Born 1930 in Athens. Studied at the Athens Academy of Fine Arts (1948-54) under Moralis. Lived and worked in Rome (1957-60) with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation, then moved to Paris, where he lived until 1976. Went to Berlin with a DAAD scholarship (1971-2), then divided his time between Athens and Paris until 1983. Has spent increasingly long periods in Greece ever since. Has shown his work in solo exhibitions in the largest cities in Europe and the United States, and taken part in major international group events, including: Paris Biennale (1963, 1965), Sao Paulo Biennale (1965), Documenta (Kassel 1975). Represented Greece at the Venice Biennale 1986, with Karas. Tribute to his youthful work (1950-9) presented by the Frysira Museum (2001). Major retrospective of his work in the National Museum of Contemporary Art (2001). Has been a member of the Sigma group. His works for public spaces include the forecourt of the Archaeological Museum, Thessaloniki (1988), and the Ethnikis Amynis underground railway station, Athens (2000).
One of the most famous Greek artists of the first post-war generation, Tsoclis got to know contemporary art trends in their birthplace. Yet his own work represents none of them, though it carries hints of conceptual art, nouveau realisme, and pop art. Although the third dimension was very quickly added to his canvases, his compositions were still characterised by a painterly approach.
An
element of trompe l'oeil
runs through his entire body of work , not in the traditional sense of the transferring of three dimensions to a flat surface, but by dissolving the boundaries between the painted and the real space. Since 1985, he has been using video images to include the element of time in his work.Read moreRead less
TITLE: COMPOSITION MEDIUM: MIXED TECHIQUE WITH WOOD IN A PLEXI BOX DIMENSIONS: 172Χ130 CM INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (82) BELOW
KOSTAS TSOCLIS - (1930-) - SHADOW OF A TREΕ
TITLE: SHADOW OF A TREE MEDIUM: ACRYLIC AND WOOD ON CANVAS IN A PLEXIGLASS DIMENSIONS: 103Χ73 CM INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
KOSTAS TSOCLIS - (1930-) - THE COMPOSITION
TITLE: THE COMPOSITION MEDIUM: MIXED TECHIQUE ON WOOD IN A PLEXIGLASS BOX DIMENSIONS: 98X98 CM INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
KOSTAS TSOCLIS - (1930-) - TREE
TITLE: TREE MEDIUM: ACRYLIC AND PAPER ON CANVAS IN A PLEXIGLASS BOX DIMENSIONS: 175X135X6,5 CM
KOSTAS TSOKLIS (1930 - ) - COMPOSITION WITH PENCIL
TITLE: SOMPOSITION WITH PENCIL MEDIUM: PENCIL ON PAPER AND COLLAGE IN A PLEXIGLASS BOX DIMENSIONS: 80χ110 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED AND DATED (1975) BELOW
KOSTAS TSOKLIS (1930-) - COMPOSITION
TITLE: COMPOSITION MEDIUM: OIL, WOOD AND PAPER ON CANVAS IN A PLEXIGLASS ΕΛΑΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ ,ΞΥΛΟ ΚΑΙ ΧΑΡΤΙ ΣΕ ΚΑΜΒΑ MEΣΑ ΣΕ ΚΟΥΤΙ ΠΛΕΞΙΓΚΛΑΣ DIMENSIONS: 50χ50 CM. INFORMATION: SIGNED BELOW
