He was born in 1983
in Greece. He studied Communication and Public Relations in Greece and completed
his Master in Marketing, in Portsmouth University.
Sokratis is a self
taught artist. His favorite medium is acrylic, while he paints on canvas. He
worked as a photographer in magazines and on several websites such as
"NewYorkio" and "Artistio".
Artist Statement
The amount of
creativity that was storaged inside me, creates unexpected pieces that are
abstract visualization of all my previous experiences. As an artist I create
work that reflects my inner emotions. I capture movement and life.
I use traditional
materials, acrylic paint, charcoal, pastels, ink. I experiment with them to
find what suprising final effect can be achieved.
Painting is a kind of
meditation to eliminate the negative thoughts that can cloud the mind. Blue of the sea is a source of inspiration to me.
My process involves
working on several pieces at the time to create dialogue between them, moving
from one to another allows me develop the ideas and pushing the boundaries.
This is no going back or correcting process.
Education:
2011, Marketing MA,
University of Portsmouth
2007, Communication
& Digital Media, University of Western Macedonia, Greece
Solo Exhibitions
2013 / “Waste Land”,
Texnopolis Athens, Greece
2011 / “Breathe, Keep
Breathing”, Unlimited, Athens Greece
2009 / “Nevermore”,
Bond Street Gallery, 297 Bond St, Brooklyn, NY
2008, Fingerhut
Gallery, / 1205 Prospect St, La Jolla, New York
2008 / “Recall
Athens”, Artio Gallery, Athens Greece
Selected Group
Exhibitions
2015 / Ultra-Colour
Collection Louvre Museum Paris
2014 / Zonta-Makati’s
Filipina Art and Fashion fair
2011/ Drawing
Connections, Siena Art Institute
2011/ “Philosophical
Art”, Greece/ Word Philosophical Forum
2011/ “Drawing
Connections”, Siena Art Institute, /
Siena, Italy
2011/ "Where Art
Philosophy", Philosophical Forum World, Athens, Greece
2009/ “Dreams and
Nightmares”, Texnopolis, Athens, Greece
2008 / “Default
Lanscapes” Daniel Reich Gallery, 23rd Street in Chelsea
2007 / “The Diaries”,
“Sentimental Sequence”, Astra Gallery Caryatidon 8, Akropolis, Athens
Performance Art:
2011 Beton 7,
"The Christmas Island" Nikos Charalambides
2011 Athens Biennale,
«I have to say Fantasiometriki ecstasy," Nadia Argyropoulou
Publications
Publications
Ultra-Color Collection Book, 2015, page
48
ArtStrada, Vol2, page 25-26, 2014
Artistio, page 23 - 27, 2014
ArtZone, page 25, 2014
Art on Fire, page 29-31, 2014
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