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Vangelis Rinas is a Greek painter and sculptor having his roots in the Northeastern Aegean Sea. He was born in Samos island, but grew up in Ikaria island in 1966.He holds an MFA from the Athens School of Fine Arts and lives and works in Athens and New York.

He grew up watching boats, wandering the dockyards where he was sealed by the smell of the cut pine wood combined with the minium and the sun. In response to his need to express himself thought various materials, he has created paintings sculptures, prints and installations . He admires the vanishing old craftsmen and tries to be apprenticed near them. Since 1992 he enjoys shows in Greece and abroad ( solo, group exhibitions) and participates in international biennials. Among them, his solo exhibition at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing and his latest solo show at Tenri Culutural Institute in New York. Since 2000 he has presented three solo exhibitions entitled "Endless Sailing" All three included paintings and sculpture .His Sculpture has been installed in the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.His deep love for human beings is evident on the poem he carved on his boat about China and Greece with Chinese ideograms and Braile writing.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2012 Vangelis Rinas:Deterioration and Renewal, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, N.Y,USA
• 2012 Passages: Loss, Search and Ascent, Elga Wimmer PCC Gallery, New York, N.Y,USA
• 2010 Endless Sailing III,National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), Beijing, China
• 2010 Endless Sailing III, School of Fine Arts, Shanghai University,99 Creative Center,Shanghai,China
• 2007 Endless Sailing II, Skoufa Gallery Athens, Greece
• 2007 National Printing House of Greece Annual Calendar, Agathi Gallery, Athens, Greece
• 2005 Childrens’ Portraits’’, Agathi Gallery, Athens ,Greece
• 2002 Endless Sailing II, Athinais Gallery, Athens, Greece
• 2002 Communication between Painting and Photography, Adam Gallery Athens, Greece
• 2001 Water and Wind II, Adam Gallery, Athens, Greece
• 1998 Water and Wind I, Prisma Gallery, Livadia,Viotia, Greece
• 1993 First Reading, Maria Papadopoulou Gallery, Athens, Greece
• 1992 Engraving, Miranda Gallery, Hyrda Island, Greece

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2010 Environment Concern and Human Existence, Fourth Beijing International Art Biennale, China 2010, Beijing, China
• 2010 Taste of Brackishness II, Poseidonion Grand Hotel, Spetses island, Greece
• 2010 With the Generation of 30’s as a Springboard ,the Great Art Studios and the descendαnts’’, Glikas Gallery, Athens, Greece
• 2009 Ambassadors of Contemporary Greek Art-Three Generations of Painters, Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Australia
• 2009 Water Colouring the Landscape,curated by Iris Kritikou, Contemporary Balkan Art Gallery, Limnos Island, Greece
• 2009 Greek Visual Artists,Viannos Gallery, Basilica of Saint Mark, Heraklion, Creta Island,Greece
• 2009 Four Seasons, Hellenic War Museum, Athens, Greece
• 2009 Modern Greek Landscape Painting from the 18th to the 21st Century-vision, experience and space regenerating, curated by Haris Kambouridis,B. and M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts and Music, Athens, Greece
• 2008 Greek Artists for the Human Rights, curated by the Human Rights Defense Center
• 2007 Visual Arts in Greece2007-Artistic Innovation: Semiotics of its Terms in the New Age, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Salonika, Greece
• 2007 Dialogues 2007, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Salonika, Greece
• 2007 'Greek Artists for the Human Rights, curated by the Human Rights Defense Center, The City of Athens Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
• 2006 90 Greek Artists for the Human Rights, curated by the Human Rights Defense Center, The City of Athens Cultural Organization, Eleftherias Park Arts Centre, Athens, Greece
• 2005 Shall we play?, Adam Gallery, Athens, Greece
• 2005 Art Works Exhibition, curated by the Human Rights Defense Center, The City of Athens Cultural Organization, Eleftherias Park Arts Centre Athens, Greece
• 2005 Agathi Gallery, Athens, Greece,
• 2005 Vision and Touch, Atrion Gallery, Salonika, Greece
• 2005 Sacred and Profane, aspects of the female in modern Greek painting 1930-2005’’, curated by Haris Kambouridis, Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Creta Island, Greece
• 2003 Christmas with Greek and Russian Contemporary Art’’, K Gallery, London, Great Britain
• 2003 New Iconolatry, curated by Haris Kambouridis, Fine Arts Kapopoulos Gallery, Athens, Greece
• 2001 Visions and Bonds, The City of Athens Cultural Organization, Eleftherias Park Arts Centre, Athens, Greece
• 2001 Apollon Gallery, Rafina, Attica,Greece
• 1999 Anny Balta Gallery, Thessaloniki
• 1998 Municipality of Corfu Gallery, Corfu Island, Greece
• 1998 Trigono Gallery, Kifissia, Attica, Greece
• 1997 Selini Gallery, Kifissia, Attica, Greece
• 1994 Kostis Palamas Building, Athens, Greece
• 1994 A.Tassos Fine Arts Society, Athens, Greece
• 1992 Polyedro Gallery, Patra, Greece
• 1992 Maria Papadopoulou Gallery, Athens, Greece
• 1992 Municipality of Vyronas Cultural Centre (Isidora Duncan) , Vyronas, Athens
• 1991 Athens School of Fine Arts Graduates Exhibition, National Art Gallery and Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece

Reviews

• Jonathan Goodman, “Vangelis Rinas: The Art of Hybridity” ‘’Vangelis Rinas: Deterioration and Renewal”, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, N.Y,USA,2012’’
• Dr.Thalia Vrachopoulos, “Vangelis Rinas :Palimpsests of Time” ‘’Vangelis Rinas: Deterioration and Renewal”, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York, N.Y,USA,2012’’
• Mary Hrbacek, “Painting in the Present Past”, NY Arts, June 23, 2012, http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/reviewed/painting-in-the-present-past
• Dr.Thalia Vrachopoulos, “Vangelis Rinas’ Passages: Loss, Search and Ascent”Vangelis Rinas Passages, May 2012
• Liu Dawei, “He is sailing from the Aegean, First Personal Exhibition of the Greek Artist Vangelis Rinas in China”, Endless Sailing III National Art Museum of China, March, 2010
• Harris Kambouridis,” In the Harmonious Sway of Myth,” Endless Sailing III National Art Museum of China, March, 2010
• Annita Patsouraki, “Infinitive Voyage”,Prayer for those who sail well in the seas,” Vangelis Rinas; Endless Sailing II,2007
• Haris Kambouridis, '’With Art as a Valuable Cargo,”Vangelis Rinas; Endless Sailing II,2007
• Haris Kambouridis, “Molding the Clay with Color”, Ta Nea, December 28, 2005
• Dora Iliopoulou-Rogan, “Endless sailing,” Vangelis Rinas:Endless Sailing, 2002
• Nasa Patapiou, “I have ventured upon a great sea..” Vangelis Rinas:Endless Sailing, 2002
• Haris Kambouridis, “Shipbuilding for the voyage of art,”Vangelis Rinas:Endless Sailing, 2002
• Dora Iliopoulou-Rogan, “Into the Inner Recesses” Vangelis Rinas,March, 2001
• Haris Kambouridis, “Spark of Resurrection”, Ta Nea, April 18, 2001
• Lena Pappa, “In a closed Room,” Vangelis Rinas, March, 1993

