Hauts en Couleur (Bursting with color)
Group exhibition
04/12/2025 - 09/01/2026
Space N°4, Space 3 bis
Christos Kalfas
His work explores the language of myths and other stories of her culture, in juxtaposition with our modernity. Many personal exhibitions followed, in international fairs such as Fiac, Art Basel, Art Brussels, etc.; and in galleries such as Patrice Trigano, LOFT gallery (Paris), Pascal Polar (Brussels), Athens gallery and Lola Nicolas in Greece. The Museum of Modern Art of Saint-Étienne devotes a personal exhibition to him on his engraved work, as does the Picasso Museum of Antibes.
Works
Above all
Aux oubliées
Untitled (Meduse)
Ulysse et sirène
Bubble Gum
My uncle form the city
Lost Since
The culture of our ambitions
The last testament
The shortest passage
Untitled (entre-exit)
Ex-votos 10
Ex-votos 3
Untitled (Lightning)
Untitled (Pingu)
Untitled (good fairies)
Untitled (my mind like a comedy)
Ex-votos 6
Untitled (Dog)
Untitled (Blue victory)
Untitled (tea time)
Ex-votos 8
Untitled (Cock crow)
Untitled (Polyphemus)
Ex-votos 2
Ex-votos 9
Ex-votos 4
Sans Titre (Tower)
Sans Titre (Icare)
Sans Titre (Minotaure Superstar)
Sans Titre (Alice)
Sans Titre (Théatre)
Radeau
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Perdre ciel et terre
Langage du bois fleuri
Retrouver les bons souvenirs
Biography
Born in 1955 in Greece, Christos Kalfas lived in Thessaloniki during the last years of the colonels’ dictatorship. In 1977, he arrived in France to begin his art studies in Saint-Étienne. However, he likes to specify during his interviews: “I arrived in France with a completely new outlook, a different culture, and I was a little removed from art as it was presented in France, it was… a little post-Support/Surface, a little conceptual art as we were able to Frenchify it; I think we all started doing extras because we were looking to create something new. In 1978, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts and graduated in 1984, specializing in engraving and painting techniques. He then participated in numerous group exhibitions for young artists, where he stood out.
Born in 1955 in Greece, Christos Kalfas lived in Thessaloniki during the last years of the colonels’ dictatorship. In 1977, he arrived in France to begin his art studies in Saint-Étienne. However, he likes to specify during his interviews: “I arrived in France with a completely new outlook, a different culture, and I was a little removed from art as it was presented in France, it was… a little post-Support/Surface, a little conceptual art as we were able to Frenchify it; I think we all started doing extras because we were looking to create something new. In 1978, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts and graduated in 1984, specializing in engraving and painting techniques. He then participated in numerous group exhibitions for young artists, where he stood out.
From 1981 he participated in various exhibitions and fairs, notably in Saint-Etienne, Lyon and Paris, before exhibiting in Europe in the 1990s, then returning to present his works on his native land on a more regular basis. during the 2000s.
His work explores the language of myths and other stories of his culture, in juxtaposition with our modernity. Many personal exhibitions followed, in international fairs such as Fiac, Art Basel, Art Brussels, etc.; and in galleries such as Patrice Trigano, LOFT gallery (Paris), Pascal Polar (Brussels), Athens gallery and Lola Nicolas in Greece. The Museum of Modern Art of Saint-Étienne devotes a personal exhibition to him on his engraved work, as does the Picasso Museum of Antibes. His works are part of several collections of public and private institutions, in France and abroad.
He currently lives and works in Paris.
