ENNIOS
EROS
GIOGOS
Visual artist based in Athens.
STATEMENT
If art does not carry a message — immediate, philosophical and sharp; a metaphor that awakens and genuinely helps — it does not concern me.
In a world of information excess, and in a society that feels estranged from art, we are obliged to re-examine the ground we stand on and to speak in terms that can be understood.
This place and this time are decisive; the socio-political context is inseparable. Practical philosophy runs through everything. Our role is to act as gadflies. Otherwise we end up mere entertainers — and that offers consolation, perhaps, but not cure. Art is healing in many ways, and that is what we ought to hold as our criterion.
This is how I approach my work: materials and form are the means; the message and society, the purpose.
BIO
ENNIOS EROS GIOGOS (b. 1990) is a visual artist based in Athens. A graduate of the School of Fine Arts in Ioannina, he holds an MSc in Sustainable and Social Design from the University of West Attica, where he is currently a PhD Candidate and teaches Visual Arts. In 2024, he was selected as a Leader Artist representing Greece at the European Capital of Culture Tartu. He is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (EETE) and of the art collective Art Unitas, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Visual Artists Association of Mesogaia (EI.ME.).
Rooted in a street art sensibility cultivated since adolescence, his practice investigates weight — physical, linguistic, and existential — as the connective tissue between matter and meaning. This inquiry moves from Sculpture of Language, where graffiti letterforms become spatial volumes, through Duty Traces and Coexistence, to its current culmination in Weights of Art (2025–present): an ongoing series reinterpreting the kettlebell as a vessel for cultural heritage, each piece numbered and signed within a closed edition.
EDUCATION
PhD Candidate, Department of Interior Architecture, UNIWA
MSc Sustainable and Social Design, Department of Interior Architecture, UNIWA
Bachelor of Fine Arts – Visual Arts, Sculpture, Department of Fine Arts and Sciences of Art, School of Fine Arts, University of Ioannina
TEACHING
Teaching Fellow, Visual Arts I (sole instructor) and Visual Arts III (co-taught with Prof. Frini Mouzakitou), Department of Interior Architecture, UNIWA
Leader Artist & Mentor, A(i)RT & YOUTH: Art of the Future, Future of Art, Inter Alia, Erasmus+ / European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, Estonia
Workshop Leader, two-day programme Sustainable Design of Space, Department of Interior Architecture, UNIWA
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarship for Master’s Studies, Full Tuition Waiver, Department of Interior Architecture, UNIWA
Valedictorian & Graduation Speech, Highest GPA of the Year, BFA Graduation, University of Ioannina
1st Prize, Logo Design Contest, Art & Literature Committee, University of Ioannina
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
Board Member, Visual Artists Association of Mesogaia (EI.ME.)
Member, Art Unitas, art collective, Athens
SOLO EXHIBITION SHOWS
‘Weights of Art‘, Imagine Visual Arts Gallery, Curator: Helen Gatsa, Paiania, Greece (More here)
‘Comboskine‘, Municipality of Rafina-Pikermi, D.O.P.A.P. | Curatorial Text: Elli Leventaki, Rafina, Greece (More here)
Press coverage: Marathon Press | iRafina | Kourdisto Portocali | Pocket City
‘Eutopia‘, Museum of Cycladic Art, Performance Against Lung Cancer #foramelefko, Athens, Greece (More here)
Press coverage: Athens Voice
‘Geneology of Arts – Where The Language Of Sculpture Meets The Sculpture Of Language‘, School of Fine Arts UOI, Ioannina, Greece (More here)
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
“Echoes of a Journey”, in memory of Athina Latinopoulou, Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Rafina-Pikermi, Rafina, Attica, Greece. (More here)
“The Next Day”, Κ.Ε.Ε.Τ. Former KAMBA Estate, Curator: Louiza Karapidaki, Kantza, Attica, Greece. (More here)
“Platforms Project 2026”, with the art collective Art Unitas, Kapnergostasio of the Hellenic Parliament, Artistic Curator: Artemis Potamianou, Athens, Greece. (More here)
“Invisible Seams”, Imagine Visual Arts Gallery, Curator: Eleni Gatsa, Athens, Greece. (More here)
Sculpture Exhibition, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Athens, Greece.
“Identities”, Κ.Ε.Ε.Τ. Former KAMBA Estate, Curator: Giannis Kolokotronis, Athens, Greece. (More here)
‘Joy of Life’, Arte Visione Gallery, Curator: Evaggelia Kairaki, Athens, Greece. (More here)
‘Tradition in Transition’, Credo Bonum Gallery, Curator: Vessela Nozharova, Sofia, Bulgaria. (More here)
‘Liminal Point’, National Museum of Art Timisoara, Curators: Andreea Foanene, Georgia Kourkounaki, Timisoara, Romania. (More here)
‘Sculpture Exhibition’, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Athens, Greece.
‘New Symbols’, Chilli Art Gallery, Curator: Paris Kapralos, Athens, Greece.
“Greece Ι Love”, Melina Merkouri Cultural Center, Curator: Loyiza Karapidaki, Athens, Greece.
“White Exhibition”, Orizontas Gegonoton, Athens, Greece.
“Hangers of the Public Space”, Karidion Foundation & Permanent Sculpture Installation, Curator: Eleni Polichronatou, Municipality of Filothei-Psychiko, Greece. (More here)
‘You are here we are….where?’, Simion Theater, Curator: Alexandros Diamantis, Athens, Greece.
LECTURES
The Aristotelian Concept of Art and Friendship as a Joint in the Creation of Collectives: The Case of the Visual Artists Association of Mesogaia, Round Table “Local Culture and Local Cultural Heritage in the Mesogeia Region”, Municipality of Markopoulo Mesogaias, Markopoulo, Greece (More here)
Transforming Perspectives: Art + Youth + GenAI: Conversations for Change, WIDE ANDO, In Connection, Inter Alia, Online Conference, Tartu, Estonia
From Letter to Structure – A Fractal Approach to Culture, School of Fine Arts, Florina, Greece (More here)
The Architecture of Language and the Language of Architecture – A Fractal Dimension in the Design Practice, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece (More here)
Environmental Art – Kifisos the River of our City, Symposium of Science and Art, Harokopeion University, Athens, Greece
ART RESIDENCIES
: A(i)RT: Art of the Future, Future of Art, European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024, Leader Artist representing Greece, EU-funded, Tartu, Estonia
Mentored emerging artists from Greece, Luxembourg, Poland & Estonia | Led an art workshop
European Culture On Stage II: Traditions in Transition, Inter Alia / Open Space Foundation, Fully Funded Art Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria (More here)
Selected to represent Greece based on artistic proposal (1-Month Residency)
CATALOGS
“Invisible Seams”, EI.ME, Athens, Greece.
Sculpture Exhibition, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (E.E.T.E.), Athens, Greece.
“Identities”, E.I.ME. & Municipality of Pallini, Former KAMBA Estate, Greece.
‘Sculpture’, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece.
‘Traditions in Transition’, E.C.H.O. II, Municipality of Sofia, Bulgaria.
‘Liminal Point’, National Museum of Art Timisoara, Romania.
‘Flaneur’, Arte Visione Gallery, Greece.
‘New Symbols’, Chilli Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
‘The Greece I Love’, Municipality of Athens, Greece.
“White Exhibition”, Orizontas Gegonoton, Athens, Greece.
“Hangers of the Public Space”, Karidion Foundation & Municipality of Filothei-Psychiko, Greece.
‘You are here we are….where?’, Simion Theater, Athens, Greece.
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
Public Art Installation: Hangers of the Public Space, Municipality of Filothei-Psychiko, Athens, Greece (2015) (More here)
Museum Collections: Bouzianis Child Museum Collection, Greece
Corporate Collections: Roche Art Collection
Private Collections: Works held in private collections in Greece and abroad
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Marathon Press Feature on Ennios-Eros Giogos