Nikos Navridis was born in Athens. He studied Architecture at the National Polytechnic School of Athens and Art at the School of Fine Arts of Athens.

From 2008 he is teaching as professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts.

 

Solo Projects

 

2019
Noli me tangere. Music and Visual Arts Cycle Project on Visual Arts | THE ARTIST ON THE COMPOSER, NEON Organisation, First commission to artist Nikos Navridis,  Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Greek National Opera Hall, with the Orchestra of the Greek National Opera, Athens, Jan 5, Febr. 3, 10. Curators : Elina Kountouri, Giorgos Koumentakis, (Cat.)

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2019
When you Sing.  Bernier/ Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece, Oct – Nov. (Cat.)

 

2018
When you Sing.  Bernier/ Eliades Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.  Apr – July.

 

2014
…Inside of me, I laugh and jest a lot. Bernier/ Eliades Gallery, Athens, Greece,  January. (Cat.)

 

2013
Try Again. Fail Again. Fail Better. Aeschyleia 2013, Eleusis. Sept. (Cat.)

 

2011
Zina Athanassiadou Gallery. Thessaloniki, Greece. January.

 

2008
Tomorrow will be a wonderful day. Bernier Eliades Gallery. Athens, Greece. March.

 

2006
Magnus Müller Gallery, Berlin, Germany

 

2004
Nikos Navridis. Bernier Eliades Gallery. Athens, Greece. March.

 

2004
Nikos Navridis, Difficult Breaths.  Foundation  La Caixa, Madrid, Spain.Curator : Rosa Martinez. January. (Cat.)

 

1999
Project Rooms, ARCO, Epikentro Gallery. Madrid, Spain. February.

 

1999
Nikos Navridis. Museo Universitario Contemporáneo de Arte, MUCA  Gallery. Mexico City, Mexico. Curator : Sylvia Pandolfi Elliman. August. (Cat.)

1999
Nikos Navridis. Epikentro Gallery. Athens, Greece. February.

 

1998
Nikos Navridis Köln Sculpture. Art Cologne ’98. Kouros Gallery.

Cologne, Germany. November.

 

1997
Nikos Navridis. Epikentro Gallery. Athens, Greece. January.

 

1996
Dematerialization – Nikos Navridis.  23rd Biennial of Sao Paolo. Sao Paolo, Brazil. Curator : Katerina Koskina. October. (Cat.)

 

1995
Nikos Navridis. Kalfayan Gallery. Thessalonica, Greece. Curator: KaterinaKoskina. November. (Cat.)

 

 

Selection of Group Exhibitions

 

2021
Portals-59 Artists from 27 Countries, Organised by the Hellenic Parliament and Neon Foundation, curated by Elina Kountouri & Madeleine Grynsztejn

2020
Six Greek Artists Bernier/ Eliades Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. May – July.

 

2018
Everything was for ever, until it was no more. 1^st Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art. The Former Faculty of Biology of the University of Latvia. Riga, Latvia. Curator : Katerina Gregos. June-Oct. (Cat.)

 

2017
Balance Exercises : Plannings and Implementation.Thessaloniki International Exhibition & Congress Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece. Curator : Emmanuel Mavrommatis. Nov. (Cat.)

 

2017
MOMENTE. Kolvenburg Billerbeck, Munsterland Festival, Munster, Germany.  August – November. (Sup. by Bernier/ Eliades Gallery.)

 

2017
ANTIDORON. The EMST Collection , Documenta 14, Fridericianum, Kassel. Germany. June – September. Curator : Katerina Koskina. (Cat.)

 

2016
Genii Loci. Greek art  from 1930 to the present. The MANEGE Central Exhibition Hall, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.  Nov 2016- Jan 2017(Cat.)

 

2015
“Between the pessimism of the intellect and the Optimism of the Will.”) 5^th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art Thessaloniki.  June23-Nov 30, 2015, TIF – HELEXPO S.A. Curator : Katerina Gregos,

 

2015
Fear Nothing, She Says, When Art Reveals Mystic Truths. National Museum of Sculpture, Valladolid, Spain. Nov. 2015 – Febr. 2016. Curator : Rosa Martinez. (Cat.)

