Marios SΠΙΛΙΟΠΟΘΛΟΣ was born in 1957 in Polygyro, Chalkidiki, Greece.

He has been teaching at the School of Fine Arts since 1991, where he is a Professor.

EDUCATION

1983-1987 School of Fine Arts, Athens (studio of D. Kokkinides).
 His first studies in art were in icon-painting with Kostas Georgakopoulos.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 “Reading Paintings”, National Library of Greece, Athens


2006 “Days of Thessaloniki No.1”, Kalfayan Galleries, Thessaloniki.

2003 “Mystery of the Bees”, Archaeological site of Mystras, Greece


2003 “Inexpressible Beauty”, Book Center, Athens.

2000 “Drawings + Works of Innocence”, Paratiritis Gallery, Thessaloniki

1999 “Mare Nostrum”, Art Athina ’99 (Ekfrasi Gallery), Athens


1997 “The Landscape of Being“, Wigmore Fine Art, London.

1997 “The Flags Within Me”, Artio Gallery, Athens.

1994 “Guardhouse of Memories”, Artio Gallery, Athens


1993 “The Akathistos Hymnos + ATAXTH, Markou Vamvakari”, Gazi, artistic intervention, Athens.

1992 Sani Beach Hotel, Chalkidki, (organized by John Reisen, L.T.P.)


1991 “Mystery of the Bees”, Artio Gallery, Athens

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 “Visual Arts in Greece 2006, Crossing The Borders”, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki

2006 “Anatomy of a Dream”, Kalfayan Galleries, Thessaloniki.

2006 “Lacoste Project 12.12.”, Benaki Museum, Athens


2006 “With the Rhythm of the Soul. A series of events honouring and commemorating Yiorgos Ioannou”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki

2005 “Light Waves”, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens

2005 “Communicating with Humor”, Kalfayan Galleries, Thessaloniki

2005 Art Athina 2005, Gallery Chrysothemis, Athens.

2005 “Aspects of an Antonis Benakis’ Portrait”, Benaki Museum, Athens


2004 “Approximate Likeness: Versions of a Portrait of Antonis Benakis”, Benaki Museum (Piraeus Street), Athens,
 2004 “Mickey Mouse Meets Art”, Hellenic American Union, Athens.

2003 “Free Transit?”, (organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Zappeion Hall, Athens


2001 “Mythologies of the Book, Contemporary Greek Artists”, Book Fair Forum-Frankfurt 2001, Frankfurt

2000 “Euro-World, Europeans Painting for Young Cancer Patients”, Eurocultural Mile, Frankfurt


1999 “Greek Painting 1950-1999”, National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Romania

1999 “Greek Contemporary Art”, European Central Bank, Frankfurt.

1998 “Contemporary Greek Art – Three Generations”, Tel Aviv Museum/National Gallery, Athens.

1997 “Montrouge-Athenes”, Art Contemporain, 42eme Salon de Montrouge, Paris

1996 “Heimatkunde”, KX/Campnagnel, Hamburg.

1995 “TICKON”, International Centre for Art and Nature, Langeland, Denmark 1994 18th Biennale of Alexandria (curator: Marina Lambraki-Plaka), Grand Prix d’Alexandrie

AWARDS

1994 Grand Prix d’Alexandrie, 18th Biennale of Alexandria

COLLECTIONS

Private and Public collections in Greece, Belgium, France, Poland, England, Germany, Spain, Israel and the U.S.A.

Official Website: www.mariosspiliopoulos.com