Christos Giannopoulos was born in Patras, Greece in 1981. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Athens, where he graduated, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and at the School of Fine Arts in Porto.
In 2023 he curated the exhibition “The infinite (Third dialogue)” at the Cultural Center 'Kostis Palamas' in Patras, in 2019 the exhibition “Second dialogue: Markellos Tower” in Aegina and in 2016 the exhibition “First Dialogue: Palia Vlahata” in Kefalonia with artists from Greece and Italy.
In 2022 he curated the exhibition “Fake plastic trees” at the Alibi Gallery in Athens together with the curator Matina Charalambi.
In 2021 he was recommended by the jury of the Combat Prize and in 2017 he was nominated for the Frissiras Prize.
In 2014 he participated in “SenseOFcommunity #9: Forte Stella”, a residency workshop for artists and curators for site-specific artistic practices, curated by Silvia Petronici, and in collaboration with the Galleria Adiacenze of Bologna, at Monte Argentario.
In 2009 he presented his work at Deree College as part of the "Atlantis" project, with the theme “democracy in progress: contemporary art practices”, in collaboration with artbox.gr.
In 2025 he presented his solo exhibition, curated by Giorgia Bergantin, at the ‘Centro Congressi Rosolina Mare’ in the Veneto Region and in 2022 his solo exhibition at the Blu Gallery in Bologna.
He has participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Greece, Italy and other countries, in various places such as: Kolossi Castle (Limassol), Palazzo Cassa di Risparmio e Fondazione del Monte, Lugo (Ravenna), Civic Museum of Gerace, Villa Spreti ‘La Palazza’ (Il Magazzino Galleria Studio), Santerno (Ravenna), FokiaNou Art Space (Athens), Alibi Gallery (Athens), Zina Athanassiadou Gallery (Thessaloniki), Frissiras Museum (Athens), Cornigliano Villa Spinosa Civic Center (Genoa), Forte Stella (Monte Argentario), CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery (Athens), Casa Batlló (Barcelona), Chie art gallery (Milan), K-art gallery (Athens), ‘Nikos Kessanlis’ exhibition space (Athens), Bios (Athens), Benaki Museum (Athens), Byzantine Museum (Athens) etc.
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CHRISTOS GIANNOPOULOS
- Born in Patras, Greece in 1981
- Tel.: - (0030) 6973 704740
- E-mail: - crigianno@gmail.com
- Web: - christosgiannopoulos.blogspot.com
EDUCATION
- 2001-2006 - School of Fine Arts of Athens, Greece
- 2004-2005 - Faculty of Fine Arts of Oporto, Portugal
- 2000-2001 - Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, Italy
AWARDS / CURATINGS / RESIDENCIES / WORKSHOPS
- 2023 - “L’infinito (dialogo terzo)”, curated by Christos Giannopoulos, Cultural Center ‘Kostis Palamas’, Patras, Greece
- 2022 - “Fake plastic trees”, curated by Christos Giannopoulos and Matina Charalambi, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
- 2021 - Recommended artist by the jury of Premio Combat Award, 12th edition, Livorno, Italy
- 2019 - “Dialogo secondo: Torre di Markellos”, curated by Christos Giannopoulos, Tower of Markellos, Aegina, Greece
- 2017 - Finalist for the Frissiras Award, 3rd edition, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
- 2016 - “Dialogo primo: Palia Vlahata”, curated by Christos Giannopoulos, Palia Vlahata, Cefalonia, Greece
- 2014 - SenseOFcommunity #9: Forte Stella / residency for artists and curators on artistic practices site specific curated by Silvia Petronici, Monte Argentario, Italy
- 2009 - Presentation of work / discussion, “Democracy in the making: contemporary art practices”, organized by: the visual arts program / Deree in collaboration with artbox.gr within the project “Atlantis”, Arts Centre Amphitheatre, Deree, Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
EXHIBITIONS
- 2025 - “Flashback” (Solo), curated by Giorgia Bergantin, Centro Congressi, Rosolina Mare, (Rovigo), Italy
- “The message of the chrysalises”, curated by Stella Christofi, Kolossi Castle, Limassol, Cyprus
- 2024 - “Drawings from Motel”, curated by Art Motel, Palazzo Cassa di Risparmio e Fondazione del Monte, Lugo (Ravenna), Italy
