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YANNIS ZIOGAS (Greece, Thessaloniki b. 1962 / act: Athens & Florina) |
Yannis Ziogas was born on 14 December 1962 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He studied mathematics at the National & Capodistrian University of Athens, and visual arts at the Center for Creative Studies of Detroit, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has had many personal exhibitions and has taken part in a large number of group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.Since 1982 Ziogas has been active on both the Greek and international art scene with exhibitions, publications on art and participation in group projects. Originally, he studied mathematics (University of Athens, 1988) but went on to study visual arts in the United States where he received, following a merit scholarship, his Master's degree in Fine Arts (School of Visual Arts, New York, 1991). His circle in the United States included, among others, people like Kim Beom, Luca Buvoli, Theresa Chong, Thomas Hestvold, and Eduardo Kac.
From 1997 onwards, Ziogas' work probes the concept of journey and this thematic has formed the object of his personal exhibitions: From Utopia to Epekina (1997), Impatience (2000), Ballads (2002) and Diary of a Cultural Refugee (2005); Mystical Landscapes, Gallery Kaplanon 5, Athens (2008); and So Far So Close, Mesonisi Museum, Florina (2009). His Ballads exhibition took place simultaneously in Athens and Connecticut. The artist constructed part of the installation in America and, once he had photographed it, he projected it upon the installation in Athens. Ballads served as a comment on the notion of departure and return. The exhibition was under the auspices of the I.F. Costopoulos Foundation. His work has been featured in the Greek and international Press (New York Times, Sculpture, Artnews, Il Giornalle Dell' Arte etc.). He has also taken part in the following group exhibitions: Yannis Ziogas & Antonia Paptzanaki, Tsatsis Projects / Artforum, Thessaloniki.
Ziogas has published the book Byzantine Malevich (2000) while his narrative commentary Tarkovsky in Chalkis is under publication. Simultaneously, he actively participates in Platformes, the non-profit organization of cultural and visual intervention, which promotes dialogue and research in the visual arts.
Currently Yannis Ziogas lives and works in Athens.
[Megakles 02/2006]
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
VASILOPOULOU, VIVI Visual Artways B 1986
GALFY, DENNIS Europe–USA 1989
KILESSOPOULOU, KATIA Ioannis Ziogas 1990–1993 1993
KEYES, NORMAN Deracination / Memory / Endgame: Three Artists from Athens in Symbols / Objects 1999 New York & Baltimore
TZANETOULAKOU, FAYE Idols and Ideas 1999
BEASLEY, MARK There is more to tell... in Symbols / Objects 2000 London & Berlin
PAPADOPOULOU, BIA Make it Simple 2000
FELSHIN, NINA / KOSKINA, KATERINA Ballads: An Odyssey 2003
PAPADOPOULOU, BIA In The Beginning There Was Fire 2004
KOLOKOTRONIS, YANNIS The Self-Evident 2005
ROGAKOS, MEGAKLES Yannis Ziogas: Polyptych 2006 ACG Art, Athens
ZIOGAS / KARABINIS / STAVRAKAKIS / CHRISTOPOULOS Viewpoints on Censorship in Greece 2008 Nefeli Publications, Athens [Greek]
