Panos Iatridis

Solo Exhibition May 2025

Gallery Chryssothemis invites you to the solo painting - cartoon exhibition

of Panos Iatridis

“Between two worlds”

Opening:

Friday 16 May 2025, 18:00-22:00
Saturday 17 May 2025, 12:00-17:00

The exhibition is extended until Saturday the 21st of June 2025.

The artist notes:

Painting and cartooning. Two worlds that seem to be opposites, but are connected by common threads that run through the entirety of my work.

On the one hand, painting: vivid colors, geometric forms, strong brushstrokes. Here, I search for depth — not only visual but also emotional. I'm not interested in representing the world exactly as it is, but rather as I feel it. Through my visual artworks, I primarily converse with myself. It is a more introspective expression of my perception of the world — a place full of memories, sensations, and reflections.

On the other hand, cartoons: direct, sharp, often biting. Here, art becomes a tool for communication, commentary, and dialogue with the collective — a critical lens on the world around us. Here, extroversion, exaggeration and satire dominate.

Biography:

Panos Iatridis, who became widely known through the MasterChef caricature project, was born in 1984 in Athens and hails from the historic town of Astros in Kynouria. He is a visual artist and a graduate of the Athens School of Fine Arts. His paintings often incorporate elements of comics and cartoons, a characteristic that distinguished his thesis project and earned him a scholarship to the 3rd ANIMART, Summer Meeting on Animation and Other Visual Arts, organized by the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute and the European Animation Center.

Since 2005, he has been actively involved in cartooning and has collaborated with numerous newspapers and magazines. He has participated in many cartoon exhibitions and competitions in Greece and abroad, where he has received significant distinctions, as well as in group painting exhibitions.

He is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece and the Friends of Cartoon Association. He is also a member of the Federation of Cartoonists Organisations (FECO).

Since 2011, he has been working as a substitute visual arts teacher in primary education. Since 2007, he has maintained the blog panosiatridis.gr, one of the first thematic blogs in Greece, featuring cartoons that satirize current events.