VASILIS GALANIS
Visual arts
Vasilis Galanis (b. 1994) lives and works in Athens. He studied at the School of Visual and Applied Arts of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2012-2017) and holds an MFA from the Athens School of Fine Arts (2019-2021). In 2016-2017, he attended classes at the Instituto Politecnico de Lisboa in Portugal. His artistic research tackles issues related to ecology, destruction and mass culture. His work has been presented in group shows held in various cities across Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, etc.) as well as at Cabane Art Space in Athens (pre- or post- (who cares?), solo show) and in Pikap Kato art space in Thessaloniki (kato – Dystopias, duo show). In December 2021, he participated in a residency held in Luxor, Egypt. He has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS in 2022.