Nikos Tranos

1. Biography
   1. 1957
      1. Born in Zaraka, Evoia
   2. 1983-1988
      1. Studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts
   3. 1984-1986
      1. Scholarship (State Scholarships Foundation)
   4. 1989-1992
      1. Postgraduate studies in sculpture (State Scholarship)
   5. 1990-1991
      1. Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris (Tony Grand workshop). Erasmus program Scholarship
   6. 1995
      1. Teaches sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts (Assistant Professor). Lives and works in Athens

1. Solo exhibitions
   1. 1990
      1. Lead made houses installation, Passage, Artio gallery, Athens
   2. 1992
      1. Monument of Memory installation, Artio gallery, Athens
   3. 1994
      1. Burning house installation, Artio gallery, Athens
   4. 1995
      1. Building stones installation, Kalfayan gallery, Thessaloniki
   5. 1997
      1. Torball (Tapestry for the blind) installation of excise specifications, Artio gallery, Athens
   6. 1998
      1. Careful! It’s not light installation, Kalfayan gallery, Thessaloniki
   7. 2000
      1. Travel warnings installation, Artio gallery, Athens
   8. 2002
      1. Spell tour name installation, Artio gallery, Athens
   9. 2005
      1. Inpatient infections installation, AD gallery, Athens
   10. 2007
       1. A small Regicide installation, AD gallery, Athens

1. Group exhibitions
   1. 1985
      1. Athens Visual Arts – City of Athens, Arts Center, Eleftherias Park
   2. 1986
      1. 2nd Biennale of Young Artists from Mediterranean countries, Thessaloniki
      2. Antipodes, Melbourne, Australia (Organization: Ministry of Culture and Youth)
   3. 1987
      1. Utopias of the Real, Titanium gallery, Athens. Curator: Manos Stefanidis
         National Art Exhibition, OLP, Piraeus
   4. 1988
      1. Barcelona 87 – Bologna 88, Municipal Gallery, Athens
      2. Meetings, labelings, controversies”, Municipal Gallery, Athens
      3. Biennale 88 – Giovani Artisti Dell 'Europa Mediterranea, Bologna, Italy
   5. 1989
      1. Anti-Festival, Ten young Greek artists in an old factory, Athens
      2. 7th International Biennale of Sculpture, Skironion Museum, Athens
         Artistic Statement in the olive grove of Athens
   6. 1990
      1. Out of limits, Wielka 19 Gallery, Potnan, Poland
         Rotte Mediterranee, Tipasa-Algeria
         Lineart, Foire d'art Internationale, Ghent, Belgium
   7. 1991
      1. Selfishness, House of Cyprus, Athens
   8. 1992
      1. New contemporary Greek Artists, European Cultural Center of Delphi
   9. 1993
      1. Art Athina'93, ARTIO gallery
      2. Clay and plastic creation, European Cultural Center of Delphi
   10. 1994
       1. The tree, Nicosia Municipal Arts Center and Pierides Gallery
       2. Passions, Luggage storage, Larissa Station, Athens. Curator: Manos Stefanidis.
   11. 1995
       1. Clients, Gallery X, Athens. Curator: Emily Tsigas Art Athina
       2. Contigura 2. Dialogue of the Cultures, International Triennial of Art crafts, Erfurt, Germany
   12. 1996
       1. Greek Realities, Marstall gallery, Berlin and Kunsthellen Brandts Klaedetabrik, Odense, Denmark
   13. 1997
       1. Inside, International Ad exhibition, Kassel, Germany
       2. 42eme Salon de Montrouge
       3. Art Athina'97
       4. Kelyphos / Shell, City of Athens Arts Center, Eleftherias Park
   14. 1998
       1. Macedonian Museum of Modern Art, installation with musical devices on the streets of Thessaloniki
   15. 1999
       1. Visual interference in the advertising boards at bus stops in Athens
   16. 2000
       1. Art Athina
   17. 2001
       1. Glossalgia, Hellenic American Union, Athens. Curator: Manos Stefanidis
          Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Renti
   18. 2002
       1. Today, tomorrow, yesterday, E. Averof Gallery, Metsovo
   19. 2003
       1. AIDS, Hellenic American Union, Athens
          PRIZE / PRIZE DESTE, Deste Center for Contemporary Art, Athens
   20. 2004
       1. Athens Metropolis by mistake, Cheap Art and Bios, Athens
       2. Marubi 2004, National Gallery of Tirana
       3. Athens by Art (Delivery: video, 60sec), Square Avissynias Square
       4. Resemblance around, Benaki Museum, Piraeus. Curator: Thanassis Moutsopoulos.
       5. Via Egnatia, Lavrion Refugee Reception Center
       6. Video Kunst (Savra-Art plays football in Tirana), Athens. Curator: Locus Athens.
   21. 2005
       1. Take a look at it again, (interpatient infections, 2003-2004), AD Gallery, Athens
          Makronisos project, concept-production Savra-Art
       2. Egnatia, Saledo, Italy. Curators: Osservatorio Nomade, Stalker, Oxymoron