Takis Mavrotas

Takis Mavrotas

Takis Mavrotas is the curator of the Pierides Foundation (Pierides Museum of Ancient Cypriot Art in Cyprus and of the Pierides Contemporary Art Gallery in Greece).

His professional activity in curating art events started in 1987, with the presentation of the Natiolal Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation' s art collection at the 22nd Dimitria in Thessaloniki, which was repeated later (1988) at the National Gallery, in Athens. Then, he curated the following exhibitions:

1988: "Aspects of a Greater Greece ENZO CREA" at Ì.É.Å.Ô.
1989: "Dimitris Mytaras retrospective exhibition" at the Pierides Gallery
1990: "Cypriot Middle-Age Ceramics, 13 - 16th centruries" in Athens, Thessaloniki and Kavala.
1991: "Ancient Cypriot Art Treasures" in Athens
1991: "The Frissiras Collection" at the Pierides Gallery and at the Municipal Gallery of Athens.
1992: "Yannis Parmakelis retrospective eshibition" at the Pierides Gallery
1992: "The anthropocentric character of Frissiras Collection" at the post-Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos island
1992: "New Contemporary Greek Artists" at the Delphi European Cultural Center
1993: "Clay and Plastic Artistic Creation" at the Delphi European Cultural Center
1994: "Clay and Plastic Artistic Creation" at the Pierides Gallery, the Nicosia Municipal Art Center and the Saint Francis Basilica in Rethymnon
1994: "Cypriot Contemporary Art through the collections of Pierides Gallery" in cooperation with Cyprus Bank at HELLEXPO '94
1994: "Tanimanidis Exhibition" in Athens
1994: "Cyprus: 9000 years of civilization", at the Municipality of Corfu (during the E.U. Summit)
1994: "The Frissiras Collection" in Thessaloniki
1996: "Cyprus: 9000 years of civilization" at the Greek Parliament, in cooperaion with the Cyprus Ministry of Education
1996: "Cypriot's course" at the Mamidakis Foundation in Crete