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Vassilis Vassili


Vassilis Vassili

Vasilis Vasili or Vassilis Vassili, (in Greek Βασίλης Βασίλη) born in 1964 is a Greek contemporary visual artist working primarily in sculpture.

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In Greek Cyprus he worked with several other sculptors to create public art for the Cypriot community, most notably his stone display in Limassol.

Early life

Vassili studied at The School of Fine Arts in Athens under professor E. Panourias and Theodoros Papagiannis from 1992 to 1997. In 1999 he won 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

Career

From 2004 to 2013 Vassilis taught at the Technological Institution of Athens, Greece. From 2006 to 2008 he taught 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 art works

Vassili created permanent public art installations in the following places:

  • 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- Piraeus, Greece
  • 2006- Katerini, Greece
  • 2006- Antalya, Turkey
  • 2008- Aniksi Attica, Greece
  • 2011- Paros Island, Greece
  • 2011- Iannena, Greece
  • 2011- Polis Crysoxous, Cyprus
  • 2015- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • 2016- Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
  • 2016- Saranda, Albania
  • 2017- Ayia Napa, Cyprus
  • Exhibitions

    Vassilis has had exhibitions at the following institutions: Burgerhaus, Dreieich, Frankfurt, Germany (1998); “Epoxes” Gallery, Athens, Greece (1998); Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA (2001); Titanium Gallery, Athens, Greece (2003); Titanium Gallery Athens Greece (2005); Art Gallery Kaplanon Athens Greece (2008).

    Selected group exhibitions include:

  • 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
  • References

    Vassilis Vassili Wikipedia