Happening now... 

home-banner
 

 





Discover AIT!
September 1, 2 & 3, 2010
At the AIT premises, Markopoulo Av, 19, 5 klm
Lear more

 

About the “Niki” (Victory) Award

victory
 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The NIKI award has been created
by sculptor Costas Ananidas 

The “Niki” (Victory) Award is inspired by the statue Niki of Samothrace from the prow of a ship and represents the goddess as she descends from the skies to the triumphant fleet. Her right arm was originally raised, cupped round her mouth to deliver the shout of “Victory!” The most likely battle commemorated by this monument is, perhaps, the Battle of Kos, in 255 BC, which Antigonus II Gonatas of Macedonia won over the fleet of Ptolemy II of Egypt. Victory by Greeks who have overcome difficult challenges is demonstrated throughout history and the world to this day.
The Niki Award is presented annually to honor prominent Greeks, or scientists of Greek descent, who are recognized by the international community for their extraordinary contribution to their fields.
   

About the sculptor Costas Ananidas

1964  Born in Athens

STUDIES
1983-88 Studied Sculpture at The School Of Fine Arts, Athens

ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
1994 “Maria Papadopoulos” Art Gallery, Athens
2001 “Ekfrasis”  Art Gallery, Athens
2005 “Ekfrasis-Gianna Grammatopoulou” Art Gallery, Athens

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1998 Exhibition Of Graduate Students Of Athens Fine Arts School,
 Athens Music School, Athens
2001 “Month Of Fine Arts”-Techno Polis, Athens
2006 “Small Sized Sculpture”, Greek Sculptors’ Society, Athens
2007 “About The Children”, Greek Sculptors’ Society, Corfu, Greece

DISTINCTIONS
1983   Scholarship:The Fine Arts School Admission Examination
1992-95 Scholarship: Farther Work In Greece by the State Scholarship Foundation

COMPETITIONS 
2005     “Salamis Battle Monument” 2nd Award
2005     “War Heroes Monument”, City Of Sparta, 1st & 3rd Award
2006     “War Heroes Monument”, Agrinio, 3rd Award
2006     “Monument For Greek Civilization In Minor Asia”, City of Ioannina, 3rd Award

TEACHING AS A PROFESSION
1996-2009 Teaching of Free Hand Drawing and Decorative Applications at “Akto Art &Design”, Athens, Greece

REFERENCES – PUBLICATIONS
1994  Nelly Misirli: Introductory Text of Exhibition Catalogue
1997  Helen Hamalides: “Greek Artists” Pub. “Melissa”, P. 51
02/2001 Vive Vassilopoulos: “Jazz&Jazz” Magazine
01/2001 Vasiliki Tzevelekou: “Eleftheros Typos” Newspaper 
02/2001 Helen Capsabeli: “Metro” Magazine
2005  Dimitris Pavlopoulos: Introductory Text of Exhibition Catalogue
2006  Costas E. Tsiropoulos: “Efthini” Magazine
2006  “Copper” Magazine
2008  “Technopegnion” Magazine

WORKS INSTALLED IN PUBLIC PLACES
2002    Bust of Nikos Vernikos- Eugenides, Island Of Sifnos, Greece
2002    Bust of John Merlas, Athens, Greece
2004    Relief Portrait of Charilaos Tricoupis, Toll Station of Rion-Antirion Bridge
2006    “War Heroes Monument”, City Of Sparta
2008    “International Memorial for the Wife of the Seafarer”, Galaxidi, Greece
info [ a_t ] ananidas.gr
www.ananidas.gr
 

Bookmark and Share

Students' Views

"Innovative projects that would really sell in the actual business world, business plans with real chances to succeed and marketing plans picturing actual market situations are some of the attributes that you don’t find in an average institution that doesn’t provide up-to-date real-world education and hasn’t a drive for research and excellence. The environment in AIT is not the one you expect to find in a traditional Greek education establishment! In my opinion, it is closer to the work environment and it is designed to prepare someone for the things to come, rather than being a mere theoretic round of lectures."

Theo Bassayiannis, MBIT 2006 (Greece)
Affiliated with Carnegie Mellon-INI, Aalborg University-CTiF, Harvard-Kennedy School Of Goverment © ATHENS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY designed by {Linakis+Associates}