biography of Stephen ANTONAKOS (1926-2013)

Personal data


Birth : 1926 - Yíthion, Greece
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

New York NY New York, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

1958:First solo exhibition in New York NY, USA
1930:Moves to USA


Artist in residence

1971

1971 : Artist in residence – University of Wisconsin at Madison – Madison WI, United States
Awarded by : University of Wisconsin at Madison – 455 North Park 6241 Humanities Building – Madison WI, United States


Other professions

1968 : Professor
Yale University – 149 Elm Street – New Haven CT, United States

1978 : Architect

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Sculpture-Volume : Object
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage

Subject

architecture
color
light
opposition/conformity
religion

Artistic periods

1962 : Begins to use neons in painting, USA

Movements and styles

Minimal Art
Pop Art

Works

Chapel of the Heavenly
Date of creation : 1997
Medium : Light installation
 
The Small Blue Chapel
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Construction
 
The Underground Chapel
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Construction
 
The Chapel of The Heavenly Ladder
Date of creation : 1995-1997
Medium : Construction
 
The Meditation Room
Date of creation : 1995
Medium : Construction
 
The Chapels of The Saints
Date of creation : 1992
Medium : Construction
 
St John The Baptist
Date of creation : 1991
 
Incomplete Red Neon on Exterior Corner
Date of creation : 1978
Medium : Sculpture
Process : neon
 
Incomplete Red Neon Square on Exterior Corner
Date of creation : 1978
Medium : Mixed media
Process : neon
 
The Room
Date of creation : 1973
Medium : Sculpture
Process : neon
 
Welcome
Medium : Light installation
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2001

Neuberger Museum of Art – Purchase NY, United States
09/24/2001 – 01/07/2001

1999

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center National Studio Program – Long Island NY, United States
01/27/1999 – 02/07/1999

1998

Jan Abrams Fine Arts – New York NY, United States
11/1998 – 12/1998

1997

Recent Aspects
Stefan Stux Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/29/1997 – 04/27/1997

1972

Fischbach Gallery – New York NY, United States
1972

1970

Fischbach Gallery – New York NY, United States
1970

1969

Fischbach Gallery – New York NY, United States
1969

1968

Fischbach Gallery – New York NY, United States
1968

1967

Fischbach Gallery – New York NY, United States
1967

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Group exhibitions

2003

Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003
Japan
07/20/2003 – 09/07/2003

1999

Modern Odysseys: Greek American Artist of the 20th. Century
Queens Museum of Art – New York NY, United States
10/06/1999 – 01/30/2000

1997

Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997

1978

Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1978

1977

Documenta 6
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Neue Galerie, Karlsaue – Kassel, Germany
06/26/1977 – 10/02/1977

1970

American Sculpture
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden – University of Nebraska – Lincoln NE, United States
1970

Annual Exhibition Contemporary American Painting & Sculpture
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
1970

1966

Kunst Licht Kunst
Stedelijk Museum – Eindhoven, Netherlands
1966

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2001

WEI Lilly – Stephen Antanakos at the Neuberger Museum of Art
in: Art in America p. 133
New York NY, United States
06/2001

Legals