Apostolos Karastergiou was born in Athens in 1973. He graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts and UEL (Art and Architecture). His work has been shown in six solo exhibitions and in many group shows that have been held, among others, at the Benaki Museum (Portrait of Antonis Benakis), at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (Expanded Ecologies) at the National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation (Selective Knowledge) Onassis Cultural Center (Ύπνος Project). He lives and works in Athens, Greece.

1973-2021

EDUCATION

2003 MA Art in Architecture, University of East London, London UK.


1999 Athens School of Fine Arts, Department of Painting, Athens Greece.

EXHIBITIONS SOLO

2021

On The Status of Species, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens.

2015

Drawing Session, Eleftheria Tseliou Gallery, Athens.

2014

Sentenced to life, Elika Gallery, Athens, text by Elpida Karaba.

2011

Brochures for an Exotic Vacation, Siakos.Hanappe Gallery, Athens.

2004

Art Athina (with Els Hanappe Underground Gallery).

2003

Duo Show, Els Hanappe Underground gallery, Athens. With D. Isaia

SELECTED GROUP

2013

Thrills and Chills, CAN Gallery, Athens, Curated by Christina Androulidaki.

What I was Almost Deprived of, Kolektiva OMONIA at Salon de Vortex, Athens. Curated by Theophilos Tramboulis.

2012

Vanishing Point KODRA festival, Thessaloniki, Curated by K. Nikou, E. Tsokanta, G.Notti

2011

OCC one (Original Certi ed Copy one), TinT Gallery, Thessaloniki and
50-1 Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus, Curated by Eleni Riga.


Reference | Representation, Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki, Curated by Zone D. ReMap 3 - The Forgotten bar Project - Responsolidarity, Curated by Alexandros Tzanis.

2010

Blank Paper Hysterias, K-Art Gallery, Athens, Curated by Christina Androulidaki (catalogue with text by the curator).

Wuthering heights, Siakos.Hanappe Gallery, Athens, Curated by Els Hanappe and Lazaros Siakos.

Tower-Tower, the Nikos Alexiou Collection, Bazeos Tower, Naxos, A presentation of the artist’s art collection.

Voyage to Arcadia, The Hilton hotel, Athens, Curated by Els Hanappe.

2009

 Expanded Ecologies – Perspectives in a Time of Emergency, National Museum
of Contemporary Art, Athens, Curated by Daphne Vitali.

Mimes, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, Curated by Christophoros Marinos

(catalogue).

2008

Conceptual Obsession - Obsessive Conceptualism, TinT Gallery, Thessaloniki, Curated by Sotirios Bahtsentzis (catalogue).

Selective Knowledge, National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, organized by ITYS, Athens, Curated by Els Hanappe (catalogue).

2007

Dermatographies, A. Syggros Hospital Museum of Wax Models, Athens, Co-curated with Yiannis Melanitis (catalogue with texts by Anne-Laure Oberson and Thanassis Moutsopoulos).


True Romance, The Breeder gallery, Athens, Curated by Irini Miga, Yiannis Varelas and Alexandros Tzanis.

2006

 SI-TE, KODRA Visual Arts Event, Thessaloniki, Curated by Elpida Karaba, Sotirios Bahtsentzis and Anne-Laure Oberson (catalogue).

2004

Portraits of Antonis Benakis, Benaki Museum, Athens. Curated by Thanassis Moutsopoulos, An exhibition with portraits of the founder of the Museum, by several contemporary artists (catalogue with text by the curator).

2002

Living Inside, Interior #1, Athens. Curated by Dimitra Barba and Ioanna Myrka, Text by Katerina Gregos.

1999

Hooligans, 4th International Comics Festival, Technopolis-Gazi, Athens, Curated by Thanassis Moutsopoulos.