Vasilis Galanis lives and works in Athens, Greece. He holds an Integrated Master from Aristotelian
University of Thessaloniki (2012-2017), a M.F.A. from the Athens School of Fine Arts (2019-2021) and is
a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Crete (2024-), researching early representations of
cyberspace in Science Fiction and mass culture. His artistic research tackles issues related to
technology, ecology and history, with a specific focus on the latter and the connections between “close to
obsolete” media, such as painting and hand-written text, and their digital counterparts. His work has been
shown in numerous group shows, one solo and one duo show. In 2021, he participated in the 14th
International Painting Symposium in Luxor, Egypt. In 2022, he was awarded the Stavros Niarchos
Foundation Artist Fellowship by Artworks. He has published articles related to his research interests in Ta
Nea (2023), kato catalogue (2021) etc. In July 2023 he performed in the theater play Love in the time of
climax in Ancient Theater of Aigeira, supported by the Greek National Opera.
Education
2024 – | University of Crete, Department of Philosophy and Social Studies, PhD candidate
2019 – 2021 | Athens School of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Athens
(Overall grade: 9.20/10)
2012 -2017 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts
(Overall grade: 9.56/10)
2016 – 2017 | Instituto Politecnico de Lisboa, Escola Superior de Educação de Lisboa (Erasmus+ program)
Prizes
2022 | Artworks Fellows, Stavros Niarchos Cultural Foundation Residencies
2021 | 14th Luxor International Painting Symposium, Luxor, Egypt
Plays / Performances
2023 | love in the time of climax, directed by Eva Papadakis, Ancient Theater of Aigeira, (supported by
All of Greece, one culture / Greek National Opera)
Solo/Duo Exhibitions
2021 | kato – Dystopias, curated by Maria Andrikopoulou, Nelly Palaiogianni, To Pikap Kato,
Thessaloniki (Duo Show)
2021 | Tomorrow-morrow Land, MFA Degree Show, Athens School of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts,
Athens, Greece
2019 | Pre- or post- (who cares?), curated by Nena Samioti, Cabane Art Space, Athens, Greece
Publications
2023 | Death of Originality, Ta Nea (print version), 28-03-2023, article
2022 | Are we having fun yet?*, ‘kato’ exhibition catalogue, text related to duo show kato – Dystopias,2021
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 | All the wrong places, curated by Panos Giannikopoulos, Batagianni gallery
2024 | Nowstalgism II, curated by Nowstalgism, Fanari, Karditsa
2024 | Nostrum, curated by Elli Leventaki, Old School of Argalasti, Pelion
2024 | Paxos Biennale, Third Edition, Manifesto of Memory, curated by The Krank, Paxos Island
2023 | Transformations: Gaia & Chthonia, curated by Theodora Koumoundourou, The Foundry Suites, Athens
2023 | Nowstalgism / Go back to Fanari, curated by Nowstalgism, Fanari Karditsa
2023 | Cornucopia, curated by Elli Leventaki, Kyan, Athens
2023 | Dandelion Seekers, curated by Stavros Kapetanios-Zoe Metra, Okay Space, Athens
2021 | Back to Athens 8, 2021: Profiles of the Future, curated by Georg Georakopoulos, Athens
2021 | Platforms Project / Independent Art Fair, Online exhibition
2020 | Back to Athens 7, 2020: μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς”, “Breaths, curated by Fotini Kapiris, Athens
2019 | Πλάγια Γραφή: Το κέλυφος, curated by Kostas Gourtzis, choros 18, Thessaloniki, Greece
2017 | From Camus to Sartre, curated by Haris Savvopoulos, Refugee Museum of Sykies,Thessaloniki, Greece
2017 | Image_Word_Image, curated by Teta Makri, Eirmos Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2015 | Inspire: Effective Spaces, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Press etc.
2024 | Days of Art in Greece, issue #18, Spring –Summer 2024, p.181
2023 | Immersive group exhibition at The Foundry Suites, Caroline Vlachakou, e-Kathimerini
2023 | Η εικαστική έκθεση Cornucopia εκφράζει την αγωνία των καλλιτεχνών στην Ελλάδα, SteliosPapagrigoriou, CNN Greece
2023 | Dandelion Seekers, ofluxo platform
2022 | ‘kato’ exhibition catalogue,
2021-2022 | Greek Visual Artists in the pandemics, Heraklion Arts and Culture, in collaboration with
Municipality of Heraklion, Crete (video interview)
2021 | MFA Degree Show 2021: students talk about their work, Ioanna Gomouza, Athens Voice,
2020 | Vasilis Galanis: Under the Asphalt there is a Beach, video-interview, part of “20 Artists – 20 stories”, Apart Network
2020 | Nea tis Technis (ArtNews), bimonthly Greek art newspaper (issue #249, March – May 2020), interview
2019 | Vasilis Galanis at Cabane Art Space, Kiriakos Spirou, Und.Athens
2019 | mum: boredom buster, publication by mum social club
2015 | Inspire: Effective Spaces, Catalogue of the exhibiton “Inspire: Effective Spaces”, Publication of
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (M.M.C.A)edonian Museum of Contemporary Art