T H E B R E E D E R

Born in Athens, 1928
Currently living and working in Athens

Lived in Rome 1956 – 60
Lived in Paris 1960 – 1971
Lived in Berlin 1973 – 75

Distinctions
Elected to the Chair of Architecture at the National Technical University, Greece 1976 - 96

Education

1959 School of Fine Arts, Rome
1950 – 1955 School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece (studios of Umbertos Argyros, Yiannis Pappas, Panos Sarafianos & Yiannis Moralis)
1946 – 50 University of Athens, School of Medicine, Greece

Public Collections

Tate Modern Collection, London
Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris
Karl Enst Osthaus- Museum, Hagen
SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne Saint-Etienne France
National Art Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens
National Museum of Contemporary Art - EMST Athens
MMCA Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
The Vorres Museum
Pieridis Gallery
Alpha Credit Bank Collection, Greece

Solo shows

2010
As it was before the day before yesterday, so it will be the day after the day after tomorrow, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
Vlassis Caniaris, Art Feature, Art 41 Basel, under the auspices of The Breeder

2009
The Breeder, Athens
Genethlion, Arnados School, Tinos, Greece
Arrivederci-Willkommen, Kalfayan Gallery, Athens

2008
Anniversary, Benaki Museum, Athens

2004
Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Crete, Greece
«Zina Anastasiadou» gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece

2003
Foundation for Hellenic Culture, New York

2000
State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece, retrospective
«Zina Anastasiadou» gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece

1999
National Gallery, Athens, retrospective

1996
«Aria» gallery, Argostoli, Kefalonia island, Greece

1994
«Galerie 3», Athens

1992
Staatliche Kunsthaus, Berlin

1991
Cultural Center Vafopoulou, Thessaloniki, Greece
«Paratiritis» gallery, Thessaloniki
Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen

1989
«Titanium» gallery, Athens
Municipal Gallery, Patras

1988
43rd Venice Biennale
Geni Tzami, Thessaloniki, Greece

1983
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund

1981
Galerie im Traklhaus, Saltzburg
Galerie «Bama», Paris

1980
«Bernier» arts center, Athens
«Bernier» gallery, Athens

1976
Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London
Hannover Kunstverein, Hannover

1975
Gallery of the Twentieth Century, Berlin
Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Kunstverein Ingolstadt, Ingolstadt
Museum Bochum, Bochum

1974
Galleria «Bocchi», Milan

1972
Galerie «Poll», Berlin
Galerie «Bauer&Pietschner», Bochum

1971
Moderna Museet, Stockholm

1970
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, ARC2, Paris
Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture, Champigny
Galerie «Fitzroy», Brussels

1969
«New Gallery», Athens

1967
«Prado de l’Ateneo», Madrid

1964
Galerie «J», Paris
Galerie «Florence Houston Brown», Paris
«Teatro la Fenice», Venice

1963
Galerie «Le Zodiaque», Brussels

1962
Galleria «Cadario», Milan

1960
Galleria «La Tartaruga», Rome

1958
«Zygos» gallery, Athens

Group shows – catalogues

2009
Vlassis Caniaris: a dialogue, MIET-ITYS, Athens, curated by Els Hanappe

2007-8
Greek artists in Germany and German artists in Greece; curated by N. Kyriazi, Municipal arts gallery of Athens, Athens

2006
Projekt Migration; team curatorship, Cologne
The Grand Promenade; curated by A. Kafetsi, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

2005-6
The years of defiance: The Art of the 70s in Greece; curated by Bia Papadopoulou, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens

2004
Exercises; Zina Athanassiadou gallery, Thessaloniki, pref. Marina Athanassiadou
Historical Reflections; curated by M. Stefanidis, Sarantopoulos Flour Mills, Piraeus
In and Out: Notes on the 1960’s, from Beltsios collection; American-Hellenic Union, Athens, pref. M. Stefanidis
Vlassis Caniaris: Passages 1957-2004; curated by M. Kasimatis, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Crete, Greece

2003
Place and Form: Works from the Paraskeva collection; curated by Denys Zacharopoulos, Museum of the city of Athens, Athens
Whatever the People Want...; curated by M. Stefanidis, Hellenic Foundation for Culture, Oct-Nov, New York

