costas Stavropoulos (Catalogue).
"Biennale 88 - Giovani Artisti Dell' Europa Mediterranea ", Bologna, Italy (Catalogue).
1989
"Anti-Festival", Athens, "Ten Young Greek Artists at an old Factory". Curator: Anna Kafetsi (Catalogue).
7th International Biennale of Sculpture, Skironion Museum, Athens.
"Visual Happening in the Olive Grove of Athens", (Catalogue: Anti- Publications).
1990
"Out of Limits", Wielka 19 Gallery, Poznan, Poland. Curator: Th. Skouria (Catalogue).
"Rotte Mediterranee", Algeria. Organizers: Arcinova, Italy (Catalogue).
"Lineart", Foire d'Art Internationale, Gent, Belgium (Catalogue).
1991
"Lineart", Gent, Belgium (Catalogue).
"Egoism", House of Cyprus, Athens. Curator: Costas Stavropoulos (Catalogue).
1992
"Young Contemporary Artists", European Cultural Centre of Delphi. Curator: Takis Mavrotas.
1993
"Art Athina '93", Artio Gallery (Catalogue).
"Clay and Sculptural creations", European Cultural Centre of Delphi. Curator: Takis Mavrotas (Catalogue).
1994
"The Tree", Nicosia Municipal Art Centre & Pieridis Gallery, Athens. Curator:Y. Kolokotronis (Catalogue).
"Passions", Luggage Depot, Railway Station, Athens. Curator: Manos Stefanidis.
"Ancient Greek Myths in Contemporary Art". (ÊÔÐ) Smaragda Ioannatou, Athens. Curator: L. Kokkini (Catalogue).
1995
"The Customers", Gallery X, Athens. Curator: Emily Tsingou (Catalogue).
"Art Athina '95" (Catalogue).
"Contigura 2. Dialog der Kulturen", Internalionale Triennale des Kunsthandwerks, Erfurt, Germany. Curator for the Greek delegation : Katerina Koskina (Catalogue).
1996
"Greek Realities", Gallery Marstall, Berlin and Kunsthellen Brandts Klaedetabrik, Odense, Denmark. Curator: Birgit Hottmeister - Yorghos Tzirtzilakis (Catalogue).
1997
"Inside", Inernational ad exhibition, Kassel, Germany (Catalogue).
"42eme Salon de Montrouge". Curator for the Greek delegation: Sania Papa (Catalogue).
"Art Athina '97", Artio Gallery (Catalogue).
"Kelyphos/Shell", Municipality of Athens - Art Centre, Parko Eleftherias. Curator: Bia Papadopoulou (Catalogue).
1998
"Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art", Thessaloniki (Catalogue).
Installation with musical mechanisms in the streets of Thessaloniki.
1999
"Hellas", European Central Bank, Frankfurt. Curator: Anna Kafetsi.
Visual Happening at the poster windows of bus shelters in Athens.
2000
"Antidoron- Hostia Pa D'Aneel", Hellenic- American Union, Athens. Curator: Nadjia Argyropoulou (Catalogue).
"Art Athina 2000", Artio Gallery (Catalogue).
2001
"Glossalgia", Hellenic- American Union, Athens. Curator: Manos Stefanidis (Catalogue).
"Spells", Estate of M. Pavlidis - E. Protonotariou, Peania, Attica. Curator: Maria Marangou.
Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Municipality of Rentis (Catalogue).
2002
"Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday", E. Averoff Gallery, Metsovo. Curator: Lina Tsikouta- Deimezi (Catalogue).
2003
"Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday", Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki.
"AIDS", Hellenic- American Union, Athens. Curator: Yorghos Baniokos, Artemis Potamianou.
"DESTE PRIZE", DESTE Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens (Catalogue).
"Le Roque", Karystos of Evia. Curator, Organiser: Nikos Tranos, S-AVRA ART.
2004
"Athens Metropolis by mistake?", Cheap Art and Bios, Athens. Curator:Olinka Miliaresi- Foka (Catalogue).
"Marubi 2004", National Gallery of Tirana. Curator: Florian Angallin.
"Athens by Art" (Delivery: video, 60sec), Avissinias Square, August- September. Curator: Art Critics Union of Greece.
"The symposium/ feast", Monastiraki Square, Athens (shortly).
"Sameness, almost", Benaki Museum Pireos. Curator: Thanassis Moutsopoulos.
"Via Egnatia", international project. In collaboration with S-AVRA ART. Curators: Marina Fokidi, Dafni Vitali.
"Video Kunst" (Savra-Art plays football in Tirana), Athens. Curators: Locus Athens.
2005
"Look again" (Hospital-acquired Infections 2003-2004), AD Gallery, Athens.
8-page project in GAP Contemporary Art Magazine (Savra- Art).
"Makronissos project", concept- production Savra-Art. Curators: Oxymoron, Marina Fokidi, Dafni Vitali.
"Egnatia", Saledo, Italy. Curators: Osservatorio Nomade, Stalker, Oxymoron, AAA.
"Elefsina project" Municipality of Elefsina (shortly).
2007
"Unfair", AD Gallery, Macedonia Pallas Hotel, Thessaloniki, GR.