Vassilis Karakatsanis

www.v-karakatsanis.com (Greece, Athens b.1957 | act: Athens)

1976-85 education:
Athens & Barcelona Graduate Schools of Fine Arts, Painting, Stage Design and Book Art, with scholarships by the IKY, (Greek State Scholarship Foundation) & the Spanish Government. Centro Europeo of Venice, Maintenance of Architectural Monuments, with scholarship by the European Council, Italy.

1982-12 solo and group exhibitions  in Greece, Italy, Spain, Indonesia, Cyprus & Germany, selected Galleries:
Artis Causa Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece | American College of Greece Gallery, Athens, Greece | Chrysa Art Gallery, Katerini, Greece | Art Gallery, Alexandroupolis, Greece | ekfrasi-yianna grammatopoulou, Athens, Greece | Galerie Artio, Αthens, Greece | Αstrolavos Art Galleries, Αthens, Greece | Galería Berruete Regoyos, Madrid, Spain | Kreonidis Art Galleries, Athens & Thessaloniki, Greece | Galerie Αrgo, Athens, Greece & Nicosia, Cyprus | Galerie Τrigono, Κifissia-Athens, Greece | Galerie Christina Karella, Athens, Greece | Galerie Μorfi, Limassol, Cyprus | Zita-Μi, Thessaloniki, Greece | Cycladian Art Gallery, Syros, Greece | Pantarei Art, Seminyak, Kuta-Bali, Ιndonesia | Vicky Dracos Contemporary Art, Αthens, Greece | Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus | Galerie Titanium, Αthens, Greece | European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Delphi, Greece | Galleria Fontanella Borghese, Roma, Ιtaly | Galerie Gisela Bollhagen, Worpswede-Bremen, Germany | Galerie Meissner, Kempinski Atlantic, Hamburg, Germany | Το Τrito Mati, Αthens, Greece | Municipal Galleries, Corfu & Rhodes, Greece | Galería Joan Oliver, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

1982-12 participation in International Exhibitions & Art Fairs, selection:
Dakar Arts Festival 11, Dakar, Senegal | TAPE 09, Arnhem, The Netherlands | Stockholm Art Fair 07, Stockholm, Sweden | Europ’Art 07, Geneva, Switzerland | Art Innsbruck 07, Innsbruck, Austria | Art Athina 11, 10, 09, 04, 03, 99, Athens, Greece | 8th International Triennale, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India | BP Oil Europe, Brussels, Belgium | Sotheby’s, New York, U.S.A | EETE, (Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece), Moscow, Russia & Sofia, Bulgaria | Fundación Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain | E & C Department, La Vella, Andorra | 8th BIDA Bienal Internacional del Deporte en las Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain

Collections – Museums

  • Athens, Greece, The American College of Greece Art Collection
  • Athens, Greece, Meliá Residence Giorgio Hotel Collection
  • Athens, Greece, Vorre's Museum
  • Athens, Greece, Camper’s collection
  • Barcelona, Spain, Fundaciόn Joan Mirό, Parc de Montjuic
  • Bremen, Germany, HANSA Dienstleistungs - und Vertriebs GmbH
  • Brussels, Belgium, BP Oil Europe
  • Corfu, Greece, Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu
  • Frankfurt, Germany, B.Wetzestein Showroom
  • Hamburg, Germany, Lloyd
  • Hania, Greece, Orthodox Academy of Crete
  • Hermoupolis/Syros, Greece, Cycladian Pinacotheque
  • La Vella, Andorra, E & Cultural Department
  • Limassol, Cyprus, Metropolite of Limassol
  • Limassol, Cyprus, Sun Flower Beach Resort
  • Limassol, Cyprus, Four Seasons Hotel Beach Resort
  • London, England, U.K., Derek Johns LTD Collection
  • Madrid, Spain, Colecciόn particular de S.M. los Reyes de España
  • Madrid, Spain, Palacio de Cristal, Retiro
  • Montevideo, Uruguay, Fundaciόn FPPU
  • Naoussa/Paros, Greece, Astir of Paros Hotel
  • Nemea, Greece, Skouras Winery
  • Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle Insurance Collection
  • Nicosia, Cyprus, Cyprus State Art Gallery
  • Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo "Es Baluard"
  • Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Colecciόn Gruppo Pedro Serra
  • Rhodes, Greece, Municipal Art Gallery of Rhodes – Modern Greek Art Museum
  • Rome, Italy, Istituto Orientale
  • Santorini, Greece, Museum J. Chryssos
  • Soller, Mallorca, Spain, Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo “Can Prunera”
  • Thessaloniki, Greece, Macedonian Centre
  • Thessaloniki, Greece, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Tirana, Albania, National Gallery of Arts “Galeria Kombetare e Arteve”
  • Ubud/Bali, Indonesia, Neka Museum
  • Xanthi, Greece, Prefecture