APOLLONAS GLYKAS
Visual arts
Apollonas Glykas (b. Athens) studied photography at Leica Academy and graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts with honors (2011). He has shown his work in Greece and abroad and has been awarded by the National Post Bank (2009), Panathinaikos FC (2010), IOAS Institute for road safety (2010), Hellenic Railways Organisation OSE- Code Rail Art (2017: his artwork will feature at a central train station). His solo exhibitions include: «Past the plasmatic oasis», Nicosia, Cyprus, 2014; «Showcase», the Office Gallery, Nicosia, 2011, «Buildings», Casa Maccheroni, Milan, 2004. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions such as: «Omega to Alpha», Bathhouse of the Wind, 2019, «Rarities», Photagogos, 2019, «Pillow Gravity», Ekfrasi Gallery, Athens, 2018, «Picture this», the symptom projects, Amfissa, Greece, 2017; «[un]known destinations», chapter I, former Zarifi Residence, Kypseli, Athens; «To express the feelings of a chair when we sit on it», The office gallery, Nicosia, 2016, «The eye and the finger», Cartabianca Arles, France, 2015. His work encompasses sculpture, installations, painting and photography. He collaborates with architecture firms developing installation projects. He has been working as a photographer since 2000 and a teacher of drawing and painting since 2010.