T H E B R E E D E R

Ilias Papailiakis

Born in 1970
Lives and works in Athens

Education

1990-1996 Athens School of Fine Arts

Awards

1998
1st award of the Yannis & Zoe Spiropoulos Foundation

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2009
The Apotheosis of Bavaria, The Breeder, Athens
Upstairs Berlin, Berlin
Mythology of our future 2005-2009, Griechische Kulturstiftung, Berlin

2007 
Ilias Papailiakis, The Breeder, Athens (catalogue)
Ilias Papailiakis, Venetia Kapernekas Gallery, New York

2005
Ilias Papailiakis, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow
Democracy is the opposite of Ingratitude,The Breeder, Athens 
Cassandra, Upstairs Berlin, Berlin (catalogue)

2004 
Land of the Just, Vilma Gold, London

2003 
Ilias Papailiakis, The Breeder, Athens

2001 
Ilias Papailiakis, 1998 – 2001, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (catalogue)

2000 
The Origin of the Myth, Papafio, Thessaloniki, Greece
Basic Arses and Theses, Plessas S.A., Athens

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2010
Art & Place, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Chania, Crete curated by Peggy Kounenaki

2009
Warum ich kein Konservativer bin, Kunstwerke nach 2000, from the collection of Anna und Michael Haas -Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin
Paint-ID, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, curated by Sotiris Bahtetzis
Spiti tis Kyprou, Athens, curated by Lina Tsikouta
Archeology of Mind, curated by Luigi Fassi, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art in Vaasa/Finland
The first image, curated by Dennis Zacharopoulos, Centre Regional d'Art Contemporain Languedic Roussilon, Sete
Mimes, Kalfayan galleries, Athens, curated by Christoforos Marinos

2008
Archeology of Mind, curated by Luigi Fassi at Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden, with works from The Fondazione Morra Greco collection

2007
In Present Tense, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, curated by Daphne Vitalis, Tina Pandis, Stamatis Shizakis
Myth – matrix of the world, Upstairs Berlin, Berlin

2006
Take it Easy, Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen, selected works from the Liste 06, Basel,  curated by Gianni Jetzer
Arthistory.com, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens 

2004 
Additiv, Jacky Strenz gallery, Berlin 
Breakthrough, Alcala 31, Madrid (catalogue)

2002 
Reconstructions, IV Biennale of Cetinje (Cetinjski bijenale) Prince΄s Palace Plavi Dvorats (Blue Palace) Cetinje, Montenegro (catalogue)

2001 
Plateau of Humankind, La Biennale di Venezia, 49th International Exhibition of Art, Greek pavilion, Giardini di Castello, Venice, Italy (catalogue)

Collections ( selection )

Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum fuer Gegenwart - Berlin
Fondazione Morra Greco, Napoli
Heiner and Celine Bastian, Berlin
Michael Haas, Berlin
Filiep en Mimi Libeert, Belgium
Erich Marx, Berlin
G. Papadimitriou, Athens
Dimitris Passas, Athens
Anette Bollage - Rothschild, Zurich
Anna und Michael Haas, Berlin

Ilias Papailiakis, The Apotheosis of Bavaria, 2008, oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm