PORTFOLIO:Pericles Boutos

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artistBangkok 2014-1018: Without any pre-determined approach or subject matter, without  expectations, I let myself get carried along the colorful, multifaceted and often contradictory quotidian life of this asian mega-city. Images from my private as well as professional activity proliferated. They are the most immediate and records of my life there. All of the images were taken on various iPhones, then treated in Instagram-Pericles Boutos

C.V.: Pericles Boutos has been making photographs for more than three decades. Originally self-taught, he perfected his knowledge following the seminars of Platon Rivellis at the Photography Circle of Athens in 1985 in the history and aesthetic of photography. In 2003, while on sabbatical leave, he attended a selection of courses at the School of Visual Arts, and the International Center of Photography in New York. A professional diplomat since 1986, he has worked in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Athens, at the Greek Embassy in Vienna (1991-94), at the European Community Monitor Mission in Yugoslavia (1992), as Consul of Greece in Venice (1994-98), as Consul General of Greece in Novorossisk (2000-02), as Liaison Officer with the Organizing Committee of the Athens 2004 Olympics, as Deputy Head of the A4 Turkish Relations Department, as Deputy Head of Mission in the Greek Embassy in Helsinki in 2011, as Ambassador of Greece  in Bangkok from 2014-1018, as Diplomatic Advisor to the Minister of Culture and is now heading the D6 Department for Global Issues.

Exhibitions:
2018: “Official Function”, Kathmandu Gallery, Bangkok; 2017: “Fire/Regeneration”, Central Embassy, Bangkok; 2008: “Citizens of Novorossisk”, CHEAPART Gallery, Athens 2006: “Citizens of Novorossisk”, Palazzo Malipiero, Venice; 2005: “Natural History”, National Bank of Greece Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, “Citizens of Novorossisk”, Etoile Toy Visual Arts Center, Florence; 2004: “Citizens of Novorossisk”,  Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki; 2003: “Venice. Carnival Unmasked”, Epi Kolono theater, Athens; “Ten New Yorkers”, General Consulate of Greece-New York; 1999: “Venice. Carnival Unmasked”, Patras Carnivalists Building-Patra; 1998: “Anatomical Sketches”, Galleria San Niccolo, Venice; “Venice. Carnival Unmasked”, Galleria Fallani Best, Florence; 1996: Group exhibition “New Greek Photography”, Centro per la Ricerca ed Archiviazione Fotografica, Spilimbergo; 1994: “Photographs from Croatia”, Panorama Cultural Centre, Athens; 1991: “Omonoia Subway Station-25 photographs”, Ioni Gallery, Athens; 1989: “Group exhibition of the Photography Circle” in Strasbourg , “Group exhibition of the Photography Circle” on tour in Canada; 1987: “Group exhibition”, Photohoros Gallery, Athens.


Publications:
“Hellenic Photography Selections-Photographic Circle” (1989); “Photography Circle-Photographs” (1990); “Monitor in Croatia” (1994), To Rodakio Editions; ”Venice. Carnival Unmasked”, CHARTA Editions-MILAN (1998); ”Kafka and photography” (2000) LEXI; “REVERSIBLE” (2005).

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist

 

 

Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist
Pericles Boutos, from the series “Bangkok Instagrams”, 2014-2018, © Pericles Boutos, Courtesy the artist