Fotis Sagonas (born in 1983, Thermo, Central Greece) is a visual artist and architect. He lives and works in Thessaloniki and in Athens. His work includes drawings, prints and installations. His visual art research and practice is interdisciplinary and involves representation systems, virtual environments, data visualization and digital fabrication techniques. Through his works he attempts to create narratives, where the relationship of the observer with the depicted subject is being destabilized. Since 2018 he has been teaching visual arts and computer design at the department of Architectural Engineering at the University of Ioannina. In 2012 he received a Fulbright Scholarship for Visual Arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He has had four solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous group shows in Greece and abroad. Solo exhibitions: 2016: “Fotis Sagonas: Recent Works”, Donopoulos IFA, Thessaloniki curated by Apostolos Palavrakis, 2012: “Landscapes of Vanity”, Blanc Slate Space, Frankfurt curated by Alexis Tsolakis 2010: “Ink & Blood / Volume 1”, Kalos & Klio showroom, Thessaloniki, 2009: “Inside the Animal’s Mind”, Dynamo Project Space, Thessaloniki, curated by Apostolos Kalfopoulos.

Group exhibitions (selection): 2018: “Art Thessaloniki” Donopoulos IFA, Thessaloniki PNOI / Greek Emerging Artists curated by Miguel Fernández Belmonte, 2018: “SideEffects 5.0”, SideEffects gallery, Basel, curated by Patricia Meyer, 2017: Epilogue, Kunstverein Herdecke, Herdecke: Rita McBride, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Maria Kriara, Heribert C. Ottersbach, Anastasis Stratakis] curated by Apostolos Palavrakis, 2015: “Art Athina”, Donopoulos IFA, Athens [participants: Aljioscha, Nikos Aslanidis, Gehard Demetz, Christopher Dougheris, Wolf Hamm Lia Kazakou, Mark Lammert, Giorgos Lappas, Adrianna Molder, Marc Mulders, Vassilis Poulios, Philip Tsiaras,] 2014: “In Between Out”, Donopoulos IFA, Thessaloniki [participants: George Charvalias, Apostolos Palavrakis, Kai Richter] curated by Apostolos Plavarakis, 2012: “Hypothese zur Entrstehung” by Aljoscha, Beck and Eggeling Gallery, Düsseldorf [collective installation in collaboration with visual artist Aljoscha].