Vassilis Vassili (Greek: Βασίλης Βασίλη; born 1964) is a Greek contemporary visual artist working primarily in sculpture.
In Greek Cyprus he worked with several other sculptors to create public art for the Cypriot community, most notably his stone display in Limassol.
Early life
Vassili studied at The School of Fine Arts in Athens under professor E. Panourias and Theodoros Papagiannis from 1992 to 1997. In 1999 he won a scholarship from The Greek Foundation of Scholarships and from Onassis Foundation. He moved to United States. In 2001 he received a Masters of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Career
From 2004 to 2013 Vassilis taught at the Technological Institution of Athens, Greece. From 2006 to 2008 he taught at the Department of Fine Arts at the University of West Macedonia in Florina, Greece. In 2013 he moved to Canada where he lives with his family.
Public art works
Vassili created permanent public art installations in the following places:
2020- Uttarayan Art Foundation, Vadodara , India..
Exhibitions
Vassilis has had exhibitions at the following institutions: Burgerhaus, Dreieich, Frankfurt, Germany (1998); “Epoxes” Gallery, Athens, Greece (1998); Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA (2001); Titanium Gallery, Athens, Greece (2003); Titanium Gallery Athens Greece (2005); Art Gallery Kaplanon Athens Greece (2008).
Selected group exhibitions include:
1995- M. Merkouri Foundation, Athens, Greece
1995- State Bank of Greece Athens, Greece
1996- M. Merkouri Foundation Athens, Greece
1997- National Gallery, Athens, Greece
1997- Outdoor show, Pllaka, Athens, Greece
1997- “Epoxes” Gallery, Athens, Greece
1997- Outdoor show, Salonica, Greece
1998- Global Stone Workshop, Gothenburg, Sweden
1998- Drawing show, Svetsingen, Germany
1998- City Hall, Psyxiko, Athens, Greece
2000- Destination Philadelphia, Convention Centre, Philadelphia, USA
2001- Snapshots, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA
2001- 5 into 1, Philadelphia Sculptors’ Show. Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, USA