I started making anthropomorphic clay figures in 1998, when I was a student
in the experimental laboratory of Kostas Tarkasis.
Through a personal narrative, I create idiosyncratic works in an attempt to
connect with my inner self, which I often discover is left behind at a very
young age.
I make men, women, animals and birds, mask them and dress them in bright
colors, often willing to face my life with humor and irony.
I create figures that function as personal symbols that narrate relationships
and family situations, in an attempt to heal my personal wounds, with the
hope that they will touch the viewer in a similar way.
- Sculptural
- Stoneware Clay
- White glaze and rocks from Mega Livadi and Avessalos
- Firing art 1250 C
- Gold and colors in a third firing at 750C
- Dimensions : Height 45 X Width 25 X Depth 25cm
ILIAS BOUDANIOTIS
ILIAS BOUDANIOTIS
Ilias Boudaniotis was born in 1969 in Athens. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts of
the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was taught ceramics at the open studio of Kostas
Tarkasis. He has participated in ceramics symposia in Greece, Serbia, Poland and Japan. He
has taught in primary and secondary education, as well as in the IEK of ceramics in the
municipality of Amarousi. Since 2010 he is a member of the Greek Chamber of Fine Arts. His
works are in museums and collections in Greece and abroad (Kanayama Ceramic Center -
Aomori - Japan, Gratzki Museum - Arandelovac - Yugoslavia, Walbrzychu Museum - Poland,
National Gallery Wroclaw - Poland).
SOLO EXIBITIONS
- 2017 Agelon Vima - Athens, Greece. Title: Big Sculpture Joke.
- 2008 Orpheus Gallery - Limassol, Cyprus. Title: A-Formes.
- 2006 Orpheus Gallery - Limassol, Cyprus. Title: Personal Mythology of Ilias Boudaniotis
GROUP EXIBITIONS
- 2022 Former Municipality Of Vyronas. Title: Burning cities. Houses Left Wide Open.
- 2019 Ex-Kahramanoglou Factory - Athens, Greece. Title: An Answer To Our Teachers.
- 2018 Casa Bianca - Thessaloniki, Greece. Title: Artworks of the fifth painting Workshop Of The Aristotle Fine Arts University.
- 2017 P.E.K.A - Marousi, Greece. Praise acquired for the artwork «Transition»
- 2015 Polychoros Athinais - Athens, Greece. Title: Artistic Travelogue At Kyparisia.
- 2008 Malaki Piliou, Greece. Title: Eighth International Ceramics Exhibition.
- 2007 Ixnilaton Gallery- Athens, Greece. Title: Month Of Collections. 2007 Muzeum W Wallbrzychu - Poland. Title: Porcelana Inaczej. 2006 Kanayama Ceramic Center- Aomori, Japan 2003 Faenza , Italy. Title: Faenza - Amarousio In Contrast.
- 2001 Progress Gallery- Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Title: Medunarodni Festival. 2001 Vallauris, France. Title: Thirty Greek Ceramists.
- 1997-2002 Marousi Athens - 39th, 42th, 43th, 44th Panhellenic Ceramics Exhibition