HECTOR MAVRIDIS
Exhibitions e.t.c
Bibliography
ONE MAN SHOWS
2023 'Approach' (Performance), Oratos,Thessaloniki, Greece
2023 'Bits and Pieces Between Two Songs' Lola Nikolaou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2021 'The Visceral Humming of the Spiral', (Performance)
Geni Mosque ,Dimitria Cultural Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece
2019 'The Visceral Humming of the Spiral', (Performance)
Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje, North Macedonia
2019 'The Visceral Humming of the Spiral', (Performance).
MOMUS-Museum Alex Mylona. Athens, Greece.
2018 'The Visceral Humming of the Spiral', (Performance).
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2018 'The Documentation of the Elemental'. Lola Nikolaou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016 'Προσέγγιση/Annaherung' (Performance)
Raum2-GRÖLLE pass:projects, Wuppertal, Germany.
2016 'The Documentation of the Elemental'.
Raum2-GRÖLLE pass:projects, Wuppertal, Germany.
2012 Lola Nikolaou Art Gallery ,Thessaloniki, Greece
2009 “I'll be your Mirror”. Performance Festival ,Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art :2. State Museum of Contemporary Art,(Performance).
2007 “Thinking of your Eyes”. Panorama of Visual Arts.State Museum of Contemporary Art. (Performance).
2007 OUF! Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art:1,State Museum of Contemporary Art (Performance).
2004 “The idea of scale and the inability of measurement”, Αlli Poli, Thessaloniki, Greece
2002 Paratiritis Art Gallery,Thessaloniki, Greece.
2000 “Up Side Down The Way Is The Same”,Artforum Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1999 “On a Paper’s Edge”, French Institute of Thessaloniki,.. Thessaloniki, Greece
1996 “Entropy or I Was Informed That I Know”, Gallery 111.Curator:Dorothea Konteletzidou- Art historian,
Thessaloniki, Greece.
1994 Epikur Art Gallery- Wuppertal, Germany
1994 ORT- Art Space, Wuppertal, Germany(performance).
1994 "In Awe of Solidity",Amalgama Art Space,Curator:Dorothea Konteletzidou- Art historian Thessaloniki, Greece
1992 Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, Greece.
1987 Hellenic Cultural Organization, Chicago, U.S.A
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2020 'TACH zu TACH', GRÖLLE pass:projects, Wuppertal, Germany.*
2020 Lola Nikolaou Gallery,Thessaloniki, Greece
2018 'Ambiguous bodies- timeless interpretations '. The Visceral Humming of the Spiral', (Performance). CACT- Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Greece
2018 'Pella Geometry' Archaeological Museum of Pella, Greece
2014 Reculture 3, Patras, Greece.
2013 Tsatsis project/Artforum Gallery ,Thessaloniki,Greece.
2012 Choros 18 Gallery, Thessaloniki,Greece
2003 20 years of artistic creation” Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece
2001 Griechishe Kulturstiftung, Berlin, Germany
2001 “Work -Matter/Matter-Work”, Vafopoulio Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, Greece
2000 Yeni Tzami, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1999 Alatza Imaret, Millenium show, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1999 “Autism Horizons”, Vafopoulio Cultural Center Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998 “New Acquisitions Show”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998 Makridis Art Space, Demetria Art Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1998 The Greek House of Culture, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Art Gallery of the Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1997 “Art in Thessaloniki after the 60’s”, Cultural Capital of Europe show, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1997 Armos Art Gallery, Serres, Greece.
1997 “Wall Paintings”, Photography Center , Thessaloniki, Greece.
1997 “Threat”, Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1997 “De Valigia”Thessaloniki,Belgrade,Budapest, train stations, Cultural Capital of Europe Project.
1996 Terracotta Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.1996 “Three Mediterranean Artists”, Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
1996 “Balkan Dreams,”Xanthi, Greece.
1995 Gallery 111, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1995 “Art for the Environment” Mylos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
1995 “Cultural Spring”, Ptolemaeda, Greece.
1994 Galeria D'Art "Villegas", Barcelona, Spain.
1993 Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1992 Amalgama Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1990 Sotos Art Gallery,Thessaloniki, Greece.
1986 Evanston Arts Centre, Evanston, U.S.A.
1985 N.E.I.U. Art Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A
OTHER ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
2023 8th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art': Exhibition DOWN TO EARTH. 'Back to Earth' A documentary about my work by Chrysa Tzelepi and Akis Kersanidis,MOMus-Museum Alex Mylona, Athens, Greece
2022 International Forum for Performance Art, Conference, Performance, Drama, Greece
2021 'Back to Earth'. A documentary about my work by Chrysa Tzelepi and Akis Kersanidis Thessaloniki Documentary Festival *
2016 Art Thessaloniki,Aris Stoidis Collection, Thessaloniki, Greece
2013 Jour du Feu ,I.S.B.A. Besancon,France
2001 “ The Earth Festival” with the Brotherhood of Immaculate Deliverance,3A,Vlasti, Kozani, Greece.
2001 “Earth”,Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece.
1998 S.O.F.A , Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago USA
1998 “Idomeni Meeting Point”, Idomeni,Greece.
1998 Co-founds an artist group with the artists Alexandra Katsiani,,Niko Krionidis, Demetre Lioliopoulos, Iordani Stilidis and Thanasi Hondros The group adopts a name according to the action/performance/ project etc undertaken. Thus : Box Office Hit / Society for the Restoration of the Vustrofidon Writing System. The same year the group runs for mayor of Thessaloniki. The ticket’s /group’s name is IDIA POLI.
Pixel Depth(1999).
1995 “The Quarry” Asvestohori, Greece (A land art project). 1994 “The Almond Grove” Nea Redestos, Greece (A land art project).
1994 Art Symposium: 2. Kunstwoche in Schmerwitz, Schmerwitz, Germany.
1994 Interkultur Festival, Wuppertal, Germany.
1993 International Art Festival ,Nea Fokea, Greece.
1992 “Greek-German Art Symposium, Nea Fokea, Greece.
1992 Co-founder of “Amalgama” Artist Initiative and Co-op Gallery. Active member until 1997
COLLECTIONS
MMCA-Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art.Thessaloniki, Greece
Aris Stoidis Collection. Thessaloniki, Greece
Skopelos Foundation for the Arts Collection.Skopelos, Greece
Fort James Corporation Collection, Deerfield, Illinois, U.S. A
Peter Kowald Collection.Wuppertal, Germany
William Lieberman Collection.Chicago, Illinois U.S. A
Dennis Lee Mitchel Collection. Chicago, Illinois U.S. A
Areti Leopoulou,'Bits and Pieces Between Two Songs', 2023*
Thanasis Raptis :Hector Mavridis in The Opinion, 2023 *
Luke Prodromou and Areti Leopoulou ,'Hector Mavridis: Connecting the Disconnected' Ceramics Now, 2022 *
Eleni Bastea, 'Seeking the Elemental’, Ceramics Art & Perception, issue 116, 2020, pg. 106 *
Christina Koutroulou, 'Το Μουρμούρισμα της Σπείρας/The humming of the Spiral' Avopolis.gr,2019 *
Dorothea Konteletzidou, 'The Documentation of the Elemental',Lola Nikolaou Gallery Blogspot,2018 *
Iordanis Stilidis, 'An attempt to produce a collective shared work' Parallaxi.gr 2016 *
Dorothea Konteletzidou, 'Collective Mythologies' dimartblog.com,2014 *
Dorothea Konteletzidou,' A casual talk with Hector Mavridis'
Mobile album international.”Majestic calm” pg 60-61 ,2011
