Taki Bibelas

I'm a Canadian Greek, living in France.

In these works, I focus on the shore, the place where the land, ocean, and sky join together.

As the horizon disappears, the world below it crosses the threshold into the divine. As Larkin writes in his poem, To The Sea, “Everything crowds under the low horizon”. It is on this sandy meeting place, that I find a sense of connection and transcendence. I have always been drawn to the tranquil allure of dreamy beach life. I seek to evoke a feeling of escape, transporting the viewer to this world where the sun-drenched sand fills us with a sense of childlike wonder and serenity, a space where the past, present, and future are blurred.

The golden sand serves as a metaphor for the passage of time, constantly shifting and changing, imbued with a sense of longing and a touch of melancholy.

In particular, I am fascinated by the way in which surfers have become modern-day superheroes, a reminder of adventure and perseverance. On the beach where the young dream of what is possible, and the old, of what was possible once.

Through low contrast muted colors that tend towards gold, (“with seaweed red and brown”), I seek to evoke a sense of longing and nostalgia that transport viewers to a world of tranq...

- Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba in Canada

- Then life's education:
I started working in Europe where my photographs have been published in many influential magazines, including Vogue Hommes International, Numero, Vanity Fair, Mixte, Italian Marie Claire, and L’Official to name a few.

-Recently I went back to school as a teacher at "Gobelins, l’école de l’Image" in Paris where I give masterclasses in light, photography, and film.

May 2024 – Musee de Guethary
September 2021 – Musee de Guethary
Dec 2015 – Musee Basque de Bayonne
July 2010 – Musee de Guethary
July 2009 – Escape Gallery Bordeaux
May 2009 – Woah Gallery Lima
June 2008 – Woah Gallery Frankfurt
March 2006 – Dulap Galery Laussane
Sept 2005 – “Summer Exhibition” – Carpender Gallery London
Sept 2004 – “Red Death” – Centre Georges Pompidou Paris
Dec 2003 – “Heteroclito”- photographies – Gallery Alain Le Gailard Paris
June 2003 – “Assamblage d’Images” – photographies et videos – Musee de Guethary
June 2000 – “Glow in the Dark” – photographies – Gallery Thierry Marlat Paris