Euripides Altintzoglou examines the correlations between being, the emergence of political agency, and the phenomenology of change. Change is a central theme in his work, a constant force that shapes and reshapes the world around us. Euripides is interested not only in the visible manifestations of political discourse but also the subtle, often overlooked gestures of resistance and resilience. In a world marked by division and discord, art emerges as a means for bridging divides. Euripides' objects, videos, images, and installations, are all led by the iconic virtues of images that serve as catalysts for making things matter. His work is exhibited internationally in private and public galleries, and in large scale international exhibitions. Theoretical publications of note include: the monograph Portraiture and Critical Reflections on Being (Routledge, New York, 2018); the co-edited (with Martin Fredriksson) volume of essays Revolt and Revolution: The Protester in the 21st Century (Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford, 2016) in which he provided a chapter and co-wrote the introduction; and the journal articles, Digital Realities and Virtual Ideals: ‘Portraiture, Idealism, and the Clash of Subjectivities in the Post-Digital Era,’ Photography & Culture (vol. 12, no. 1, March 2019, Taylor & Francis); ‘The Critical Invariant: Avant-Garde and Change,’ Art in the Public Sphere (volume 7, no. 2, December 2018, Intellect). He currently holds the post of a Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, and Course Leader of Photography at the Wolverhampton School of Art, University of Wolverhampton.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 The Ends of Art, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
2017 Object Relations, with Christian Mieves, Nuneaton Art Gallery, U.K.
2016 Grand Detour, Beton7 Arts, Athens, Greece
2011 Tupperware Project, 3rd Biennale of Athens, Athens, Greece
2011 Reversible, Beton7 Arts, Athens, Greece
2011 Beginnings, 17th International Short Film Festival, Drama, Greece (outdoor video installations)
2010 See Through Me, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, U.K.
2004 Art Official, The Lighthouse Cinema, Wolverhampton, U.K. (cinema screening)
Group Exhibitions
2023 Valuable Conversations, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, U.K.
2022 Capital(e) Lumière 2, Maison Rampant, Laviron, France
2020 Enough is Definitely Enough, Oceans Apart, Salford, U.K.
2019 Enough is Definitely Enough, General Practice, Lincoln, U.K.
2017 Capital(e) Lumière, Maison Victor Hugo, Besançon, France
2016 Midpointness, Airspace Gallery, Stoke-upon-Trent, U.K.
2016 Vidéo Capitale 2016, Champlitte, France
2014 Making of Mordor, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, U.K.
2014 (detail), H-Space, Bangok, Thailand; Transition Gallery, London, U.K.
2013 Vidéo Capitale 2013, Fresne-Saint-Mamès, France
2013 The Ends of Art, Beton7 Arts, Athens, Greece
2009 d-Fine Arts, Queenstudio Gallery, Patras, Greece
2006 Contemporary Hellenic Art, Downtown Gallery, Athens, Greece
2005 XXXhibition, The Lighthouse Gallery, Wolverhampton, U.K.
2004 Private Room, Downtown Gallery, Athens, Greece
2003 Collective III, Phase 1 Gallery, The Learning Quarter, Wolverhampton, U.K.
2002 Trash Art, Technopolis, Athens, Greece
1999 Last But Not Least, The Warehouse Project, Wolverhampton, U.K.
1998 Collective I, The Warehouse Project, Wolverhampton, U.K.
1997 Light, Energy, Movement, The Custard Factory, Birmingham, U.K.
1997 Urban Tales, The Canal Club, Wolverhampton, U.K.
1996 Street Life, Aigli Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Curated Exhibitions
2022 Robert Clayton: Estate and Estate Return, Wolverhampton School of Art, University of Wolverhampton, U.K.
2019 Mahtab Hussain: The Quiet Town of Tipton, Wolverhampton School of Art, University of Wolverhampton, U.K.
2018 Dieter Blum. XTC. Dance and Eros, Wolverhampton School of Art, University of Wolverhampton, U.K.
2018 Shahidul Alam: A Struggle for Democracy, Wolverhampton School of Art, University of Wolverhampton, U.K.
2013 The Ends of Art, Beton7 Arts, Athens, Greece
2012 Jonathan Meira: Change, The Warehouse Project, Wolverhampton, U.K.
2012 Ricardo de Bruce: Damazon, The Warehouse Project, Wolverhampton, U.K.
Publications
2023 A Perfect Sentence, Oliver Frank Chanarin in conversation with Euripides Altintzoglou, FORMAT23, Format International Festival (ISBN 978-1-7393226-0-1), Derby, U.K.
2018 Portraiture and Critical Reflections on Being, Routledge (ISBN: 9781138580602), New York, U.S.A
2016 Grand Detour, Beton7 Arts, exhibition catalogue essay for Grand Detour show, Athens, Greece
2016 Revolt and Revolution: The Protester in the 21st Century, co-edited with Martin Fredriksson, Inter- Disciplinary Press (ISBN: 978-1-84888-456-4), Oxford, U.K.