2002
The ‘70’s Shock; curated by Manos Pavlides, To Milo

2001
Glossalgia; curated by M. Stefanides and N. Argyropoulou, Hellenic American Union, Frussiras Museum, March 5th - April 5th, Athens

2000
Vlassis Caniaris – Retrospective; curated by M. Papanikolaou, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Vlassis Caniaris; «Zina Athanassiadou» gallery, January, Thessaloniki, pref. M. Stefanidis
On Your Hands You Walk; Galerie «Kubus», March, Hanover

1999
Vlassis Caniaris – Retrospective; curated by A. Kafetsi, National Gallery, July 22nd – September 19th, Athens
Banner, Flag, Point; Psyhari gallery, March 22nd – April 30th, pref. E. Savvani
Minus-Plus; Hellenic American Union, April 5th – 28th, Athens, pref. M. Stefanides, N. Argyropoulou

1998
Teachers and pupils. A reading proposal; «Metamorphosis» gallery, March – April, Thessaloniki, pref. M. Stefanides

1997
Teachers and pupils; «Astrolavos» gallery, December – January, pref. M. Stefanides

1996
Vlassis Caniaris; «Aria» gallery, July 21st – Aug 8th, Argostoli, Kefallonia island
About Homeland; House of Cyprus, May 16th – June 6th, Athens, pref. M. Stefanides
Facing History, 1993 – 1996; Centre Georges Pompidou, 17th December – 7th April, Paris

1995
Caniaris; Galerie «3», Art Athina, Athens.

1994
Caniaris; Galerie «3», Athens, pref. M. Stefanides

1993
The Child in Modern Greek Art; National Gallery, Athens, pref. A. Kouria, E. Orati

1992
Vlassis Caniaris, My Children; Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Staatlische Kunsthalle, Berlin
The Open Image. Aspects of Modern Art in Europe after 1945; Westfalisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster
Transformations of Modern: The greek experience; National Gallery, Athens, pref. A. Kafetsi

1991
Caniaris; Vafopoulou Cultural Centre, April – May, Thessaloniki, pref. M. Papanikolaou
Caniaris; Observer gallery, May 6th – 30th, Thessaloniki
Open Box; Karl-Ernst Osthaus-Museum, December 8th, Hagen
Painting Exhibition; Eugenides Foundation, Athens.
21 "What now"; Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin
Urban Dreams; twenty-four gallery, Athens
Hellenic American Union, Athens
XV Biennale Internazionale del Bronzetto; Padova
International Summer Academy; Saltzburg

1990
15 years – Amnesty International in Greece; House of Cyprus, Athens, pref. Al. Xidis
On the Verge of the ‘80s-‘90s; Municipal gallery of Athens, Athens, pref. M. Stefanides
A Glance on Contemporary Greek Art; Dallas, Texas, pref. N, Iliopoulou-Rogan.

1989
Vlassis Caniaris, 1956-1959, Anaphora-Epanaphora; Titanium gallery, April 17th - May 15th, Athens, pref. M. Stefanides
Municipal gallery of Patras

1988
Vlassis Caniaris, Greece; Venice Biennale XLIII, June – September, Venice, pref. Emm. Mavromatis.
Vlassis Caniaris, Geni Tzami; State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, pref. Emm. Mavromatis.
European Cultural Centre of Delfoi, pref. N, Iliopoulou-Rogan.
Art Symposium, Crete.

1987
In Search of New Materials and Media; «Apopsi» gallery, March 12th – May 15th, Athens, pref. E. Strouza.
Prizewinning Works from the Athens School of Fine Arts Collection; July, Athens
Contemporary Greek Painting; National Gallery, Summer, Athens.

1986
Post-war Art in Greece; March-May, Athens, pref. E. Vakalo
Athens in Berlin; D.A.A.D. – Pierides gallery, December, Athens, perf. Wieland Schmied.

1985
Introduction to Contemporary Greek Art; Municipal Gallery, September 5th – October 3rd, Rhodes, pref. Emm. Mavromatis.
After Abstraction; Nees Morfes gallery, Athens, pref. E. Vakalo
Introductory Chapters to Greek Contemporary Art, by Emm. Mavromatis:
Greek artists in France.
1960: Material and Gesture, System and Meaning,
1980: Historical Summaries, Publ. By the Municipal Gallery of Rhodes.

1984
Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund.
Exchanges: French Artists in Berlin 1964 -1984; Goethe Institute, Paris
Society for Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki.

1983
Vlassis Caniaris; Museum am Ostwall, 13th March – 24th April, Dortmund, pref. Eugen Thieman & Michael Fehr

1982
Europalia 82; Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1st – 17th October, Brussels
Art and Dictature - Europalia Hellas; Brussels
Greeks and Germans, Images from Others; Württembergisches Landesmuseum, 2nd October – 1st November, Stuttgart

1981
Culture in the Migration Process; Kemnade International VII, Bochum, pref. Michael Fehr
International Summer Academy; Saltzburg
Environment – Action; Society of Greek Art Critics, Athens
Abstraction, «Nees Morfes» gallery, December, Athens
Documentation, Immigrant Culture; Museum Bochum, June, Bochum

1980
Vlassis Caniaris; Bernier gallery, October –December, Athens

1979
Is There Any Meaning in Art?; seminar, Goethe Institut, May 25th – 31st, Athens

1978
Tribute to Greek Realism; Society for Studies, January 16th – February 3rd, Athens, pref. M. Kotzamani.
Art of the Twentieth Century privately owned in Berlin; 9th April – 15th May, Berlin
Greek Art Images; Zappeion, Athens, pref. Emm. Mavromatis.
Show for Greek Contemporary Art; Budapest.

1977
Boxes – ARC 2; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 16th December – 30th January, Paris
Woman in Resistance; Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Athens
Art and Society; Goethe Institut, April, Athens.
Systawa Wisproczesnes Sztuki Greckies; November, Warsaw
Documenta 6; Kassel
HAP Grieshaber; Kunsthalle, Berlin
Ypothesis for the Museum of Contemporary Art; «Desmos» gallery, Athens.

1976
Vlassis Canaiaris, "Immigrants"; Institute of Contemporary Arts, May 5th – 31st, pref. Norman Rosenthal, London
Shoe Factories; Kunsthalle am Marientor, 28th July – 26th September
Vlassis Caniaris; Kunstverein Hannover, June – July
Panorama Of Greek Painting of the Last Twenty-Five Years; Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund

1975
Vlassis Caniaris; Berlin, pref. K. Ruhrberg, Lothar Romain & M. Niolinakos
10 Years of the Berlin Art Program; D.A.A.D., Berlin
Eight Artists, Eight Attitudes, Eight Greeks; Institute of Contemporary Arts, 5th November – 4th December, London, pref. Norman Rosenthal & C. Ioakimides
The Greek Month in London; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
For Cyprus; Galerie Palais, Paris
We Are Still There, "Kemnade 75 International"; Museum Bochum

1974
Free Berlin Art; 14th April – 12th May, Berlin
Multiples; Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, May – June, Berlin
Art 5 ’74; Galleria «Giancarlo Bocchi», 19th June, Milan
The Idea of the Resistance in Contemporary European Art; Sale e Scuderie di Villa Manzoni, 13th October – 12th November, Lecco

1973
Free Berlin Art; 8th April – 1st May, Berlin
30 International Künstler in Berlin; Beethoven Halle, 1st – 27th December, Bonn, pref. K. Ruhrberg, Ronald Wiegenstein & Jürgen Harten

1972
Vlassis Caniaris; Galerie «Poll», 14th February - 12th March, Berlin

1971
Caniaris, Rutault, Takis, Télémaque, Titus, Caarmel, Vostel; Galerie «Barma», Paris
Elefteria; Royal Albert Hall, London
VI. Caniaris: "Grekiskt vittnesml/Greek Testimony"; Moderna Museet, 27th November – 16th January, Stockholm, pref. G. Gassiot-Talabot & Pierre Restany
Paintings and Objects; Musée Galliera, 23rd June – 12th September, Paris
Intox; Maison de la Culture, 14th September – 14th November, Grenoble
Mutations, Forms, Languages, Behaviours; Musée d’Art Moderne, Ceret
May Salon; Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris
Great Names of Today and Tomorrow; Sale in Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Paris

