Photo by George Vardakis
bio:
Panos Charalampidis and Mary Chairetaki are a Greek photographic duo, living in Crete. Mary holds an MA degree and Panos has a PhD. They are intrigued by the potential of the photographic art to act as a research tool that integrates the inherent evidential nature of the medium, with emotions and the human perspective. Their artistic work combines a strong personal approach with that of documentary and conceptual practices. They like to be committed to long-term projects, immersing into their subjects. They practice photography in order to understand. This procedure simultaneously serves -in parallel- their artistic expression.
Panos Charalampidis:
2008 # PhD in Environmental Engineering, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean.
2000 # B.Sc. in School of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Mary Chairetaki:
2009 # M.A. in Graphic Arts - Multimedia, School of Applied Arts, Hellenic Open University
2002 # B.Sc. in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic School of the University of Patras
Exhibitions / Projections:
2019-2 # Group exhibition, «Apocalypse: Then and Now», curated by Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos, The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery, New York
2019-2 # Group exhibition, “Re-thinking environment”, curated by Nina Kasssianou, DL gallery, Athens
2018-11 # “Inherently Unpredictable and Reassuringly Expectable” video projection during GESTE 2018 Binary/Non-Binary
2018-4 # Group exhibition, selected artists after the international open call "Links", San José Foto 2018, curated by Nicolás Janowski
2017-12 # "Inherently Unpredictable and Reassuringly Expectable" during “ANTHROPOCENIC MINDSCAPES” projection, Angkor Photo Festival & Workshops 2017. Video curated by Anshika Warma
2017-11 # Group exhibition, "Crete: Stories from the Edge", Medphoto Festival 2017-18, curated by Marinos Tsagkarakis, EFEK, Heraklion
2016-11 # Solo exhibition, "Second Chance", curated by E. Mouzakiti and L. Papanikolatos, Monitor Fest, Cultural and Conference Centre of Heraklion, Heraklion
2015-6 # Solo exhibition, "Second Chance", Athens Photo Festival 2015 curated by E. Mouzakiti and L. Papanikolatos, Fouar Gallery
2014-8 # Solo exhibition, "Plateau" Cultural Community Centre of st. Konstantinos , Lasithi Plateau
2014-4 # Solo exhibition, "Conceptions", EFE, Mytilini
Publications / others:
2019-2 # “Cornucopia“ shortlisted for the GOMMA GRANT 2018
2019-1 # “Cornucopia” featured in Aint-Bad
2019-1 # ”Cornucopia” featured in Another Place
2018-12 # “Cornucopia” featured in Velvet eyes.
2018-7 # "gardens of oblivion" (plateau) receives honourable mention at MONOVISIONS AWARDS 2018
2018-5 # "Inherently Unpredictable and Reassuringly Expectable" featured in PhotogrVphy
2018-3 # "Cornucopia" featured in New Landscape Photography
2018-2 # "Cornucopia" in the final 50 list of Guernsey Photography Festival international photography competition
2017-11 # A photograph from project "cornucopia" was featured during November Der Greif Guest Room online exhibition curated by Susan Bright
2017-11 # "cornucopia" was among the top 100 submissions shortlisted for the final round of reviews of the 2017 Tokyo International Photography Competition
2017-10 # "Inherently Unpredictable and Reassuringly Expectable" nominee, PHOTOGRVPHY GRANT
2017-4 # "second chance" featured on Phosmag
2017-3 # "cornucopia" featured on Ignant
2017-3 # "Inherently Unpredictable and Reassuringly Expectable" shortlisted candidate, Grand Prix Images Vevey 2017/2018
2017-2 # "cornucopia" featured in Phosmag
2017-1 # “plateau” featured on Graphicart-News
2016-10 # “second chance” book featured in Self Publish Be Happy
2016-7 # "cornucopia" featured on Fraction magazine
2016-6 # "second chance" book, APhF:16 Photobook Exhibition, Benaki Museum, Athens
2016-4 # Self Publication of "second chance" book
2016-2 # Featured on Whitelight Rooms
2015-12 # "Second Chance" featured on GUP MAGAZINE
2015-6 # Catalogue of Month of European Photography, Athens, ISBN: 9786185183004
2012 # Panoptikon 13×13 project catalog, ART/IF/ACT, Greece
2011-6 # "Monitor" magazine, coverpage, issue 031, Greece
contact:
If you have any questions regarding our work, please feel free to contact us.
Telephone numbers: +30 6974046304 / +30 6978175044
e-mail: panos_mary@yahoo.com