Panos Papadopouos studied at the School of Fine Arts in Vienna and was awarded the «Meisterschülerpreis» of the Academy. He is the co-founder of the art collective Dadada Academy, based in Vienna and he was a resident of the Hooper Projects art residency, in Los Angeles, in 2015. His work was presented in the 4th Athens Biennale, in 2013, and has participated in international solo and group shows, often being featured in Vienna, Athens, Paris, Berlin, New York, Leipzig and Cologne.
Panos Papadopoulos work is a mixture of conceptual, minimal, abstract and expressionist art. Departing from his earlier works – text-populated, noisy, post punk abstract oil paintings –, Papadopoulos here allows space to emerge, creating interiors and replacing the text with objects; yet the objects still hold on to their linguistic potency, often acting as symbols of language. It is the empty space, the sound of silence that adds tension to these objects. Basically, he turns drawings into paintings, leaving the viewer with the impression of the absent, the incomplete, the unfinished. Is their appearance deceiving; is there more than meets the eye?
“Often people ask me if my oil paintings are finished or why do they look so empty,” says the Athens-born painter. “My previous works of art were dense and intense; they had lots of layers and were full of text and information. So I started to abstract from the… abstract. I like to take advantage of the whiteness of the canvas in order to highlight the things that matter the most”. In his new works, he takes away the “noise” and a lot of other paint elements, in order to emphasize on the power of color and the brushstroke itself. “It is interesting to see how people react to minimal paintings, especially in a world were they are used to wanting more. But there is a lot of tense in the drawing and the color composition, you just have to look closer”, he explains.
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Press:
Van Tuyckom collection, Brussels (BE)
State of Austria, Vienne (AT)
Vogiatzoglou collection (GR)
Drawing yourself into corners, Martinetz, Cologne (DE)
Painting yourself into corners, Irène Laub Gallery, Brussels (BE)
26:53 am, Eleni Koroneou, Athens (GR)
Simulations, Salon de Bricolage, Athens (GR)
Almost Empty, Dio Horia, Mykonos (GR)
Blank views, Galerie MARTINEZ, Cologne (DE)
Narcissism-Masochism-Fetishism, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens (GR)
Domestic Views II, cur. Katharina Abpurg and Mia Laska, Vienna (AT)
Domestic Views, Torri Gallery & Lucile Avenue space project, Los Angeles (US)
Solo show, Gallery Ileana Tounta, Athens (GR)
..painting..music&vodka, Ommu Distribution, Athens (GR)
Commission for a mural (7m x 8m) in Palais Weihburg, Vienna (AT)
Headquarters, curated by Marina Fokidis, Kunsthalle Athena, Athens (GR)
Wasted Sperma, Ve.Sch, Vienna (AT)
Studio Encounters, Amphicar studio, Athens (GR)
Figures & Facts: Selections from the Hollander Collection, Claremont Graduate University, California (US)
5 Artists, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens (GR)
Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality, Cranbrook Museum, Detroit (US)
Achrome, Irène Laub Gallery, Bruxelles (BE)
WE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT DOCUMENTATION, Martinetz Gallery, Cologne (DE)
Gold und liebe, liebe für gold, Haus N, Athens (GR)
Present, DaDa Da Academy, IFAC, Athens (GR)
It Looks Like Up To Me, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens (GR)
Self Hypnosis, Galerie Kunstbüro, Vienna (AT)
Parallel Vienna IV, Vienna (AT)
The Vacancy, Galerie CRONE, Berlin (DE)
DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPEN/ PATHOLOGICAL HOARDING, Gabrielle Senn Galerie, Vienna (AT)
Austere, cur. Cedric Aurelle and Shyan Rahimi, Los Angeles (US)
Color Value Vienna #1, Wiener Art Foundation, Vienna (AT)
Nostalgia Nevrosa, cur. Iliana Fokianaki, Remap 4, Athens (GR)
The Program, UIC 400 Gallery, cur. Michael Hall – Chicago (US)
That’s not a image, CAN Gallery, Athens (GR)
Lustlands, cur. Nadja Argyropoulou & The Callas, Family Business Gallery, New York (US)
The Garden of Eden, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)
Neue Tiere, Kunstferein Koelnberg, Cologne, (DE)
Panos Papadopoulos, Tobi Binaer, Jannis Varelas, Wiener Art Foundation, Vienna (AT)
(Kunstbuero), cur. Stefan Bidner, Vienna (AT)
Remap 3, “Grrr&Hmm”, cur. Stefan Bidner, Athens (GR)
das Manihesto, DaDa Da Academy, cur. Eirini Papakonstantinou, Thessaloniki State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessalonica (GR)
Psychonavigation, EEG Gallery, Leipzig, (DE)
Archive on View, DaDa Da Academy, cur. Jakob Racek, Contemporary Art Center & Corridor Gallery, Plovdiv (BG)
The Opening, DaDa Da Academy, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna (AT)
Rythm&Painting, Gallery Amer Abbas (Kunstbuero), Vienna (AT)
1st award and commission for a mural at palais Weihburgasse, Vienna (AT)
“Meisterschulpreis”, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
“Golden Fügerpreis” (for best drawing), Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna (AT)
Zut Residency, Lisbon (PT)
Hooper Projects residency, Los Angeles (US)
Lenikus Art residency, Vienna (AT)
