Jannis

Karydakis

The artist

Jannis Karydakis

Athens, Greece

Jannis Karydakis was born in Athens. He studied at university level in Germany, in the Kunstschule Westend of Frankfurt and in the Akademie der bildener Kunste of Munich, majoring in arts and print.

Upon finishing his studies and after living in Stockholm for one year with a scholarship, he permanently settled in Athens, where he works as an artist up to the current day. His artwork consists of three units: “ Kosmos”, “Traces” and “Sound and Rhythm”. Jannis Karydakis takes advantage of his skills in print and applies them in his artwork.

He has held numerous individual art exhibitions and also participated in group exhibitions in Greece, Sweden, Denmark and Germany, among other countries. Many of his paintings are included in both public and private collections.

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Contact:

j-karidakis@hotmail.com

www.janniskarydakis.com

Galleries

PAINTING 

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PRINT

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Der Maler und Graphiker

Jannis Karydakis

by Marilena Cassimatis, Chief Curator at National Gallery, Athens

”Jedes Kunstwerk klingt innerlich

so, wie die ruhig und erhaben

gesagten Worte: Ich bin da.”

Kandinsky: Über das Geistige in der Kunst, 1912

Ein Besuch im Atelier von Jannis Karydakis ist eine Begegnung mit Werken des Malers – Formen und Farben auf aufgespanntem Papier – und mit Werken des Graphikers – Zeichnungen und Entwürfen. Inwieweit diese beiden Schwestern der bildenden Kunst, die sich im gleichen Schädel ein Gefecht liefern, sich miteinander verflechten, inwieweit sie sich gegenseitig ausschließen,  ...read more –>