Philip Tsiaras
Selected Works
BIO
Philip Tsiaras is an international Greek artist who lives and works in New York City. Since 1974 he made more than 75 one-person exhibitions Including: Seattle Museum of Art, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Mannheimer Kunstverien, Mannheim, Bernier Gallery, Athens, Studio Palazzoli, Milan, Shea & Beker Gallery,New York, Margulies/Taplin Gallery, Miami, Tegnerforbundet Gallery. Oslo, Museum Santa Apollonia, Venice, Gallerie Dominion, Montreal, Swank/ The Regency-Intercontinental, Hong Kong, Newport Art Museum, R.I., Villa Reale, Monza, The Currier Museum, N.H., Spazio Cavallieri di Malta, Syracusa, Pinakotech of the Cyclades, Syros, International Contemporary Art Fair, Istanbul, Bienalle of Photography, Torino, De Novo Gallery, Sun Valley, Cento St. Benin, Aosta, Pinakotech of Ithaca, Museum of Contemporary Art, Crete, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Museum of Modern Art, Shenzhen. Tsiaras works in a great range of media–painting, photography, glass, ceramic, and bronze. He has exhibited in the Venice Biennale three times and produced a ten foot bronze sculpture on the Grand Canal entitled “Social Climber”. Τsiaras has been the recipient of many national prizes: The American Academy Award for Poetry, The Thomas Watson Fellowship, New York State C.A.P.S grant, two N.E.A. National Endowment Grants for Arts, nomination for the Blickle Stiftung International Photography Prize, Germany and The Generali Assicurazioni Gold Metal Award for “Civilita” Venice. Tsiaras’ works are widely collected in corporate, private and important museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fifteen books and catalogues are attributed to his work, most notably monographs published by Electa and Mondadori books, and a book of photographs entitled, “Family Album” published by Contrasto, Rome. A recent 30 year retropsective of photography entitled Philip Tsiaras- SUPEREAL was published by the Muesum of Photography Thessaloniki.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Philip Tsiaras “SUPERDOT” Gallery 8, Mayfair, London
2021 Alexander the Great- Dot Portraits, Blender Gallery, Varvara Roza Galleries, Athens Greece
2019 Dot Pop Portraits, H G Contemporary, New York City 2019
Inaugural Gallery Opening,, Desani Studio, Vouliagmeni, Greece
2018 Crystal Guns, Gallery Skoufa, Mykonos, Greece
Private Exhibition, Villa Rannia, Paros, Greece
Aegeanomania, Villa Alegria, Mykonos, Greece
2017 Philip Tsiaras – Selected Works, AMAN Zoe, Greece.
Diaspora – The Muses, Southampton, New York.
Philips Tsiaras meets Picasso, Rauschenberg and Warhol, HG Contemporary, New York, NYC.
2016 Celestial Myths, The Westin Athens, Athens Riviera, Vouliagmeni, Greece.
Athens Posidonia 2016, The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece
Philip Tsiaras, Astir Palace, Kinari Design Studio
Spheres, Orbs, Tondos and Planets”, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey
2015 Gold Horses Zatoka Sztuki, Sopot, Poland
Philip Tsiaras – The Universe of Things, The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece
Ying Yang Me and The Universe of Things, Grand Gallery, 317 Grand Street, NY
2014 Spheres and Photos, Shenzhen Museum of Art, Shenzhen, China
Philip Tsiaras – Yin, Yang, & Me, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey
European Treasures, 12 Star Gallery, Europe House, London, England
Philip Tsiaras – New Works, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey
2013 Circle of Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Crete.
Philip Tsiaras – SUPEREAL, Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Horse Boy, Municipal Art Center, The Island of Ithaca, Greece
Acqua Antica, Rhethymo Museum of Contemporary Art, Crete,
2012 The Parade, DeNovo Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
2011 Acqua Antica, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2009 Detournement, Venice Biennale, Ca’ Zanardi, Venice, Italy
Supereal, Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
Glass Guns, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008 Philip Tsiaras, New Work, Galeri Artist, Cukurcuma, Istanbul Turkey
Glassy Sultans, Zazu, Bodrum, Turkey
Mediterrania, Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho
2007 Horse Boy, Gallery DeNovo, Sun Valley, Idaho
Sandwiches, Galeri Artist- Galleria Blanchaert, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair, Galeri Artist- Galleria Blanchaert, Istanbul, Turkey
Atlantis, Artforum Cultural Foundation, Sani Art Center, Chalkidiki, Greece
2004 Ancient-Modern, The Maliotis Cultural Center, Brookline, MA
2003 Transparent Mirrors, Scuola dei Mercanti, Campo Madonna dell’Orto, Venice, Italy
Transparent Spaces, Thessaloniki Museum of Contemporary Art Centre, Greece
Transparent Spaces, Larissa Contemporary Art Centre, Larissa, Greece
2002 Swank/The Regency-Intercontinental, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Consulate General of Greece, New York, NY
Horse Boy, Spazio Pisa, Milano, Italy
Il Signore degli elementi, Spazio San Carpoforo, Milano, Italy
2001 Container, Schola dell’Arte dei Tiraoro e Battioro, Venice, Italy
Pauly & C. Galleria del vetro, Venezia, Italy
Sala degli Stemmi Municipio, Palio di Feltre, Feltre, Italy
Equus, Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1999 American Odyssey, Serrone della Villa Reale, Monza, Italy
Without Logic, Athletic Manhattan Club, New York, NY
1998 Galerie Dominion, Montreal, Canada
1997 National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, NY
Art Core, Toronto, Canada
Art is Vital, Calgary, Canada
E Day Galley, Kingston, Canada
Inkfish Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1996 Horses, Bayat Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Centro St. Benin, Aosta, Italy
Galerie Georgadea, Voula, Greece
Contemporary Art Fair, (Titanium) Athens, Greece
1995. Museo Santa Apollonia, Venice, Italy (Biennale)
La Save, Marco Polo Airport, Ceremonial Hall, Venice, Italy
Ex Chiesa dei Cavalieri di Malta, Siracusa, Italy
Michele Moscow Miller, New York, NY
Aria Gallery, “Acqua Antica”, Cephalonia, Greece
1994 Airplanes and Ceramic, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Köln, Germany
Tegnerforbundet Galleri , Oslo, Norway
Galerie Brigitte Wagner, Bonn, Germany
1993 Jack Wright Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Gallery Ierimonti, Milan, Italy
Horses, Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
1992 The Currier Museum, Manchester, NH
Hirmer Arte Contemporanea, Greve in Chianti, Italy
Galerie Titanium, Athens, Greece 1991
1991 Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Prints & Monoprints, Carol Getz Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
Margulies-Taplin Gallery, Miami, FL
Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO
1990 Art Consultants West Gallery, San Diego, CA
1989 Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, NY
Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Greene Gallery, Miami, FL
1988 Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, NY
Figura, Philip Tsiaras New Editions, New York, NY
Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
1987 Figura Gallery, New York, NY
Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
Matthew Scott Gallery, South Miami, Florida
South Campus Art Gallery, Miami-Dade Community Collage, Miami, Florida
1986 Philip Tsiaras Prints, Galery 72, Omaha, NE
Paris Green Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Miami Dade Collage, Miami, FL
Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, FL
1985 Getler/Saper Gallery, New York, NY
Figura, Philip Tsiaras New Etchings, New York, NY
1984 Oggi-Domani Gallery, New York, NY
Liquid Portraits – Stiff Horse Drawings, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY.
Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece
1983 Galleria Agorà, Turin, Italy
1982 Jacobson/Hochman Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Studio Palazzoli, Milan, Italy
1980 Haber/Theodore Gallery, New York, NY
Photoworks 1980-1990, Tribeca Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1978 University of Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art, MA
1977 Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece
1976 Seattle Museum of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1975 Amherst College, Amherst, MA
1974 Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Group Exhibitions
2020 Abstract Comparisons, Philip Tsiaras and Dimitri Dallas, Blender Gallery, Athens Greece
2018 MARK ME, Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, N.Y.
2017 Freeze for Frieze by Moncler, Frieze Art Fair, London
Selected Works, HG Contemporary, New York, NYC.
On Paper, Paris Koh Fine Art, New York, NYC.
2016 Art Athina, The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece
Phos, The Muses, Southhampton, NY
Selected Works, HG Contemporary, New York, NYC.
2015 Timelessness, Aria Art Gallery, Firenze, Italy
Colors of Greece in The Hamptons, The Muses, Southhampton, NY
Ithaka Returned, The Blender Gallery, Athens, Greece
Sliced Apple, Fo Kia Nou 24/7, Athens, Greece
Art-Athina, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
Summer Exhibition, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2014 Affordable Art Fair, Mark Hachem Gallery, London, England
Art-Athina, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
Art Palm Beach, Glenn Aber Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FL
Summer Exhibition, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2013 Ithaca Returned, Philip Tsiaras and Christoforos Doulgeris, Ithaca, Greece
Mykonos Biennale 2013 – Destination – Crisis and Paganism, Lydia Venieri, Mykonos and Delos, Greece
Sofa, Glenn Aber Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Art-Athina, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
Spectrum, Glenn Aber Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2012 Hampton’s Contemporary Art Fair, Glenn Aber Contemporary Art, South Hampton, NY
Art-Athina, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
Summer Exhibition, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2011 Animal, Donopoulos Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
Art-Athina, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
Works on Paper, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
Summer Exhibition, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2010 Summer Exhibition, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2009 Family Album – Detournement, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Summer Exhibition, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008 3 Artists, Istanbul Contemporary Art Fair, Turkey
Summer Exhibition, Donopoulos International Fine Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece
