Curriculum Vitae

Kyriakos Katzourakis

Born in Athens 1944, studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts
With I.Moralis, and printmaking at the St. Martins School of Art in London, where he also attended courses on cinema.
He lived in England from 1972 to 1985.
He has organized numerous one man exhibitions and represented Greece on many international exhibitions – Biennale Sao Paulo, Biennale de Paris, Europalia, etc).
1976 Eduardo Paolozzi organized exhibition of his painting at the Serpentine Gallery London.

Since 1988 he has collaborated as art director with “Art’s Theatre Karolos Koun” on “Iphigenia in Aulis” Epidaurus, “Trojan women” Epidaurus, “Nefeles” Epidaurus and on other numerous plays directed by Giorgos Lazanis

1991 founded “Omada Technis”: relationship between painting, theatre, cinema.
1991 – 1993 “TEMPLO – HOUSE OF GUILT” Painting, Theatre, visual installation
1997 “PROSOPOGRAFIA” Painting, Theatre, visual installation
2001 “THE WAY TO THE WEST” a project about immigration, supported by “Culture 2000” with Painting, Theatre, Photography, Cinema .
2003 The documentary THE WAY TO THE WEST resulted from this project
(Best Documentary Award in the 43rd Thessalonica IDFF 2003, as well as the FIPRESCI award in the 5th Thessalonica Documentary Festival 2003 and was selected and screened in a number of important international film festivals (Locarno, Tribeca, Montreal, Yamagata and Istanbul International Film Festival).
2005 “SWEET MEMORY” First Fiction film. Thessaloniki International FF 2005, Montreal International FF 2005. Ficco International FF 2006, Tetouan festival Mediterraneen de cinema 2007 ( Award 1st female role – Katia Gerou) .

Since 2005 Katzourakis is Full Professor at the “School of Fine and applied Arts - Aristotle University of Thessalonici”.

Since 2006 Kyriakos Katzourakis and Katia Gerou are working on the next project
“PANSELINOS - SMALL REVOLTS” e fiction film.

2010 Athens Major exhibition of his work FIZZ GALLERY- EKFRASI GALLERY
– MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Flwrina – TSATSIS GALLERY Thessaloniki

2010 KODRA Thessaloniki – “A while ago” Video installation
K.katzourakis –B.Venetopoulos