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PALAVRAKIS APOSTOLOS

Biography
1. 2004-06
  1. First conception of the ballet Fragmente und Staub (Fragments and Dust), which was presented in September 2006 in the state theatres of Redsdburg and Flensburg
2. 2000
  1. Completes the video Anabasis I-The friends, which is first presented at Isola Bella, of Lago Maggiore, in Italy
3. 1998
  1. Honorary award of the city of Dortmund for Fine Arts
4. 1997-99
  1. Teaches at the University for Design of Dortmund the class of Experimentelle Gestaltung (=Experimental Construction)
5. 1997
  1. Stays in Athens and works on the series Infinity Fields: Kythera suite. The same year the works are presented in Berlin at the Confrontation exhibition alongside portraits by Robert Mapplethorpe (catalogue with text by Dr. Tayfun Belgin)
6. 1996
  1. Creates his studio in Athens
7. 1994
  1. Remains in Mallorca. Creates the drawings for The Final Space, an installation. The same year it is exhibited at the am √stwall Museum of Dortmund, curated by Dr. Tayfun Belgin (catalogue)
8. 1993
  1. Stay in Ireland. Creates of the cycle …and many circles under the water…-24 designs and a poem (catalogue with one etching- pub. house Michael Beck, Leipzig, Germany)
9. 1992
  1. Scholarship from Hoesch-Krupp AG
10. 1991
  1. Stay in Palermo, Sicily. Creates of the cycle Porta Magna
11. 1988-92
  1. Teaches the class of Grundlagen der Gestaltlung (=Foundations of Construction) at the school of Architecture
12. 1984-92
  1. Studies Architecture at the Polytechnical University of Dortmund
13. 1983
  1. Lives and works in Dortmund, Germany
14. ‘80-1982
  1. Studies Music at the Athens Conservatorium
15. 1962
  1. Born in Trikala, Greece

Solo exhibitions (selection)
1. 2008
  1. New works, Lola Nikolaou gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2. 2004-‘07
  1. Fragmente und Staub (Fragments and Dust), ballet, State theatres of Rendsburg, and Flensburg, Germany
3. 2005
  1. Works on canvas, Galerie Arnes Röpke, Madrid, Spain
    Entropie, installation, Art Palm Beach, Miami, USA
4. 2004
  1. New Works, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Entropie, installation, Art Cologne, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne , Germany
5. 2003
  1. Works on canvas, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
    et J‘ai decide de me taire…, installation, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
6. 2002
  1. Trespassing, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany
    La Ultima Cena, installation, Galeria Arnes Röpke, Madrid, Spain
    Works on canvas ,Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
7. 2001
  1. Echoes, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
    Echoes I, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
8. 2000
  1. Void, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    Immanent images, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Art-Athina, Athens, Greece
9. 1999
  1. Immanent images, Galeria Arnes Röpke, Madrid, Spain
    Infinity fields, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
10. 1998
  1. Infinity fields kythera suite Installation, Galerie Epikentro, Athens, Greece
    Transfiguration.one, installation, Museum of Arts, Ahlen (catalogue)
    Infinty fields. Kythera suite, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Transfiguration, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Infinity fields, Galeria Major, Mallorca, Spain
11. 1997
  1. Paths and stars, Artist’s Union, Heidenheim, Germany
    Invisible islands – kythera suite, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne (catalogue)
    Anabasis (Sleepwalker in the maze of past desire), Galerie Michael Beck
    Paths , Art Galerie in Lehel, ªunich, Germany
    Infinity fields – kythera suite, Vau Galerie, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
12. 1996
  1. Arche II, installation, Galerie Michael Beck, Leipzig (catalogue)
    Martyrologium di silenzio – frammenti di senso (nostalgia) colori di vita (violenta), Artist’s Union, Lippstadt, Germany (catalogue)
13. 1995
  1. Silence.zero – installation, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen (catalogue)
    Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
14. 1994
  1. Silence.one/the silence of Andrej Rubljow, installations, painting, Museum am Ostwall Dortmund, Germany (catalogue)
    Silence.zero, installations, Church of the Holy Cross, Dortmund, Germany
    New works, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, Germany
    The epitaph cycle, Municipal Gallery, Paderborn
    Epitaph on the reflection of a black sign behind the mirror – pictures for the eclipse between the gate and the error, installation, Galerie Michael Beck, Leipzig (catalogue)
15. 1993
  1. Works on Paper, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, Germany
    Fragments and Dust, installations, painting, Municipal Gallery, Lnen (catalogue)
    War Requiem, painting-installation, Galerie Lang, Leipzig (catalogue)
    Maasse Bereschit, painting, AKUT, Essen
16. 1992
  1. Per speculum ad Porta ªagna, installation, Artist’s Union Konstanz
    Apollon, Performance, Artist’s Union Konstanz
17. 1991
  1. Porta Magna (Sicily cycle), Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, Germany
18. 1990
  1. Per aspera ad astra, painting, Catholic Academy, Schwerte
19. 1986
  1. Projekte 1980 – 1986 – University of Dortmund, Department of Architecture

