Υorgos Prinos
Artist
Υorgos Prinos is a visual artist.
His work explores issues of power and violence at the intersection of human psychology and politics. His photos often feature the human figure in urban space, while devising suggestive and elliptical narratives using found footage from media or the internet.
His work has been presented in venues and publications across Europe, the United States and Asia. Notable presentations have taken place at Athens Conservatoire, Slought (Philadelphia), Bozar (Brussels), the Benaki Museum (Athens), the 2nd and 5th editions of the Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Paris Mois de la Photo, the Beijing Art Centre, the Antikenmuseum Basel, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery (New York) and the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography.He holds an MFA from the Yale University School of Art and has served as instructor, visiting critic or lecturer at Yale University, School of Visual Arts, the International Center of Photography, Wesleyan University, County College of Morris, the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography and others.
He has co-edited several books and catalogues and has curated exhibitions and projects in Greece and abroad.