 

2014
Art in Europe since 1945. Beyond Boundaries. Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art. Thessaloniki, Greece. Curator: Denis Zacharopoulos. February. (Cat.)

 

2014
No Country for young  men. Contemporary Greek art in time of Crisis. Bozar. Cantre for Fine Arts Brussels. Curator : Katerina Gregos. March. (Cat.)

 

2014
A Thousand Doors.  Gennadius Library, Athens, ΝΕΟΝ, Whitechapel Gallery. Curator Iwona Blaswick, OBE. May. (Cat.)

 

2013
“c.p.cavafy@days_of_2013”,  European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, December

 

2011
Greek Art, SEM-ART Gallery, Principality of Monaco, Monaco, January.

 

2010
Visual Dialogs. Onassis Cultural Center, Onassis Foundation, Athens, Greece,   curator : Marilena Kara. Nov.

Respiro (Breath) Monotono, ZOE Foundation, Art of the World, Vicenza, Italy, curator : Adelina von Fürstenberg. Oct. (Cat.)

Marathon , European Cultural Centre of Delphi, curator : Efi Andreadi. June.

 

2009
The First Image. CRAC, Contemorary Art Center, Sete, France, curator : Denys Zacharopoulos,July. (Cat). Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, / 50th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Thessalonica. November.

Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonica, Greece, November

Fluid Identity. Municipal Gallery of Patras, Greece, curator : Andreas Ioannidis.  July. (Cat.)

ReMap 2. Open Air Screening Room,  Kerameikos, Athens, curator : Marina Fokidis, July.

 

2008
And Now? Visual Arts in Greece 3.  Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki,

Moni Lazariston, Thessaloniki, curator Christina Petrinou. Dec. (Cat.)

 

2008
Transexperiences Greece 2008. 798 Art Space Beijing. (organised by the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, curator, Anna Kafetsi). June. (Cat)

 

2007
Take a deep breath, Auditorium Starr, Tate Modern, London, Nov.

Bodycity. Video Apartment project,  Docklands Dublin,  Dublin, Ireland (Curators : Nigel Rolfe, Cliodhna Shaffrey, Shelagh Morris) November

Places.  Benaki Museum, Athens, (Curator Denis Zacharopoulos, Sept. (Cat)

Bernier Eliades Gallery. Athens, Greece, September.

Who is here? Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonica, Greece, Curator Denis Zacharopoulos, May (Cat.)

 

2006
18:Beckett.  Blackwood Gallery, University of Toronto, Canada. Curator : Seamus Kealy. November (Cat.)

Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada. March 2007 (Cat.)

 

2006
Farago.  Bernier Eliades Gallery. Athens, Greece. October

 

2006
Venice Istanbul. Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey. Curator : Rosa Martinez. October. (Cat.)

The Athens Effect.  Photographic Images in Contemporary Art

Mudima Foundation, Milan, Italy. Curator : Birgit Hoffmeister. September (Cat.) , Maison Européenne de la photographie. Paris June 2007 (Cat.)

 

2005
Always a Little Further. 51^st Venice Biennial, Arsenale, Venice, Italy. Curator : Rosa Martinez. June. (Cat.)

 

2004
Nuit Blance.2004.  Hopital Saint Lazare, Paris, France. Curator: Hou Hanru. October. (Cat.)

Monument to Now.  Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art , Athens,Greece. Curators : Dan Cameron, Jeffrey Deitch, Alison M. Gingeras, Massimiliano Gioni, Nancy Spector. June. (Cat)

Man and Woman – God Becomes A Man. The Museum of New Art, Parnϋ, Estonia Curator : Mark Soosaar. June. (Cat.)

 Files.  Museum of Contemporary Art of Castilla, Leon, Spain. Curator: Octavio Zaya. February. (Cat.)

Breakthrough  Greece 2004 : Contemporary Perspective in the Visual Arts.  Alcalá 31. Exhibition hall of the culture council and sports of Madrid.  Madrid, Spain. Curators : Denis Zacharopoulos, Katerina Gregos, Sania Pappa. January. (Cat.)