2013 The Ends of Art, Beton7 Arts, exhibition catalogue essay for The Ends of Art show, Athens, Greece
2011 Reversible, Beton7 Arts, exhibition catalogue essay for Reversible solo show, Athens, Greece
2007 The Good, the Bad, and the Machine, catalogue essay for the 2nd International Festival of Comics, Athens, Greece
2006 Alternative Satisfaction, catalogue essay for the 1st International Festival of Comics, Athens, Greece
Journal Articles
2019 Digital Realities and Virtual Ideals: Portraiture, Idealism and the Clash of Subjectivities in the Post-Digital Era, Photography and Culture, vol. 12, issue 1 (doi:10.1080/17514517.2019.1565290)
2018 The Critical Invariant: Avant-Garde & Change, Art & the Public Sphere, vol. 7, issue 2, (doi: 10.1386/aps.7.2.145_1)
Essays
2012 Deflowered Revolution, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 13, London, U.K.
2011 Divine Surrogacy, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 12, London, U.K.
2011 Coup de Democratie (II): What Needs to Be Done, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 11, London, U.K.
2011 The Grand Detour, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 10, London, U.K.
2011 Blood, Sweat & Fears, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 9, London, U.K.
2011 The Liquidation of Romance, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 8, London, U.K.
2010 License to Serve, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 7, London, U.K.
2010 Thespis’ Early Retirement, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 6, London, U.K.
2010 Coup de Democratie (I), It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 5, London, U.K.
2010 Burnt Taste, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 4, London, U.K.
2009 The Inquisition of Ambition, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 3, London, U.K.
2009 The Dehydration of Electronica, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 2, London, U.K.
2009 Punk’s Dead, It’s Alive, vol. 1, no. 1, London, U.K.
Edited Publications
2013 Issue 3, Desearch: Postgraduate Journal of Art & Contemporary Culture, U.K.
2012 Issue 2, Desearch: Postgraduate Journal of Art & Contemporary Culture, U.K.
2011 Issue 1, Desearch: Postgraduate Journal of Art & Contemporary Culture, U.K.
Other Publications
2012 Obituaries (Series 1), radio shows, broadcasted by Flash Art International Radio, New York, USA & Beton7 Art Radio, Athens, Greece
Conference Presentations & Artist Talks
2022 Dialectics of Post-Truth: Allegorical Incipience and Affective Narratives. 4th MEMORY, AFFECTS AND EMOTIONS International Interdisciplinary Conference, Gdansk, Poland and Online
2021 Schematic Dialectics: Photography and Forgetting. Memory, Forgetting, and Creating - 4th International interdisciplinary Conference, University of Gdansk, Poland
2019 Emergent Rhetoric: Affect & Allegorical Incipience in Post-Truth Narratives. Affects and Their Vicissitudes in The Postdigital Age, College of “Artes Liberales”, University of Warsaw
2019 BLAST! Festival: 50 Years of Self Portrait, Panel Chair with Jaskirt Boora, Brian Homer, and Niall McDiarmid, Wednesbury Museum & Art Gallery, U.K.
2019 Mahtab Hussain: The Quiet Town of Tipton, Panel Chair with Anand Chhabra (Director of Black country Visual Arts) and Emma Chetcuti (Director of Multistory), Wolverhampton School of Art, University of Wolverhampton, U.K.
2018 Fictive Thesaurus: Semiotic Multivalence & Transactive Indexes, Images in the Post-Truth Era, Birkbeck College, University of London, U.K.
2017 Towards the Transcended Event: The Role of Light in Photographic Re-Presentation, Imaging Ourselves, 8th International Conference on the Image, Venice International University, San Servolo, Venice, Italy
2017 The Critical Invariant: Avant-Garde & Change, University of Lincoln, U.K.
2017 Euripides Altintzoglou: A Critical Review, The Collection, Lincoln, U.K.
2016 The Emperor’s Only Clothes: Avant-Garde & Perpetual Change, Agency and Crisis: Scenes from Political Philosophy and Contemporary Art, University of Wolverhampton, U.K.
2016 Digital Realities and Virtual Ideals: Portraiture, Idealism and the Clash of Subjectivities in the Post-Digital Era, Face Value: Personification and Identity in a Post-Digital Age, 7th International Conference on the Image, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool. U.K.
2015 Photography and Its Violations, Panel Chair with John Roberts, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, U.K.
2014 Deflowered Revolution: An Ethical Examination of Neo-liberal Tactics of Pacification, Revolt & Revolution: 2nd Global Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
2014 Erosion and Illegibility of Images: Blocked Vision and Self-Reflexivity in Contemporary Art, Panel Chair with Idris Khan and Jane and Louise Wilson, New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, U.K.