Born in Corfu in 1950, he studied Painting and Stage Design at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1969-1974). Works of his are found on covers of literature and poetry books, several posters and illustrations of the calendars of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (1988), Patakis Publications (1992), “Médecins du Monde Greece” (1999), the Piraeus Port Authority (2000), et al. In 1992, he illustrated the poetry of Kiki Dimoula in the magazine “Neo Epipedo”. The literature magazine “Porfyras” hosted his artworks in 1997 and the monthly literature magazine “Efthyni” in 1998. In 1999, he worked for the illustration of the CD-ROM “The Private and Public Life of the Ancient Greeks” edited by the Greek Ministry of Education. He taught Aesthetics and Art Education at the Democritus University of Thrace (1997-2013). Works by him can be found at the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum, the Greek Ministry of Culture, in the collections of the Agricultural Bank of Greece, Ergobank and O.T.E., in private museums and other collections. He lives and works in Athens.
Spyros Koursaris
Works
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Athens•
2016
Historical Museum Diexodos•
Missolonghi•
2014
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Athens•
2012
Chyssothemis Art Gallery•
Chalandri•
2009
Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu•
Corfu•
2008
Art Gallery Metamorfosis•
Alexandroupolis•
2006
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Athens•
2006
The Exhibition House•
Tinos•
2004
Atrion Gallery•
Thessaloniki•
2004
Mylonoyanni Art Gallery•
Chania•
2003
Peritechnon (Peritechnon Karteris)•
Athens•
2002
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Athens•
2000
Labyrinthos Gallery•
Katerini•
1999
Atrion Gallery•
Thessaloniki•
1999
Ariadne Art Gallery•
Heraklion•
1997
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Glyfada•
1995
Iris Art Gallery•
Athens•
1995
Petsalis Gallery•
Corfu•
1992
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Glyfada•
1990
Ariadne Art Gallery•
Heraklion•
1989
Nees Morfes Gallery•
Athens•
1988
Chyssothemis Art Gallery•
Athens•
1985
Zalokosta 7 Gallery (Gallery 7)•
Athens•
1982
Chyssothemis Art Gallery•
Athens•
2018
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Athens•
2016
Historical Museum Diexodos•
Missolonghi•
2014
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Athens•
2012
Chyssothemis Art Gallery•
Chalandri•
2009
Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu•
Corfu•
2008
Art Gallery Metamorfosis•
Alexandroupolis•
2006
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Athens•
2006
The Exhibition House•
Tinos•
2004
Atrion Gallery•
Thessaloniki•
2004
Mylonoyanni Art Gallery•
Chania•
2003
Peritechnon (Peritechnon Karteris)•
Athens•
2002
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Athens•
2000
Labyrinthos Gallery•
Katerini•
1999
Atrion Gallery•
Thessaloniki•
1999
Ariadne Art Gallery•
Heraklion•
1997
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Glyfada•
1995
Iris Art Gallery•
Athens•
1995
Petsalis Gallery•
Corfu•
1992
Ekfrasi – Yianna Grammatopoulou Gallery•
Glyfada•
1990
Ariadne Art Gallery•
Heraklion•
1989
Nees Morfes Gallery•
Athens•
1988
Chyssothemis Art Gallery•
Athens•
1985
Zalokosta 7 Gallery (Gallery 7)•
Athens•
1982
Chyssothemis Art Gallery•
Athens•
Press
The dream-like and metaphysical atmosphere of Spyros Koursaris’s works creates associations between the natural landscape and his own experiential space of memory. His microcosm is contemplated macroscopically, and the subconscious is projected through paradoxes that transmute the familiar into the unexpected and the conventional into an extraordinary event. The human presence gives birth to and defines his landscapes, but the opposite is also true, while there is an underlying elegiac tone that deems any sense of ‘narrative’ enigmatic.
Athena Schina Art Critic and Historian 2004