Stratos Kalafatis

Archipelagos

2 July - 26 September, 2009

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  BIOGRAPHY
 

Stratos Kalafatis was born in Kavala, Greece in 1966. In 2000 he was the Administrative Director of the Photography Center of Skopelos Island; from 1995 until 1997 he was a member of the Consulting Committee of the Photography Museum of Thessaloniki and from 1993 until 1997 the organizer and coordinator of the Photography Circle in Thessaloniki. He currently lives and works in Thessaloniki. In 2008 he served as a member of the judging committee of the Sony World Photography Awards. Stratos Kalafatis is represented by Kalfayan Galleries, Athens – Thessaloniki.
 
EDUCATION
1991-93
Photography, Art Institute of Philadelphia, USA.
1987
Graduate of the P.E. Department, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
“Archipelagos”, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens.
2008
“Journal 1998 – 2002”, Villa Audi, Beirut. Parallel event of the Photobiennale of Thessaloniki. Organised by the Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki in collaboration with the Greek Embassy in Beirut and AUDI Bank.
2007
“PhotoEspana 2007”, 10th International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, Madrid.
2006
“Saga 2005” (from the international photography project “European Eyes on Japan/Japan Today, Vol.8”), Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, in the framework of the 13th edition of the Athens International Month of Photography.
2004
“Journal 1998 – 2002”, 16th Edition of Photosynkyria, French Institute, Thessaloniki.
“Journal 1998 – 2002”, 11th Edition of Athens International Month of Photography, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens.
2002  
“The Others”, Photography Days/ IFSAK, Istanbul.
2000  
“Archetypal Images”, Photography Center, Athens.
1999
“Archetypal Images”, Forum of Keen Art, Thessaloniki.
1995 
“Sites”, Christina Zervou Gallery, French Institute, Thessaloniki.
1993
“Return”, Photochoros, Thessaloniki/Athens.
1993
“Mythographies”, 6th Photosynkyria, American Center, Thessaloniki.
1992   
“Greek Images”, Macams Center, Philadelphia.
1991
“Rebellious Figures”, Cultural Center, Athens.
1990
“Escape”, Friends of Arts & Literature Center, Kavala, Greece.
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
“Greek Seas: A photographic journey in time”, Benaki Museum, Athens.
“Blue”, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens.
2011
Festival Photomed 2011, Festival de la Photographie Méditerranéenne (Artistic director: Jean-Luc Monterosso), Sanary-sur-Mer, France.
2010
“Time Within Us – Photographs from Turkey, Russia and Greece”, Istanbul. Modern, the Moscow International Photography Biennial (March 2010) and the Thessaloniki International Photography Biennial (April 2010).
Arte Fiera, Bologna.
2009
FotoGrafia – Festival Internazionale di Roma, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome.
Art Athina, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens.
Art Dubai 2009, Kalfayan Galleries.
“Water-currents”, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki.
2008
“Dix aspects de la photographie hellénique-Tendances récentes de la création”, Théâtre de la Photographie et de l'Image, Nice.
2007
“European Eyes on Japan”. Presentation of the project: “EU - Japan Fest/European Eyes on Japan-Japan Today vol. 8” (curated by Mikiko Kikuta), Fukushima Museum of Modern Art and the Prefectural Museum of Saga, Japan (catalogue).
2006 
5th Gyumri International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Armenia (catalogue).
“The Dispersed Urbanity of the Aegean Archipelago”/The Aegean: A Scattered City – Faces of the Islands”, Greek Participation in the 10th Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice (catalogue).
“Arrivals”, Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, Corça, Albania.
“Positive Charges”, Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (catalogue).
2005
“Untouchable Things”, Backlight, 7th International Triennial, Tampere, Finland.
“Territoires/Communautés”, 12th Athens International Month of Photography, P 37 Gallery.
“Isolation and Togetherness”, Plovdith, Bulgaria.
2004
“Greek Photographs of the 20th Century”, Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki.
“Isolation and Togetherness”, Istanbul.
“Isolation and Togetherness”, Goethe Institute, Thessaloniki (catalogue).
2001
“Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975-1995”, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa.
“Territoires/Communautés”, Rethymnon Contemporary Art Center, Crete.
“Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975-1995”, Marché Bonsecours, Montreal.
2000  
“Got you under my skin”, Forum of Keen Art, Thessaloniki (catalogue). 
“Watch me / Watch you”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, 12th Edition of Photosynkyria, Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki (catalogue).
“Territoires/Communautés”, Larissa Contemporary Art Center, Larissa (catalogue).
“Territoires/Communautés”, Skopelos Photography Center, Skopelos Island.
1999  
“Territoires/Communautés”, Galerie du Chateau dĒ Eau, Toulouse, France (cat.).
1998   
“FokArt”, Forum of Keen Art, Thessaloniki (catalogue).
“Intimacies”, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Rethymnon, Crete (cat.)
“Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975-1995”, The Royal Photographic Society, Bath.
1997
“Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975-1995”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (catalogue).
“Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975-1995”, International Month of Photography, Bratislava.
“Icons-38-Courses”, Photography Center, Athens.
“Contemporary Differentiations”, Photography Museum, Thessaloniki.
“Aegean-Trajectories in Light & Time”, Photography Center, Skopelos (cat.)
“Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography 1975-1995”, International Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia.
1996
“Photography Circle”, Christina Zervou Gallery, French Institute, Thessaloniki.
1995
“Praxis”, Yeni Tzami, Thessaloniki (catalogue).
1994
“Photography Circle”, Mylos, Thessaloniki and Eleftherias Park, Athens.
1993
“Sani Festival”, Aristotelis Convention Center”, Halkidiki, Greece.
“Being”, Goethe Institute, Thessaloniki.
1992
“Biennale of Young Mediterranean Artists”, Valencia, Spain (catalogue).
1991
“Young Greek Artists”, Yeni Tzami, Thessaloniki and Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens (catalogue).
1990
“Biennale of Young Mediterranean Artists”, Marseille, France (catalogue).
 
