Pavlos Habidis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1957. At the age of 18 he left to study in Sweden, where he graduated from Lund University with a B.A. in Philosophy and History of Art. While studying he also attended courses in different engraving techniques. His very first exhibitions featured Chinese ink drawings; he also worked for the daily press as a cartoonist.
From 1981 to 1984 he traveled around Europe extensively, and for extended periods he lived in what was then West Berlin, where the everyday life and dynamic artistic climate had a crucial influence on both his aesthetics and his general artistic orientation.
Since 1985 he has dedicated himself to painting and lives exclusively from his art. Up until 2001 he led a “nomadic” life and lived – while creating and exhibiting his works — in Tokyo, Geneva, Paris, and Brussels. At the same time, he created covers for literary works and had his drawings published in political and literary reviews, as well as in strip cartoons in Germany, Greece and France. Since 2001 he has lived in Athens and Brussels. Several exhibitions of his paintings have also been held in Athens, Thessaloniki, Berlin, Bologna, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. His works can be found in private collections, cultural foundations, and museums.
Solo exhibitions
2010 Espace Periple, Bruxelles
2010 IANOS, Athens
2009 T. Kambani Gallery, Athens
2008 Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boicos (BOB), Paris
2007 TAGG, Athens
2006 Leon Keuninckx, Grand Rechain, Belgium
2006 Castello Galeazza, Bologna
2005 Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boicos (BOB), Paris
2005 ZM Gallery, Thessaloniki
2005 To Milo Art Galley, Athens
2004 Espace Pιriple, Brussels
2004 Presentation of the “Carnet de voyage: Athens” with 116 watercolour drawings by Pavlos Habidis. Published by Louis Vuitton (Paris).
2002 Palazzo Montefano, Bologna
2002 Art Center X, Larissa, Greece
2000 Gallerie Beckel Odille Boicos (BOB), Paris
2000 ZM Gallery, Thessaloniki
1999 Titanium Gallery, Athens
1998 Galerie C. Colas & P. Odille, Paris
1998 Palazzo Montefano, Bologna
1995 Paratiritis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki
1994 Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen
1993 Nishiazabu Asacloth Gallery, Tokyo
1991 Nishiazabu Asacloth Gallery, Tokyo
1990 Seibu Ikebukuro Gallery, Tokyo
1990 Nishiazabu Asacloth Gallery, Tokyo
1989 Bistborno Gallery, Malmφ
1987 Hydrohoos Gallery, Athens
1979 Galleri Clemens, Lund
Group exhibitions
2010 Tehnopolis, Athens
2010 Halki, Istanbul
2010 Brinies, Porto Heli, Greece
2010 Ersi's Gallery, Athens
2009 Ersi's Gallery, Athens
2009 Gallerie Beckel Odille Boicos (BOB), Paris
2009 Galerie Chantal Bamberger, Strasbourg
2009 IANOS, Athens
2008 Gallerie Beckel Odille Boicos (BOB), Paris
2007 TAGG, Athens
2007 P 37 Gallery, Athens
2006 Gallerie Beckel Odille Boicos (BOB), Paris
2005 Leon Keuninckx, Grand Rechain, Belgium
2005 Art Center X, Larissa, Greece
2004 Gallerie Beckel Odille Boicos (BOB), Paris
2003 Yayannos Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
2003 Gallerie Beckel Odille Boicos (BOB), Paris
2003 Infopunt Europa Van de Provinti, Antwerpen, Belgium
2002 Bell Studio, Inc., Chicago
2002 Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boicos, Paris
2002 Yayannos Gallery, Athens
2002 Art Center X, Larissa, Greece
2001 Gallerie Beckel Odille Boicos (BOB), Paris
1999 Gallerie Beckel Odille Boicos (BOB), Paris
1999 Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen
1999 Leon Keuninckx, Grand Rechain, Belgium
1999 Galerie du Pont-Neuf, Brussels
1999 European Parliament, Strassbourg
1998 Leon Keuninckx, Grand Rechain, Belgium
1997 Paratiritis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki
1997 Cornette-Pajarin Gallery, Paris
1996 Toft Gallery, Paris
1996 Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen
1994 Swedish Art Association, Paris
1994 Greek Painters in Paris, Maison de l’Europe, Paris
1992 Swedish Art Association, Paris
1991 Nalepa Gallery, Berlin
1991 Tornvall Gallery, Stockholm
1991 SAGA, Gallery Zaar-Johansson, Paris
1990 Stalke Gallery, Copenhagen
1989 Galerie Est, Paris
1978 Malmφ Konsthall, Sweden
