Events, Exhibitions, and other organizations
Paris Kapralos | Art Curator | Greece
Curations, events, concepts, collaborations: Traces & Frameworks
This page presents the exhibitions, projects, and initiatives curated, organized, or collaborated on by Paris Kapralos throughout his career in art to date. The sections cover a wide range of forms and activities: from solo and group exhibitions, participation in international events and art fairs, to thematic series and special projects. This body of work is not merely a record of activities but a reflection of an ongoing quest for meaningful dialogues with art and its creators, a pursuit that continues, evolves, and is constantly renewed.
Upcoming & Current Events
ONGOING
With physical presentation: –
Online editions:
‣ Until 20 May 2026: Exhibition “New Symbols: The Wonderful Mistake” (online edition of the physical exhibition held at Chili Art Gallery, Athens, in January 2026). Full details HERE.
‣ Until 20 May 2026: Exhibition “Infinite Forms 4: The Materials of Memory” (online edition of the physical exhibition held at Chili Art Gallery, Athens, in February 2026). Full details HERE.
‣ Until 20 May 2026: Exhibition “Ink on Paper 12” (online edition of the physical exhibition held at Chili Art Gallery, Athens, in March 2026). Full details HERE.
COMING SOON Suspended Hopes. Solo exhibition by painter Manolis Mpitzos at the City of Athens Arts Center. Opening: Tuesday 12 May 2026 at 19:00. Full details and submission HERE.
Curated Solo Exhibitions
The Harsh Terrain of Painting, Andreas Sinopoulos, organized by ARTgrID, Alma Mater, Athens 2026
The Goddess in the Labyrinth, Niki Roumpani, organized by ARTgrID, House of Culture, Rethymno 2025
Forced Heirship, Dia Manesi, organized by ARTgrID, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
The Elevator Doesn’t Reach Here, Anna Gioti, organized by ARTgrID, Alma Mater, Athens 2025
I Am Not What You See, Foti Kllogjeri, organized by Technχώρος Art Gallery, Athens 2025
The Persistence of Vision, Eva Anastopoulou, organized by ARTgrID, Alma Mater, Athens 2025
In the Age of Persephone, Olga Barmazi, organized by ARTgrID, Alma Mater, Athens 2025
Inner Landscapes, Ilias Kasselas, organized by ARTgrID, Alma Mater, Athens 2024
Horizons, Foti Kllogjeri, organized by ARTgrID, Alma Mater, Athens 2024
Of Senses and Hallucinations, Eleni Karnezi, organized by ARTgrID, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2024
Akrasia, Aliki Rigou, organized by ARTgrID, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
Parallel, Amalia Koronaki, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
Up the Tree, Kostas Michos, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
The Distance Between Us, Foti Kllogjeri, Technχώρος, Athens 2022
Theodoros Kemidis: Retrospective Exhibition, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022
Unanimous Moment, Ilias Kasselas, Technχώρος, Athens 2022
Selfie, Christina Michalopoulou, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2019
Parallel Journeys, Olga Kotsirea, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2019
Macrocosm, Penelope Volterra, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2019
Transcendent Realities, Chrys Roboras, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2018
Necessary Conditions, Orestis Diamantis, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2017
Lost Happiness, Valentini Mavrodoglou, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2017
The Metro in Thessaloniki, Foti Kllogjeri, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2017
Parallel Non-Existence, installation by Kallianthe Vogdopoulou, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2017
Michalis Tsinoglou, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2016
Crossing Borders – Becoming European, installation by Elena Efeoglou, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2016
The Other City, Foti Kllogjeri, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2016
Chapter 50, Albena Mihaylova, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2016
Free Formation, Kamen Tanev, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2016
Emerging Forms, Andrej Mitevski, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2016
Ioannis Asteriou, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2016
Out of Light, Orestis Diamantis, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2016
Place, Time, Human, Kostas Karathanasis, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2015
Valentini Mavrodoglou, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2015
Je suis non Charlie Hebdo (= I am not Charlie Hebdo), installation by Giorgos Tsaras, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2015
Memories, Odysseas Tosounidis, sculptural installation, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2014
Giorgos Salpigkidis, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2014
Nikolas Antoniou, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2014
Penelope Volterra, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2014
Virus, Simis Gkatenio, Myrό Project Room, Thessaloniki 2014
Retrospective Exhibition of Konstantinos Palian, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2013
Fading Away, installation by Anna Maria Smyrnaki, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2013
Dimos Kipouros, Myrό Project Room, Thessaloniki 2013
Eutopia, Konstantinos Mennis, Myrό Project Room, Thessaloniki 2013
Giorgos Korbakis, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2013
Fotini Chamidieli, Myrό Project Room, Thessaloniki 2012
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Exhibition Documentation
(collaboration focused on the conceptual framework and writing of the curatorial text)
I Am Not What You See, solo exhibition by Foti Kllogjeri, Technχώρος Art Gallery, Athens 2025
The Colors of the Wind, solo watercolor exhibition by Foti Kllogjeri, Evdoxio Cultural Center, Milies, Pelion 2025
Alexithymia, group exhibition, participation of Technχώρος Art Gallery in Art Athina 2021, Athens 2021
Light & Shadow, solo exhibition by Manolis Pentes, Patmion, Patmos 2021
Urban Entropy, solo exhibition by Foti Kllogjeri, Technχώρος, Athens 2020
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Organization & Curated Participations
Chili Art Gallery Booth at the 7th Art Thessaloniki International Art Fair, HELEXPO, Thessaloniki, Greece 2024
ARCOlisboa 2019 / IFEMA Madrid, coordination of participation of Luciana Caravello Arte Contemporânea (BR), Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal 2019
Spazio 22: Nuovi simboli, participation of Greek artists in the group exhibition, Milan, Italy 2019
Chili Art Gallery Booth at the 4th Art Thessaloniki International Art Fair, Thessaloniki, Greece 2019
IWS Globe (International Watercolor Society) Booth at the 4th Art Thessaloniki International Art Fair, Thessaloniki, Greece 2019
Concept & Curation of Group Exhibitions
The Dwellings of the Self, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2026
Human Exception – annual exhibition of the visual artists collective ARC – Art Revisited Collective, organized by ARTgrID, Alma Mater, Athens 2025
The Fear of Flat Reality, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
Summer, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
Anonymous Paths, Alma Mater, Athens 2025
Invisible Hopes, Alma Mater, Athens 2025
Tempus Fugit, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
Mater Mundi, Alma Mater, Athens 2025
Silence, Voice, Resonance, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
Threshold: Between Light and Shadow, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
Palimpsests of Memory, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2024
Kinesthesia, EPsilon Art Gallery, Loutraki, Corinth 2024
Summertime, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2024
Oculi Inquisitivi: Investigative Gazes into the Shadows of the City, Luminous Eye Gallery, Athens 2024
Anthropogeographies, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2024
The Poetics of Art, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2024
Behind the Masks of Utopian Joy, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2024
Transitions & Passages, organized by ARC – Art Revisited Collective, Luminous Eye, Athens 2024
Happiness Beyond Limits, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2024
Immanence, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
Visual Anthropology, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
Chili Bazaart 2023, organized by ARTgrID, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
SKG Bazaart 2023, organized by ARTgrID, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2023
Before the Last Halcyon Days, organized by ARC – Art Revisited Collective, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
The Visible and the Invisible, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
Polity & Eutopia, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
Gesture and Symbolism, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
Terrain Vague – Transitional Landscapes, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
Face, Image, Form, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
Human in the Cities, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
Contemporary Visual Creators 2, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2023
Contemporary Visual Creators, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2022
Ephemeral Homelands, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2022
SKG Bazaart, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2022
The Appearance of Things, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022
Archetype & Speculation, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022
Silence of a Time, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022
The Textures of Time, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022
Eutopia, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022
Chili Art Gallery Booth at the 5th Art Thessaloniki International Art Fair, Thessaloniki 2021
Ideal Forms, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2021
Form as a Trace of Collective Memory, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2021
The Freedom of the Artist, Arte Visione, Athens 2020
The Inner Self, organized by ARC – Art Revisited Collective, ps[υ]art-therapy gallery, Athens 2019
ARC Portfolio Review – Athens, organized by ARC – Art Revisited Collective, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2019
Human, Symbol and Myth, organized by ARC – Art Revisited Collective, My Art Box / Technχώρος, Athens 2019
Representation & Abstraction: Elective Affinities, Arte Visione, Athens 2019
Human Trace, exhibition on the impact of Art, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2019
Words of Images, exhibition on the poetics of Art on the occasion of World Poetry Day, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2019
Places Without Feelings, 12 visual artists engage in dialogue with the homonymous poem by G. Alisanoglou, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2019
PSX – 4 Moments: Dialogue of Art with Images of the Soul, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2014
In Marble & Color, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2015
New Greek Printmaking 1, exhibition of contemporary printmaking with an auction of selected works at the opening, supported by Myrό Antiques House, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2015
In Your Face, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2014
Body, exhibition of contemporary art on the nude body, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2012
Human in the Cities, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2011
Exhibition Series
Ink on Paper
(Series of exhibitions dedicated to the promotion of contemporary art forms using ink on paper, including ink painting and drawing, printmaking, and specialized techniques, within the framework of the homonymous initiative. Discover more HERE)
Ink on Paper 12, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2026
Ink on Paper 11, organized by ARTgrID, Alma Mater, Athens 2025
Ink on Paper 10, organized by ARTgrID, Alma Mater, Athens 2024
Ink on Paper 9: …run faster than decay, organized by ARTgrID, Luminous Eye, Athens 2024
Ink on Paper 8: The Writings of Art, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
Ink on Paper 7 – Northern Shades, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2023
Ink on Paper 6, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
Ink on Paper 5, Chili Art Gallery, Athens, Winter 2022
Ink on Paper 4, Chili Art Gallery, Athens, Autumn 2022
Ink on Paper 3, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2022
Ink on Paper 2, The Attic Gallery, Corfu 2021
Ink on Paper 1, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2021
Ink on Paper, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2013
Color in the Water
(Series of exhibitions for the promotion of contemporary watercolor and the familiarization of the wider public, part of the namesake initiative. Discover more HERE)
Colour in Water 12 -Autumn: The Colours of the Earth, organized by ARTgrID, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
Color in the Water 11: Spring, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
Color in the Water 10: Heterotopia, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2024
Color in the Water 9: Epoché, Luminous Eye Gallery, Athens 2024
Color in the Water 8: Autumn Transformations, Luminous Eye, 2023
Color in the Water 7: Summer Leisure, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2023
Color in the Water 6: Transitional Spaces, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022
Color in the Water 5: Secret City, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2022
Color in the Water IV – The Ship Without a Rudder, The Attic Gallery, Corfu, 2020
Color in the Water 3 – Sea & City, Chili Art Gallery, Athens, 2020
Color in the Water 2, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2020
Color in the Water, contemporary watercolor exhibition, Chili Art Gallery, Athens, 2019
New Symbols
(Initiative by the Art Curators Iasonas Kairophylas & Paris Kapralos, in collaboration with members of the ARC – Art Revisited Collective, aiming to foster an open dialogue on symbols and semiotics in Contemporary Art, initiated in 2020. Discover more HERE)
New Symbols 5: The Wonderful Mistake, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2026
New Symbols 4: IKIGAI, Alma Mater, Athens 2025
New Symbols 3, Luminous Eye, Athens 2024
New Symbols 2, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022
New Symbols, Arte Visione, Athens 2020
The New Normal
(Exhibition series “The New Normal”, organized by ARTgrID under the curation of Paris Kapralos, exploring through art the social, environmental, and psychological transformations that have reshaped human experience in the 21st century)
The New Normal 5: The Blind Spot of the Mirror, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2026
The New Normal 4: The Silence of Nature, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
The New Normal 3: Ghost in the Machine, co-curated by Vera Katranidou, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
The New Normal 2, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2022
The New Normal, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2021
Infinite Forms
(Annual exhibition series focused on the exploration and promotion of creative reuse – upcycling)
Infinite Forms 4: The Materials of Memory, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2026
Infinite Forms 3, Chili Art Gallery, Athens 2025
Infinite Forms 2: Transformations, co-curated with Iasonas Kairophylas, Luminous Eye, Athens 2024
Infinite Forms, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
Collaborations on concepts lead to various events & exhibitions
They All Call You a Statue, I Call You a Woman, co-curated with Vera Katranidou, Luminous Eye, Athens 2024
ATH Xmas Bazaart, co-curated with Vera Katranidou, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
Freedom & Creativity, co-curated with Vera Katranidou, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
Summertime, co-curated with Vera Katranidou, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023
Our Memories Unite Us, international symposium and exhibitions of the International Watercolor Society (IWS) with 80 artists from 23 countries, co-organized with IWS Greece & Myrό Gallery, part of the Municipality of Kalamaria festival commemorating the 100 years since the Asia Minor Catastrophe — “One Sea of Memories and We All Became One,” Gate A and Former Kodra Camp Park, Thessaloniki 2022
Contemporary Visual Artists, exhibition & auction, concept by Paris Kapralos, organized by Myrό Auctions, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2022
SKG Xmas Bazaart, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki 2022
The Attic Bazaart, curated by Sasha Chaitow, The Attic Gallery, Corfu, 2021
All That Unite Us, Athens exhibition of the joint project between IWS Greece and IWS Kosovo (Athens & Pristina 2021–22), organized by IWS, Chili Art Gallery, Athens, 2021
Before the Last Halcyon Days End, environmental art action & exhibition, organized by ARC – Art Revisited Collective, Chili Art Gallery, Athens, 2021
What Will People Say?, exhibition — first public presentation of the Artists4Art initiative involving audience participation in the artistic process, concept by Kaliánthi Vogdopoulou, curated by Paris Kapralos, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2020
Terhi Ekebom & Sebastian Boulter: This Side, joint exhibition — dialogue between installation and visual works, curated by Paris Kapralos, co-organized with the Cultural Section of the Danish Embassy in Athens, Chili Art Gallery, Athens, 2020
Art in Babel, organized by ARC – Art Revisited Collective, curated by Kaliánthi Vogdopoulou, coordinated by Paris Kapralos, Chalkos Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2019
Chili Bazaart, curated by Valentini Mavrodoglou, coordinated by Paris Kapralos, Chili Art Gallery, Athens, 2019
Feelings Without Places, co-organizer Giorgos Alisanoglou, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2019
Kaleidoscope, organized/co-curated by Sasha Chaitow, The Attic Gallery, Corfu, 2019
U-Topos / Man the Measure of All Things, co-curated with Kaliánthi Vogdopoulou, organized by ARC – Art Revisited Collective, 3rd Art Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair, Thessaloniki, 2018
Searches: Fairy Tales & Enchantments, joint exhibition — dialogue between painters Christina Zygouri & Kostas Mennis and sculptor Odysseas Tousounidis, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2015
Meet the Artist 5 – Springtime, unmediated exhibition of visual artists and crafts, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2015
Greek Marble Initiative, exhibition of 27 sculptors from around the world, organized by Myrό Antiques House and Stavros Myronidis, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2014
Retrospective Tribute to Painter Daniil Daniil, curated by Marilena Charisi, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2013
Printmaking in the Sun, 15-year retrospective of the “Helios” Printmaking Center through works of founders, graduates, and students, curated by Dimitris Karlafotopoulos, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2013
Meet the Artist (Again), unmediated exhibition of visual artists and crafts, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2013
Eikos: Art as Representational Conjecture, co-curated with painter Dimos Kipouros, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2013
Watercolour International, international watercolor exhibition, curated by Giorgos Politis, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2012
Moments from the Future, original project presenting free work of 14 very young visual artists — recommended without reservation by co-curators/co-organizers Paris Kapralos (as Artistic Director of Myrό Gallery) and Lola Nikolaou (the longest-active gallery owner in Thessaloniki) as artists destined for a remarkable career, Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki, 2012