 
GRANTS, AWARDS & COMMISSIONS
2013
“ABC Lifelovers #4”, CAMPER, publishing project developed under the curatorship of La Fábrica, Madrid, Spain.
2006
“The Dispersed Urbanity of the Aegean Archipelago”, 10th Venice International Biennale of Architecture, Greek participation, Hellenic Republic Ministry of Culture.
2005 
“EU Japan Fest/European Eyes on Japan-Japan Today vol. 8” (curated by Mikiko Kikuta), Residency in Saga Prefecture.
2004 
“Catch the light, Athens Faces”, Olympic Games, Athens.
2000
“Bergen European City of Culture”, Artist Residency, Kulturhuset USF, Norway.
1997
“Aegean Project” (curated by J. Demos), Photography Center of Skopelos.
1993
Aristotelis Onassis Foundation, Athens.
 
COLLECTIONS (Selection)
Museum of Modern Art, Saga, Japan.
Galerie du Chateau dĒ Eau, Toulouse, France.
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki.
Photography Center of Skopelos, Greece.
and private contemporary art collections.
 
 
BOOKS AND CDs BY THE ARTIST
2013
“ABC Lifelovers #4” magazine, Camper, La Fábrica, Madrid, Spain.
2008
“Journal 1998 – 2002”, Villa Audi, Beirut. Parallel event of the Photobiennale of Thessaloniki. Organised by the Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki in collaboration with the Greek Embassy in Beirut and AUDI Bank (exhibition catalogue).
“Dix aspects de la photographie hellénique-Tendances récentes de la création”, Théâtre de la Photographie et de l'Image, Nice (exhibition catalogue).
2006
“European Eyes on Japan / Japan Today”, vol. 8, Published by EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee, Tokyo, Japan.
2004
“Journal”, essay by Christian Caujolle, AGRA Publications, Athens.
2000
“Omonia 2000”, essay by F.Fillipou, AGRA Publications, Athens.
1999
“Archetypal Images”, essays by the artist and Plato Rivellis, AGRA Publications, Athens.
1997
“Thessaloniki: A ChildrenĒs Guide”, essay by Y. Hadji (a photography collaboration with L. Nalbantidou), Kedros Publications, Athens.
“Contemporary Greek Photography (1975-1997)”, CD-Rom produced by the Photography Center of Athens with the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
1991
“Ilaira”, poetry by Angela Mantziou (self publication), Thessaloniki.