Elias Harissis was born on 11 February 1957 in Volos of Thessaly, Greece. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts - ASFA (1977-1982) and received a painting degree with honors and a diploma of historical and theoretical studies. He received the following awards: International Award in painting, silver medal, 15th Biennial of Alexandria, Alexandria (1984); Commemorative Diploma, Biennale Internazionale Del Arte Contemporane, Florence, Italy (1999); and Honorary Distinction in World Festival of Art on Paper, Bled, Slovenia (2001).
Elias Harissis has presented his work in the following exhibitions: Punk Painting, Desmos Gallery, Athens (1983); 15th Biennial of Alexandria, Alexandria (1984); Reminiscences - Transformation - Quests, National Gallery, Athens (1985); DEPAK, National Gallery, Athens (1986); Antinor Gallery, Athens (1986); Painting, Municipal Gallery, Larissa (1986); Idea for Life: International Exhibition of Mail-Art, Vicenza, Italy (1987); SOS for Wine, L'Agricoltura Elumpiente, Filippos Silvestrini International Exhibition of Mail Art, Naples, Italy (1987); Painting, House of Cyprus, Athens (1988); Painting, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens (1988); Painting, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1989); Painting, Polyedron Gallery, Patras (1990); Harissis, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1991); Painting Installation, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens (1992); Multum in Parvo, Skoufa 4 Gallery, Athens (1992); Painting, Ioannis and Euterpi Topalis Foundation & University of Patras (1992); Painting, Fayoum Gallery, Chania, Crete (1993); Painting, Choros Art Studio, Neoria, Chania, Crete (1994); P+P=D, DESTE Foundation, Athens (1999); Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy (1999); The Blue in Lavrion, Diana Yulia Gallery, Technology Park, Lavrion (1999); Path II, Contemporary Visual Art Center, Larissa (1999); Painting, Athens Art Gallery, Athens (1999); Christmas Exhibition, Domzale, Slovenia (2001); Art Athina #9, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens (2001); World Festival of Art on Paper, Bled, Slovenia (2001); Search for a Face, Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens (2001); Painting, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens (2001); Inviting the Gaze, Athens Art Gallery, Athens (2001); Greek Artists 1962, Research Center, Christie's, Athens (2001); Installation: Poetic Step for the Poetry of Sylvia Plath, Educational Society, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens (2002); Installation: Poetic Step for the Poetry of T. S. Eliot's Waste Land, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens (2002); Installation: Poetic Step for the Poetry of Pindar's Pythioniki, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens (2002); All Fashioned, Visual Center of Contemporary Art, Larissa (2002); All Fashioned, Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki (2002); Shapes and Colors of the Psyche, Argo Gallery, Athens (2003); Coup de Coeur, Athens Art Gallery, Athens (2003); Every Monday, Chryssothemis Gallery, Athens (2003); Painting, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens (2004); Painting, Art Expertise, Hellenic Cosmos Foundation, Athens (2005); Fund Raising, Friends of the National Museum of Contemporary Art - Bonham's, London (2005); Summer Show, Athens Art Gallery, Athens (2005); Portraits of Collectors from Chania, Municipal Gallery of Chania, Crete (2006); The Colors of Iris, Freedom Park Art Center, Athens (2006); Summan Art, Brussels (2006); Bathers, Ianos Gallery, Athens (2006); Much in Little, Art_Act, Athens (2007); and European Masters of Modern Art, Austria (2007)CERN, Geneva, 2009 .
Elias Harissis is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece - EETE and currently lives and works in Athens.
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