HAUTS EN COULEUR (Bursting with color)
Group exhibition
04/12/2025 - 09/01/2026
Space N°4, Space 3 bis
Christos Kalfas
His work explores the language of myths and other stories of her culture, in juxtaposition with our modernity. Many personal exhibitions followed, in international fairs such as Fiac, Art Basel, Art Brussels, etc.; and in galleries such as Patrice Trigano, LOFT gallery (Paris), Pascal Polar (Brussels), Athens gallery and Lola Nicolas in Greece. The Museum of Modern Art of Saint-Étienne devotes a personal exhibition to him on his engraved work, as does the Picasso Museum of Antibes.
Works
Above all
Aux oubliées
Untitled (Meduse)
Ulysse et sirène
Bubble Gum
My uncle form the city
Lost Since
The culture of our ambitions
The last testament
The shortest passage
Untitled (entre-exit)
Ex-votos 10
Ex-votos 3
Untitled (Lightning)
Untitled (Pingu)
Untitled (good fairies)
Untitled (my mind like a comedy)
Ex-votos 6
Untitled (Dog)
Untitled (Blue victory)
Untitled (tea time)
Ex-votos 8
Untitled (Cock crow)
Untitled (Polyphemus)
Ex-votos 2
Ex-votos 9
Ex-votos 4
Sans Titre (Tower)
Sans Titre (Icare)
Sans Titre (Minotaure Superstar)
Sans Titre (Alice)
Sans Titre (Théatre)
Radeau
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
Perdre ciel et terre
Langage du bois fleuri
Retrouver les bons souvenirs
Biography
Born in 1955 in Greece, Christos Kalfas lived in Thessaloniki during the last years of the colonels’ dictatorship. In 1977, he arrived in France to begin his art studies in Saint-Étienne. However, he likes to specify during his interviews: “I arrived in France with a completely new outlook, a different culture, and I was a little removed from art as it was presented in France, it was… a little post-Support/Surface, a little conceptual art as we were able to Frenchify it; I think we all started doing extras because we were looking to create something new. In 1978, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts and graduated in 1984, specializing in engraving and painting techniques. He then participated in numerous group exhibitions for young artists, where he stood out.
Born in 1955 in Greece, Christos Kalfas lived in Thessaloniki during the last years of the colonels’ dictatorship. In 1977, he arrived in France to begin his art studies in Saint-Étienne. However, he likes to specify during his interviews: “I arrived in France with a completely new outlook, a different culture, and I was a little removed from art as it was presented in France, it was… a little post-Support/Surface, a little conceptual art as we were able to Frenchify it; I think we all started doing extras because we were looking to create something new. In 1978, he entered the École des Beaux-Arts and graduated in 1984, specializing in engraving and painting techniques. He then participated in numerous group exhibitions for young artists, where he stood out.
From 1981 he participated in various exhibitions and fairs, notably in Saint-Etienne, Lyon and Paris, before exhibiting in Europe in the 1990s, then returning to present his works on his native land on a more regular basis. during the 2000s.
His work explores the language of myths and other stories of his culture, in juxtaposition with our modernity. Many personal exhibitions followed, in international fairs such as Fiac, Art Basel, Art Brussels, etc.; and in galleries such as Patrice Trigano, LOFT gallery (Paris), Pascal Polar (Brussels), Athens gallery and Lola Nicolas in Greece. The Museum of Modern Art of Saint-Étienne devotes a personal exhibition to him on his engraved work, as does the Picasso Museum of Antibes. His works are part of several collections of public and private institutions, in France and abroad.
He currently lives and works in Paris.
