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Life and Work
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© Beck & Eggeling In his oil paintings, Nikos Aslanidis works almost exclusively with the motif of the human figure. He transforms the classical genre of the portrait in all of its possible facets and formats. His situations are rarely clearly defined by a description of space or the suggestion of objects. Rather, the figures remain in a certain state of vagueness, giving the viewer a feeling of unease.
Born in 1980 in Giannitsa, Greece, the artist follows an intuitive process in the production of his work. His portraits show figures composed of fragments of images and memories. Characterizations, actions, and attributes are constantly rethought, discarded and revised. One can recognize this process within the images themselves. The figures appear in an ambiguous state. Time, movement, and space flow into each other. Whether this is a state of dissolution or becoming remains unclear. And this is precisely the secret Aslanidis’ paintings use to captivate their viewers.
Nikos Aslanidis studied from 1999 to 2004 at the Institute of Fine and Applied Arts, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, and was a guest lecturer at the same from 2010 to 2011. He lives and works in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Biography
| 1980 | born in Giannitsa, GR |
| 1999 – 2004 | Studies at the Institute of Fine and Applied Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GR |
| 2010/11 | Guest Lecturer at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GR |
| lives and works in Thessaloniki, GR |
Prizes and Awards
| 2004 | 2. Preis im Boutari Wettbewerb, GR |
| 2003 | Fresco and Salty Residence, Amfilochia, GR |
| 2002 | Preisträger von »Art is Up« der DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, GR |
Works (Selection)
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Solo exhibitions (selection)
| 2020 | Corpora, Emsdettener Kunstverein, Emsdetten, DE |
| 2016 | Nikos Aslanidis mit Gehard Demetz, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art – COFA Contemporary, Cologne, DE Deep Breath, Aki Gallery, Taipei, TW The Alchemist, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf, DE Painting, Aki Gallery, Taipei, TW |
| 2014 | Painting, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf, DE |
| 2013 | Recent Works, Donopoulos International Fine Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, GR Nikos Aslanidis, Kunstverein Schwetzingen, Schwetzingen, DE |
| 2009 | a hypercritical incident, Donopoulos International Fine Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, GR |
Group exhibitions (selection)
| 2017 | Re:Imagining Europe, BOX Freiraum, Berlin, DE |
| 2015 | Ein Baum ist ein Baum ist ein Baum..., Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Dusseldorf, DE |
| 2014 | Painting Today, Vogiatzoglou Museum, Athens, GR |
| 2013 | Figuration, Donopoulos International Fine Art, Thessaloniki, GR |
| 2012 | Ein Augenblick. Vier junge griechische Künstler, Beck & Eggeling, Dusseldorf, DE |
| 2011 | aNiMaL, Donopoulos International Fine Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, GR Works on paper, Donopoulos International Fine Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, GR |
| 2010 | Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Elika Gallery, Athens, GR |
| 2008 | ArtMart 2, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, AT The Aris Stoidis Collection, Artforum Vilka Gallery, Thessaloniki, GR |
| 2007 | Co-existence, Zina Athanassiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki, GR Artmart, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, AT |
| 2006 | Action field. Kodra festival of visual arts 2006, ehemalige Militärkaserne KODRA, Thessaloniki, GR |
| 2005 | Graduates exhibition, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, GR Action field. Kodra festival of visual arts 2005, ehemalige Militärkaserne KODRA, Thessaloniki, GR |
| 2004 | 3rd Young Artists' Biennale, Heraklion, Kreta, GR Action field. Kodra festival of visual arts 2004, ehemalige Militärkaserne KODRA, Thessaloniki, GR Young Artists explore the cinema, Museum of Cinematography, Thessaloniki, GR |
| 2003 | Fresco and Salty, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, GR |
EXHIBITIONS AT BECK & EGGELING (SELECTION)
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Publications
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Nikos Aslanidis. Painting
- Artist: Nikos Aslanidis
Editor: Ute Eggeling, Michael Beck
Text: Apostolos Palavrakis
Design: Antonia Eggeling - German, English
25 x 23 cm
52 pages, 22 illustrations - Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, 2014
ISBN 978-3-93091991-8 - 18 €
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EIN BAUM IST EIN BAUM IST EIN BAUM...
- Artists: Aljoscha, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Nikos Aslanidis, Georg Baselitz, Herbert Beck, Stefania Beretta, Tony Bevan, Nicole Bianchet, Karl Bohrmann, Alkis Boutlis, Joachim Brohm, Jonas Burgert, Marc Chagall, Sonia Mehra Chawla, Joachim Elzmann, Mitch Epstein, Max Ernst, Elger Esser, Ori Gersht, Wolf Hamm, Andrea C. Hoffer, Katie Holten, Leiko Ikemura, Hugó Johann, Akane Kimbara, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Klee, Karin Kneffel, Oskar Kokoschka, Victor Kraus, Susanne Kühn, Desmond Lazaro, Robert Longo, Sophia Loth, Britta Lumer, Heinz Mack, August Macke, René Magritte, Hedwig Marquardt, Richard Mosse, Hartmut Neumann, Heribert C. Ottersbach, Apostolos Palavrakis, Sigmar Polke, Christian Rohlfs, Robert Schad, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Valentina Seidel, Emma Stibbon, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Geoff Uglow, Manolo Valdés, Christian Weihrauch, Stefan à Wengen, René Wirths, Thomas Wrede, Kailiang Yang
Editor: Ute Eggeling, Michael Beck
Text: Ute Eggeling, Herwig Guratzsch, Kirsten Nordahl
Design: Beck & Eggeling (Antonia Eggeling, Martina Löhle) - English, German
Softcover, 28 x 22 cm
88 pages, 128 illustrations - Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, 2015
ISBN 978-3-94606300-1 - 30 €
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Nikos Aslanidis »Corpora«
Emsdettener Kunstverein
Emsdettener Kunstverein | Galerie Münsterland »NIKOS ASLANIDIS. CORPORA« Born in Giannitsa, Greece, in 1980, the artist follows a process that leads him more intuitively to the work. His portraits show figures composed of fragments of images and memories. Characterizations, actions and attributions are constantly rethought, rejected and reworked. This proce...
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