Dionisios Fragias

Selected Works

BIO

Dionisios Fragias was born in Kefalonia, Greece and lives and works in New York City. Fragias is the only protege of artist Jeff koons- with mentor and protege working closely together on the world’s most prestigious art projects for many years; including an upcoming launch of an artwork on a rocket to be installed on the southern surface of the moon! In Fragias’s own Long Island City, NY studio, he practices an environmentally sustainable art-practice, often utilizing reclaimed metal to create large works. In painting, sculpture, video and performative works, and cutting-edge digital artworks Dionisios summons historical tropes and critical thinking combined with a strong aesthetic sense to manifest truly prototypical artworks that evoke deep contemplation within the viewer and guide them toward engaging with timely questions in life.  The artworks perform much of the conceptual heavy-lifting and release their energy slowly over time to allow the viewer enjoyment of each work for many years.
Fragias exhibits his diverse-media-based art in New York and internationally in galleries, art-fairs and important museum shows such as MoMA/PS1 Greater NewYork 2005,  His work is acquired by numerous prestigious collections and his large-scale sculptures can be found in permanent public locations such as the Hearst-Tower in New York city.
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Solo Exhibitions

2020 The Landscape I Can’t Unsee, Fremin Gallery, New York, NY
2017  Culture-Clash, Two-Person Exhibition, Emmanuel Fremin,  Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Vessel, The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece
2015 Rush to Fill, Rare Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Nobles and Savages, La Mama Galeria, New York, NY
2014 Highbreeds, The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece
2013 Gamechanger or, History Is Made at Night,  RARE, New York, NY
2011  Cyclical Tales of Mother’s Unmentionables, RARE, New York, NY
2007 Colorspace/Embedded, RARE, New York, NY
2001 Reality and Hyper-Reality: Paintings and Drawings, Lafayette Artists’ Space,New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2019 Welcome-The European Hospitality and Its Borders, The Project, Athens, Greece
2018 The Signature Exhibition, Emmanuel Fremin Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Flashback, The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece
2017 Art Now 2017, Hearst Tower Galleries, New York, NY
2017 On Paper, Gallery d’Arte, New York, NY
2017 Dialogos 2017, in association with Documenta 14, The Diplarios School,Athens, Greece
2016 Philoxenia and it’s European Border, Morfes Gallery, Rethymno, Greece,
2015 Welcome, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chania-Olive Press, Crete, Greece
2013  Visually Sound, Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, Kentucky
2012  11th International Biennial of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovac Museum, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia
2011  Curate New York, online exhibition, curated by Chad Stayrook, Bronx River Art Center, New York, NY
2011-12 Pergament, traveling exhibit: Geneva, Brussels, Sarajevo
2010 Team Work, Allan Nederpelt gallery, New York, NY
2006 The Studio Visit Exhibition, Exit Art, New York, NY
2005 Greater New York 2005, MoMA P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY
2000 New Works: FIT Museum Group Show, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

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