PHOTOGRAPHY Nikos Markou Bio Born 1959, Athens. Lives and works in Athens. Education 1978 - 1982 Mathematics, University of Athens GR Awards/ Distinctions 1993 1st Prize, Fuji Hellas Competition 3rd Prize, Paneuropean Fuji Competition 1990 1st Prize, Kodak Competition 1987 Distinction, Competition for Young European Photographers 1986 Air France Prize 1984 Distinction, Competition of Press-Photo, Charleroi, Belgium Selected Solo Exhibitions 2005 AD Gallery, Athens GR 2000 Geo-metries, PHOTOSYNKYRIA 2000, Terracota Gallery, Thessaloniki GR 1998 Body Icons, Photographic Centre of Skopelos, Skopelos GR Perama, Aspects of Greek Photography, Nice Biennial, Gallerie Mossa, Nice FR 1997 Gazi, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens GR 1995 Through The Naked Eye, PHOTOSYNKYRIA 1995, Terracota Gallery, Thessaloniki GR 1991 Evmaros Gallery, Athens GR 1985 Gazi, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR 1982 Perama, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR Selected Group Exhibitions 2006 An Outing - The Beltsios Collection. Contemporary Art in Greece in the 21st century, Matsopoulos Mill, Trikala GR 2005 Communities - Territories, 12th International Month of Photography, P37 Art Gallery, Athens GR Circum(de)scribed Worlds, Museum of Photography of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki GR GR & Hellenic American Union, 12th Month of Photography, Athens GR 2004 Man and Woman - God Becomes a Man, XI International Nude Art Exhibition, The Museum of New Art,Parnu, EE Building Wraps and Building Banners, outdoor photography exhibition, Athens 2004, Athens GR Circum(de)scribed Worlds, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin DE & Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Stuttgart DE & Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel DE & Hallescher Kunstverein, Halle DE 2003 OUTLOOK: International Art Exhibition, various locations, Athens GR Transphotometafores: Trajectories and Intersections, l' espace apollonia, Strasbourg FR 2002 Transphotometafores: Trajectories and Intersections, Centro Andaluz de la Fotografia, Almeria ES 2000 Transphotometafores: Trajectories and Intersections, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki GR & Montpellier FR Contemporary Greek Photography, Galerie Municipale du Chateau d' Eau, Toulouse FR & Larissa Contemporary Art Centre, Larissa GR Attitudes, Photographic Centre of Skopelos, Skopelos GR 1999 City Images, Ios Gallery, Áthens GR Crossroads, Kifissia Art Gallery, Athens GR 1997 Pireos Street, Metamorphoses of an industrial landscape, Athens GR Image and Reflection, New Hellenic Photography 1975-1995, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki GR & Royal Photografic Society, Bath UK 1994 Photography and its material, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR 1990 Arles Paneuropean Festival, Arles FR 1988 A Post-Classical Landscape, The Photogallery, Cardiff, Wales 1987 20 Young Greek Photographers, 1st International Month of Photography, Athens GR Biennial of Young European Artists, Barcelona ES Sequences, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR 1986 Funf Fotografen aus Athen, Goethe-Institut, Dusseldorf DE 1984 Fotografia Mediterrania, Primavera Fotografica, Barcelona ES 1983 The Nude, Photographic Centre of Athens, Athens GR 1982 Jeune photographie grecque, Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi BE Publications 2004 COSMOS, text by Hercules Papaioannou, tetarto Publications 2000 Geometries, text by Kostis Antoniadis and Olga Daniylopoulou, Adam Publications