1970
Vlassis Caniaris; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 24th February, Paris
Caniaris Sculptures; Maison de Jeunes Youri Gagarine, 7th – 16th May, Champigny
Art and Politics; March, Karlsruhe
Caniaris; Galerie «Fitzroy», 13th – 30th October, Brussels, pref. J. Dypreau,
Aspects of Racism; Paris, pref. J. M. Poinsot & A. Pacquement

1969
Caniaris; New Gallery 7, May 28th, Athens

1967
Contemporary Hellenic Art; Musée Rath, 26th January – 5th March, pref. P. Karavias, Geneva
9th Greek Exhibit; Zappeion, April 5th – May 10th, Athens.
Caniaris – Danil; Sala de Prado de l’Ateneo de Madrid, pref. T. Spiteris

1966
Small Form; «Merlin» gallery, December 16th, Athens.

1965
Biennale di San Paolo; San Paolo

1964
Caniaris; Gallery «J», 21st March, Paris
Three Proposals for a New Greek Sculpture, Caniaris – Danil – Nikos; La Fenice, Venice, June – July, pref. P. Restany

1963
Caniaris, Contos, Pavlos, Tsoclis; House of Fine Arts and Culture, March – April, Athens, pref. T. Spiteris
Caniaris; Galerie «Le Zodiaque», 26th April – 8th May, pref. Pierre Restany, Brussels
IV Biennale of Art Beyond the Informel; 20th June – 20th September, Republica di San Marino

1962
Greek Paintings and Sculptures in Paris; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Caniaris, Nikos; Galleria «Cadario», 12th – 25th March, pref. T. Spiteris, Milan

1961
The New European School; Hessenhuis, December – January, Anvers
Caniaris, Coulentianos, Gaïtis, Molfessis, Nikos, Philolaos, Prassinos, Touyas; Galerie «Saint-Germain», 22nd March – 15th April, pref. Yvon Tailandier, Paris
Comparisons; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 6th February – 6th March, Paris
50 Artists of the Sixteenth Salon of New Realities from Paris; Drian Galleries, 24th June – 22nd July, London
The New European School; «Galerie Kasper», June, Lausanne
International Painting «Wolframs - Eschenbach»; Stadt Wolframs-Eschenbach, June – September, pref. W. Grohmann
Ars Viva; Tentoonstelling Kultureel Centrum, 25th November – 17th December, Malines, pref. W. Volkaert

1959
Modern Greek Art; Galerie «R. Creuze», 25th May – 20th June, pref. A. Prokopiou, Paris
Caniaris, Condos, Gaïtis, Nikos, Tsoclis; Galleria «San Carlo», pref. L. Castellano, Naples
Abstract Painting from Paris; Galerie «Am Doon», 2nd-27th February, Frankfurt, pref. H.G. Carles.
Abstract Painting from Paris; Galerie «Günar», 11th March, pref. H. G. Carles, Dusseldorf
Caniaris; Galleria «La Tartaruga, 4th April, Rome
Caniaris; Condos, Gaïtis, Nikos, Tsoclis, «Il Cancello», Bologna
Appearances; Mostra Internazionale di Arte Astratta, Florence
Galleria «Numero»; 16th – 30th July, Florence
Bogart, Caniaris, Mihailovich, Miotte, Pierrakos; Galerie «A.G.», 13th November – 2nd December, Paris, pref. H. G. Carles
Works in a Small Form; Galleria «La Tartaruga», 3rd December, Rome
Greek Arts Exhibit; Zappeion, Athens

1958
Vlassis Caniaris; «Zygos»gallery, 23rd May – 12th June, Athens, pref. J. Recupero
The war; «Kouros» gallery, June, Athens
Modern Art Exhibit; «Kouros» gallery, 2nd – 17th July, Athens

1952
Greek Arts Exhibit; Zappeion, Athens.