 

2003
Deste Prize.  Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art. Athens, Greece. September. (Cat.)

2^nd Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003. Echigo Tsumari, Japan. Director: Fran Kitagawa. July. (Cat.)

Light, Image, Reality, the Aegina Academy.  Aegina, Greece. Curators: Gustav Deutsch, Hanna Schimek. May. (Cat.)

Banquete.  Palau de la Virreina. Barcelona, Spain. Curators: Carin  Ohlenschläger, Luis Rico. January. (Cat.)

Bernier Eliades Gallery. Athens, Greece. January.

 

2002
No Air. Ares & Pensares, SESC Sao Paolo. Sao Paolo, Brazil. Curator : Jo Takahashi. August. (Cat.)

The Pioneers.  Center of Contemporary Art. Kalambaka, Greece. Curator: Denis Zacharopoulos. June. (Cat.)

Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonica. December 2003. (Cat.)

Sketching out Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday. Young Greek Artists.. E. Averoff Museum. Metsovo, Greece. Curator: Lina Tsikouta. June.

Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonica. May 2003.

Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens. June 2003.

Art in Transition II – Some kind of dream.. Contemporary Art Museum (CAM). Raleigh North Carolina. USA. Curator: Raphaela Platow. April.

Conversation.  Recent acquisitions of the Van Abbemuseum, Athens School of Fine Arts ‘’The Factory’’. Athens, Greece. Curators: Jan Debbaut, Christiane Berndes. January. (Cat.)

 

2001 – 2002
Trans Sexual Express:  A Classic for the Third Millennium. Centre d’ Art Santa Monica. Barcelona, Spain. Curators: Rosa Martínez, Xabier Arakistain. June 2001 , Kunsthalle Mücsarnok. Budapest, Hungary. January 2002, Palacio Municipal de Exposiciones, Kiosko Alfonso. A Coruña, Spain. April 2002. (Cat.)

Beyond Origin.  Video Art. Hellenic American Union Galleries. Athens, Greece. Curators: Dimitris Antonitsis, Nantia Argyropoulou, Katerina Koskina. May.

 

2001
Plateau of Humankind. 49^th Venice Biennial Greek Pavilion. Venice, Italy. Curator: Lina Tsikouta. June. (Cat.)

 

2000
Leaving the Island.. PICAF. Metropolitan Museum of Pusan. Pusan, Korea Curators: Young Chul Lee, Hou Hanru, Rosa Martínez. October. (Cat.)

Synopsis I-Communications. National Museum of Contemporary Art. Athens, Greece. Curator: Anna Kafetsi. October. (Cat.)

Friends and Neighbors.  EVA 2000. Limerick, Ireland. Curator: Rosa Martínez. March. (Cat.)

 

1999
Looking for a Place.  3^rd International Biennial SITE Santa Fe. Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Curator: Rosa Martínez. July.

Hot Air.  Granship, Performing Arts Center,. Shizuoka, Japan. Curator: Fumio Nanjo. April. (Cat.)

Institute of Technology. Carlow, Ireland. August 2002.

The Permanent Collection.  Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Arts. Thessalonica, Greece. October. (Cat.)

 

1998
Medialization.  Edsvic Art Center. Sollentuna, Stockholm. Curator: Joseph Backstein. June. (Cat.) / Art Museum of Estonia, Estonia. October.

 

1997
On Life, Beauty, Translations and other Difficulties.  5^th International Istanbul Biennial. Turkey. Curator: Rosa Martínez. October. (Cat.)

 

1996
Pro Patria.  House of Cyprus. Athens, Greece. Curator: Manos Stefanidis. May. (Cat.). Vilka Gallery, Thessalonica, Greece. June.

 

Catalogues

1996
Nikos Navridis, The Question of the Age of the Void. Sao Paolo Biennial Exhibition catalogue ,. Text by Katerina Koskina.

1995
Nikos Navridis. Kalfayan Gallery, Thessalonica, Greece. Text by Katerina Koskina.