Sotiris Fokeas “SOTEUR” is a human, multidisciplinary artist, born and raised in Athens, Greece.
He graduated from Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) in 2013 and from the Master in Fine Arts Program of ASFA in 2020.
His work revolves around street art, conceptual art, installations and performance. At its core, it has always been about the polarity between private and public spaces, with public being either the streets or the internet through social media platforms.
When not creating, he can be found trying really hard to become an influencer/instamodel through his Instagram account or creating memes for the notorious meme page (dojo) “SACREDDOJO“.
EDUCATION
2018-2020: MFA, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2007-2013: Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
1989-2007: The streets
SOLO SHOWS
2022
“TREAT ART LIKE PIZZA AND IT MIGHT FEEL SLIGHTLY LESS BORING”, The Eye Altering, Thessaloniki
2019
“WHY HAVE A SOLO SHOW WHEN YOU CAN HAVE 2?”, ISOGIO Art Space, Athens
“HOME IS WHERE MY MARKERS ARE”, ISOGIO Art Space, Athens
2018
“GET IT? GET IT? GET IT?” Kroma One Off 005: Sotiris Fokeas, Romantso Cultural Center, Athens
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
2023
“Art on Loop”, The Holy Art Gallery, Athens – London
“My Smyrna”, Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens
“Urban Lovers”, Metaphor, Athens
“100”, Technopolis City of Athens, Athens
“Που πας, βρε Καραγκιόζη;”, Romantso, Athens
2022
“Rebirth”, Sealed Earth, Athens
“Big Blue Dot”, Ano Koufonisi, GR
“Urban Lovers”, Metaphor, Athens
“We are your friends”, Romantso, Athens
“Find your inner Iris” (Iris Apfel X H&M), Breeder Gallery, Athens
“Που πας, βρε Καραγκιόζη;”, Romantso, Athens
2021
“ART BY THE METER” – SOTEUR X MARIKA Pop Up Show, Marika, Athens
“#Projectpiato”, Benaki Museum, Athens
“Art Athina Virtual 2021” with Sealed Earth Gallery, virtual exhibition
“A donkey, a planet and a crododile” – (Jenny Saridi / Stefanos “Sdeviano” Papadimos / Sotiris “Soteur” Fokeas group show), TwoThirds Project Space, Athens
“Sketchbook 4 Human Rights”, The Project Gallery, Athens
“Rooftop Jam”, Dexameni Project, Patras
“Family Affair”, Romatso, Athens
“EMERGEncy”, Sealed Earth, Athens
“Back to Athens 8 – Sense/in2uition”, International Art Festival, Athens
“∀NEW”, KOREN process space, Athens
“Schrödinger’s Revolution”, virtual exhibition – [LINK]
2020
“εἰς τὸ ὄνομα… / in the name…”, Athens
“L’art n’a pas de frontières”, Institut français de Thessalonique-Officiel, Thessaloniki
“Back to Athens 7 – μetaΑθήνα / pόστΑθενς”, International Art Festival, Athens
“Flaneur”, ArtVisione Gallery, Athens
“MFA OPEN STUDIOS”, Athens School of Fine Arts
2019
“ILL COMMUNICATION”, ISOGIO Art Space, Athens
“STORGIA”, Zoodochou Pigis Street, Athens
“MFA OPEN STUDIOS”, Athens School of Fine Arts
“Upperclass Underground Project Jam Day”, Orizodas, Athens
2018
“Uperclass Underground exhibition”, Athens School of Fine Arts
“NEW GREEK WAVE” festival, Theater Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2017
“HELLO I LOVE YOU”, TAF-theartfoundation, Athens
2016
“ROOMS”, St. George Lykabettus Hotel, Athens
2015
“G’ STUDIO”, Grigoriadis Gallery, Athens
2014
“Red Bull Doodle Art – National Final”, SIX d.o.g.s., Athens
“329” exhibition, WUK Vienna, Vienna, Austria
“19th ART ATHINA – International Contemporary Art Fair”, Taekwondo Stadium, Paleo Faliro, Athens
2013
“STUDIOS”, TAF-theartfoundation, Athens
2012
“ACCIDENT” exhibition with BA17, Bauer & Ewald, Berlin, Germany
“Who is Brodmann” exhibition with BA17, Stigma Lab, Athens, Greece
“Ekfrasis” festival / exhibition, organized by Technopolis, Athens municipality
“Art in Windows”, Stadiou str. organized by Technopolis, Athens Municipality
2011
“One Step Forward” video for TEDx Athens exhibited in Benaki Museum
“Cyborg / Got no poppa mommy”, Athens School of Fine Arts
“C’ Studio”, Athens School of Fine Arts
“A3”, Athens School of Fine Arts
CONTACT
sotirisfokeas@hotmail.com
(or drop me a message in any social platform)
PRESS (Selected)
POPAGANDA, Interview by Giannis Tsioulis (GR)
Makedonia Magazine, Interview by Violeta Fotiadi (GR)
ONEMAN, Interview by Angelos Kladis (GR)
Parallaxis Magazine, Interview by Nikos Gkagias (GR)
LIFO Magazine, Podacast interview with Alexandros Diakosavvas (GR)
Peloponnisos News, Article by Georgia Kosma, 2021 (GR)
LIFO Magazine – “The Athenians”, Interview by M. Hulot, 2021 (GR)
LIFO Magazine, Interview by Aphrodite Sakka, 2020 (GR)
In.gr, Interview by Georgia Papastamou, 2020 (GR)
Aesthetics of Crisis, Interview by Julia Tulke, 2020 (EN)
Here and There Magazine, Interview by Konstantina Pyrnokoki, 2019 (EN)
Topicap, Interview by Mary Jane, 2019 (GR)
OZON Magazine, 2019 (GR)
KROMA Magazine, 2018 (EN)
RedBull.com, 2018 (GR)