Apostolos Georgiou

Apostolos Georgiou (b. 1952, Thessaloniki) lives and works between Athens and Skopelos. He studied architecture at the Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna (1971–1973) and fine arts at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1973–1975). Working primarily in painting, he produces mostly large-scale compositions in which men and women, sketched with broad brushstrokes, break up the pictorial surface and destabilize the opposition between abstraction and figuration. Georgiou’s scenes highlight alienation, solitude, and humor; his figures often remain anonymous, stripped of individual characteristics. His work has been widely exhibited, including at MOSTYN (2024), Fitzwilliam Museum (2023), Aranya Art Center (2023), Passerelle Centre d’Art Contemporain (2020), Frank F. Yang Art & Education Foundation (2018), New National Museum of Monaco (2018), Centre Pompidou (2017), documenta 14 (2017), Gagosian (2016), and the DESTE Foundation (2015, 2013, 2003). Further presentations include the 10th Gwangju Biennale (2014), the 4th Thessaloniki Biennale (2013), Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art (2012), and the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (2011). His works are held in major collections including the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; and the Pinault Collection.