Vassilis Vassili
Vasilis Vasili or Vassilis Vassili, in Greek Βασίλης Βασίλη (born 16 March 1964) is a Greek contemporary sculptor.
His work may be characterized by concerns and concepts such as entrapment, restriction, escape, gataway, separation and partition. The adaptation of the shapes and the character of the materials are in the servise of the project's concept. He attempts to assign meanings, to correlate emotions and styles, to renew the tradition of conceptual and to puzzle over the aesthetics of the ordinary, "unsuspecting" object. His sculptures are displayed in different cities of Greece and Europe. In Greek Cyprus he was assigned with several other sculptors to create public artwork for the Cypriot community, most notably his stone display in Limassol.
Life
Vassilis Vassili studied at The School of Fine Arts in Athens under the professor E. Panourias and T. Papagiannis from 1992 to 1997. In 1999 having a scholarship from The Greek Foundation of Scholarships and from Onassis Foundation he moved to United States. In 2001 he received a Masters of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. From 2004 to 2013 Vassilis was teaching at the Technological Institution of Athens, Greece. From 2006 to 2008 he also was teaching at the Department of Fine Arts at the University of West Macedonia in Florina, Greece. In 2013 he moved to Canada where he lives with his family.
Public Works
1995- Konitsa, Greece. 1996- University of Patra, Greece. 1996- Iannena, Greece. 1996- Dreieih- Frankfurt, Germany. 2000- Lemesos, Cyprus. 2000- Kalamata, Greece. 2002- Abington Art Center, Philadelphia, USA 2004- Train Station Pefkakia , Athens Greece 2004- Dionyssos, Attica Greece 2006- Pireus, Greece 2006- Katerini, Greece 2006- Antalya Turkey 2008- Aniksi Attica Greece 2011- Paros Island Greece. 2011- Iannena, Greece. 2011- Polis Crysoxous Cyprus.
Shows
1998- Burgerhaus, Dreieich- Frankfurt, Germany. 1998- “Epoxes” Gallery, Athens, Greece. 2001- Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA. 2003- Titanium Gallery Athens Greece 2005- Titanium Gallery Athens Greece 2008- Art Gallery Kaplanon Athens Greece
THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1995- M. Merkouri Foundation, Athens, Greece. 1995- State Bank of Greece Athens, Greece. 1996- M. Merkouri Foundation Athens, Greece. 1997- National Gallery, Athens, Greece. 1997- Outdoor show, Pllaka, Athens, Greece. 1997- “Epoxes” Gallery, Athens, Greece. 1997- Outdoor show, Salonica, Greece. 1998- Global Stone Workshop, Gothenburg, Sweden 1998- Drawing show, Svetsingen, Germany. 1998- City Hall, Psyxiko, Athens, Greece. 2000- Destination Philadelphia, Convention Centre, Philadelphia, USA 2001- Snapshots, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA 2001- 5 into 1, Philadelphia Sculptors’ Show. Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, USA 2001- Artower Agora, Athens, Greece. 2002-Wiesbaden, Germany. 2003- The Burnished Chariot, NewLondon, C.T, USA 2003- Its Kale, Giannena, Greece. 2006- Gallery Crysa Katerini Greece 2007- Art Gallery Kaplanon Athens Greece 2008- Alexander S. Onassis Foundation Greece 2009- Art Gallery Kaplanon Athens Greece 2010- Art Space Gazi. Athens
External links
http://vassilisvassiliblog.tumblr.com/
http://www.glyptothiki.gr/βασίλη-βασίλης-vassili-vassilis.aspx
http://empe-alterity.blogspot.ca/p/2013.html
https://staseis.wordpress.com/tag/%CE%93%CE%9B%CE%A5%CE%A0%CE%A4%CE%99%CE%9A%CE%97/
http://www.onassis.gr/onassis-magazine/issue-62/arts
http://www.xronos.gr/detail.php?ID=71463
http://1212inathens.tumblr.com/page/4
http://www.marmaronet.com/architecturalstone-blog/2011/07/13/paria_lithos11/