Spyridon Paloukis (b. 1980) is an artist. He has studied contemporary photography at the Stereosis School of Photography (SSP) in Thessaloniki and he has obtained an MA in American Studies from the University of Antwerp. He focuses on long-term photography projects. So far, he has published five books; the photo albums: ‘Wonderwood’, ‘Daydreaming’, and ‘Edessa’; the novels: ‘Charlemagne’, and ‘Black Out’ and he is the co-founder of the Magic Box & Fata Morgana Publications, in Athens.
contact: spyridonpaloukis@gmail.com +30 697 2214 362 a greek resume can be viewed here |
. exhibitions
2022 Thinking Media V, Art Space IN, Incheon Korea - The Magic Island
2021 Mykonos 5th Biennale “1821”, Installation (Mykonos) - Eros
2020 Indian Photo Festival (IPF), Digital Exhibition (Hyderabad) - Wonderwood
2015-2019 Volumes - Independent Art Publishing Fair, (Zurich) Switzerland
2015 Athens Photo Festival, Photobook Exhibition, Benaki museum - Wonderwood
2014 Twelve Hours for Greece (Brussels) - Daydreaming
2012 Photobiennale VII Logos - Kalos & Klio showroom (Thessaloniki) - Wonderwood
2011 "Symbiosis?" 15th Biennale de la Mediterranée (Thessaloniki) - Daydreaming
2008 Athens Photo Festival (APhF), Young Greek Photographers (Athens) - Charlemagne
. awards
2008 Young Greek Photographers - Athens APhF:08
2008 Ten Best New Authors - Diavazo Literature Magazine
2007 Second Prize in the Category “Friendship” of the E.U. Competition Cantabria+10
. presentations
2013 TedX (Thessaloniki) - The Chamber of Wishes
2011 European Parliament (Brussels) - Daydreaming
2010 Embassy of Belgium in Greece (Athens) - Daydreaming
. education
2022 Orama Photographic Studies - Places of Worship
2020/21 Stratos Kalafatis - Organizing, Implementing and Managing a Photographic Project
2020 Kypseli Print Studio - Photographic Screen Printing
2019 Zoetrope - Deconstructing the (Photo)book and Reinventing it in Space
2011 Anders Petersen - Looking the Apple Tree down Into the Garden
2006-2008 Stereosis Academy - Back to Basics / Applied Photography / Expressive Photography and Symbolism / Social Documentary and Contemporary Photography
. books
Charlemagne and the Camera of Secrets
Edessa
Daydreaming: one hundred Greeks of Belgium dream of Greece
Black Out Generation
Wonderwood
2022 Thinking Media V, Art Space IN, Incheon Korea - The Magic Island
2021 Mykonos 5th Biennale “1821”, Installation (Mykonos) - Eros
2020 Indian Photo Festival (IPF), Digital Exhibition (Hyderabad) - Wonderwood
2015-2019 Volumes - Independent Art Publishing Fair, (Zurich) Switzerland
2015 Athens Photo Festival, Photobook Exhibition, Benaki museum - Wonderwood
2014 Twelve Hours for Greece (Brussels) - Daydreaming
2012 Photobiennale VII Logos - Kalos & Klio showroom (Thessaloniki) - Wonderwood
2011 "Symbiosis?" 15th Biennale de la Mediterranée (Thessaloniki) - Daydreaming
2008 Athens Photo Festival (APhF), Young Greek Photographers (Athens) - Charlemagne
. awards
2008 Young Greek Photographers - Athens APhF:08
2008 Ten Best New Authors - Diavazo Literature Magazine
2007 Second Prize in the Category “Friendship” of the E.U. Competition Cantabria+10
. presentations
2013 TedX (Thessaloniki) - The Chamber of Wishes
2011 European Parliament (Brussels) - Daydreaming
2010 Embassy of Belgium in Greece (Athens) - Daydreaming
. education
2022 Orama Photographic Studies - Places of Worship
2020/21 Stratos Kalafatis - Organizing, Implementing and Managing a Photographic Project
2020 Kypseli Print Studio - Photographic Screen Printing
2019 Zoetrope - Deconstructing the (Photo)book and Reinventing it in Space
2011 Anders Petersen - Looking the Apple Tree down Into the Garden
2006-2008 Stereosis Academy - Back to Basics / Applied Photography / Expressive Photography and Symbolism / Social Documentary and Contemporary Photography
. books
Charlemagne and the Camera of Secrets
Edessa
Daydreaming: one hundred Greeks of Belgium dream of Greece
Black Out Generation
Wonderwood