Sotos Zachariadis was born in Thessaloniki in 1960. He apprenticed in the studios of local painters. He held his first solo exhibition in Thessaloniki in 1984 and in Athens in 1985. Since then his work has been exhibited in Greece, Europe and the United States. In the 80s he became involved with performance art, which culminated in Ihodraseis, staged at the Royal Theater of Thessaloniki in 1989. From 1989 to 1994 he invited Greek and foreign artists to the Sotos Art Gallery. Between 1992-97 he organized Art Village, an international art festival, in conjunction with Thessaloniki’s foreign cultural institutes. Since 1983, he has been teaching painting at Eptapyrgion Prison and the Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki. He has garnered distinctions in painting contests. He lives and works in Thessaloniki. Sotos Zachariadis received a Fulbright Artist Award in 1993-94 to work and study at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
No products were found matching your selection.