Nikos Pantazopoulos
Nikos Pantazopoulos | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, lecturer |
Nikos Pantazopoulos (born 1973) is an Australian artist and lecturer at RMIT University.
Education
[edit]Nikos Pantazopoulos earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1998. He earned a Master of Fine Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a PhD at Monash University in 2013.[1]
Art
[edit]Pantazopoulos' work deals primarily with his background as a Greek and a gay man, especially through the lens of ancient Greek culture and homosexuality in ancient Greece.[2][3] His photographic work "Hairy Arse" explored standards of male beauty and Classical Greek culture.[4]
Pantazopoulos' work was included in the "Queer Economies" program at the Centre for Contemporary Photography,[5] and at the 2020 "Friendship as a Way of Life" exhibit at the University of New South Wales.[6] He has also been exhibited at The Substation and the Westspace Gallery.[7] His style has been described as borrowing from Minimalism.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Pantazopoulos is openly gay and a Greek Australian.
References
[edit]- ^ "Nik Pantazopoulos" (PDF). Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces.
- ^ Pappas, Penni (27 March 2014). "Nikos' personal thread". NEOS KOSMOS. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Rainforth, Dylan (22 July 2014). "Space: Around the galleries". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Nelson, Robert (8 December 2014). "Artist Nikos Pantazopoulos and photographer Katherine Griffiths tackle the nature of beauty". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Queer Economies / Centre for Contemporary Photography". ccp.org.au. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Friendship As A Way Of Life: A Celebration Of Queer Kinship And Forms Of Being Together". CURVE. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "West Space". westspace.org.au. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "A LECTURE FOR ANOTHER INSTITUTION | Spiros Panigirakis". Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- Australian people of Greek descent
- 21st-century Australian photographers
- Photographers from Melbourne
- Australian gay artists
- Australian LGBTQ photographers
- Gay photographers
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Victorian College of the Arts alumni
- Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
- Monash University alumni
- 21st-century Australian male artists