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Revision as of 00:47, 10 May 2020
Nikos Pantazopoulos | |
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| Born | 1973 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, lecturer |
Nikos Pantazopoulos (born 1973) is an Australian artist and lecturer at RMIT University.
Education
Nikos Pantazopoulos earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1998. He earned a Master of Fine Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a PhD at Monash University in 2013.[1]
Art
Pantazopoulos' work deals primarily with his background as a Greek and a gay man, especially through the lens of ancient Greek culture and homosexuality in ancient Greece.[2][3] His photographic work "Hairy Arse" explored standards of male beauty and Classical Greek culture.[4]
Pantazopoulos' work was included in the "Queer Economies" program at the Centre for Contemporary Photography,[5] and at the 2020 "Friendship as a Way of Life" exhibit at the University of New South Wales.[6] He has also been exhibited at The Substation and the Westspace Gallery.[7] His style has been described as borrowing from Minimalism.[8]
Personal life
Pantazopoulos is openly gay and a Greek Australian.
References
- ^ "Nik Pantazopoulos" (PDF). Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Pappas, Penni (2014-03-27). "Nikos' personal thread". NEOS KOSMOS. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Rainforth, Dylan (2014-07-22). "Space: Around the galleries". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ Nelson, Robert (2014-12-08). "Artist Nikos Pantazopoulos and photographer Katherine Griffiths tackle the nature of beauty". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "Queer Economies / Centre for Contemporary Photography". ccp.org.au. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "Friendship As A Way Of Life: A Celebration Of Queer Kinship And Forms Of Being Together". CURVE. 2020-03-28. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "West Space". westspace.org.au. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
- ^ "A LECTURE FOR ANOTHER INSTITUTION | Spiros Panigirakis". Retrieved 2020-05-10.