Thodoris Koutsogiannis

Thodoris Koutsogiannis studied archaeology and art history at the University of Athens (BA 1996, MA 2000, PhD 2008). In the context of his post-graduate studies, he attended seminars and conducted studies at various universities and institutes abroad (La Sapienza, Rome, 1998 and 2000; The Warburg Institute, London, 2001–02; Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, 2003; Istituto di Studi Umanistici, University of Florence, 2005–08; Princeton University, 2011). He has been awarded scholarships by the Greek State Scholarships Foundation – IKY (1997-1998, 2000-2002), the Panayotis and Effie Michelis Foundation (1998 and 2000), the Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (Sylff) of Tokyo (2000), the British School at Athens (2001–02), the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (2003), the Istituto di Studi I Umanistici in Florence (2005–08), and the Program in Hellenic Studies at Princeton University (2011). His research revolves around early modern European art (from Renaissance to Neoclassicism), as well as contemporary Greek art, focusing on iconography and its interpretation in the wider context of visual representation, not only as art history but also as the history of image as a whole, in terms of “visual culture.” He mainly researches the impact and uptake of antiquity in the modern European visual culture, the enduring phenomenon of classicism, the history of classical tradition, travelers’ illustrations, the artistic and broader cultural interaction between Greece and Italy, Greek aspects of Western European art and, conversely, the uptake and appropriation of Western European art in modern Greek art. Ηe has presented relevant papers in many conferences and has held relevant lectures in Greece and abroad. Ηe has published various essays in collective volumes, conference minutes, exhibition catalogues, journal articles, as well as a monograph. He has curated exhibitions (Hellas: genius loci 2014; A dream among the wonderful ruins… 2015–16; Little Odysseys 2017; Beholding Liberty! 2021; Athens-Ermoupolis: The Greek Renaissance 2021), and he has contributed in the Greek National Gallery’s exhibition in Athens “The light of Apollo. Italian Renaissance and Greece” (2003–04) as the editor of its Greek-language catalogue. He is also curating the current exhibition series “Epestrefe” [Keep on coming back] for the Municipal Art Gallery of Chania (since 2011). He has taught European art history at the University of Athens (2009, 2011, 2018), the University of Thessaly (2010), the Hellenic Open University (2009–14), and the University of Patras (2018–19). Since 2009, he has been working as Chief Curator of the Hellenic Parliament Art Collection.