C.V.
Vasilis Adamos was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1988; he lives and works in London, UK. In 2011 he graduated with honors from the department of visual and applied arts of the university of Western Macedonia, where he attended the Sculpture Laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Ektor Papadakis.
He was a teacher of silver and gold ware and its technology at the Oreokastro, Thessaloniki, EPAL-EPAS, studies sponsored by OAED (the state unemployment office). There he taught art history, the history of jewelry and the principles of jewelry design (2012-2013).
Since 2011 he has participated in group exhibitions, wood-sculpture symposiums, visual activities and workshops, among which was the “6th Biennale of Students of schools of Fine Arts of Greece” and in the Municipal Art Gallery of Thessaloniki.
Vasilis Adamos, aesthetically prompted by the living and still elements of Nature,
re-inseminates an earlier form of life, creating one of his own.
The ultimate active role in the culmination of the outcome is undertaken as much by the materials and their nature as by the interplay between them.
He uses iron, wood, re-used metal and is mesmerized by the rust of materials, natural or artificial. It’s in this way that he chooses to show the natural flow of things.
His works are polymorphic, he chooses recurring motifs and provides the ability of a extraordinary visual approach to the sculptures from every side, as there is never a dead point in them. The “shell” is always able to reveal life and the esoteric nature of the work. Many times, light too, plays its own important role.
The enlargement of a microcosm and its re-placement in the every-day world under a different light is the basis of his thought and theme.
At the same time and in this way, the audience has a chance to re-evaluate elements and shapes that are constantly met but go unnoticed, over more and different views.
Commentary:
Stella Manikati
Art historian – Exhibition director
09/2016 Participation in the group exhibition “Artworks for All”, at the Artnoise gallery, in the framework of the pre-festival event of the 51st Dimitria, “Art Night”
06/2016 Participation in a sculpture symposium at Ouranoupolis, Chalkidiki, Local Council D. D. & Cultural Club of Ouranoupolis.
10/2016 Participation in the collective exhibition “MESONISI 2011-2015”, Ena Art Gallery, Athens.
07/2015 Participation in the 1st symposium of wood sculpting, Gonni Larisas, jointly organized by the Gonni Art Gallery, the municipality of Tempi & DOPAPEP, the Z. Papadimitriou residence.
10/2015 Participation in the “7-PLY PROJECT SKATEWORKSHOP”, Center for Modern Art of Thessaloniki – State Museum of Modern Art, Thessaloniki.
01-05/2015 Participation in the visual symposium “Creating Art Through…”, Department of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, coordinated by Prof. George Tsakiris.
09/2014 Participation in the “ANAKATA v.6” festival, Municipality of Pavlos Melas, Thessaloniki.
11/2013 Participation in the group exhibition “Deconstruction at Casa Bianca”, Municipal Art Gallery & Mayoralty of Culture of Thessaloniki.
09/2013 Participation in the “ANAKATA v.5” festival, Municipality of Pavlos Melas, Thessaloniki.
08/2013 Participation in the night for visuals: “A walk to the moon” at Casa Bianca, in the framework of the August full moon celebration at archaeological and museum locations, Municipal Art Gallery & Mayoralty of Culture of Thessaloniki.
01/2012 Participation in the group “Exhibition of the graduates of the department of visual and applied arts”, the Florina museum of modern art.
12/2012 Participation in a group exhibition, art hall “Metamorfosis”, Thessaloniki.
07/2011 Participation in the group exhibition “The Summer of New Artists”, Kaplanon 5 Gallery, Athens.
06/2011 Participation in the “6th Biennale of Students of the Fine Arts Schools of Greece”, Athens.
06/2010 Participation in the group exhibition of students of the department of visual and applied arts “Time – Memory – Oblivion”, Archaelogical Museum Aianis, Kozani.
04/2010 Participation in the “Visual Exhibition” of students of the department of visual and applied arts, University of Western Macedonia, municipal marketplace of Kypseli, Athens.
12/2009 Participation in the group exhibition of students of visual and applied arts, University of Western Macedonia, “The Beginning”, Florina.
05/2009 Participation in the group “Exhibition of photography of Schools of Fine Arts of Greek and Foreign Universities”, Thessaloniki.