Thanos Kyriakides

Thanos Kyriakides was Born in Athens, Greece, 1971. He studied History of Art at the Athens College. After 17 years of working as fashion editor he debuted the BLIND ADAM project in 2007. A physical visual impairment challenged him towards a new vision in order to explore and communicate the rich human mysteries from the center of art's exciting vortex. BLIND ADAM is an ongoing art project. Inspired by Jean Cocteau's surreal paradoxes, Giacometti's austere textural elegance and by the allegoric tale "The Emperor's new clothes" he creates art forms that propose a new language using assembled hand-knotted wool yarn. The ghostly exoskeletons of garments forming collections presented in acts, explore the boundaries between body, space and exposure. The canvas series through the reference of the Braille system of communication for the blind turn into automatic writing, evoking symbols, a prayerful tactility and yet remain open to various interpretations. All installations are challenging environments; monuments of transcendental meditation, they draw attention to the collective subconscious, by subverting beliefs in established ideas of absence, reality, hallucination and spirituality. In constant search of fascinating new collaboration...

History of Art, Athens College

Solo Exhibitions

2012
Suzi tros project space, Athens

2010
Metal Flaque concept store, Paris

2009
C-Lagence art space, Paris

2008
Rebel studio, Athens

Group Exhibitions

2013
Kunsthalle Athena, curated by Marina Fokides
Hell As Pavilion, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, curated by Nadia Argyropoulou

2012
Beyond Dress Codes, Byron Museum, Cyprus, curated by Lydia Kamitsis
Rooms 2012, St George Lycabettus Hotel, Athens, curated by Alexios Papazaharias
Rooms 2012 Plus +, Kappatos Gallery, Athens, curated by Alexios Papazaharias

2011
The New Disorder, Ileana Tounta Gallery, Athens, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Katerina Nikou
Les Sapins de Noel des Createurs, Hotel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris
Dissipatio HG, L'Uomo e un Abisso, Chiostro di Voltorre, Varese, Italy
The Art of This Century, Museum Alex Mylona - Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, curated by Dimitris Antonitsis
Participates with films “Ghond” and “Le Diner Surrealiste” at the ASVOFF (A Shaded View On Fashion Film) festival at Centre Pompidou, Paris

2010
Les Sapins de Noel des Createurs, organised by the Carla Bruni - Sarkozy foundation Espace Vendome, Paris
Beyond Dress Codes, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalon...