Giannis Aristotelous, born 1995, Limassol, Cyprus, is an artist based in Kyoto, Japan.
Education
2024 MFA, MEXT Japanese Scholarship, Kyoto University of the Arts, Kyoto, Japan
2020 BFA, 1st class, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
2019 BFA, Semester Abroad, Painting and Animated Film, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Solo Exhibitions
2024 a place to grieve, IYEYA, Kyoto, Japan
2022 Paphos Municipal Museum, Paphos, Cyprus
2021 Encapsulating Ephemera, The O Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus
2015 Solo exhibition at the House of Arts and Literature in Limassol, Cyprus
Group Exhibitions
2023 Slightly Feverish: Heat or Reaction, Strength for New Life, Artistic Direction by Mami Kataoka, curation; Hiroyuki Hattori and Kodama Kanazawa, The National Art Center of Tokyo, Japan
2022 A Question to your Answer, Miraikan, KUA, Art Direction by Eric Baudelaire, Kyoto, Japan
2022 Passage, Kydoniefs Foundation, Andros, Greece
2022 Master's show, KUA, Galerie Aube, Kyoto, Japan
2022 Great North Museum, Newcastle, UK
2020 Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, UK
2022 Newcastle University, Fine Art Department, UK
2019 Performance, University of Applied Arts Vienna (Die Angewandte), Vienna, Austria
2013 Alpha Gallery in Nicosia, Cyprus.
2012 Peter’s Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
Awards and Publications
2021 Book publication Encapsulating Ephemera, on the occasion of the solo exhibition in Cyprus, talks about Giannis Aristotelous's artistic practice alongside images of the work.
2019 Worked closely with the founder of Viennese Actionism Hermann Nitsch.
2019 Thesis publication The Orgies Mysteries Theatre, A Contextual Analysis of Hermann Nitsch’s work, MUMOK Museum’s permanent text collection (Museum of Modern Art Vienna), Austria, the Nitsch Foundation, Vienna, Austria, https://www.nitsch.org/en/publication_type/theses-en/
and Museo Nitsch, Naples, Italy
2018 John Christie Prize for studentship, Newcastle University, UK
2017 John Christie Prize for studentship, Newcastle University, UK
2015 1st award, Epilogi Pancyprian Painting competition, Platres, Cyprus.
2015 1st award, Tilemachos Kanthos Art competition, Nicosia, Cyprus
2014 1st award at Epilogi Pancyprian Painting competition in Omodos, Cyprus
2012 1st award in painting and distinction in printmaking at the competition Tilemachos Kanthos Museum in Nicosia, Cyprus
2012 1st award in printmaking at the Hampis Printmaking Competition in Plataniskia, Cyprus
2011 2nd award at Epilogi’s Pancyprian competition in Kilani, Cyprus
2010 1st award in printmaking at the Hampis Printmaking Competition in Plataniskia, Cyprus