Vassilis Karakatsanis

(Greece, Athens b.1957 / act: Greece)Vassilis Karakatsanis lives and works in Athens. He has exhibited his work in Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Italy, Ecuador, Indonesia, Turkey, Denmark and Germany. His thematic choices and his personal artistic vocabulary are informed by his experience and observation of the surrounding world. He organizes his exhibitions by using a theatrical attitude: he transforms the mundane every day objects into structural elements of his work. He uses a clean and rich color palette and vivid contrasts. He creates installations by using elements from the existing three dimensional spaces and by transforming them into art forms. He researches with sensitivity the limits between reality and illusion.

Education
1976/81
Athens Graduate School of Fine Arts, Painting, in the workshops of D. Mitaras & G. Mavroidis.
1979/82
Athens Graduate School of Fine Arts, Stage Design and Book Art with scholarship by the IKY, (Greek State Scholarship Foundation).
1982/84
Barcelona Graduate School of Fine Arts, (San Jorge), Painting & Art Theory, with scholarship by the Spanish Government, (Doctorado en la Teoria del Arte).
1985
Centro Europeo of Venice, Maintenance of Architectural Monuments, with scholarship by the European Council.

Solo Exhibitions
2017
Art Prisma, Piraeus, Greece “Longitude & Latitude 24.5658 / 38.9068” (under the support of Municipality of Skyros Island) (text by A. Shina)
Liza’s Krügermeier Gallery, Stege/Møn, Denmark “Inside”
Art Gallery Athanasia Peftoulidi, Alexandroupolis, Greece “Carpets 2”
2016
Genesis Gallery, Athens, Greece “Carpets 2” (catalogue)
ALMA Contemporary Art Gallery, Trikala, Greece “3 Sections 2011-2016”
2015
Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus “Urban Details”
Corinne Pinelo Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey “Roma’s Urban Tools”
Liza’s Krügermeier Gallery, Stege/Møn, Denmark “The Unknown Land”
2014
Papatzikou Gallery, Veria, Greece “Urban Details” (text by A. Argyriou) (catalogue)
2013
Beton7, Athens, Greece “Urban Details 2013 Project in A3” (curated by R. Kliari)
Chrysa Art Gallery, Katerini, Greece “Urban Details 2013 Project in A3”
Art Gallery Athanasia Peftoulidi, Alexandroupolis, Greece “Alcohol 09-10” (text by R. Araujo) (catalogue)
Tsichritzis Visual Arts Foundation, Kifissia/Athens, Greece “Urban Details 11-12” (text by A. Argyriou) (catalogue)
Home Identity, Quito, Ecuador “Sparkling Art” (curated by Al. Kollaros)
VSC-Athens Voice and Swallowing Center, Athens, Greece ...