Dorothea Konteletzidou,”Performance Festival ,2 nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art¨ ,State Museum of Contemporary Art, p.44,2009
Dorothea Konteletzidou,”Art which could be Non-Art” . Interartive,2008 *
Dorothea Konteletzidou,” Project UF! Art which could be Non-Art” Provlita issue 5 .2007 p.3
Danai Hondrou,”Performances” Apopeira Publications,2006 p.94
Elsa Spyridopoulou”.Plowing the Sky ... Communicating with Art”, Makedonia newspaper , Oct.15, 2002 p.75
Thanasis Gogadis,”Plowing the sky “Panselinos, Cultural supplement of Makedonia newspaper ,issue 22 Thessaloniki 2002,
Manos Stefanidis,”Hellenomouseion :Six Centuries of Greek Art” Militos Publications.2001,Volume B, p.590,593
Dorothea Konteletzidou, ““Work -Matter/Matter-Work”,Exhibition catalogue ,Thessaloniki,Greece,2001.p.8
Haris Savvopoulos,”Hector Mavridis,Up Side Down ,The Road Is The Same”. Exhibition catalogue,Thessaloniki,2000, p.3
Thanasis Gogadis,”Up Side Down ,The Road Is The Same” Panselinos, Cultural supplement of Makedonia newspaper issue 22 ,Thessaloniki 2000,p.12
Katerina Giamalidou,Vagia Matzaroglou,”Hector Mavridis,Up Side Down ,The Road Is The Same”.Exostis newspaper,Thessaloniki, issue 483, 2000,p.12
Ageliki Sachini, “Hector Mavridis,” Exhibition catalogue : Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, The Permanent Collection ,Thessaloniki, Greece, 1999, p. 216-217.
Peter Kowald,”Almanach der 365 Tage am ORT” Wuppertal,Germany,1998,p.50-53
Nicole Aders .”Sehen Sehen” Wuppertal,Germany,1998.p.74
Katia Kilesopoulou,”Visual Artists of Northern Greece” Ianos,1998,p.106-107
Ageliki Sachini, “Art in Thessaloniki after the 60’s,” Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1997, p.131.
Emmanouel Mavromatis, “The Face of Art in Thessaloniki-The New Generation,” Kathimerini newspaper (Sunday supplement), Athens, Greece, June 15, 1997, p.23.
Emilio Williams, “Artistas del Mediterraneo presentan su obra en Chicago,” Chicago Tribune (Exito) , Chicago, USA, September 1996, p.25-26.
Jana Cazalla, “Earth, Air & Water,”: “Three Mediterranean Artists” Exhibition catalogue , Chicago, U. S.A., September 1996, p. 2.
Dorothea Konteletzidou, “Cultural Entropy,Exhibition catalogue:“Three Mediterranean Artists”, Chicago, U.S.A., September 1996, p. 3
Tentokali Anastasia, “The Language of Clay, Fire and Water,” Thessaloniki newspaper, Greece, April 22, 1996, p. 39.
Dorothea Konteletzidou, “Hector Mavridis,” Arti , Athens, Greece, n?31, 1996, p. 276-277.
Dorothea Konteletzidou, “Entropy or I Was Informed That I know,” Kerameiki Techni, Athens, Greece, n? 23, 1996, p. 46-47.
Dorothea Konteletzidou, “Hector Mavridis, Entropy,” Art News, Athens, Greece, no. 48, May 1996, p. 9.
Michael Carnap, “Hektor Mavridis aus Griechenland,” Neue Keramik, Berlin, Germany, no. 7, 1995, p. 520-521.
Susanne Bien, “Er geht nicht zimperlich mit seinem Material um,” Westdeutsche Zeitung newspaper, Germany, 15.08.1994.
Norma Null, “Stuerme Im Gehirn,” Wupper Nachrichten newspaper , Wuppertal, Germany, no. 16, 1994.
Tentokali Anastasia, “Redefining Ceramic Art,” Thessaloniki newspaper, Thessaloniki, Greece, March 3, 1994.
Keramiki Techni, “Hector Mavridis,” Athens, Greece, no. 21, 1994.
Vlachos Marcos, “In Awe of Solidity”, Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1994.
Vlachos Marcos, “Hector Mavridis,” Exhibition catalogue, Thessaloniki, Greece, 1992.