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Karnavas Kostas

Karnavas Kostas

Date of birth: 01-01-1947
Art Works 53

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Athens, 1947.

He studied scenography at the L. Stavrakos School. He made free studies of painting in Kassel of Germany.

His themes include human form and compositions with symbolic or erotic content. He has been influenced by H. matisse and P. Picasso, surrealism, Pop Art and comics. Bright colours, prolific forms, emphasized outlines, effect from the primitive art, are the characteristics of his work. His creation is moved in the frames of new-represantative painting.

He is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts.  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1972 Gallery Film School Ave Stavrakos painting.
1981 'Gallery Scale' painting.
1983 'Melnikow Galerie, Heidelberg, painting-sculpture.
1984 'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
1984 'Gruner Panther Galerie', Frankfurt, painting - sculpture.
1986 'Gallery Scale' painting.
1986 'Zygos Gallery', Washington D.C. And painting.
1987 'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
1990 'Epipeda Galleries' painting.
1991 'Cultural Centre Muscat, painting, sculpture.
1991 'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
1993 'Tower Marcellus' Aegina painting.
1993 'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
1994 'Gallery Panthea', Samos, painting.
1994 'Cavo Tagoo', Mykonos, painting.
1995 'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
1995 'Cultural Center of Voula, painting, sculpture.
1996 'TRA DE ART' Cologne, Germany, Painting.
1999 'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
2001 'Cultural Centre of Athens, sculpture.
2001 'Cultural Centre Holargos painting.
2001 'Zygos Gallery' painting.
2002 'Zygos Gallery' painting.
2005 Foundation of the Hellenic World, Hellenic World, Libra Gallery, sculpture.
2006 Foundation of the Hellenic World, Hellenic World, Libra Gallery, retrospective-sculpture exhibition from April to May
2011 Cultural Center of Muscat, 30 years painting-sculpture

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1982 'Summary', 'Gallery Scale' painting-sculpture.
1983 Exhibition of Young Artists (for EOK), the Athens Conservatory.
1983 Exhibition of artists presented in Volume II of 'Zygos Annual', 'Hellenic Fine Arts Today', 'Zygos Gallery', Washington DC 1986-1990, painting.
1984 'Summary', 'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
1986 'Summary', 'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
1988 Six painters 'Zygos Gallery'. Touring exhibitions in Universities of U.S. 1988, 1989, 1990, art.
1990 Exhibition "Summer living ',' Galleries Levels' painting-sculpture.
1991 'Microshapes-microform', 'Galleries Levels' painting.
1993 'Summer living', 'Zygos Gallery' painting.
1994 "Folio '93-'94", 'Zygos Gallery' painting.
1994 'A poem in ten painted views', 'Gallery Scale' painting.
1995 'Sex', 'Zygos Gallery' painting.
1995 'Summer living', 'Galleries Levels' painting-sculpture.
1995 "Summer '95", "Zygos Gallery 'painting.
1996 'Five Greek Artists, University of Minnesota, MN, painting.
1997 Greek Week , Marriott Hotel Tyson's Corner VA, painting-sculpture.
1996 '40 years Galleries Scale 'painting-sculpture.
1997 Ward Nasse Gallery, New York, USA And painting.
1997 'Levels Galleries' painting.
1997  'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
1998 Ward Nasse Gallery, New York, USA, painting.
1999 'Gallery Sigma' painting.
2000 'Gallery Sigma' sculpture.
2001 'Gallery Sigma' painting.
2002  'Zygos Gallery' painting.
2003  'Zygos Gallery' painting.
2004  'Zygos Gallery' painting-sculpture.
2004 'Gallery IRIS' painting-sculpture.
2004 'Gallery Periplanisi' painting-sculpture.
2005, 2007 'Zygos Gallery'-Hellenic Cosmos, FHW
2009 Hotel Imperial, Larissa
2009 ''Oh my sweet ear''
2011 'Titanium Yiayannos Gallery' ''For a penny in the art''
2011 'Titanium Yiayannos Gallery' ''Summer''Ascent
2011 'Foundation Eugenides' ''NATURA 2011''