Jannis Varelas
Born 1977, Greece
Lives and works between Athens, Los Angeles, and Vienna
Installation view, Black Frames, 2017. Mixed media on canvas, 300 x 680 cm. Special commission for the Onassis Foundation, Olympic Tower Atrium, New York
Installation view, Monster, 2017. Onassis Cultural Center, Athens
Installation view, The Oblong Box, Kunsthalle Athena, Athens, Greece, 2011
Installation view, Sleep My Little Sheep Sleep, CAC Cincinnati Ohio, 2012
Community Painting 01, 2015. Oil, oil stick, enamel, pastel, marker, acrylic and collage on canvas. 78 x 94 inches
Community Painting / Sleeping Lady, 2015. Oil, oil stick, enamel, marker, pastel, acrylic, gesso and rabbit skin glue on canvas. 78.75 x 82.5 inches
Flower Flag, 2015. Gesso, oil, oil stick, acrylic and permanent marker on canvas. 78.75 x 94.5 inches
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Born 1977, Greece
Lives and works between Athens, Los Angeles, and Vienna
Education
Royal College of Art in London
and the Athens School of Fine Arts
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Sleep My Little Sheep Sleep, Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati, Ohio, curated by
Xenia Kalpaktsoglou
2011
The Oblong Box, Kunsthalle Athena
2010
Brandybell Series, Autocenter, Berlin
2009
Blue Soldier-Opera Costumes, The Breeder, Athens
Group Exhibitions
2013
Paper - works from the Saatchi Collection, Saatchi Gallery, London
Hell As Pavillion, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated by Nadia Argyropoulou
2011
DESTE Prize 2011, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens
2010
Skin Fruit: Selections from The Dakis Joannou Collection, curated by Jeff Koons, New Museum, New York
Lebt und arbeitet in Wien III: Stars in a Plastic Bag, Kunsthalle Wien, curated by Xenia
Kalpaktsoglou, Raphaela Platow, Olga Sviblova and Angela Stief
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