Aris Kalaizis

Biography

1966

Born in Leipzig as son of Greek polit­ic­al immig­rants (Greek civil war 1946 – 1949)

1989
Wed­ding with Annett
(www.massatelier-kalaizis.de)

1992 – 1997
Stud­ies at the Academy of Visu­al Arts in Leipzig under super­vi­sion of Prof. Arno Rink

1994
Birth of Daugh­ter Nike

1997
Dip­loma Gradu­ate Paint­ing at the Academy of Visu­al Arts Leipzig

1997 – 2000

Post-gradu­ate stud­ies under super­vi­sion of Prof. Arno Rink

1997

Free State of Sax­ony schol­ar­ship holder

2002

Art Award of the Ger­man Volks­banken und Raiffeisenbanken

2005

Work-abroad grant awar­ded in the USA giv­en by the Min­istry of Arts and the Great­er Colum­bus Art Council

2007

ISCP schol­ar­ship, New York City

2010

Par­ti­cip­a­tion at the Venice Bien­nale (12.Mostra Internazionale di Architettura. Italy)

2011

Par­ti­cip­a­tion at the 4 th Guang­zhou-Tri­en­ni­al (Guang­dong Art Museum. China)

2012
Guest's lec­ture­ship at the Academy of Art, Ber­gen. Finland

2013 – 2014

Exhib­i­tion-Tour through Ger­many, Aus­tria, Netherlands

2016
Work-abroad grant in China. Beijing

He lives and works in Leipzig (Ger­many)