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Αυτό είναι ένας χαιρετισμός στην ερμηνεία, την ασάφεια και την ασυνέπεια, με την οποία σχετιζόμαστε στην αλήθεια.
This is a salutation to the interpretation, vagueness and inconsistency, with which we relate to the truth.
Iasonas Kampanis was born in 1985 in Athens (Greece), where he currently lives and works. He studied silversmithing and jewelry design at the Mokume Institute in Thessaloniki. Since 2007, he is working with painting, photography, digital media and scenographic works.
His work and research are mainly based on themes and motifs related to the Mediterranean culture and to the tradition of painting.
In 2020 he received the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Award by ARTWORKS.
He has collaborated and exhibited, among others, with the Breeder Gallery (Athens), Rebecca Camhi Gallery (Athens), curator Marina Fokidis, the 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival and MoMus, KEIV (Athens), Victoria Square Project (Athens), kunsthallekleinbasel (Basel), architect Pulcheria Tzova, Onassis Stegi (Athens), director Maria Gaitanidi, actress Stacy Martin, Islington Arts Factory (London), Bishopsgate Institute (London), Lubomirov/Angus Hughes Gallery (London), Ligne Roset (London), Design Exchange magazine, London Print Studio (London), Christie’s Head of Prints & Multiples Murray Macaulay, Teloglion Art Foundation (Thessaloniki), performer Irina Osterberg, and zoologist Desmond Morris.
He has also been engaged in printmaking, Byzantine murals, film and theater productions, and educational programs.
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Ο Ιάσoνας Καμπάνης γεννήθηκε το 1985 στην Αθήνα. Σπούδασε αργυροχοΐα και σχεδιασμό κοσμήματος στην Σχολή Τεχνών Mokume της Θεσσαλονίκης. Από το 2007 ασχολείται με τη ζωγραφική, τη φωτογραφία, τα ψηφιακά μέσα και τα σκηνογραφικά έργα.
Το έργο και η έρευνά του βασίζονται κυρίως σε θέματα και μοτίβα που σχετίζονται με τον μεσογειακό πολιτισμό και την παράδοση της ζωγραφικής.
Το 2020 έλαβε το Βραβείο Καλλιτεχνικής Υποτροφίας του Ιδρύματος Σταύρος Νιάρχος από την ARTWORKS.
Έχει συνεργαστεί και εκθέσει, μεταξύ άλλων, με την Breeder Gallery (Αθήνα), την Αίθουσα Τέχνης Ρεβέκκα Καμχή (Αθήνα), την επιμελήτρια Μαρίνα Φωκίδη, το 61ο Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης και το MoMus, το KEIV (Αθήνα), το Victoria Square Project (Αθήνα), την kunsthallekleinbasel (Βασιλεία), τη σκηνογράφο Πουλχερία Τζόβα, τη Στέγη Ωνάση (Αθήνα), τη σκηνοθέτη Μαρία Γαϊτανίδη, την ηθοποιό Stacy Martin, το Islington Arts Factory (Λονδίνο), το Bishopsgate Institute (Λονδινο), τη Lubomirov/Angus Hughes Gallery (Λονδίνο), το London Print Studio (Λονδίνο), τη Ligne Roset (Λονδίνο), το περιοδικό Design Exchange, τον διευθυντή του Christie’s Prints & Multiples Murray Macaulay, το Τελλόγλειο Ίδρυμα Τεχνών (Θεσσαλονίκη), την χορογράφο Irina Osterberg, και τον ζωολόγο Desmond Morris.
Έχει επίσης ασχοληθεί με τη χαρακτική, την βυζαντινή τοιχογραφία, τις κινηματογραφικές και θεατρικές παραγωγές, και με εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα.
