Elias Papanikolaou was born in Athens in 1974. He studied painting (1991-1996) in the Athens School of Fine Arts under Nikos Kessanlis. His works have been exhibited in 15 solo exhibitions: ARTIO gallery, Zoumboulaki gallery Titanium gallery, Astrolavos gallery, Melanythros gallery, Cube gallery, Kaplanon 5 gallery, Metamorphosi gallery, Ikastikos Kiklos gallery, Syntagma Metro station, Grigoriadis Gallery, Ikastikos Kiklos DL gallery and in many other outstanding group exhibitions (London, Cyprus, New York, Paris, Smyrna, Istanbul) as well as in several auctions. He has illustrated poem collections, music discs, book covers, etc. In 2014 he starts his collaboration with ‘’Group Point Zero’’ for sets and costumes. His artworks are included in public and private collections in Greece as well as in private collections in other countries (Athens School of Fine Arts, Municipal Gallery of Patras, Municipal Gallery of Kalamata, Municipal Gallery of Agrinio, Municipal Gallery of Karditsa, Vogiatzoglou Gallery, Moschandreou Gallery, American College of Greece, Athens Metro, Heineken Company, Kopelouzos Museum, Vorres Museum, ENIA GALLERY-DL gallery Felios collection, Logothetis collection, Drakos collection, Karelias collection, American director Oliver Stone’s collection, Kaan Terzioglu collection and in many other collections). He lives and works in Athens.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2019 SILENCE MUSEUM, Ikastikos Kiklos DL, Athens
- 2018 Misreading, Grigoriadis Gallery, Athens
- 2016 Eutopia of Elias Papanikolaou, ‘’Eutopia’’ elite shop, Athens
- 2015 On the journey of the line, Ikastikos Kiklos gallery, Athens
- 2015 Poetic Wall, Metamorfosis gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2013 Poetic routes, Syntagma Metro Station, Athens
- 2013 On the terrace of childhood, Metamorfosis gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2013 In the dance of painting touch, Cube gallery, Patras
- 2013 The pose of pine needle, Kaplanon 5 gallery, Athens
- 2011 On the breeze, Cube gallery, Patras
- 2011 Painterly sonnets, Melanythros art gallery, Athens
- 2009 Contemplation, Astrolavos gallery, Athens
- 2006 Globalization, Titanium gallery, Athens
- 2000 Do you smoke?, Zoumboulaki gallery, Athens
- 1996 Take a matchbox of memory, ARTIO gallery, Athens
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
- 2018 Three generations of greek painting, engraving, sculpture (#2) Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens
- 2018 ATHENS through collections of Moschandreou Museum Museum of the City of Athens
- 2018 TURKCELL, ART IN COMMUNICATION, Galata School, Istanbul
- 2018 TURKCELL, ART IN COMMUNICATION, Izmir Chamber of Commerce, Smyrna
- 2018 TURKCELL, ART IN COMMUNICATION, Gallery of Macedonian Studies Company, Thessaloniki
- 2018 Evasion #1 ESPACE CHRISTIANE PEUGEOT, Paris
- 2017 GREEK LIGHT PHOS, General Consulate of Greece, New York
- 2016 GREEK LIGHT PHOS, ‘’National Herald’’, New York
- 2016 GREEK LIGHT PHOS, The Muses, Hamptons, New York
- 2015 The Book of Life, Grosvenor Chapel, Mayfair, London
- 2012 Contemporary Greek Art Athenaum Intercontinental
- 2011 Auction of Greek and Cypriot artists, Hilton, Nicosia
- 2011 Auction of Contemporary Art Zappeio Megaro
- 2011 Natura, Eugenides Foundation
- 2011 The CRISIS and Beyond, Hellenic Centre, London
- 2008 Silent Dialogues, American College of Greece
- 2008 Art, Life for the planet, Auction Bonhams, N. History Museum Goulandris
- 2008 Forest –A margin in memory, Eugenides Foundation
- 2006 From the older generation to the new one Ellinogermaniki Agogi
- 2000 Artquake Foundation of the Hellenic World
- 2000 Small paintings Zoumboulaki gallery
- 1999 Artquake Benaki Museum
- 1998 Non Stop Art Athens Hilton
- 1997 Graduates
- 1996 National Gallery, Athens
- 1996 Monoprakta Santa Marina Hotel, Mykonos
- 1994 Heineken Art Titanium gallery