EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming: Group Exhibition: Platforms Project, Participation with Art Unitas — from 17 Sep  •  Upcoming: Group Exhibition: Next Day, Κ.Ε.Ε.Τ. Former KAMBA Estate, Curated by Louiza Karapidaki, — from 26 Sep    Upcoming: Group Exhibition: Platforms Project, Participation with Art Unitas — from 17 Sep  •  Upcoming: Group Exhibition: Next Day, Κ.Ε.Ε.Τ. Former KAMBA Estate, Curated by Louiza Karapidaki, — from 26 Sep

Artist 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.

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Ennio Eros Giogos

Visual Artist

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Curriculum Vitae

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. 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 (2023 – present)
  • MSc Sustainable and Social Design, Department of Interior Architecture, UNIWA (2020-2022)
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts – Visual Arts, Sculpture, Department of Fine Arts and Sciences of Art, School of Fine Arts, University of Ioannina (2009-2015)

Awards & Scholarships

  • Scholarship for Master’s Studies, Full Tuition Waiver, Department of Interior Architecture, UNIWA (2022)
  • Valedictorian & Graduation Speech, Highest GPA of the Year, BFA Graduation, University of Ioannina (2015)
  • 1st Prize, Logo Design Contest, Art & Literature Committee, University of Ioannina (2012)

Memberships & Affiliations

Solo Exhibition Shows

  • 2022: ‘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
  • 2019: ‘Eutopia‘, Museum of Cycladic Art, Performance Against Lung Cancer #foramelefko, Athens, Greece (More here)
    • Press coverage: Athens Voice
  • 2015: ‘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

  • 2026: “Invisible Seams”, Imagine Visual Arts Gallery, Curator: Eleni Gatsa, Athens, Greece. (More here)
  • 2025: Sculpture Exhibition, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Athens, Greece.
  • 2025: “Identities”, Κ.Ε.Ε.Τ. Former KAMBA Estate, Curator: Giannis Kolokotronis, Athens, Greece. (More here)
  • 2022: ‘Joy of Life’, Arte Visione Gallery, Curator: Evaggelia Kairaki, Athens, Greece. (More here)
  • 2021: ‘Tradition in Transition’, Credo Bonum Gallery, Curator: Vessela Nozharova, Sofia, Bulgaria. (More here)
  • 2021: ‘Liminal Point’, National Museum of Art Timisoara, Curators: Andreea Foanene, Georgia Kourkounaki, Timisoara, Romania. (More here)
  • 2021: ‘Sculpture Exhibition’, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Athens, Greece.
  • 2020: ‘New Symbols’, Chilli Art Gallery, Curator: Paris Kapralos, Athens, Greece.
  • 2019: “Greece Ι Love”, Melina Merkouri Cultural Center, Curator: Loyiza Karapidaki, Athens, Greece.
  • 2015: “White Exhibition”, Orizontas Gegonoton, Athens, Greece.
  • 2013: “Hangers of the Public Space”, Karidion Foundation & Permanent Sculpture Installation, Curator: Eleni Polichronatou, Municipality of Filothei-Psychiko, Greece. (More here)
  • 2013: ‘You are here we are….where?’, Simion Theater, Curator: Alexandros Diamantis, Athens, Greece.

Lectures

  • 2025: Transforming Perspectives: Art + Youth + GenAI: Conversations for Change, WIDE ANDO, In Connection, Inter Alia, Online Conference, Tartu, Estonia
  • 2023: From Letter to Structure – A Fractal Approach to Culture, School of Fine Arts, Florina, Greece (More here)
  • 2022: The Architecture of Language and the Language of Architecture – A Fractal Dimension in the Design Practice, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece (More here)
  • 2015: Environmental Art – Kifisos the River of our City, Symposium of Science and Art, Harokopeion University, Athens, Greece

Art Residencies

  • 2024: 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
  • 2021: 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

  • 2026: “Invisible Seams”, EI.ME, Athens, Greece. 
  • 2025: Sculpture Exhibition, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (E.E.T.E.), Athens, Greece.
  • 2025: “Identities”, E.I.ME. & Municipality of Pallini, Former KAMBA Estate, Greece.
  • 2021: ‘Sculpture’, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece.
  • 2021: ‘Traditions in Transition’, E.C.H.O. II, Municipality of Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • 2021: ‘Liminal Point’, National Museum of Art Timisoara, Romania.
  • 2020: ‘Flaneur’, Arte Visione Gallery, Greece.
  • 2020: ‘New Symbols’, Chilli Art Gallery, Athens, Greece.
  • 2019: ‘The Greece I Love’, Municipality of Athens, Greece.
  • 2015: “White Exhibition”, Orizontas Gegonoton, Athens, Greece.
  • 2013: “Hangers of the Public Space”, Karidion Foundation & Municipality of Filothei-Psychiko, Greece.
  • 2013: ‘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 (since 2019)
  • Corporate Collections: Roche Art Collection (since 2020)
  • Private Collections: Works held in private collections in Greece and abroad

Press & Publications

2020: Marathon Press Feature on Ennios-Eros Giogos

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