“I work on the skin of everything that may one day give rise to a myth…”
Christos Kalfas
Exhibitions
Videos
Vidéo
Christos Kalfas • Once Upon A Time
Career
Solo exhibitions
2023
Once upon a time, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2022
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Solo exhibitions
2023
Once upon a time, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2022
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2019
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018
Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
2017
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016
Espace O.T.E., Thessaloniki, Greece
Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
2015
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2014
Galerie Vivienne, Paris
2011
Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2010
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Orpheos 20 Gallery, Xanthi, Greece
Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
2007
Tsihritzi Foundation, Athens, Greece
Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2006
Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
2005
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2003
Géo Gyselinck Gallery, Kortrijk, Belgium
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2002
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tobacco Factory Gallery, Kavala, Greece
2000
Art Dealer, Saint-Etienne, France
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
1999
Milan Fair, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Italy
1998
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
1997
Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
1996
Chaumont Cultural Center, Jesuit Chapel, Chaumont, France
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
J.P. Prébet Gallery, Roanne, France
1995
S.I.A.C. 95, Strasbourg, France
P. Polar Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
1994
Gastaud Gallery, Clermont-Ferrand
P. Polar Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Gastaud & Caillard Gallery, Paris
1993
Espace TECNO, Paris, France
1992
M.D.G. Gallery, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Géo Gyselinck Gallery, Kortrijk, Belgium
Gastaud & Caillard Gallery, Paris, France
Patrice Trigano Gallery, Paris, France
1991
Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France
Espace Saint Loup, Billom, France
Gastaud Gallery, Clermont-Ferrand
1990
Géo Gyselinck Gallery, Kortrijk, Belgium
1989
Gastaud Gallery, Clermont-Ferrand, France
1988
Picasso Museum, Antibes, France
1987
Artothèque de Valence, Valence, France
1986
G.A.C. Théâtre Municipal, Annonay, France
1984
Louis Caterin Gallery, Saint-Etienne, France
Group exhibitions
2025-2026
Traits d’Esprit, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Summer Selection—À Première Vue, Paris, France
Hauts en couleur (Colorful), Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2024
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
La terre est BLEUE COMME UNE ORANGE (The earth is blue like an orange), Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Blue Dream, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Summer Selection, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2022
Âme & Corps, Gallery LOFT, Paris
2021
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2020
Popy Arvani Gallery, Paris
Galerie LOFT, Paris
2018
DIPOLA, Heraklion Museum, Crete, Greece
2017
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016
Géo Gyselinck Gallery, Kortrijk, Belgium
Galerie LOFT, Paris
2015
Galerie LOFT, Paris
2014
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
P&M. Kydonieos Foundation, Andros, Cyclades, Greece
LOFTISSMES, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2013
Galerie LOFT, Paris
2012
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2011
P. Polar Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2010
Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
2009
Art Athina, Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
2005
Art Athina, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Athens, Greece
2004
Efimerides Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
About love, Mykonos, Greece
2003
30×40, Athens Gallery, Athens, Greece
1999
Art Athina, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Athens, Greece
1998
Art Athina, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Athens, Greece
1997
Courtrai Fair, Belgium
1996
Hommage à P. Pantazis, E. Averoff Foundation, Metsovo, Greece
Artists’ Fans, Château de Gien, France
Art Athènes, P. Polar Gallery, Athens, Greece
1995
Contemporary Artists’ Fans, Paris, France
Espace Riquet, Béziers, France
Art Athina 3, P. Polar Gallery, Athens, Greece
30×40, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
P. Polar Gallery, Poltrona Frau, Paris, France
1994
FIAC, Patrice Trigano & P. Polar Galleries, Espace Eiffel, Paris, France
1993
41 Artists in Prison, French Institute of Naples, Italy
1992
FIAC, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
41 Artists in Prison, ELAC, Lyon, France
1991
Découvertes 91, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1990
Musée Fayet, Béziers, France
Europadijs, Casino-Kursaal, Oostende, Belgium
1989
Gastaud Gallery, Clermont-Ferrand, France
1988
Paris S.A.G.A., Krief Gallery, Paris, France
1987
S.A.G.A., Krief Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Facultad de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
1986
Krief Gallery, Paris, France
Energie 80, Musée-Château, Annecy, France
4th Print Biennial, Sarcelles, France
Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France
1985
Juxtapositions, Farideh Cado Gallery, Paris, France
1983
Salon d’automne, Lyon, France
1982
Figures Imposées, ELAC, Lyon, France
1981
Farideh Cado Gallery, Paris, France
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