George LAPPAS
Born in 1950, Cairo, Egypt.
Lives and works in Athens, Greece.
Studies
1995
Works and travels in the United Kingdom, the USA and Japan.
Professor of Sculpture, School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece.
1991
Residence at the Cartier Foundation, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
1985/86
Works and travels in France and Great-Britain.
1985/84
French Government grant for Sculpture, Ecole Supérieur des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
1976/81
Athens School of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture, Athens, Greece.
1975
AA School of Architecture, London, Great-Britain.
1974
Waston Fellowship : One year in India. Indian Architecture and Sculpture
1969/73
Reed College, Portland, Oregon, USA.
BA in Psychology. Works in State Mental Hospitals: Salem, Oregon, San Diego, Californie, San Franscisco, San Iose, USA.
Expositions personnelles
2007
Galerie Xippas, Paris, France.
2005
Sculptures, R.C.A. Rethymnon, Crete, Greece.
2004
Sculptures, Diaspro gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2001
Laocoon's Escape, Bernier-Eliades gallery, Athens, Greece.
1998
Elbo, Lehmann-Maupin gallery, New York, USA.
1997
Luminous Works, Gentili gallery, Florence, Italy.
Man in the Presence of Ghosts, Tanit gallery, Munich, Germany.
Elbo, Jean Bernier gallery, Athens, Greece.
1996
Parafratellinalia, Port Warehouse, Thessaloniki Yeni Tzami, Thessaloniki Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Paolo Gentili gallery, Florence, Italy.
Tanit gallery, Munich, Germany.
1993
The Stance of the Artist, Jean Bernier gallery, Athens, Greece.
1992
New Burghers, Albert Baronian gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
Sculptures, Tanit gallery, Munich, Germany.
1991
Dice Works, the Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
1990
Dice, Jean Bernier gallery, Athens, Greece..
1987
Mappemonde, Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens, Greece.
1983
Abacus, Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens, Greece.
1981
Iron Grids, Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens, Greece.
Expositions collectives
2006
Sculpture @CityNord, Galerie Peter Borchardt, Hamburg, Germany.
Group Show, Xippas gallery, Athens, Greece.
Open Air Sculptures (City-Nord Park), Peter Borchardt gallery, Hamburg, Germany.
Odyssey: Greek Art from the last fifty years, curated by Christos Ioachimedes, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zürich, Switzerland.
2005
The Art of Greece meets China, Platform China, Beijing, China.
2004
Giants, curated by De Rooij, Hague, The Netherlands.
Greek Artist, House of Patents, Munich, Germany.
Greek Artist, Francoise-Heitch, Munich, Germany.
Paraskevas Collection, Athens, Greece.
Monument to Now, the Dakis loannou Collection, Athens, Greece.
2003
OUTLOOK, curated by Christos loachimedes, "The Factory", School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece.
Beltsios Collection, Larissa, Greece.
2002
Conversation, The Van Abbe Museum Collection, "The Factory", School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece.
2001
Magicians and Magic, organized by M. Marangou, Pavlides Estate, Athens, Greece.
1997
Kunst im Kontorhaus Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
Jean Bernier gallery, Athens, Greece.
1996
Everything that's Interesting is New, Dakis loannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece.
Double Skin, Kiel Museum, Kiel, Germany.
Città Sant Angelo Città Aperta - Painting and Sculpture with Tomboloni and Pizzicanella, Naples, Italy.
1995
La città del desiderio, Leonkart, Milan, Italy.
Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju, Korea.
Ephemera, House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece.
1994
Mitis, Goulandris Museum, Athens, Greece.
1992
Post Human, Italy, Switzerland, Israel, Germany, Greece.
1991
Metropolis, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany.
1990
Venice Biennale, Dice Works, Greek Pavillion with Yannis Bouteas, Venice, Italy.
The Incoceivable, Nicosia, Cyprus.
1989
Psychological Abstraction, Deste Fondation, Athens, Greece.
House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece.
1988
Venice Biennale, Aperto, Venice, Italy.
1987
Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1982
Biennale des Jeunes, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France.
Europalia '82, Hasseldt, Belgium.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Monographs and catalogues (Selection)
2007
George Lappas, Galerie Xippas / Futura Publications, Athens.
2005
Maria Marangou, George Lappas, Catalogue for the exhibition at the Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Futura Publications, Athens.
2003
Michalis Paparounis, George Lappas. Maqams of Blood and Maqams of Milk, Retrospective Catalogue, Futura Publications, Athens.
2001
Marangou Maria & Panayidou Maria, Elbo, Workshop Editions.
1996
Tsevekidou Lela, George Lappas, Salonica-Cultural Capital of Europe.
1992
Daniylopoulos Olga, Red Works and Other Installations, Workshop Editions.
1990
Tessa Jackson, Dice Works by George Lappas, Tramway Editions, Glasgow.
Stefanides Manos, George Lappas and Yannis Bouteas at the Greek Pavilion in the Venice Biennale, Greek Ministry of Culture.
1988
Kedros Alex, Mappemonde at the Aperto, Biennale of Venice, Editions Zoumboulakis Galleries.
1983
Schinas Athena, Abaccus, Editions Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens.