Exhibitions & Awards
On View Now
17 works by Markellos at estudio Gallery, Kifisia
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- estudio Gallery
- Works on view
- 17
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- +30 210 8086 611
Permanent Collection
94 paintings donated by the artist to the City of Trikala
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- Markellos Pinakothiki
- Works on view
- 94
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- +30 24313 53570
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- First donation 1988 · Pinakothiki established 1998
Art has universality, and I have no chauvinistic intentions, but through this universality I think we must keep our roots.
— Theodoros Markellos, Pinakothiki catalogue note
He turned art into his life and breath, deified his mission, and art placed him among its honored representatives.
— Nikos Alexiou, art critic, Rizospastis newspaper, 25 August 1996
Solo Exhibitions
Over the course of his career, Theodoros Markellos held more than 30 solo exhibitions across four countries. A selection of the most significant:
1956 — Galerie Centro Asturiano, Madrid, under the patronage of the Greek Ambassador to Spain.
1959 — Municipal Museum, Madrid (XXX Salon de Otoño).
1962 — Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
1963 — Galleria Spinetti, Florence, praised by the city's cultural elite.
1969 — Galleria del Sagittario, Milan; Galleria Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Galleria d'Arte Russo, Trieste.
1970 — Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.
1972 — Parnassos Hall, Athens — "Paris 1960–1962" (100 works from Paris).
1975 — Pneumatic Center, Athens — "Pelion 1964–1974".
1978 — Zygos Gallery, Athens — "From the Islands of the Aegean Sea".
1979 — Sylogi Art Salon, Athens — "Venice".
1982 — Comparaisons '82, Grand Palais, Paris.
1986 — City Club, Piraeus — "Shipyards, Ports, Islands".
2003 — Greek-French Union, Athens — "Selected from My Travels".
Group Exhibitions
Markellos participated in over 50 group exhibitions, including nine Panhellenic exhibitions and eight international ones. Among the most important:
1952 — First Panhellenic Art Exhibition, Zappeion Megaron, Athens.
1957 — VI World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow (distinction for "Gypsy").
1962 — "Greek Painters and Sculptors in Paris", Musée d'Art Moderne, under the patronage of the Greek Ambassador. Exhibited alongside Vlassis Caniaris, Christos Caras, Yannis Gaitis, Pavlos, and others.
1963 — "Premio Mugello": National plein air painting competition, Italy (Silver Medal).
1966 — Quadriennale d'Europa, Rome.
1973 — Salon International de l'Art Libre, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris.
1976 — "Panorama of Greek Painting 1950–1975", National Art Gallery, Athens.
1978 — IX International Exhibition, Musée de Picardie, Amiens, France.
1980 — "From Theophilos to Tsarouchis", Sylogi Hall, Athens — alongside Theophilos, Tsarouchis, Fassianos, Vassiliou, and others.
1982 — Comparaisons '82, Grand Palais, Paris — alongside Mitaras, Gaitis, Prekas, and others.
1988 — Exhibition of Contemporary Greek Art, Soviet Union; Triennial of Realist Painting, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Public Collections
Works by Theodoros Markellos are held in the following permanent collections:
National Art Gallery of Greece; the Greek Parliament; Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki; the Governor's House of Thessaloniki; the Vorres Museum; the Greek Embassy in Washington, D.C.; various other embassies; banks; and numerous public and private collections in Greece and abroad.
Awards
Academic distinctions (Athens School of Fine Arts): Figure painting (1951–52), Plein air painting (1951–52), Mixed techniques (1951–52), Figure drawing (1952–53), Sole diploma distinction for "Female Nude" (1953).
International distinction — VI World Festival of Youth and Students, Moscow, for the painting "Gypsy" (1957).
Silver Medal — "Premio Mugello", national painting competition, Italy (1963).