Christos Giannopoulos
Christos Giannopoulos, 'Feral', 2022-2023, oil on canvas, 40 x 50cm
The key word in Christos Giannopoulos’ work is memory. This concept permeates both his older and more recent works, as there is a common way of viewing and dealing with different themes. For example, the way a landscape is depicted does not show us so much the landscape itself through the artist’s eyes, as a possible memory of it or even a memory of a rather vague place. This is achieved through visual means, such as the use of color and brushstroke, the limited color range and the blurred outlines, which not only do not prevent us from seeing better, but, possibly, contribute to remembering better.
Christos Giannopoulos was born in Patras, Greece in 1981. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Athens, where he graduated, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and at the School of Fine Arts in Porto.
In 2023 he curated the exhibition “L'infinito (Dialogo terzo)” at the 'Kostis Palamas' Cultural Center in Patras, in 2019 the exhibition “Dialogo secondo: Torre di Markellos” in Aegina and in 2016 the exhibition “Dialogo primo: Palia Vlahata” in Kefalonia with artists from Greece and Italy. In 2022 he curated the exhibition “Fake plastic trees” at the Alibi Gallery in Athens together with the curator Matina Charalambi. In 2021 he was recommended by the jury of the Combat Prize and in 2017 he was nominated for the Frissiras Prize. In 2014 he participated in “SenseOFcommunity #9: Forte Stella”, a residency workshop for artists and curators for site-specific artistic practices, curated by Silvia Petronici, and in collaboration with the Galleria Adiacenze of Bologna, at Monte Argentario. In 2009 he presented his work at Deree College as part of the "Atlantis" project, with the theme “democracy in progress: contemporary art practices”, in collaboration with artbox.gr.
In 2025 he presented his solo exhibition, curated by Giorgia Bergantin, at the ‘Centro Congressi’ of Rosolina Mare in the Veneto Region and in 2022 his solo exhibition at the Blu Gallery in Bologna.
He has participated in numerous collective exhibitions in Greece, Italy and other countries, in various places such as: Centro Congressi, Rosolina Mare (Rovigo), Kolossi Castle, (Limassol), Palazzo Cassa di Risparmio e Fondazione del Monte, Lugo (Ravenna), Civic Museum of Gerace (Gerace), Villa Spreti "La Palazza" (Il Magazzino Galleria Studio) (Santerno Ravenna), FokiaNou Art Space (Athens) , Alibi Gallery (Athens), Zina Athanassiadou Gallery (Thessaloniki), Frissiras Museum (Athens), Cornigliano Villa Spinosa Civic Center (Genoa), Forte Stella (Monte Argentario), CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery (Athens), Casa Batlló (Barcelona), Chie art gallery (Milan), K-art gallery (Athens), "Nikos Kessanlis" exhibition space (Athens), Bios (Athens), Benaki Museum (Athens), Byzantine Museum (Athens) etc.