Alexis Akrithakis
(1939-1994)
| 1939 | Alexis Akrithakis was born in Athens |
| 1955 | He is obliged to suspend his secondary school studies because he has been suspended as "a dangerous troublemaker" |
| 1956 | He meets the idiosyncratic philosopher George Makris who acknowlegdes his talent and encourages him to become a painter |
| 1958 | He leaves Athens and moves to Paris to live a bohemian life within the cycles of the intelligentia of this period. |
| 1960 | He returns to Athens and joins the army |
| 1965 - 66 | His first solo exhibitions in Thessaloniki and in Athens |
| 1968 - 84 | He gets a D.A.A.D scholarship and moves to Berlin. When this scholarship ends, he decides to stay in Berlin, but he also visits often Greece. |
| 1984 | He returns to Greece and lives in Athens |
| 1994 | He dies in Athens |
| 1997 | A major retrospective exhibition of Alexis Akrithakis works in Athens National Gallery |
| 1963 | Veltsou gallery, Thessaloniki |
| 1965 | French Institute, Athens |
| 1966 | Kleo gallery, Thessaloniki |
| 1967 |
Amalia Hotel, Athens Galerie Hammer-Europa Center, Berlin |
| 1968 | "Temperas and Inks", Goethe Institute, Athens, (in cooperation with D.A.A.D.) |
| 1969 |
Galerie Mikro, Berlin Galerie Junge Generation, Hamburg |
| 1970 |
Galerie Ubu, Carlsroue Atelier of Decorative Arts, Athens |
| 1971 |
Alexandre lolas Gallery, Geneva ZM Gallery, Thessaloniki T. Zouboulakis Gallery, Athens (in cooperation with D.A.A.D. and Alexandros Iolas) |
| 1972 |
Galerie Niepel, Dusseldorf Galleria Di Leone, Venice |
| 1973 |
Galleria II Fauno Due, Torino (in cooperation with Alexandros Iolas) Cochlias gallery, Thessaloniki Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Milan Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens |
| 1974 | Galerie Tanit, Munich |
| 1977 | "Pleadings - Drawings", Karen & Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens (in cooperation with Alexandros Iolas) |
| 1978 |
Trito Mati gallery, Athens Galerie Skulima, Berlin |
| 1979 | "Collages '79", Design Market, Thessaloniki |
| 1980 |
Ionia Gallery, Athens Medousa gallery, Athens (Collection of Chloe Akrithakis) |
| 1981 | Karen & Jean Bernιer Gallery, Athens |
| 1983 | Karen & Jean Bernιer Gallery, Athens |
| 1984 |
"Marlboro-Collage, The hydroelectric work of Polifimos", Antinor art gallery, Athens French Institute, Thessaloniki "The kites", Artio gallery, Athens |
| 1986 | "Circus" (collaboration with Giorgos Lappas), Artio gallery, Athens |
| 1987 | "Cirk - Collages", Artio gallery, Athens |
| 1988 | "Drawings", Athinon Art Gallery, Athens |
| 1989 |
Opsis art gallery, Mykonos Ioni gallery, Kifisia |
| 1990 |
"My flowers to my suicide friends", Gallery Zalokosta 7, Athens Epikentro Art Gallery, Patras |
| 1991 | "Blowup", Mirarakis Gallery, Athens |
| 1992 | "Monsters", Kreonidis Art Gallery, Athens |
| 1993 | Ileana Tounta Art Gallery, Athens |
| 1965 | "ΙΙ Internationale Ausstellung objektiver Poesie und Malerei", Copenhagen |
| 1966 | "Greek artists' Group exhibition", 42 Gallery, Athens |
| 1967 | "IX Pan-Hellenic exhibition of Fine Arts", Zapio, Athens |
| 1968 |
"Ornamentale Tendenzen in der zeitgenossischen Malerei",Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Stadtisches Museum Vironas, Corfu Leverkusen, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Schloss Wolfsburg "Kaspertheaterv, Berlin |
| 1972 | "Szene Berlin Mai '72", Wϋrtembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgard |
| 1973 | "30 Internationale Kϋnstler in Berlin", Bonn (in cooperation with D.A.A.D.) |
| 1978 | ΧΙΙ Biennale, Alexandria |
| 1979 |
"Von Schlemmer zu Max Ernst", Museum der Kunst, Hannover "Contemporary Greek Painting and Engraving", National Gallery, Dublin |
| 1984 | Alexandros Iolas' collection, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki |
| 1985 |
"Image, Space, Installation", Gallery 3, Athens "Trace & Script", Artio Gallery, Athens |
| 1986 |
"Pandoras' box", Gallery 3, Athens "Five artists", Artio Gallery, Athens "Athens in Berlin", Pieridis Gallery, Glifada (in cooperation with D.A.A.D.) |
| 1987 | "Homage to Veatriki", Pieridis Gallery, Glifada |
| 1988 | "Hyper - Product", Club 22, Athens |
| 1989 | Epikentro Art Gallery, Patras |
| 1990 | "Proposal for a contemporary collection", PDR Studios, Vicky Dracos Contemporary Art, Athens |
| 1992 |
"25 Contemporary Painters", Mirarakis Gallery, Athens "Bridge", Citibank, Athens |
