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Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Empty Circle, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Shinsaegae Gallery, Kwangju, Korea
2000 John Jay College Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Adam & Sophie Gimbel Design Library, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1999 Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens, Greece
1999 Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY
1998 John Jay College Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Mercer Gallery, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
1994 Robeson Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
1994 Brooklyn College Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1988 Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens, Greece
1986 The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
1984 Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Ora Gallery, Athens, Greece
1981 Ora Gallery, Athens, Greece
1979 Nonson Gallery, New York, NY
1978 Ora Gallery, Athens, Greece
1978 Nonson Gallery, New York, NY
1977 New England Center for Contemporary Arts, Hartford, CT
1976 Nonson Gallery, New York, NY
1976 Henry-Hicks Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1973 Rotunda Gallery, Athens, Greece
Group Exhibitions
2021 The Empty Circle, Agent Provocateur, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Art on Paper Fair, Central Booking Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Ethan Cohen Kube, Orphans of Painting II, Beacon, NY
2019 Greek Consulate, Inside, Outside, and Beyond, New York, NY
2018 The Empty Circle, Everything & Nothing, Brooklyn, NY
2018 The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, Transplants: Greek Diaspora Artists, New York, NY
2018 Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Paper Moon, Rethymno, Greece
2017 Cheapart Gallery, Gateway to Freedom, Athens, Greece
2017 Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, The Right to be Human, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016 The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, Murder She Said, New York, NY
2016 The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, Collateral Damage, New York, NY
2016 Central Booking Gallery, Talk Talk, New York, NY
2016 Area Lugar De Proyectos, The Enemy Within, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2016 Phoenix Brighton, Technology and the Evolution of the Artist’s Book, Brighton, United Kingdom
2015 Central Booking Gallery, Dig, New York, NY
2014 BRIC, BRIC Biennial, Volume I: Downtown Edition, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Miami Dade College Galleries of Art and Design, Livre d’ Artiste d’Aujourd’hui: Interdisciplinary Collaborations, Miami, FL
2014 The Center for Book Arts, Livre d’ Artiste d’Aujourd’hui: Interdisciplinary Collaborations, New York, NY
2014 Contempo 2014, The Lady With the X-Ray Eyes, Varna, Bulgaria
2013 Central Booking Gallery, The Medicine Show, New York, NY
2013 Museo Laboratorio, The Name, The Nose, Città Sant’Angelo, Italy
2013 Pristine Gallery, Your Body is a Battleground, Monterey, Mexico
2012 White Box, AmeriKKKa the Beautiful, New York, NY
2012 Skillman Library, Lafayette College, Booked, Easton, PA
2012 K-Salon Gallery, CENTRAL BOOKING in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2011 Mudeung Museum of Contemporary Art, International Drawing Exhibition: Traces of Sensitivity II, Gwangju, Korea
2011 BRIC Rotunda Gallery, 30: A Brooklyn Salon, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Verge Art Fair, Brooklyn Art Now: 2011 Survey Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Central Booking Gallery, Astronomy: The Celestial, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Benaki Museum, Nees Morfes/50 Years Later, Athens, Greece
2006 Pelham Art Center, The Artist and the Book, New York, NY
2006 Hellenic Museum, Penelopeia: The Other Journey, Chicago, IL
2004 Unit B Gallery, The Phantom Limp, Chicago, IL
2001 Vero Beach Art Center, The Human Element, Vero Beach, FL
1998 Rotunda Gallery, Reading Between the Lines, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Andre Zarre Gallery, Small Works, New York, NY
1996 Islip Art Museum, Selections: Drawing, Oakdale, NY
1996 Fiterman Gallery, BMCC, The Art of Chess, New York, NY
1994 Nees Morfes Gallery, Precious Metals, Athens, Greece
1993 Triplex Gallery, BMCC, The Face Not Only a Parent Could Love, New York, NY
1991 The Alternative Museum, Artists of Conscience, New York, NY
1990 Pratt Institute Gallery, Revision\The Human Image, Brooklyn, NY
1990 The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Images of Death in Contemporary Art, Milwaukee, WI
1989 The Mitchell Museum, Three Artists, Mt. Vernon, IL,
1989 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Three Generations of Greek Women Artists, Washington, DC
1989 The Alternative Museum, Día de los Muertos, New York, NY
1987 Mint Museum, New York- New Venue, Charlotte, NC
1986 Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Works on Paper, Brooklyn, NY
1985 The Alternative Museum, Disinformation: The Manufacture of Consent, New York, NY,
1984 Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Art For and Against, Sparkill, NY
1983 Goethe Institute, Nine Artists-Nine Directions, Athens, Greece
1983 Kouros Gallery, The American Cauldron, New York, NY
1982 Nees Morfes Gallery, Post-War Greek Art, Athens, Greece
1982 Arsenal Gallery, Avenues of Expression, New York, NY
1982 The Alternative Museum, Visual Politics, New York, NY
1982 American Indian Community House, The Four Directions, New York, NY
1982 The Alternative Museum, Mixed Bag, New York, NY
1982 Community Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn on Paper, Brooklyn, NY
1981 Ericson Gallery, Drawings/Paintings/Collages, New York, NY
1981 Cayman Gallery, New Trends, New York, NY
1981 Brooklyn Downtown Cultural Center, First Book Gathering, Brooklyn, NY
1980 Nonson Gallery, A New Decade of Art, New York, NY
1979 Centro de Arte Moderno de Guadalajara, Icarus Odyssey, Guadalajara, Mexico
1978 Nonson Gallery, First Punk/ New Wave Show, New York, NY
1977 Henry-Hicks Gallery, What Is Art?, Brooklyn, NY
1977 Jorgensen Gallery, University of Connecticut, Group Show, Hartford, CT
1976 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Artists, Brooklyn, NY
1975 Community Gallery, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn’s Galleries, Brooklyn, NY
1975 Henry-Hicks Gallery, Concrete Poetry Show, Brooklyn, NY
1975 Zapeion Megaron, 13th Panhellenic Exhibition, Athens, Greece
1974 Saint Germain Des Pres International Festival of Painting and Graphic Arts, Paris, France (Gold Medal Award, Palm D’or)
1974 Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Les Surindependents, Paris, France
1974 Raymond Duncan Gallery, Artists U.S.A., Paris, France
1974 Athens Hilton Gallery, P. Vyzantios Exhibition, Athens, Greece
1973 Zapeion Megaron, 12th Panhellenic Exhibition, Athens, Greece
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Publications
Centro de Arte Moderno de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico
Florina Museum of Contemporary Art, Florina, Greece
Kwangju Art Museum, Kwangju, Korea
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Museo Laboratorio, Città Sant’Angelo, Italy
Pinacotek of the City of Athens, Greece
Pinacotek of the City of Volos, Greece
Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymno, Greece
University of Miami, Miami, FL
The Vorres Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
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