About


Aristeidis Lappas (b. 1993 Athens) lives and works in Athens. He completed a BA degree at the University of West England, Bristol, during which time he took part in an exchange program with the Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna. 



Solo Shows

Gist of the Moon Crab, Ludwigshafen Kuntverein, Ludwigshafen, Germany (2024)
Seven Days in New Crete, The Breeder, Athens, Greece (2023)
Body Thoughts, The Breeder, Athens, Greece (2022)
The Portent Passage of Teras, T.A.R, Molyvos, Lesbos (2021)
Tenderness of a Cutting Sword, The Breeder, Athens, Greece (2020)
Polymorphic Entrancing Topos, Curated by Katerina Nikou, P.E.T Projects, Athens, Greece (2019)
Part II, The Breeder, Athens, Greece (2019)
Aristeidis Lappas, The Breeder, Athens, Greece (2019)
Laughing to the Joke of the Sour Oranges, curated by Hugo Wheeler. Zoodochou Pigis 91, Athens, Greece (2017)
Liminal, curated by Christina Petkopoulou, Praxitelous 33, Athens, Greece (2016)


Selected Shows


2023
Encore: New Greek Painting, Municipal Gallery of Athens, Athens, Greece
Caring/ Carrying Landspaces, Curated by Odette Kouzou, Kythnos, Greece
Looking with Eyes of Love, Curatorial Project, The Breeder, Athens, Greece

2022
Angelus Novus, HVW8 Gallery, Berlin
Elpis, Kyan, Athens, Greece
Back to Athens 2022, Curated by Marili’s Kolibiri, Athens, Greece
Mid Summer Nights Dream, Curated by Alix Janta, Alkinois, Athens, Greece
Under the Sun, Curated by Odette Kouzou, Tinos, Greece
She Who Protects, Onassis Cultural Foundation , Omonoia Square, Athens, Greece

2021
Revolting Bodies, Curated by Alex Fidetzis, Atopos CVC, Athens, Greece
21! New Greek Painting, Curated by Theophilos Trampoulis, Eleni Koukou, Agios Nicholaos, Crete
Athens Biennial 7: Eclipse, Curated by Pokayo, Larry Ossei-Mensah, OMSK Social Club, Athens Greece
Liberty, T.A.R, Molyvos, Lesbos
Intimacy: A modern Tyranny, The Project Gallery, Athens, Greece

2020
Greece In USA: A right to Silence, Curated by Sozita Gougouna (Online Show)
Theorimata, Curated by Sozita Goudouna, National Museum of Contemporary Art EMST, Athens, Greece
Staycation Is A New Artwork on Your Wall, FouFou Contemporary (Online Show)

2019
Hot on, Hop off, Aetopoulos, Athens, Greece

2018
Silent Auction, Corcoran School of Art, Washington D.C
Break Time Contemplations, Transformer, Washington D.C
Beyond Human Impulses, Curated by Eva Isleifs,
OLD PAPER WAREHOUSE Chrysospiliotissis 3, Athens Greece

2017
Athens and its Peripheries in Regards to Contemporary Painting, curated by Hugo Wheeler. The Breeder, Athens, Greece
Mine, Yours and Others, curated by Eleni Papazoglou. We are Bud, Athens, Greece

2016
Interceptions, curated by Eleonora Cantini, La micro, Barcelona, Spain
Heatwave, AtWork Lab Athens, Athens, Greece

2015
What is the Point? 2015, Mall Galleries, London, U.K.
Break A Lead: Masque, Old Truman Brewery, London, U.K.
UWE Degree Show, Bower Ashton Campus, Bristol, U.K.
Break A Lead, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, U.K.

2013
Monolith, Hamilton House, Bristol, U.K.


Residencies and Grants


Thermia Project, Kythnos 2023
T.A.R, Molyvos, Lesbos 2022
St. Air Residency, Graz, Austria 2020
Art Works Fellow, Stauros Niarchos Foundation, Art Works, Athens, Greece 2020


Education

University of West England, U.K.
2012-2015
BA Honors in Illustration

Academia de Belle Arti Bologna, Italy
2014
Erasmus

University for the Creative Arts, U.K.
2011-2012
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design

International School of Athens, Greece
2009-2011
International Baccalaureate

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