Nikos Gyftakis

I was born in Athens, Greece in 1981. I studied Artistic Research at Konstfack University in Stockholm, Painting and Stage- setting Design at the School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Music at the National Conservatory of Athens, Greece. In my record I have four solo and many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Among others, ” WunderKammer I: Liquid Form,” at Esbjerg Art Museum, Denmark, ” Weaving Europe/Weaving Balkans ” curated by Dr.Efi Kyprianidou, Biennale of Western Balkans at Mekio, Ioannina ,2018, Greece, “Weaving Europe: The world as meditation”curated by Dr.Efi Kyprianidou, Pafos17 – European Capital of Culture, Attikon, Pafos, Cyprus, ArtAthina 2016 Platforms project “The waiting room”, “Compassion: on the phenomenology of being ill” curated by Dr.Efi Kyprianidou & Penny Monogiou at Bethanien Projektraum in Berlin-Germany, “Portraits and landscapes of Greece” at Europahuset, for the cultural opening of the Greek EU Presidency in Stockholm-Sweden and “Ante Mortem” curated by Vagiti Ultimi, Palazzo Duchi D’ Acquaviva in Atri-Italy. In 2014, I participated in the 5th “Maiden Tower”- International Art Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.I am a member of the “Compassion” arts collective. I have also creat...

ACADEMIC STUDIES:
2014: Konstfack-Artistic Research
1999-2005: School of Fine Arts - Department of Visual and Applied Arts,
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
1999 -2005: Painting and Design Studies
1999 - 2001: Architectural Design and History of Architecture
2001- 2002: Engraving
2001 -2003: Photography
2002- 2003: Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art
2002-2004: Teaching Art
2002-2004: Sociology
2002-2004: Psychology of Education
2003- 2004: Special Domains of history of Art
2002- 2004: Industrial Glass -construction - engraving
Department of Theatrical Studies
2002-2004: Stage-Designing
Stage Constructions and Sketch
Attendance of costume/dress designer courses
Diploma: Honours - University degree: Very Good

OTHER STUDIES:
• Seminars of Fashion design and Fashion Trends, ‘Pan Sik’, Scuola di moda, Athens, Greece
• Music Studies (1987- 2002): Piano and Theory of Music, Athens National Conservatoire
• Byzantine Icon Painting

FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
 Greek: Mother tongue
 English: Fluent (Certificate of Proficiency in English, Cambridge University, 1997)
 Spanish: Very good (Diploma Basico, Instituto Cervantes, Jun...

Selected Exhibitions

2018 ” WunderKammer I: Liquid Form ” Esbjerg Art Museum, Esbjerg, Denmark

2018 Biennale of Western Balkans ” Weaving Europe/Weaving Balkans ” curated by Dr.Efi Kyprianidou, Mekio, Ioannina, Greece

2017 “Les Temps Fluides”, Nikos Gyftakis’ solo exhibition, Trait Noir gallery, Fribourg, Switzerland

2017 “Weaving Europe: The world as meditation”curated by Dr.Efi Kyprianidou, Pafos17 – European Capital of Culture, Attikon, Pafos, Cyprus

2017 “ The Experience of Dreaming ” curated by Yiannis Kolokotronis, Tsichritzis Visual Arts Foundation, Athens, Greece

2016 “Landscape: How nature can fit into an image?”, Nikos Gyftakis and Christos Avraam, Gloria gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus

2016 ArtAthina 2016 Platform Project, Compassion “The waiting room” , curated by Dr.Efi Kyprianidou, Greece

2016 “4 Years ArtWall”, curated by Fotini Kapiris, ArtWall, Athens, Greece

2015 “Compassion: on the phenomenology of being ill”, curated by Dr. E.Kyprianidou & P. Monogiou, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

2015 “The levels of Decay”, curated by Christos Soularis, Artwall Roject Space, Athens, Greece

2014 “Ante Mortem”, curated by Vagiti Ultimi, Atri, Abruzzo, Italy

2014 ...