Στέλιος Ζαχαρούδης

Stelios Zacharoudis was born in Thessaloniki. He studied design, graphic arts and interior-exterior design. From 1978 to 1983 he studied painting next to the professor and painter EVA BATSLACOVA in the Academy of Fine Arts of Prague, in Czechoslovakia. At the same time, he attended set and costume designing classes at the Department of Set Designing of the same Academy. While living in Munich, Western Germany and later in New York, working closely with the painter A. ZARCOSIAN, he learned and studied the new trends in painting, which affected his own evolution.

In 1983-1984 he met the world-famous gallery owner Alexandros Iolas and, with his encouragement, he started experimenting with colors and aphaeretic depiction. Past experiences, images and deep feelings started searching for a way out. The classic iconic reality is absent in terms of shape and form.

He uses both oil colors and mixed techniques and he focuses in real and imaginary subjects, tending towards surrealism and psychography. During this phase his paintings show well-shaped figures, intense distortion, introverted colors and continuous lines.

He has exhibited his works in 15 personal and 16 collective exhibitions in Greece and abroad.

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS

1978    “FEX” ART HALL, XANTHI

1981    “N” GALLERY, MUNICH, GERMANY

1984    GOETHE INSTITUT ART HALL, THESSALONIKI

1989    ART HALL OF THE 5TH DISTRICT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THESSALONIKI

1990    GOETHE INSTITUT ART HALL, THESSALONIKI       

1991    GOETHE INSTITUT ART HALL, THESSALONIKI

1992    HISTORIC-LAOGRAPHIC MUSEUM OF KOZANI

2000    MINENV, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF THE WIDER THESSALONIKI AREA FOR THE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

2001    ART HALL OF THE ARCHITECTURE CENTER OF THESSALONIKI

2002    “ART TOWER” ART HALL, VARVAKIOS AGORA, ATHENS

2003    “EPSILON” ART HALL, THESSALONIKI

2004    “EU AGONIZESTHAE” ART HALL, MYLOS

2008    DEL ARTE CAFÉ, ROYAL THEATER HALL

2011    “Dorms of the former Kodras Camp” ART HALL

2011    “REMEZZO” MULTI-HALL, MUNICIPALITY OF KALAMARIA

2014    VAFOPOULEIO CENTER OF ART THESSALONIKI

2019     GOVEDAROU ART GALLERY, THESSALONIKI

MAIN COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

1977    “KYKLOS” GALLERY, THESSALONIKI

1978    “CAPSIS” HOTEL, THESSALONIKI

1981    “Q” GALLERY, LONDON, ENGLAND

2000    ART HOUSE MYLOS, THESSALONIKI

2000    “HOMERION” CULTURAL CENTER, CHIOS

2000    MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF LARISSA

2001    “EPSILON” ART HALL, THESSALONIKI

2001    MUNICIPAL LIBRARY – MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF KAVALA

2002    ARTISTIC EVENTS, MILOS

2002    “EPSILON” ART HALL, THESSALONIKI

2003    ANCIENT OLYMPIA, CULTURAL SYMBOLS, MUNICIPALITY OF ANCIENT OLYMPIA

2003    “OENO-PLANA”, MYLOS ART HALL, THESSALONIKI

2003    “GIFT’S OF ART”, MYLOS ART HALL, THESSALONIKI

2004    INTERNATIONAL ART FESTIVAL, CHANIA

2004    ART HALL OF THE HISTORY MUSEUM OF BUCUREST, ROMANIA

2005    MUNICIPAL GALLERY OF MYKONOS