Biography

Born in Cairo, Egypt on December 28, 1931.

He has been living in Paris since 1955 were in 1967 Graduated from Ecole Supérieure des Arts Modernes, Paris, with a degree in «Interior Design and Architecture».

During the period 1957-61 he studied painting in the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris and Notre Dame des Champs, Paris with H. Goetz.

In 1996 he began working and living both in Paris and Athens.

Grants

1970 Grant from the Berlin Artistic Program, D.A.A.D.

1980 Research Grant of the Ministry of Culture of France

Social activities

1968-1983 Member of the Governing Committee of the Salon de Mai, Paris.

1969-1990 Member of the Founding and Critical Committee for the Painting Prize, “Vitry-sur-Seine”, France.

Education

1971-1973
Visual Art professor at Schiller College Berlin.
1973
Lecturer at H.F.B.K., Hochschulle für Bildende Künste, Berlin.
1973-1996
Lecturer at École Normale Supérieure de l’Enseignement Technique, Cachan, France.
1976-1982
Member of the committee at ENSET for modelling.
1978-1983
Member of the French committee for the Aggregation of Visual Art.
06.12.1978
Presentation of the work of the artist and debate at École Nationale des Beaux Arts de Dijon, France.
14.05.1992
Presentation of the work of the artist at a seminar of Mrs Vassia Karcayannis-Karabelias at the Neo-Hellenic institute of the University Paris-Sorbonne IV.

Awards and Distinctions

1986
“Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters” award of distinction from the French State
1988
Honour of National Museum of Contemporary Art in Seoul on the occasion of the 24th Olympiad, South Korea
1991
Inauguration of the section «Constantin Xénakis» at the social centre of Fameck (Lorraine), France
1996
“Delmas price of the Institut de France, following proposal from the French of Academy of Fine Arts
2016
Honour of Philologists Association in Serres, Greece, 5/6/2016

Selection
Shows

1969
“EK-STASIS” electrokinetic shoq, sculptures of C. Xenakis, electronic music of J. Bruzdowicz, with the participation of the mimes Jaroszewics and Marceau
1982
“La grande Journée” co-production of CFDT and Antenne 2, J. texts by P. Faye, music J.V. Bosseur, sets by C. Xenakis, choreography by Pomares
Metz, France.

Selection
Museums and Private Collections

Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris
Musée d’Enfants au Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Cabinet des Estampes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
Collection de l’Assistance Publique, Paris
Fondation de Vitry sur Seine, France
Département de l’Ain, Conseil Général, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Ville de Thionville, France
Musée d’Art Moderne de Dunkerque, France
Musée de Toulon, France
Musée Paul de Louvrier, Evry, France
Musée de l’Hospice St-Roch, Issoudun, France
Collection du Groupe Société Générale, L’art contemporain
Ville de Södertälje, Suède
Malmö Museum, Malmö, Suède
Senator für Wissenschaft und Kunst, Berlin
Centrum für Kunst, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Centre d’Art Contemporain et Expérimental de Rehovot, Israël
Musée d’Art Contemporain de Skopje
Ruth and Marvin Sackner, Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, USA
MILLENIUM, Celebrity Cruises, USA
INFINITY, Royal Carribean Cruises, USA
Centre Culturel de la Ville de Cuauthémoc, Mexique
Fondation Walker Hill Art Center, Séoul, Corée
The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Séoul, Corée
Hoam, Séoul, Corée
Shindongah Group, Séoul, Corée
Institut Han Huk Gallery, Séoul, Corée
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Taipei, Taiwan
Musée National du Bangladesh, Dacca
Bibliothèque Nationale, Institut Colombien de la Culture, Bogota
National Art Library Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Musée des Beaux Arts, Alexandrie, Égypte
Art Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece
National Art Gallery and Museum Alexander Soutzos, Athens
National Bank of Greece, Athens
Agricultural Bank of Greece, Athens
Eurobank
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Costakis Collection, Thessaloniki
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Municipal Gallery of the city of Thessaloniki, Greece
Municipal Gallery of Rhodes, Greece
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki, Greece
Archaeological museum of Thessaloniki, Greece
Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece
Herakleidon private museum, Athens, Greece
Collection Ephiezoglou, Athens, Greece
Collection Portalakis, Athens, Greece

Selection
Environments, Activities and Personal Exhibitions

1967
Superlund: Un Panorama du Présent, une Philosophie du Futur, Lunds Konsthall, (Sweden) / curator Pierre Restany, Group (Environment)
1968
Expansions et Environnements: Le Décor Quotidien de la Vie en 1968, Xenakis, Tinguely, César, N. de St-Phalle, Arnal, Sanejouand, Musée Galliéra, Paris / curator Pierre Restany, Group (Environment)
1969
Espace à Réflexion, Xenakis, Gette, Södertälje Konsthall, (Sweden), Personal (Environment)
1970
Galerie Alliance, Copenhagen, Personal (Environment)

Malmö Museum, Sweden, Personal (Environment – Action)
1971
Ausstellungsraüme der Ehem. Galerie des XX Jahrhunderts, Berlin, Personal (Environment – Action)

Strassenaktion, Xenakis, Brusse, Galerie Paramedia, Berlin, Personal (Action)

Galerie Pryzmat, Krakow, Personal (Paintings – Project)

Contemporary Art workshop of the Athens Goethe-Institut, Personal (Environment – Action)
1973
Galerie Tanit, Munich, Personal (Electro-kinetic constructions – Paintings)
1974
A. Iolas T. Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Personal (Paintings – Objects)

Galerija Studentskog Centra, Zagreb, Personal (Action)
1977
New Smith Gallery, Brussels, Personal (Paintings)

Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Personal (Paintings)

Kohlias Gallery, Thessaloniki, Personal (Paintings)
1978
Galerie Roger d´ Amécourt, Paris, Personal (Paintings – Photography – Objects)

Centre d´ Art et Communication, Vaduz (Liechtenstein), Personal (Paintings)
1981
15 Ans d´ Art Sémiotique, Centre Culturel de Mont-Saint-Aignan (France), Personal (Environment – Paintings)
1982
La Flèche: Periode 1978-1982, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens,
Personal (Paintings)

ΖΜ, Thessaloniki, Personal (Paintings)
1983
Itinéraire d´ un Peintre, Galerie Municipale, Ville de Vitry-sur-Seine (France), Personal (Environment – Paintings – Objects)

Moris Gallery, Tokyo, Personal (Paintings)
1984
Galerie Suzanne Pons, Cannes, Personal (Paintings – Objects)

Galerie Leonard Perlson, New York, Personal (Paintings)
1985
Gallery Walker Hill Art Center, Seoul, Personal (Paintings – Photography)

Institut Franco-Japonais, Tokyo, Personal (Paintings – Photography)

Musée d´ Art Moderne de la Ville de Taipéi, Personal (Paintings – Photography)
1986
Galerie L´ Oeil Dense, Paris, Personal (Paintings)
1988
Han Kuk Gallery, Seoul, Personal (Paintings)
1989
Chorfi Art Gallery, Casablanca, Personal (Paintings)
1990
Galerie Françoise Bolognini, Thionville (France), Personal (Paintings)

Galerie Point Rouge, Paris, Personal (Paintings – Objects)
1991
Pyramide Pernod, Créteil (France), Personal (Paintings – Objects)

7e Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck. Inauguration de l´ Espace C. Xénakis, Centre Social, Fameck (France), Personal (Paintings – Photography)
1993
Kreonidis Art Gallery, Athens, Personal (Paintings – Objects)

1995
The Book of Life, Kreonidis Art Gallery, Athens, Personal (Environment)
1996-7
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Personal (Paintings – Objects)

Retrospective 1958-1996: The Return of the Painter, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Alexandria (Egypt), Personal (Paintings – Objects)

The Book of Life, Chapter B’: Alexander the Great and I, Alatza Imaret, Thessaloniki, Personal (environment in situ – Environment)
1999
Town hall of 9th and 10th district, Maison Blanche, Marseille

Αnticancereux Institute, Paoli, Calmettes, Marseille
2003
Constanin Xenakis, The Book of Life, Chapter C’: The Three KKK Macedonian Museum of Modern Art, Thessaloniki. Personal, environment in situ.

Constantin Xenakis, works 1980-2001, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Costakis Collection, Thessaloniki
2005
Constantin Xenakis, Parcours d’un peintre 1966-2004, Centre Noroit Arras, France. Personal (Paintings – Objects – Photography)

Constantin Xenakis, Fundació Jaume II el Just. Reial Monastir de Santa Maria de la Valldigna, generalitat Valenciana conselleria de Cultura, Educació i Esport, Espagne. Personal (Paintings)

2006
«Le code de la Route» / «Ο Κώδικας του Δρόμου», Rhodes Museum of Modern Art, Greece. Personal (Paintings – Objects – Photography)

Constantin Xenakis, Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo Jorge Ontiveros, Madrid, Espagne. Personal (Paintings)

«Structures + Codes», Herakleidon Museum, Athens. Personal (Paintings – Objects).
2009-10
Routes, Chania Municipal Art Gallery, Crete. Personal (Paintings – Objects)
2010
Constantin Xenakis, Kalfayan Galleries, Athens, (Paintings – Objects)
2010-11
Codes, Secrets and Lost Symbols, Thessaloniki Municipal Gallery, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki. Personal (Paintings – Objects)
2011
Action: 4 page supplement in the newspaper The Vima on Sunday 18 Sep. 2011, Personal (Action)

2012
Back To The Future, Artissima 2012, Torino, Italy, Kalfayan Gallery, Personal (Collage – Paintings – Electro-kinetic constructions with signs/codes)
2014
No Way Out, Délégation Permanente de la Grèce auprès de l’OCDE, Paris, Personal (Paintings – Ceramics)

No Way Out, Gallery Citronne, Poros, Greece, Personal (Paintings – Objects)
2015
HEL(L)AS! Everywhere!, Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki (5η Biennale Modern Art ), Personal (Paintings – Objects)
2016
«Constantin Xenakis», Zintzirli tzami, Serres, Personal (Paintings – Objects)

Selection
Films & Videos

1968
Objets à Réflexion de Constantin Xenakis, directed by B. Nyberg, music J. Bruzdowicz, 16m/m, duration 10 mins, Film Centrum, Sweden
1990
Constantin Xenakis, Présence du signe, production ACM Film, Production Manager Ph. Collage, duration 6:30’, Paris
1996
100 Painters of the French School, 1945-1975, Maison de l’Unesco, Paris, 110’

2012
Constantin Xenakis, « Codes, Secrets, Lost Symbols », Director: Panagiotis Karamitsos, Video Compositor : Panagiotis Kypriotis, Music : Marios Tsagaris, Production: WeThePeople, duration 5:30’, Athens
2013
«DADA à la carte Paris», Mona Bismarck American Center Paris, Presentation-Film duration 17:00’

Monumental Constructions

1985
Create embossed ceramic and semantic routes (670 m2), for the city sewage pumping station Crosne, France. Architect, Monique Labbé
1986
Fresco, kindergarten E. Quinet, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
1987
Reliefs for the housing at the sewage pumping station of the city Crosne, France. Architect, Monique Labbé