SPIROS PANOURGIAS

Spiros Panourgias was born in Athens in 1973. He studied graphic design (A.K.T.O art & design college), with a post graduate degree on computer graphic design. He is married and father of two daughters. His work balances between realism and dreamlike atmosphere. The interplay of light and shadow and the plasticity of the forms create a personal expressive language. Awards : • FINALIST CERTIFICATE - CIRCLE FOUNDATION for the ARTS Artist of the year 2018 Contest - 863 participating artists - Lyon , France – January 2019 • HONORABLE MENTION AWARD - CIRCLE FOUNDATION for the ARTS - Artist of the year 2017 Contest - 1072 participating artists - Lyon , France – January 2018 • CERTIFICATE of EXCELLENCE - Artavita 25th Art Contest 535 participating artist - Listed among 50 best - New York - November 2017. • Awarded 3rd SANTORINI BIENNALE - September 2016. Solo exhibitions : • ‘’Gazing East’’ - August 2017 • ‘’Light Interventions’’ – August 2015 • ‘’My Blue’’ – May 2014 Selected group exhibitions : • ARTEBINARIA ''Augmented Imagination'' - Florence - March 2019 • CIRCLE FOUNDATION for the ARTS – Artist of the year 2018 Contest - Lyon , France – January 2019 • Artbox project ?EW YORK 1.0 – New York – March 2018 • '' Nature Inside '' - Athens, Greece - March 2018 • CIRCLE FOUNDATION for the ARTS – Artist of the year 2017 Contest - Lyon , France – January 2018 • Artavita 25th Art Contest - New York - November 2017. • FLORENCE BIENNALE XI – " EARTH – Creativity & Sustainability " - Italy – October 2017 • 'The Experience of Dreaming''- Tsichritzis Foundation for the Visual Arts - Athens, Greece - October 2017 • The Artbox Project Basel 1.0 – Switzerland - June 2017 • SANTORINI BIENNALE - Greece - September 2016 • In the context of the "Periplus Islands’’, the exhibition '' Greek Seas and Painting. Study on Insularity '' - Mytilene , Greece - May 2015, representing the development of Evia island. Inspirer and organizer of ARTme festival, an art organization with the support of Chalkida municipality, which aims to highlight creativity, bringing together new and renowned individuals from the wider range of artistic structure of the city of Chalkida. Member of ART VIOMA , the biggest greek organization for the promotion of Art and Culture . e-mail: spanourgias@hotmail.com