“I work on the skin of everything that may one day give rise to a myth…”
Christos Kalfas
Exhibitions
Videos
Vidéo
Christos Kalfas • Once Upon A Time
Career
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2023
Once Upon A Time, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2022
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2019
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018
Athens Gallery, Athènes, Grèce
2017
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016
Espace O.T.E., Thessaloniki, Greece
Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
2015
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2023
Once Upon A Time, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2022
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2019
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2018
Athens Gallery, Athènes, Grèce
2017
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016
Espace O.T.E., Thessaloniki, Greece
Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
2015
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2014
Galerie Vivienne, Paris
2011
Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
Gloria Gallery, Nicosie, Chypre
2010
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
Orpheos 20 Gallery, Xanthi, Grèce
Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
2007
Tsihritzi Foundation, Athènes, Grèce
Gloria Gallery, Nicosie, Chypre
2006
Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
2005
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2003
Galerie Géo Gyselinck, Kortrijk, Belgique
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2002
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
Tobacco Factory Gallery, Kavala, Grèce
2000
Art Dealer, Saint-Etienne, France
Galerie Lola Nicolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
1999
Foire de Milan, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Italie
1998
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
1997
Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
1996
Centre culturel de Chaumont, Chapelle des Jésuites, Chaumont, France
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
Galerie J.P. Prébet, Roanne, France
1995
S.I.A.C. 95, Strasbourg, France
Galerie P. Polar, Bruxelles, Belgique
Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
1994
Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand
Galerie P. Polar, Bruxelles, Belgique
Galerie Gastaud & Caillard, Paris
1993
Espace TECNO, Paris, France
1992
Galerie M.D.G., Neuchâtel, Suisse
Géo Gyselinck Galerie, Kortrijk, Belgique
Galerie Gastaud & Caillard, Paris, France
Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris, France
1991
Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France
Espace Saint Loup, Billom, France
Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand
1990
Galerie Géo Gyselinck, Kortrijk, Belgique
1984
Galerie Louis Caterin, Saint-Etienne, France
1989
Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
1988
Musée Picasso, Antibes, France
1987
Artothèque de Valence, Valence, France
1986
G.A.C. Théâtre Municipal, Annonay, France
1984
Galerie Louis Caterin, Saint-Etienne, France
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2025-2026
Traits d’Esprit, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Summer selection—À Première Vue, Paris, France
Hauts en couleur (Colorful), Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2024
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
La terre est BLEUE COMME UNE ORANGE (The earth is blue like an orange), Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Blue Dream, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
Summer Selection, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2022
“Âme & Corps”, Gallery LOFT, Paris
2021
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Grèce
2020
Galerie Popy Arvani, Paris
Galerie LOFT, Paris
2018
‘DIPOLA‘ – Musée d’Hiraklion, Crète, Grèce
2017
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2016
Géo Gyselinck Galerie, Kortrijk, Belgique
Galerie LOFT, Paris
2015
Galerie LOFT, Paris
2014
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
Fondation P&M. Kydonieos, Andros, Cyclades, Grèce
“LOFTISSMES”, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
2013
Galerie LOFT, Paris
2012
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
2011
Galerie P. Polar, Bruxelles, Belgique
2010
Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Thessaloniki, Greece
Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
2009
Art Athina, Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
2005
Art Athina, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Athènes, Grèce
2004
Galerie Efimerides, Mikonos, Grèce
About love, Mikonos, Grèce
2003
30×40, Galerie d’Athènes, Athènes, Grèce
1999
Art Athina, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Athènes, Grèce
1998
Art Athina, Galerie Lola Nikolaou, Athènes, Grèce
1997
Foire de Courtrai, Belgique
1996
Hommage à P. Pantazis, Fondation E. Averoff, Metsovo, Grèce
Eventails d’artistes, Château de Gien, France
Art Athènes, Galerie P. Polar, Athènes, Grèce
1995
Eventails d’artistes contemporains, Paris, France
Espace Riquet, Béziers, France
Art Athina 3, Galerie P. Polar, Athènes, Grèce
30×40, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgique
Galerie P. Polar, Poltrona Frau, Paris, France
1994
FIAC, Galeries Patrice Trigano & P. Polar, Espace Eiffel, Paris, France
1993
41 artistes en prison, Institut Français de Naples, Italie
1992
FIAC, Galerie Loft, Paris, France
41 artistes en prison, ELAC, Lyon, France
1991
Découvertes 91, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1990
Musée Fayet, Béziers, France
Europadijs, Casino-Kursaal, Oostend, Belgium
1989
Galerie Gastaud, Clermont-Ferrand, France
1988
Paris S.A.G.A., Galerie Krief, Paris, France
1987
S.A.G.A., Galerie Krief, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Facultad de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Espagne
1986
Galerie Krief, Paris, France
Energie 80, Musée-Château, Annecy, France
4e Biennale de l’Estampe, Sarcelles, France
Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France
1985
Juxtapositions, Galerie Farideh Cado, Paris, France
1983
Salon d’automne, Lyon, France
1982
Figures Imposées, ELAC, Lyon, France
1981
Galerie Farideh Cado, Paris, France
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