I am a Greece-based artist, involved with various means of expression, such as sculpture, painting and drawing, poetry, performance, and video. My ongoing journey into the world of art has been developed with an ecological sense of being in the world, facing new challenges and experiences.

 

STATEMENT

 

I perceive the Natural World as an archetypical gallery, in which the flora and the fauna are the pieces of art I have been looking for. My main quest concerns the “hidden and elusive” in the natural environment, which is encoded into the phenomena. Through my practice I explore the traces which secretly connect the human psyche with the non-human world.

My intention is, through action, to cultivate the Ecological Self. In order to fulfill this aspiration, I look for direct experiences in Nature, for contacts which can potentially trigger the deepening of the experience. I consider this experience as an essential way of exploring Life.

The biggest part of my art practice, takes place outdoors in Nature, and the creative process is intensive and rich. I spend time with animals, trees, rivers, and mountains, and, as a result, I expand myself into the landscape.

Metaphorically, my work is a rhythmic knocking on a wooden door, a silent calling for the secrets of Nature to be revealed, and for a transformation to a new deeper ecological personality.

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

EDUCATION

 

2013 - 2014 Postgraduate studies on Art & Environment in Falmouth University.

 

2006 - 2011 Undergraduate Studies in Athens School of Fine Arts, in the 3rd sculpture class with sculptor George Houliaras. In the 2006 of the University, he had a distinction taking the highest mark, and in 2011, he graduated with honors, taking a scholarship for making postgraduate studies abroad.

 

2005 - 2006 Studies on Painting and Drawing for the general admission exams of School of Fine Arts, in the preparatory workshop of the sculptor Kostas Argyris.

 

2001 - 2005 Freelance research on the Greek folk art.

 

1995 - 2004 Undergraduate Studies in the Technological and Educational Institute of Athens on Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art.

 

 

WORKSHOPS

 

2006 Summer workshop of the Sculpture class of the Athens School of Fine Arts, Crete.

2008 Summer workshop of Athens School of Fine Arts and Art Academy of Brussels, Crete.

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2010 “THE COPPER CASTING LABORATORY of Athens School of Fine Arts”, “Technopolis” municipality of Athens. Athens.

2011 “ART & THE CITY”, Piraeus Bank Group, City Link in collaboration with Athens School of Fine Arts. Athens.

2011 “The truth is always irrational”, tribute to author Alexandros Papadiamantis. Cultural Center “Melina Merkouri”, Athens. Archeological Museum of Patra, Patra.

2012 “ROOMS 2012”, exhibition of contemporary art. St George Lycabettus Hotel & Cappatos Gallery, Athens.

2012 “3 SCULPTORS & ONE PAINTER”, presentation of their work, ΚΕΘΕΑ – drug rehabilitation center. Athens

2016 “Exhibition of the sculpture class of Fine Arts – Teacher and Students”, Institute of Fine Arts Tsihritzi, Kifisia, Athens. 
2016 “ON HEALTH”, Xenia, Ancient Theater of Epidavros.
2017 “ON HEALTH”, Timeless Museum of Larissa, Larissa. 
2017 “DIONYSIAN”, Ancient Theater of Filippoi, Festival of Filippoi, Kavala.
2017 “REMEMBER”, Stavros Niarhos Cultural Center, World 
Alzheimer’s Day 2017, Athens.
2018 “ON HEALTH”, Cultural Center “Leonidas Kanellopoulos”, Elefsina, Athens.
2018 “Hangers in Public Space”, Agia Paraskevi, Athens.
2018 “TIMELESS”, Archaiological Museum of Larissa, Larissa.
2018 “As a child I used to paint saints – Tribute to Alexandros Papadiamantis”, IANOS, Athens.
2018 “PLATFORMS PROJECT - Independent Art Fair”, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens.
2018 “Exhibition of Micro sculpture”, Chamber of Arts Greece, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens.
 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2013 “Panagiotis Brentas: Returning Back”, solo exhibition, Café ‘Hasiotis’, Pialeia, Trikala, Greece.

 

GIVEN TALKS AND LECTURES

2014 “Ecological Crisis and Art”, Aegean Omiros College, Athens, Greece.
2017  “Land Art”, Institute of Fine Arts Tsihritzi, Kifisia, Athens.
2018 “Land Art”, Institute of Fine Arts Tsihritzi, Kifisia, Athens.

 

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUMS AND COMPETITIONS

2018 “SHELTER IN THE FOREST”, Geumgang Nature Art Pre-Biennale 2018, South Korea
2019 “CALAMITY ATELIER – Young Architects Competition”, Italy.

ART RESIDENCIES 

2017  Art residency “Brekkegarden”, Gjerdsvika, Norway.
 

 

 

 

 

 

PANAGIOTIS BRENTAS / BIO

Making Art with Nature