- 2023 - “L’infinito (dialogo terzo)”, curated by Christos Giannopoulos, Cultural Center ‘Kostis Palamas’, Patras, Greece
- “Lunare”, curated by Lucia Baldini, Villa Spreti ‘La Palazza’ (Il Magazzino Galleria Studio), Santerno (Ravenna), Italy
- “Drawings from Motel”, curated by Art Motel, Civic Museum of Gerace, Italy
- 2022 - “Two steps back” (Solo), Blu Gallery, Bologna, Italy
- “Inside the myth”, curated by Francesco Piazza, Mill of Pappas, Larissa, Greece
- “Fake plastic trees”, curated by Christos Giannopoulos and Matina Charalambi, Alibi Gallery, Athens, Greece
- 2021 - “Good old days”, curated by Panagiotis Voulgaris and Mary Cox, FokiaNou Art Space, Athens, Greece
- 2020 - “Unlocked, oltre il lockdown”, Galleria d’arte diffusa, curated by Francesco Cuna, Cortili aperti, Martano, Italy
- “Ammophila vol.1 birth”, curated by Evi Roumani, Elafonisos’ school, Greece
-“Love and disaster in Athens”, curated by Panagiotis Voulgaris and Mary Cox, FokiaNou Art Space, Athens, Greece
- 2019 - “Come together right now”, curated by Matina Charalambi, Alibi gallery, Athens, Greece
- “Dialogo secondo: Torre di Markellos”, curated by Christos Giannopoulos, Tower of Markellos, Aegina, Greece
- “In art 2019”, Zina Athannasiadou gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2018 - “She dreams” [Saristra festival], Palia Vlahata, Cefalonia, Greece
- “In art 2018”, Zina Athannasiadou gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2017 - “See if you can fit it on the paper”, curated by Matina Charalambi, U.F.A.P. Gallery, Athens, Greece
- “3rd Frissiras Award of european painting”, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
- 2016 - “Solo rose. Artisti contro la violenza sulle donne”, curated by Francesco Cuna, Municipality of Calimera, Italy
- “Art / non art - re-culture 4”, curated by Thanassis Moutsopoulos, Argiri Market, Patras, Greece
- “Dialogo primo: Palia Vlahata” [Saristra festival], curated by Christos Giannopoulos, Palia Vlahata, Cefalonia, Greece
- 2015 - “Coexistence”, Municipal Gallery ‘Giannis Moralis’, Arta, Greece
- 2014 - “Oikos”, Centro Civico Cornigliano, Villa Spinola Narisano, Genova, Italy
- “SenseOFcommunity #9: Forte Stella”, curated by Silvia Petronici, with the collaboration of Galleria Adiacenze (Bologna), Forte Stella, Monte Argentario, Italy
- “Honour to the Teacher” [Patras International Festival], Argiri Market, Patras, Greece
- 2013 - “Thrills and chills”, curated by Christina Androulidaki / Daily Lazy Projects, CAN Christina Androulidaki gallery, Athens, Greece
- “Barcelona showcase”, Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain
- 2012 - “Sogno e follia”, Chie art gallery, Milan, Italy
- 2011 - “Fake paradise”, K-art gallery, Athens, Greece
- 2009 - “Discussion”, Visual Arts Workshop of Rio Municipality, Patras, Greece
- 2008 - “Graduating class 2005-2006”, Exhibition Hall ‘Nikos Kessanlis’, Athens, Greece
- 2007 - “Mageiritsa” [two Velvet years], curated by Konstantinos Dagritzikos, Bios, Athens, Greece
- 2006 - “Routes, visual-architectural approaches” [Patras - European Capital of Culture], curated by Yannis Psychopedis, Aghios Georgios Mills, Patras, Greece
- “IX group show”, IX Group Studio, Piraeus, Greece
- “Fata Morgana, visual approaches in the poetry of Kavvadias”, Benaki Museum Building of Pireaus Street, Athens, Greece
- 2004 - “Strictly appropriate, visual approaches in cinema”, Byzantine Museum, Athens, Greece
- “Going home - test event”, Going Home, Athens, Greece
- “Strictly appropriate, visual approaches in cinema”, Old Municipal Hospital, Patras, Greece
The key word in Christos Giannopoulos’ work is memory. This concept permeates both his older and more recent works, as there is a common way of viewing and dealing with different themes. For example, the way a landscape is depicted does not show us so much the landscape itself through the artist’s eyes, as a possible memory of it or even a memory of a rather vague place. This is achieved through visual means, such as the use of color and brushstroke, the limited color range and the blurred outlines, which not only do not prevent us from seeing better, but, possibly, contribute to remembering better.