2007 Accrochage, Kouros Gallery, New York, N. Y.
All Creatures Great and Small, William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport R.I.
Heterotopias, Thessaloniki Biennale Of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Ithaca Regained, Greek Artists in New York Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Masquerades State Museum Of Contemporary Art, Salonika, Greece
International Contemporary Artists Vareika Gallery, Newport, RI
2005 Venice Now Save Venice Inc. and Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
2004 Bugno Gallery,Venice, Italy
Tsatsis Project International Greek Artists, Thessaloniki, Greece
2003 Transitional Dialogues, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
Crisis Response, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2002 Glass & Ceramics, Galleria Blanchaert, Milano, Italy
2001 Materia Difforme, La Fornace di Asolo, Asolo, Italy
Terrae – 5 Ceramisti Contemporanei, Palazzo Guarnieri, Feltre, Italy
2000 Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artist of the 20th Century, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Salonika, Greece.
1999 Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artists of the 20th Century, The Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY.
New Faces, Foundation for Hellenic Culture, New York, NY
Shoes, shoes, shoes, Frederieke Taylor/TZ’Art Gallery, New York, NY
Ego Alter Ego, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany
1998 Rose Esagerate, Spazio San Carpoforo, Milan, Italy
1997 Ovunque posa l’occhio è l’incanto, Borgo di Ruffoli, Chianti, Italy
Rumors, Comune Di Milano, Italy
1996 Dal Progetto all’Opera, The Landon Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Bloom, Christinerose Gallery, New York, NY
1994 Visions of Self, Blue Streak Gallery, Delaware
Cinderella’s Revenge, Christinerose Gallery, New York, NY
Myths & Mysticism, Gotlands Konst Museum, Gotland, Sweden
Blickle Stiftung Prize,’94 International Photography,Kraichtal, Germany
Domus, Galerie Kasten & Steinmetz, Mannheim, Germany
1993 The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, NY.
Disegnodiverso, Stubbss Books&Prints, New York, NY
Scarperentola, Idea Books Gallery, Milan, Italy
Ιnternational Critics’ Choice, Mitchell Museum and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
American Figurative Art, Sherry French Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
The Private Eye, Delaware Art Museum, DE
1992 Hirmer Arte Contemporanea, Cologne Art Fair
Still Life / Real Life, Sherry French Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
1991 Artists New To The Gallery, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
The Kooning Tsiaras, Mitoraj, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO
1990 Expressionism, Barbara Greene Gallery, Miami, FL
Openings, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Works on Paper/Prints, Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, NY
Masterpieces of 20thCentury Art from the Currier, The Currier Museum, NH
1989 Slaves of New York, The Gallery, New York, NY
Don’t Bungle the Jungle”, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Painting Beyond the Death of Painting, curated by Donald Kuspit, Moscow, Russia.
Invitational, Shea & Beker Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Contemporary Masters, Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture Invitational, Minos Beach, Crete, Greece
Bodily Motion, Rose Building, Athens, Greece
Borderline II, Convento di Bosco in Fratti , Florence, Italy
1987 Assemblage, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
Myth & Consequence, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
Lust, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY (Curator)
1986 Opulence, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
Smallroom, M-13 Gallery, New York, NY
Myth, Greathouse Gallery, New York, NY
Correspondence, Laforet Museum, Harajuku, Tokyo, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi Tazaki Hall Espace Media, Kobe, Japan
1984 Body Politic, Tower gallery, New York, NY
Limbo, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Chill Out, Ken Kaleba Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Dreams, Demons, Madness, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Discoveries, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
The American Caldron, Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
Photographs, 411-12 Gallery, New York, NY
Intoxication, Monique Knoltown Gallery, New York, NY
Saints, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
1982 The Erotic Impulse, Roger Litz Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Lake Placid School of Art
Munson Williams Procter Institute
Mid-Hidson Arts and Science Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Nikon House, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
1979 Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
1978 Permanent Collection, University of Massachusetts Museum of Art, Amherst, MA.
Collections
The Superdot