Bibliography

• ‘’Vangelis Rinas: Deterioration and Renewal’’. Catalogue. New York, 2012
• Vangelis Rinas Passages. Catalogue. NewYork: Elga Wimmer PCC Galery, 2012
• Zacharias Sokos, “Vangelis Rinas_The Painter”, Apostrofos, Third program of Greek National Radio, February 20, 2012
• Zacharias Sokos, “Vangelis Rinas_The Painter”, Apostrofos,Ert webtv,ErtWorld , February 26, 2012, http://www.ert.gr/webtv/ertworld/item/2415-Baggelhs-Rhnas-Zwgrafos-26-02-2012
• First Visit of the Opera of Beijing, http://www.17u.com/blog/article/938804.html 10 - 16
• The Album of the Fourth Beijing International Art Biennale, China 2010.Catalogue. Beijing China:People’s Fine Arts Publishing House, 2010, 53
• Nadia Soufli, “Vangelis Rinas” Hot Harbor, August 2010, 69-76
• Yiannis Moutsos, “Endless Sailing to China” Gentleman, July 2010, 110-111
• Nikos Vatopoulos, “A wooden Boat to China” Kathimerini, July 18, 2010,1
• Annita Patsouraki, “Vangelis Rinas, Endless Sailing” The World of Metro, June 2010, no. 52, 7-9
• “ The Greek Artist Vangelis Rinas “Endless Sailing III” exhibition opening, Artonline, April 23, 2010,http://artonline-cn.com/news/view.asp?nid=32192
• “Greek Artist Rinas: Chinese Ideograms carving the Wooden Symbol of Cultural Expansion” China News, March 9, 2010, http://www.chinanews.com/cul/news/2010/03-09/2160222.shtml
• Endless Sailing III National Art Museum of China. Catalogue. Beiing, China: China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Publishing Co., March, 2010
• Liang Yeqian, “Greek Painter Rinas” Xinhua News Agency, March 3, 2010, http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2010-03/10/content_13140075.htm
• “The First Greek Painter Rinas’ Exhibition in the National Art Museum”, March 9, 2010, http://www.cnr.cn/allnews/201003/t20100310_506128874.html
• “The Greek Artist Vangelis Rinas “Endless Sailing III” exhibition opening”, Finance 17ok, March 10, 2010, http://finance.17ok.com/subject/xila/, http://finance.17ok.com/subject/xila/pic.shtml, http://finance.17ok.com/news/904/2010/0308/1566493_1.html
• Nikos Vatopoulos, , “A Tale of two Countries’ Friendship”,Ekathimerini, March 3, 2010,http://archive.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/civ_1KathiLev&xml/&aspKath/civ.asp&fdate=30/03/2010
• Vangelis Rinas from Greece holds solo exhibition, National Art Museum of China News,March 2010, http://www.namoc.org/en/NEW/news2010/201003/t20100311_125049.html
• “The first Greek painter works visit the National Art Museum of China”, News.99ys, March 2010,http://news.99ys.com/20100310/article--100310--37029_1.shtml
• “The First Greek Painter works visit the National Art Museum of China”, macauart.net, March 2010, http://www3.icm.gov.mo/gate/gb/www.macauart.net/News/ContentC.asp?id=161502
• “The first Greek painter works visit the National Art Museum of China”, Art.China, March 2010, http://art.china.cn/huihua/2010-03/09/content_3410569_3.htm
• National Art Museum of China Art Show ,March 2010, no.3
• Katerina Zaharopoulou, “The Age of Images” ET-1 program, Greek TV, March 15, 2007
• Vivi Vasilopoulou, “Traveling” Ependytis, February 24, 2010
• Marilena Astrapelou, “A Long Journey with Canvas” ,Vimagazino, February 21, 2010, no.488, 52-55
• China Greece Times, Europe Weekly, February 14, 2010 no. 5
• Myrto Raftopoulou, “Endless Sailing II”, Efoplistis, April 2007,124-127
• Vangelis Rinas; Endless Sailing II. Catalogue. Athens, Greece: Skoufa Gallery, 2007
• Phivi Paraskeva, “A Visual Journey in the World of Subconscious”,Proto Thema, April 3, 2007
• Visual Arts in Greece 2007-Artistic Innovation: Semiotics of its Terms in the New Age, Modern Greek Arts Archives, Catalogue. Salonika, Greece: State Museum of Contemporary Art, 2007, 157
• Kyriakos Valavanis, Kritiki Logou kai Techis, 2007, no. 5
• “Boat in the Air”, Eleftherotypia, March 22, 2002, 30
• Vangelis Rinas:Endless Sailing. Catalogue. Athens, Greece: March, 2002
• “If you ever see a boat in the land…”, Ta Nea, March 19, 2002
• Vangelis Rinas. Catalogue. Athens, Greece:March ,2001
• Panos Bailis, “The Hope does have a Face”, Ta Nea, February 18, 1994
• Vangelis Rinas, Catalogue. Athens,Greece:Maria Papadopoulou Gallery,1993
• Vangelis Kehriotis, “Faces in a closed Room” Avgi, March, 1993
• Dimitris Mitropoulos, “Visual Athens Today” Tahydromos, July 14, 1993

Selected Public Collections

• National Center for the Performing Arts (The Opera of Beijing), Beijing, China
• Beijing International Art Biennale Collection, Beijing ,China
• Hellenic Parliament, Athens, Greece
• National Bank of Greece, London
• Commercial Bank of Greece, Athens, Greece
• Municipal Gallery of Corfu Island, Greece
• Municipal Gallery of Viannos, Crete Island, Greece

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