NAKIS TASTSIOGLOU

Born in 1955 in Athens, he studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Florence, Italy under C. Severa (1975 - 1979)

Solo exhibitions 1987 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens (catalogue texts V. Vassilopoulou) 1989 Artista Gallery, Rome (curator G. Serafini) 1990 T.K.G. Gallery, Trieste, Italy (curator G. Serafini) 1991 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens (catalogue texts B. Papadopoulou) 1994 Medusa +1 Art Gallery, Athens 1996 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens 1999 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens 2004 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens 2008 Medusa Art Gallery, Athens

Group exhibitions

1982 12th Youth Biennale, Paris 1982 Maison de la Grece, Paris (curator E. Mavrommatis) 1983 Jeunes Artistes Grecques, School of Fine Arts, St Etienne (curator E. Mavrommatis) 1983 4th Biennale of Sculpture, Skironion Museum, Attica 1983 French Institute, Athens 1985 5th International Biennale of Sculpture, Skironion Museum, Attica 1985 International Group Exhibition, Athens Cultural Capital of Europe, Eleftheria Park, Athens 1988 Expo-Arte, Artista Gallery, Bari 1988 Capua Direziona sud-est, Provinciale Campano Capua Museum, Naples 1989 Art without Frontiers, Centre Art Ileana Tounta, Athens 1989 Sculptural-plastic transformations, Happening 89, The Athens City Hall, Korai Pedestrian way, Athens 1991 Concept/Form, Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens Arts Centre (curator E. Koscielak) 1991 La Grecia Contemporanea, Salf del Rettorato, Universita degli Studi di Ancona (curator B. Cantarini) 1995 XLVI Biennale di Venezia, Venice (curator M. Marangou) 1995 ELYTRON, Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (curator M. Marangou) 1996 IX International Biennale of Sculpture, Skironio Museum, Attica (curator B. Papadopoulou) 1996 ELYTRON, Agios Frangiskos, Rethymnon, Crete (curator M. Marangou) 1996 ART- ATHINA 4 , Contemporary Art Fair, Athens 1997 Kelyfos/Shell, Cultural Centre of Athens (curator B. Papadopoulou) 1997 Stories ďf perpetual changes, Municipal Hall, Patras (curator B. Papadopoulou) 1998 Haritos Gallery, Athens (curator B. Papadopoulou) 1999 Evoe-Evan, Municipality of Patras, Cultural Department (curator B. Papadopoulou) 1999 Art Athina 7, Medusa Art Gallery, Athens 2000 Fyrogia 2000, Fyrogia Monastery, Sifnos (curator M. Marangou) 2001 5th International Biennale of Sharjah, (curator A. Schina); 2nd sculpture prize 2001 Tribute to Andreas Kalvos, Crypt Cultural Centre, Zakynthos (curator B. Papadopoulou) 2001 Osaka Trienalle, Japan 2003 Lies and Truths, Medusa Art Gallery, Athens (curator E. Strousa) 2003 Liberty – Democracy, Cycladic Art Museum, Athens (curator A. Schina) 2004 Art Athina 11, Medusa Art Gallery, Athens 2004 In the beginning was fire, Titanium Gallery, Athens (curator B. Papadopoulou) 2004 Athens by Art, Athens, AICA Hellas 2005 Birdivest, Borgloon, Belgium 2005 Light-waves, Kalfayan Gallery (curator V. Politi) 2006 Apothiki Art Space, Paros (in cooperation with the Medusa Art Gallery) 2007 Chronicle of the Absurd, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki (curator B. Papadopoulou) 2008 Galerie Krisal, Geneva 2008 L’ art vous va si bien, Musee A La Piscine, Lille, France

He has worked together with E. Venetsanou and Kostas Vrouvas on various environmental exhibitions.

1981 Environment, Ora Art Gallery (catalogue texts V. Spiliadi) 1983 Environment, Medusa Art Gallery (catalogue texts V. Spiliadi) 1983 Environment-video, French institute, Thessaloniki 1991 Environment-sculpture, St John’s Monastery, Kaparos, Paros (curators: Medusa Art Gallery; catalogue texts V. Vassilopoulou) 1993 Sculptural installation at the theatre of Aexoni, Glyfada

His works can be found in various museums and institutions –Vorres Modern Art Museum; Provinciale Campano Capua Museum, Naples; Town Hall, Paros; Rethimnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete; KETE Research Centre for the Arts and Sciences, Athens; Skironion Museum, Attica; Macedonian Museum for Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; National Bank of Greece, Sifnos Branch; The Emfietzoglou Collection, Athens– as well as in private collections in Greece and abroad.