Group shows (selection)
1. 2008
  1. Works on Paper, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2. 2007
  1. Art-Cologne, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Germany
3. 2006
  1. Art-Cologne, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Germany
    Art-Brussels, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
4. 2005
  1. Art-ColÔgne, Galerie Beck & Eggeling Dusseldorf / Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    Art Brussels, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    Art-Forum Berlin, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
5. 2004
  1. Arco Madrid, Galerie Stefan Röpke Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Art-Cologne, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
6. 2003
  1. Art-Cologne, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, Germany
    La tentazioni di San Antonio, Isola Bella, Italy (catalogue)
7. 2002
  1. Hic sunt leones, Isola Bella, Italy
    Arco Madrid, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    Art Cologne, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
8. 2001
  1. Art Athina, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Lo spirito del Lago, Isola Bella, Italy
    Arco Madrid, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    Museum of Modern Art, Larisa, Greece (catalogue)
9. 2000
  1. Artists of the Gallery, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
    Papier!, Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
    Dov‘e la passione, Isola Bella, Italy (catalogue)
    Artists of the Gallery, Galerie Beck & Eggeling Dusseldorf, Germany
10. 1999
  1. Arco Madrid, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    Art Cologne, Galerie Major Mallorca
    Galerie Beck & Eggeling Dusseldorf, Germany
    Kunstmesse KÔln Galerie Brennecke, Berlin, Germany
    Galerie Beck Eggeling Schlag Dusseldorf, Germany
    Il misterio della donne, Isola Bella, Italy
11. 1998
  1. Arco Madrid, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    Berlin – Bialystok, Galeria Arsenal Bialystok, Poland (catalogue)
    Amore e dolore, Isola Bella, Italy
12. 1997
  1. Arco Madrid, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    L‘occhio nudo, Isola Bella, Italy
    Art Zurich, Art Galerie im Lehel, Munich
    Art Vienna, Art Galerie im Lehel, Munich
    Art Athina, Galerie Epikentro, Athens – Galerie Lola Nikolaou Thessaloniki, Greece
    Das Faserstoffprojekt (curators: Christoph Tannert – Peter Lang) (catalogue)
    Thessaloniki Kulturhauptstadt Europa, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece (catalogue)
13. 1996
  1. Arco Madrid Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    Art Cologne Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany
    Galerie Michael Beck, Leipzig- Dusseldorf, Germany
14. 1995
  1. Arco Madrid Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne
    Art Cologne Galerie Michael Beck Leipzig
15. 1994
  1. Kunst – Europa, Galerie Neher Essen (catalogue)
16. 1993
  1. Projekt Werk – Kunst, Hoesch Galerie, Hannover
    Art Cologne, Galerie Lang, Berlin, Germany
17. 1992
  1. Projekt Werk – Kunst, Museum Hoesch AG, Dortmund, Germany (catalogue)
18. 1991
  1. Works on paper, Galerie Utermann, Dortmund, Germany
19. 1990
  1. Kunstachse Kortumstrasse, Bochum (catalogue)

Awards
1. 1998
  1. Receives honorary award for Fine Arts by the city of Dortmund (Germany)