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ELIAS HARISSIS (Greece, Thessaly, Volos b. 1957 / act: Athens) |
Elias Harissis was born on 11 February 1957 in Volos of Thessaly, Greece. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts - ASFA (1977-1982) and received a painting degree with honors and a diploma of historical and theoretical studies. He received the following awards: International Award in painting, silver medal, 15ème Biennale d'Alexandrie, Alexandria (1984); Commemorative Diploma, Biennale Internazionale Del Arte Contemporane, Florence, Italy (1999); and Honorary Distinction in World Festival of Art on Paper, Bled, Slovenia (2001).Elias Harissis presented the following personal exhibitions: Painting, House of Cyprus, Athens (1988); Painting, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens (1988); Painting, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1989); Painting, Polyedron Gallery, Patras (1990); Harissis, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1991); Painting Installation, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1992); Multum in Parvo, Skoufa 4 Gallery, Athens (1992); Painting, Ioannis and Euterpi Topalis Foundation & University of Patras (1992); Painting, Fayoum Gallery, Chania, Crete (1993); Painting, Choros Art Studio, Neoria, Chania, Crete (1994); P+P=D, DESTE Foundation, Athens (1999); Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy (1999); The Blue in Lavrion, Diana Yulia Gallery, Technology Park, Lavrion (1999); Path II, Contemporary Visual Art Center, Larissa (1999); Painting, Athens Art Gallery, Athens (1999); Paintings, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens (2001);All Fashioned, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (2002); All Fashioned, Visual Center of Contemporary Art, Larissa, Greece (2002); Poetic Step for the Poetry of Pindar's Pythioniki, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens (2002); Poetic Step for the Poetry of T.S. Elliot’s Waste Land, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens (2002); Poetic Step for the Poetry of Sylvia Plath, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens (2002); Every Monday, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens, Greece (2003); Coup de Cœur, Athens Art Gallery, Athens, Greece (2003); Shapes and Colors of the Psyche, Argo Gallery, Athens (2003); Paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens (2004); Bathers, Ianos Gallery, Athens (2006); Berlaymont Summa Artis, Brussels, Belgium (2006, 2010); Much in Little, Art_Act, Athens (2007); and Kisses, Cern, Geneva, Switzerland (2009). § He also took part in the following group exhibitions: Punk Painting, Desmos Gallery, Athens (1983); 15ème Biennale d'Alexandrie, Alexandria (1984); Reminiscences - Transformation - Quests, National Gallery, Athens (1985); DEPAK, National Gallery, Athens (1986); Antinor Gallery, Athens (1986); Painting, Municipal Gallery, Larissa (1986); Idea for Life: International Exhibition of Mail-Art, Vicenza, Italy (1987); SOS for Wine, L'Agricoltura Elumpiente, Filippos Silvestrini International Exhibition of Mail Art, Naples, Italy (1987); Search for a Face, Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens (2001); World Festival of Art on Paper, Bled, Slovenia (2001); Chryssothemis Gallery at Art Athina #9, Helexpo, Athens (2001); Christmas Exhibition, Domzale, Slovenia (2001); Art Athina #9, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens (2001); World Festival of Art on Paper, Bled, Slovenia (2001); Search for a Face, Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens (2001); Painting, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens (2001); Inviting the Gaze, Athens Art Gallery, Athens (2001); Greek Artists 1962, Research Center, Christie's, Athens (2001); Installation: Poetic Step for the Poetry of Sylvia Plath, Educational Society, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens (2002); Installation: Poetic Step for the Poetry of T. S. Eliot's Waste Land, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens (2002); Installation: Poetic Step for the Poetry of Pindar's Pythioniki, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens (2002); All Fashioned, Visual Center of Contemporary Art, Larissa (2002); All Fashioned, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki (2002); Shapes and Colors of the Psyche, Argo Gallery, Athens (2003); Coup de Coeur, Athens Art Gallery, Athens (2003); Every Monday, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens (2003); Painting, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens (2004); Painting, Art Expertise, Hellenic Cosmos Foundation, Athens (2005); Friends raising Funds for the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bonham's, London (2005); Art Expertise, Hellenic Cosmos Foundation, Athens (2005); Summer Show, Athens Art Gallery, Athens (2005); Portraits of Collectors from Chania, Municipal Gallery of Chania, Crete (2006); The Colors of Iris, Freedom Park Art Center, Athens (2006); and European Masters of Modern Art, Austria (2007); and 8ème International Triennale de Chamalières, France (2011).
Elias Harissis is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece - EETE and currently lives and works in Athens.
[Megakles Rogakos 02/2008]
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ANDREADI, EFI Campanis - Harissis - Dori - Kottis - Lappas 1984 Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Biennale d' Alexandrie, Egypt
KABOURIDIS, HARIS & MISSIRLI, NELLY Reminiscences - Transformation - Quests 1985 Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athens
STEFANIDIS, MANOS Painters of Larissa 1986 Municipal Gallery of Larissa
ANDREADI, EFI Harissis 1988 Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens
STROUSA, EFI Harissis: The Infinity of Experience 1991 Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens
TZIRTZILAKIS, YORGOS P+P=D 1999 DESTE Foundation, Athens
SPIKE, JOHN T. Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea 1999 Florence, Italy
MICHAILIDOU, MARY Harissis 1999 Athens Art Gallery, Athens
MAVROMATIS, EMMANUEL Path II 1999 Visual Center of Contemporary Art, Larissa
GUIDE Art Athina 2001 Panhellenic Union of Art Galleries, Athens
BAXTER, DENIS World Festival of Art on Paper 2001
STEFANIDIS, MANOS Hellenomouseion 2001 Miletos Editions, Athens
CATALOG Greek Artists 1962 2001 Christie's, Athens
XYDAKIS, NICK Search for a Face: Alcalay, Zamboura, Sevastakis and Harissis 2001 The Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens
XYDAKIS, NICK All Fashioned 2002 Visual Center of Contemporary Art, Larissa
KRITIKOU, MARY Shapes and Colors of the Psyche 2003 Argo Gallery, Athens
STEFANIDIS, MANOS Every Monday 2003 Chrysothemis Gallery, Athens
CATALOG Fund Raising 2005 Bonham's London
KRITIKOU, IRIS The Colors of Iris 2006 Freedom Park Art Center, Athens
PROIMOS, CONSTANTINE Portraits of Collectors from Chania 2006 Municipal Gallery of Chania, Crete
ALBUM European Masters of Modern Art 2007 Austria
