ILIAS TOLIADIS:
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BORN :
June 1970 in the village of Damaskinia in North Greece
EDUCATION:
MFA IAMD, OCAD University, Toronto Canada Sept.2013-May2015
Thesis: Travelling Talismans (Thesis & Artistic project: Installation of wooden sculptures (stools), drawings and mixed media collage-paintings).
MA in Visual Arts, UEL, London UK Sept. 2001-Sept.2002
Final Project: Circus (100 square metres installation using various materials as wood, fabric, metal and ropes in “discussion” with abstract paintings).
BA, Fine Arts School, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece Sept.1990–Sept.1995
Final Project: Portraits & Landscapes depicting Byzantine Buildings
“Praxis”, Drawing Tutorial School Thessaloniki, Greece Sept.1988–Sept.1989
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE
Professional Landscape Painter (Freelance) 1995-present
(Oil and water colours landscape painting combining it with travelling in various places and countries as Canada, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Turkey, Egypt, Germany, France, England and Scotland)
Interior Designer & Decorator. Designing interior spaces (coffee shops, restaurants, bars, houses) 1992-present
Teaching Assistant at OCAD University, Canada 2013-14, 2014-15
(TA in Art History)
Instructor of Drawing for adults, Athens, Greece 2004
Art Instructor- Primary Schools, Chania Greece. 2003
Set Design Assistant, Athens, Greece 1999
(Assisting the set designing of the musical/theatrical production by Stamatis Kraounakis All Black and a Piano and also worked in other various theatres)
Set & Costume Design Assistant, Thessaloniki, Greece 1997
(Senior assistants to designer Anjelina Atlandic at the Cultural Capital of Europe event.
Provide assistance in the production of Video clip of musician Goran Bregovic’s work and final musical performance)
Assistant to the Ileana Tunta Gallery, Athens, Greece 1998-1999
Assistant to the sculptor Thodoros, Athens, Greece 1998-1999
Assistant to the artist Frini Mouzakitou, Athens, Greece 1998-1999
Assistant to Sculptor George Tsaras, Thessaloniki, Greece 1993-1994
Instructor in Art Workshops- Summer “Yuppi Camp,” Chalkidiki, Greece 1991-1993
Cartoonist- “The Black Bread”, for the Faculty of Pedagogy of Aristotelian University in Thessaloniki, Greece. 1992
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
Canada: Artscape, Toronto Island Sept. 2009, Oct. 2010, Feb-Apr, Nov.2011
Egypt: Alexandria, Guest of the Hellenic Culture Foundation June 2007
Italy: A year in Florence 2006-2007
Scotland: Edinburgh March-April 2006
Spain and Portugal: Summer 2005
Greece, Hydra June 2003, June 2005, July 2012, July 2015
Greece, Mykonos December 1993, June 2010
Greece, Lesbos September 2006
Greece, Rethymno June 1995
UK, London & Manchester Frequent visits 2003-2009
LECTURE:
2016
Lecture on Greek History of Art to York University students, part of their experiential education course on Modern Greek History, HIST 3387 in Athens Greece
2014
Lecture for 4 Greek Artists of the 20th centuries to the Association of Greeks from Thessaloniki in Toronto Canada
2012
Presentation on “Greek Painting in the Twentieth Century” to the Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario, and the role of artists in contemporary society
MEMBERSHIPS
Graduate Association of the Fine Arts School, (G.A.F.A.S.), Athens GR 1998-present
Greek Chamber of Arts, UNESCO accreditation for artists 1996-present
Founding member of the Vile Roan International Artistic Group. Lnd, UK 2001-2003
VOLUNTEER WORK
Member of the Cultural Association of Damaskinia 2005-present
Organization of cultural events, exhibitions, sport events and children’s theatre productions
Vice Chair of Graduates’ Association of the Fine Arts School of Athens 1999-2005
Responsible for organising and co-curating more than 25 art shows
Volunteer- “The Volunteer Group,” Thessaloniki, Greece 1990-1991
Working with children that have special needs in theatrical sets
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Bridge: Vrysaki Cultural Centre ( Athens, Greece)
...Walking out of the woods: Old school( Damaskinia, Greece)
2017 Few more days...: Vrysaki Cultural Centre ( Athens, Greece)
2016 Honest Hints: Vrysaki Cultural Centre ( Athens, Greece)
Ξέφωτο-Glade-Clairière: Vrysaki Cultural Centre ( Athens, Greece)
2015 Travelling Talismans....: At the OCAD Graduate Gallery( Toronto, Canada)
2014 Some light ..few years ago: Red Eye Cafe , (Toronto, Canada)
2013 The First Ghosts: Installation 3 at ‘’Sardine Man’’ old café( Damaskinia, Greece)
2012 The Bench: Outdoors Installation/Performance, (North west Greece)
An Older Story: Installation 2 at ‘’Sardine Man’’ old café( Damaskinia, Greece)
Crispy waters, In Koufonisi island (Aegean Sea, Greece)
2011 Sell Out: (Kila Kozani, Greece)
…Just Positive: Installation at “Sardine Man” old café (Damaskinia, Greece)
2010 Dentro ? - Emigration: Installation, “Sardine Man” old café (Damaskinia-Greece)
Paintings: Landscapes, Portraits and Abstract Work, The Folk Art Museum (Kozani, Greece)
What a fish is leaving behind: Amfiktionos 33, Thisio (Athens, Greece)
Cosmopolitan: “Karoutas” Guest House Lodge, Tsotili (Kozani, Greece)
2009 Emigration: Discourses of Space: Municipal Gallery (Kozani, Greece)
2008 Painting: Landscapes, Guest House Lodge “Karoutas”, Tsotili, Kozani, Greece
Crossing the Bridge: Building Cultural Bridges, Amfiktionos 33, Thisio (Athens) A Breath from the Desert - Mediterranean waves: Hellenic Cultural Centre (Alexandria, Egypt)
Remains of a Year: Studio Opening, Piazza San Marco 10 (Florence, Italy)
2007 Passages: Landscapes, Tsotili Town Hall (Tsotyli, Greece)
Incoming: Opening the Door to New Ideas (Damaskinia, Greece)
Greek Landscapes: “Randolph” Art Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
2006 From the Forest: Amfiktionos 33, Thisio (Athens, Greece)
Dreams in the Plum Tree Village: From Destruction to Construction. Installation (Kozani, Greece)
Greek images: “Etcetera” Art Gallery, (Florida, U.S.A)
2005 Ten Years After: Mini-Retrospective, Tsotili Town Hall (Kozani, Greece)
Emigration: “Ios” Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
2004 Landscapes: “Image” Gallery (Athens, Greece)
Lykabetous- The Hill: G.A.F.A.S Gallery (Athens, Greece)
Flowers: Café Podilato (Athens, Greece)
2002 Circus: Final Project-Masters in Fine Arts, University of East London (England)
2000 Flight Courses: The Courses of Life. G.A.F.A.S Gallery (Athens, Greece)
1999 Spring: Flowering Creativity. G.A.F.A.S Gallery (Athens, Greece)
1996 Urban Landscapes & Portraits (Avoiding Melancholy & Loneliness): Graduation Project, Fine Art School of Aristotelian University (Thessaloniki, Greece)
GROUP EXHIBITION
2017 Fragments of dialogue: Vrysaki Cultural Centre ( Athens, Greece)
2016 Greeks for Greece: Figure One Gallery (Champaign IL, USA)
2014 Done being wrong: Brockton Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
2012 Ochre: Abstract Paintings, “The Raft in the City” Venue (Thessaloniki, Greece)
2011 Scotiabank Contact Greek Photo Week: Burrouges Gallery (Toronto, Canada)
Anamnesis: Gallery 1313 (Toronto, Canada)
2009 New World: Toronto Island Gibraltar Point Art Scape (Canada)
Scattered: Cultural room (Danaskinia, Greece)
2008 Flowers: Koila, Greece
2005 Pictures: Furious Portrait Art Gallery (Ioannina, Greece)
2004 Small is Smart: Art Tower Agora Art Gallery (Athens, Greece)
Anthropocentric: G.A.F.A.S. Gallery (Athens, Greece)
Group Show: Municipal Gallery of Scalas Eresou, (Lesvos Island, Greece)
2003 Body/Torso/Trunk: Neoria Art Space (Chania, Greece)
Meeting point: presentation with Nantia Kalara: G.A.F.A.S. Gallery (Athens, Greece)
Body/Torso/Trunk: Melina Merkouri Gallery (Hydra, Greece)
Three options: G.A.F.A.S. Gallery (Athens, Greece)
Circus: Vile Roan art group: Fritz Gallery (Brixton, London, United Kingdom)
2002 August in the Cornfield: Canonbury Road Art Gallery (London, United Kingdom)
Ropes and Clothes: Oscar bar (University of East London, United Kingdom)
Stranded: Red-Yellow-Black: Strand Old Station (London, United Kingdom)
2001 15 Artists at Voio: “Old primary school” (Damaskinia, Greece)
Drawing Exhibition: G.A.F.A.S. Gallery (Athens, Greece)
2000 Figures: Portraits, Schpierer Cultural Centre (Volos, Greece)
1998 Portraits-Landscapes: Benetatos Cultural Centre (Athens, Greece)
Birds: “Mail” Art Gallery (Milano, Italy)
1997 Acrobat: Macedonian Palace (Thessaloniki, Greece)
1996 Portraits: Fine Arts School Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
1995 Exhibition of 7: University of Macedonia Art Gallery, Thessaloniki (Greece)
LANGUAGES
Greek (mother tongue), English (fluent), Spanish (basic), Italian (basic), Serbo-Croatian (basic).