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George Pandazis

Visual Artist – Critical Pedagogue – Researcher

Profile

George Pandazis is a visual artist, critical pedagogue, and researcher based in Rethymno, Crete. He graduated with honors from the School of Fine Arts in Florina and holds a Master’s degree in Critical Pedagogy from the University of Crete. Currently, he is a PhD candidate at the University of Crete.

His work has been showcased in major exhibitions and fairs, including Art-Athina, and he has held seven solo exhibitions in galleries in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Rethymno. Recognized in international biennials, Pandazis has been active as an art educator since 2018, while also organizing artistic residencies and workshops. He collaborates with leading Greek galleries and is a researcher at the Center for the Study and Research of the History of Education at the University of Crete.

Personal Information

• Born: 1993, Ptolemaida, Greece
• Lives and works in: Rethymno, Crete, Greece

Education

• 2021 – Present: PhD Candidate, University of Crete, GR
• 2021: MA in Critical Pedagogy, School of Education Sciences, University of Crete, GR
• 2016: BA in Fine and Applied Arts, University of Western Macedonia, GR

Solo Exhibitions

• 2024: The Feathering Of Colors, Technohoros Art Gallery, Athens
• 2023: Palm Trees: The Palette of Rethymnon, Morfes Art Gallery, Rethymno
• 2019: Street Market, Technohoros Art Gallery, Athens
• 2016: Micromeria, Technohoros Art Gallery, Athens

Collaborative Exhibitions

• 2023: George Pandazis x Fotios Ballas, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
• 2019: Near Beyond (with Harris Kondosphyris), Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
• 2017: ATROPOS (with Gabriel Ftelkopoulos), Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
• 2016: New Equinox (with Harris Kondosphyris), Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki

Group Exhibitions

• 2024: 15 Traces of Rethymno, 7th N.S. Art Festival, Morfes Art Gallery, Rethymno, Crete
• 2024: Coexistence / Great Days of Nemea, Technohoros Art Gallery, Nemea
• 2023: Art Moments 2023, Morfes Art Gallery, Rethymno, Crete
• 2023: The Road to the Kiosk, 6th N.S. Art Festival, House of Culture, Rethymno, Crete
• 2022: Art Athina 2022, Technohoros Art Gallery, Zappeion Megaron, Athens (Curated by Stamatina Dimitrakopoulos)
• 2021: Affordable Art, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
• 2021: Views of Greece, Technohoros Art Gallery, Athens
• 2021: 1821, View of a Revolution, War Museum, Athens
• 2021: MILO, Morfes Art Gallery, Rethymno
• 2020: Social Distancing, Morfes Art Gallery, Rethymno
• 2020: Summer 2020, Morfes Art Gallery, Rethymno
• 2019: Plakias Art Residency, Morfes Art Gallery, Rethymno
• 2018: Rem-brand name project, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
• 2018: Summer Lovers, Aqua Gallery, Santorini
• 2017: Xouthou Project: The Silence of Town, Athens
• 2017: Bread, Archive of History and Art, Kaisaria, Kozani
• 2017: Art from Wine, Byzantine Museum of Veria
• 2017: Winetopia, Porto Carras Estate, Chalkidiki
• 2017: Artistic Quadratics, Historical Museum of Ptolemaida
• 2017: The Drawers of a Museum of Greek Art, Moschandreou Gallery, Messolonghi
• 2016: Rem-brand name project, Technohoros Art Gallery, Athens
• 2016: Rem-brand name project, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
• 2016: Equinox, Factory Cafe-Bar, Florina
• 2016: Technostoicheia, 512 Gallery, Ptolemaida
• 2015: Small Canvas Exhibition, Papatzikou Gallery, Veria
• 2015: Painting Lectern, Analogio Festival, Athens
• 2015: Proust Effect, Metamatic Taf, Athens
• 2015: Pandazis for Coffee, Rodi Cafe, Florina
• 2015: Cosmos’s Crossroads, Primary School of Amyntaio
• 2015: Rem-brand name project, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
• 2015: Art Athina 2015, Papatzikou Gallery
• 2015: Art Athina 2015, EN-FLO Project
• 2015: Cheap Art 2015, Isnotgallery, Cyprus
• 2015: Dia-Logo, 512 Gallery, Ptolemaida
• 2014: Technostoicheia, 512 Gallery, Ptolemaida
• 2014: Small Canvas Exhibition, Papatzikou Gallery, Veria
• 2014: Visual Laundry, Public Installation, Thessaloniki
• 2014: Gak-Art, Municipal Gallery of Psychiko, Athens (Curated by Louisa Karapidaki)
• 2014: Rem-brand name project, Technohoros Art Gallery, Athens
• 2014: Crowds and Briquette, 512 Gallery, Ptolemaida
• 2014: Rem-brand name project, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki
• 2014: Gak-Art, General State Archives, Athens (Curated by Louisa Karapidaki)
• 2014: Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Art Athina 2014, Taekwondo Court, Athens
• 2014: 499 Rhino, Art Athina 2014, Taekwondo Court, Athens, EN-FLO Project
• 2014: Rem-brand name project, Art Athina 2014, Taekwondo Court, Athens, Long Vehicle Team
• 2014: The Buffet, Martinos Antique and Fine Art Gallery, Athens
• 2014: New Wreck – Acting in the Lost Space, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens (Coordinator: Harris Kondosphyris)
• 2013: The Ark of Honatzis, Action Field Kodra, Thessaloniki (Coordinator: Harris Kondosphyris)
• 2013: Rem-brand name project, Technohoros Art Gallery, Athens (Coordinator: Harris Kondosphyris)
• 2013: Rem-brand name project, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki (Coordinator: Harris Kondosphyris)

Distinctions

• 2017: International Watercolor Society India Biennale 2017, New Delhi
• 2016: OSTEN Biennial of Drawing 2016, Skopje

Academic Activity

Teaching Experience