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Nikos Alexiou (actor)
Nikos Alexiou ( el, Νίκος Αλεξίου; 1960–2011) was a Greek artist who specialized in visual art, contemporary art, installation art and set design for theatre and dance. He exhibited his work at personal exhibitions and group events both in Greece and abroad. Education In 1982, at the age of 22, Alexiou moved to Austria to study at the Viennese Academy of Fine Arts. Two years later, he returned to Greece to study at the Athens School of Fine Arts. Career Alexiou received recognition for his work as set designer for ''Medea'' ( Dimitris Papaioannou, (1993) and for ''The End'' (installation, 2007). ''The End'' was selected as the Greek contribution to the 52nd Venice Biennale. Events * 23rd Biennale of Alexandria, 2005. * ''Outlook'' and the ''Athens by Art'' exhibitions, 2004 Athens Olympic Games and 2004 Cultural Olympiad * ''Breakthrough! Greece 2004'', Madrid * ''Free Transit'', Spain, 2003, Zappeion, Greek Presidency of the EU. * Deste Prize, 2003 (D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rethymno
Rethymno ( el, Ρέθυμνο, , also ''Rethimno'', ''Rethymnon'', ''Réthymnon'', and ''Rhíthymnos'') is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 30,000 inhabitants (near 40,000 for the municipal unit). It is a former Latin Catholic bishopric as Retimo(–Ario) and former Latin titular see. Rethymno was originally built during the Minoan civilization (ancient Rhithymna and Arsinoe). The city was prominent enough to mint its own coins and maintain urban growth. One of these coins is today depicted as the crest of the town: two dolphins in a circle. History This region as a whole is rich with ancient history, most notably through the Minoan civilisation centred at Knossos east of Rethymno. Rethymno itself began a period of growth when the Venetian conquerors of the island decided to put an intermediate commercial station between Heraklion and Chania, acquiring its own bishop and nobility in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