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Selected Exhibitions
2022 – Epistemologies of the Sun, Rebecca Camhi Gallery / c: Marina Fokidis / Athens, Greece
2022 – The Root, Amphicar Studio / c: Foteini Vergidou / Athens, Greece
2022 – Old Thermal Power Plant of PPC / c: Katerina Koskina / Athens, Greece
2021 – The Project Gallery / Athens, Greece
– Against the Linear, KEIV artist-run space / c: Konstantinos Lianos / Athens, Greece
2020 – 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival, MOMus / c: Orestis Andreadakis / Thessaloniki, Greece
2020 – VIRAL: Smart Solutions for Art at Home, Victoria Square Project / Athens, Greece (solo show)
2019 – Come Together, Alibi Gallery/ c: Matina Charalambi /Athens, Greece
– In the midst of winter, Ela Projects / Athens, Greece
– kunstahallekleinbasel / c: Jasmin Glaab / Basel, Switzerland
– Michael Cacoyannis Foundation / Athens, Greece
– kunstahallekleinbasel, Platforms Project / c: Jasmin Glaab / Athens, Greece
2018 – The Weird and Eerie, The Pharmacy Contemporary Art Space / Carlisle, UK
2017 – Duo show with artist Katerina Psaradeli, Cultural Centre of Sifnos ‘Marianthi Simou’ / Sifnos, Greece
2016 – Heatwave, 3 137 artist-run space, AtWork Lab, Pantheon Building / Athens, Greece
– Art Space Winery / Santorini, Greece
– SIXTY, Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery, Art Athina / c: Alessandra Falbo, Anna Bleeker / Athens, Greece
– Lubomirov/Angus-Hughes Gallery / c: Alessandra Falbo, Anna Bleeker / London, UK
2015 – Islington Arts Factory / London, UK
2014 – Artist Salons chez Ligne Roset, Ligne Roset Westend Showroom / c: Nur El Shami, Irina Turcan / London, UK
– 27 Greek Artists, Chryssothemis Gallery / Athens, Greece
– Museum of Typography / Chania, Greece
2013 – The Greek Muerte, Dia De Muertos Festival, Asclaye Cultural Centre, Colectivo Balam, Mexican Embassy / Athens, Greece
– London Print Studio / c: Murray Macaulay / London, UK
– Nonsense, O3 Gallery / c: JP Reid / Oxford, UK
– Panjuria, bord de l’eau design factory / Thessaloniki, Greece
– TINAG Festival, Arts Against Extraditions, Bishopsgate Institute / London, UK
– Rich Mix Cultural Foundation / London, UK
– International Postcard Show 2013, Surface Gallery / Nottingham, UK
2012 – IANOS Art Space / Thessaloniki, Greece
– Art Pistol Gallery / Glaskow, UK
– Akindergarten, bord de l’eau design factory / Thessaloniki, Greece (solo show)
2010 – Gallery 10 / Athens, Greece
2007 – Teloglion Art Foundation / Thessaloniki, Greece
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Distinctions
2020 – Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship Award, ARTWORKS / Athens, Greece
2019 – Banditto Residency Emerging Art Prize, Banditto Art / Tuscany, Italy
Selected Publications
– Popaganda, online magazine, interview by visual artist Pavlos Tsakonas, September 2020 (link)
– Aesthetica, magazine, print and online, April/May 2020
– und. Athens, online journal, interview by Kiriakos Spirou, December 2019 (link)
– K (Kathimerini), magazine, print, May 2019
– LIFO, newspaper, two-page print presentation, May 2019
– HuffPost Greece, online, May 2019
– ελcmag, online, May 2019
– Stone Soup Creative Hub, online, November 2016
– AtWork, Moleskine Foundation, online, 2016 (link)
– Iho Tοn Dimoprasion/Echo of Auctions newspaper, print, cover/εξώφυλλο, March 2016 (link)
– Mind Radio, radio interview, 2015
– Design Exhange, magazine, print, 2015
– The State of Art: Photographic & Digital #1, Andy Laffan/Bare Hill Publishing, September 2014
– Unframe.London, online platform, interview by Myrto Katsimicha, December 2014
– Art Pistol Gallery, interview, January 2013 (link)
Collections
– Works in the collections of the Moleskine Foundation, The Ch. & S. Moschandreou Collection and the Museum of Typography in Chania
– Works in private collections in Greece, United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Serbia, Germany, Switzerland and Australia
Selected Commissions
2019 – Painting for stage set (250 x 430 cm carpet), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee), by Maria Panourgia and Poulcheria Tzova, Onassis Stegi
2018 – Painting for film set (240 x 280 cm canvas), Salt Wound short film by director Maria Gaitanidi and actress Stacy Martin
