Gregoris Georgiou is a Civil Engineer, National Technical University of Athens. He originates from the Samothrace Island, NE Aegean Sea, designing cartoons since his childhood. He taught the art of collage and trained in the workshop of the visual-artist Annette Luycx. He cooperated with major Greek newspapers and journals. From the early 1990s he is participating in many international exhibitions with numerous top distinctions in Greece, Turkey, China, Korea, Syria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia. Selected works are included in many international exhibition-catalogs published in Italy, Germany, Serbia, Spain, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Luxembourg, Russia, Cyprus, Kosovo, fYROM, Poland, Japan, Brazil, Peru, Iran, Azerbaijan. He was awarded a number of national and international prizes and recognitions. He is a member of FECO, the Federation of Cartoonists Organizations. He lives in Athens
Contact
gregeorgiou<at> yahoo.gr
Distinctions
2013
First Prize in the Chess-cartoon competition, Kalavryta, Greece; honorary distinction for his contribution to the society and culture|Social-message Prize in the Cartoon exhibition of the Municipality of Santorini "2013 gastronomy year in Santorini"| First prize, Damascus, Syria
2012
Honorary invitation - participation in the inauguration of the Joy and Cartoon Museum, Izmir, Turkey|Honorary invitation - award for his contribution to Caricature by the Karikatur Vakfi (Caricature Foundation), Ankara, Turkey| Third Prize, Zagreb, Croatia| Best Cartoon Prize, Daejon, Korea
2010-2011
Honorable Mention, Daejon, Korea 2010, 2011 |Prize, Jianxing, China 2010
2009
Silver Prize, Zemst, Belgium| Special Prize, Ruse, Bulgaria|Best Cartoon Prize, Daejon, Korea
2008
Honorary invitation - award for his contribution to Caricature by the Karikatur Vakfi (Caricature Foundation), Ankara, Turkey| Honorable Mention, Daejon, Korea| Honorable Mention, Damascus, Syria
2003-2007
Honorable Mention, Daejon, Korea 2007 | Excellence Prize, Nanjing, China 2006, 2007 | Bronze Prize, Nanjing, China 2005 | Excellence Prize, Nanjing, China 2004, 2003
1994-1995
Cartoon Prize of the Greek-Turkish Abdi İpekçi Peace and Friendship Competition