Bio

GABRIEL ANDRONIKIDIS

Gabriel Andronikidis was born in 1958 in Thessaloniki, where he still lives and works. He studied painting, icon-painting and sculpture under various artists in Thessaloniki (Kostas Tsilsavidis, Kiriakos Kampadakis, Savvas Poursanidis). He is a member of ΕΕΤΕ ( Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece), OSDEETE (Greek Collecting Society for Works of Visual Art), SKETBE (Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece) and Greek Marble Initiative.

Solo Exhibitions:

1991 Municipality of Kalamaria
2002 Alatza Imaret
2009 Remezzo, Multi-venue facility of the Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Kalamaria
2009 Xylo-mythies [Stories in Sculpture], 1998-2008, Athens Cultural Centre
2010 Xylini Glossa [Wooden Language], Sculpture Exhibition, Casa Bianca, Municipality of Thessaloniki
2013 Allotriosi [Alienation], Sculpture Exhibition, MYRÓ Gallery
2015 Greek Marble Initiative, MYRÓ Gallery
2016 Selected Works, Sculpture Exhibition, Hyatt Regency Thessaloniki
2016 Idiotes, Sculpture Exhibition, MYRÓ Gallery
2019 Sculpture Exhibition “message” Hyatt Regency, Myro Gallery
2023«One stop, here» in the Art Showcases of OTE

Group exhibitions:

2001 First Trash Art Event, Kodras Barracks, Kalamaria
2004 Second National Exhibition of Visual Artists organized by ADEDY, Zappeion Palace
2005 Visual Arts Exhibition by Civil Servants in Northern Greece, Warehouse IV, Port of Thessaloniki
2006 Third National Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture organized by ADEDY, Athens Metro
2007 Exhibition of Artists employed in the Municipality of Thessaloniki, Vafopouleio Cultural Centre
2010 Eikastikes Diadromes [Visual Journeys], Exhibition organized by SKETBE, Naias Art Venue, Naousa
2010 Three-day cultural event organized by PAME (Workers Front) in Local Authorities of Thessaloniki, Alatza Imaret
2010 Thirtieth National Visual Arts Exhibition, Parnassos Literary Society
2010 Technis Arthrosis [Art Articulation], Exhibition organized by SKETBE, Vafopouleio Cultural Centre
2011 Miniature Art Exhibition, Vlassis Art Gallery
2011 I Thessaloniki tis Polymorphias [Thessaloniki, the City of Diversity], Exhibition organized by SKETBE, Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies
2011 Melenia Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2012 Fine Arts Contemporary Exhibitions, Art Exhibition Hall, Porto Carras, Municipality of Sithonia
2013 The Big White Fine Art Gallery, Mykonos
2014 Exhibition of Contemponary Sculpture in marble ,MYRÓ Gallery
2016: Carve & Create, Municipal Theater of Polygyros
2017 : Annual exhibition SKETVE Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies
2017: Group Art Exhibition of Sculpture and Painting by the Hellenic Alzheimer Society in the Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies
2017: “Water and Antiquities” at the Olympus Festival 1/7-30/8/2017
2018: Exhibition of 10 visual artists at the Toumba Cultural Center
2018: SKETBE miniature exhibition in Neon
2018: Exhibition “Engravers and sculptors of the world” Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
2019: SKETVE Annual Exhibition at the Gallery of Macedonian Studies
2019: Group exhibition “Man, Symbol and Myth” at Gallery My Art Box, Athens
2022: Group exhibition “SCUPA” in the Main Hall space at Myró Gallery
2023: 40 years of SKETVE “The artist in the making of the city” at the Society of Macedonian Studies
2023: ISOLAMENTO 2 Exhibition at Myró Gallery
2024: Group exhibition “Public View” at the Florina Museum of Contemporary Art
2024: “En Route “ from Thessaloniki to Belgrade, CITY MUSEUM BELGRADE

CONFERENCES:

2013 Greek Marble Initiative
2015 Sculpture Symposium, Municipality of Polygyros
2022: Marble Sculpture Symposium in the Kodra Megalo Park, “Kalamaria 1922-2022, a sea of ..and we all became one”

DISTINCTIONS:

1st Prize for Sculpture, Third National Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture organized by ADEDY, 2006
1st Prize for Sculpture, Thirtieth National Visual Arts Exhibition, Parnassos Literary Society, 2010

His work can be found in public spaces and private collections both in Greece and abroad.