Anastasios Nyfadopoulos

{{Infobox artist

| name = Anastasios Nyfadopoulos

| native_name = Αναστάσιος Νυφαδόπουλος

| native_name_lang = el

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|5|22}}

| birth_place = Athens, Greece{{cite web|url=https://www.klik.gr/gr/el/eikastika/tasos-nyfadopoulos-24xronos-glypths-ejomologeitai/|title=Τάσος Νυφαδόπουλος: Ο 24χρονος γλύπτης εξομολογείται|date=27 June 2016|language=el|website=klik.gr|access-date=12 October 2021|author=Katerina Hamaleli|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102045746/https://www.klik.gr/gr/el/eikastika/tasos-nyfadopoulos-24xronos-glypths-ejomologeitai/|archive-date=2 November 2021}}

| nationality =Greek

| known_for = Visual art, contemporary art

| website = {{URL|www.nyfadopoulos.com}}

}}

Anastasios Nyfadopoulos ({{langx|el|Αναστάσιος Νυφαδόπουλος}}; born 22 May 1992) is a Greek interdisciplinary artist whose work is particularly known for exploring the themes of interconnectivity and perpetual change. He has exhibited his work in numerous exhibitions in Greece and abroad. One of his most notable works, the sculpture "Crisis", became known as the first public sculpture referring to the reverberations of the socio-economic crisis on humanity.{{cite web|url=https://www.protothema.gr/culture/article/471550/krisi-to-proto-dimosio-glupto-gia-tin-oikonomiki-krisi-stin-ellada/|title="Κρίση": Το πρώτο δημόσιο γλυπτό για την οικονομική κρίση στην Ελλάδα|language=el|date=28 April 2015|website= protothema.gr|publisher=Proto Thema|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102093602/https://www.protothema.gr/culture/article/471550/krisi-to-proto-dimosio-glupto-gia-tin-oikonomiki-krisi-stin-ellada/|archive-date=2 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://theartnewspaper.gr/epikairotita/anastasios-mia-ekthesi-allilosyndesis-kai-allileggyis/|title=Αναστάσιος: Μια έκθεση αλληλοσύνδεσης και αλληλεγγύης|date=8 August 2021|website=theartnewspaper.gr|publisher=The Art Newspaper|language=el|access-date=9 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029101123/https://theartnewspaper.gr/epikairotita/anastasios-mia-ekthesi-allilosyndesis-kai-allileggyis/|archive-date=29 October 2021}}

Artworks

Nyfadopoulos has shown his work at exhibitions in various European countries, in particular in Greece, Spain and United Kingdom. In an interview given to the Greek newspaper Naftemporiki, Nyfadopoulos said: "Thousands of fibers intertwine together in my sculpture, creating an optimized single body. Any single fiber cannot withstand significant pressure, but thousands of fibers can, due to the synergy they create. The new body has new and superior properties than the sum of the parts. It is the same with us humans, and the realization of this by a critical mass will radically change humanity. With steady steps we move forward and up; every adversity we overcome with love. Love drives me to create the new right now."

= Sculpture "Crisis" =

The sculpture "Crisis", created by Nyfadopoulos, is the first public sculpture worldwide to refer to the reverberations of the socioeconomic crisis on humanity and the significant accelerating increase in the suicide rate in Greece since the beginning of the crisis, as reported by the Hellenic Statistical Authority.{{Cite web|url= https://naftemporiki.gr/story/1773234/a-nufadopoulos-i-agapi-me-othei-na-dimiourgiso-to-neo-edo-kai-tora |title= Α. Νυφαδόπουλος: "…Η αγάπη με ωθεί να δημιουργήσω το νέο, εδώ και τώρα"|language=el|date=10 September 2021|website=naftemporiki.gr|publisher=Naftemporiki|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210910074122/https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1773234/a-nufadopoulos-i-agapi-me-othei-na-dimiourgiso-to-neo-edo-kai-tora|archive-date=10 September 2021}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.lifo.gr/now/entertainment/mia-ekthesi-glyptikis-se-ena-neo-horo-sto-maroysi|title= Μια έκθεση γλυπτικής σε ένα νέο χώρο στο Μαρούσι |language=el|date=7 September 2021|website=lifo.gr|publisher=Lifo|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102074803/https://www.lifo.gr/now/entertainment/mia-ekthesi-glyptikis-se-ena-neo-horo-sto-maroysi|archive-date=2 November 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-news/after-5-ghastly-years-of-bailout-program-greece-still-sees-no-end-to-financial-pain/|title=After 5 ghastly years of bailout program, Greece still sees no end to financial pain|date=5 May 2015|author=Nicholas Paphitis|website=canadianbusiness.com|publisher=Canadian Business|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030060953/https://archive.canadianbusiness.com/business-news/after-5-ghastly-years-of-bailout-program-greece-still-sees-no-end-to-financial-pain/|archive-date=30 October 2021}} This is one of his most notable works. The artwork depicts a financial index sloping downwards, crashing its base, and a human figure on the index ready to jump. Two left-footed shoes on its base hint at the fall. Whether the human is jumping to end his life or to start a new one, depends on the observer. The sculpture is 6.8 meters long, 3.4 meters wide, and 3.7 meters high.{{cite web|url=https://ipop.gr/themata/eimai/to-ergo-krisi-pou-kathiloni-tous-perastikous-tis-vouliagmenis/|title=Το έργο "Κρίση" που καθηλώνει τους περαστικούς της Βουλιαγμένης|author=Petal Cross|website=ipop.gr|date=19 May 2015 |language=el|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029103935/https://ipop.gr/themata/eimai/to-ergo-krisi-pou-kathiloni-tous-perastikous-tis-vouliagmenis/|archive-date=29 October 2021}} It was made of modern materials such as carbon fibre.{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/News/Young-Greek-creates-sculpture-to-reflect-debt-crisis_19041515|title=Young Greek creates sculpture to reflect debt crisis|date=31 May 2015|website=jamaicaobserver.com|publisher=Jamaica Observer|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126123514/https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/News/Young-Greek-creates-sculpture-to-reflect-debt-crisis_19041515|archive-date=26 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=http://tvxs.gr/news/alles-texnes/ena-glypto-gia-tin-krisi-stin-athina|title=Ένα γλυπτό για την "Κρίση" στην Αθήνα|date=18 May 2015|language=el|website=tvxs.gr|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727053839/http://tvxs.gr/news/alles-texnes/ena-glypto-gia-tin-krisi-stin-athina|archive-date=27 July 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/987448/tasos-nufadopoulos-o-anthropos-exei-tin-epilogi-mesa-apo-tin-krisi-na-bgei-diaforetikos|title=Τάσος Νυφαδόπουλος: "…Ο άνθρωπος έχει την επιλογή, μέσα από την κρίση, να βγει διαφορετικός…"|date=2 October 2015|website=naftemporiki.gr|publisher=Naftemporiki|language=el|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029180213/https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/987448/tasos-nufadopoulos-o-anthropos-exei-tin-epilogi-mesa-apo-tin-krisi-na-bgei-diaforetikos|archive-date=29 October 2021}}

Nyfadopoulos created the sculpture "Crisis" at the age of 22. He worked on the creation of this sculpture for 18 months. According to the artist, the sculpture "Crisis" can be interpreted in two main ways: negative and positive. The first interpretation is a public tribute to the people who committed suicide because of the crisis, while the second interpretation is that the man who is on the index can, amidst all the difficulties that surround and affect him, come out as a new man, and can be led to a "catharsis".{{cite web|url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/814424/article/politismos/polh/h-krish-prosgeiw8hke-sth-lewforo-voyliagmenhs|title=Η "Κρίση" προσγειώθηκε στη λεωφόρο Βουλιαγμένης|language=el|website=kathimerini.gr|publisher=Kathimerini|author=Emilios Harbis|date=8 May 2015 |access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028143340/https://www.kathimerini.gr/life/city/814424/i-krisi-prosgeiothike-sti-leoforo-voyliagmenis/|archive-date=28 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.publico.pt/mundo/noticia/retratos-da-crise-em-ferro-e-ouro-notas-de-euro-ou-bonecos-playmobil-1700955|title=Retratos da crise em ferro e ouro, notas de euro ou bonecos Playmobil|language=pt|date=4 July 2015|website=publico.pt|publisher=Público (Portugal)|access-date=12 October 2021|author=Maria João Guimarães|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028170917/https://www.publico.pt/2015/07/04/mundo/noticia/retratos-da-crise-em-ferro-e-ouro-notas-de-euro-ou-bonecos-playmobil-1700955|archive-date=28 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.inewsgr.com/147/to-proto-glypto-tis-ampquotkrisisampquot-se-koini-thea-stin-athina.htm|title=Το πρώτο γλυπτό της κρίσης σε κοινή θέα στην Αθήνα|language=el|date=6 May 2015|website=inewsgr.com|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026213310/https://www.inewsgr.com/147/to-proto-glypto-tis-ampquotkrisisampquot-se-koini-thea-stin-athina.htm|archive-date=26 October 2021}}

The sculpture was reported by major international media including the Associated Press, The Guardian and the Chinese News Agency Xihnua. In 2015, the British newspaper The Guardian compared the people of Greece, who are in financial trouble, to Nyfadopoulos's "dangling man, once again staring in to the abyss".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/03/100-days-of-solitude-syriza-struggles-as-greeks-once-again-stare-into-the-abyss|title=100 days of solitude: Syriza struggles as Greeks once again stare into the abyss|date=3 May 2015|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 October 2021|author=Helena Smith|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030062518/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/03/100-days-of-solitude-syriza-struggles-as-greeks-once-again-stare-into-the-abyss|archive-date=30 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsbeast.gr/politiki/arthro/816800/guardian-oi-100-imeres-monaxias-tou-suriza |title= Guardian: Οι 100 ημέρες μοναξιάς του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ|date=4 May 2015|language=el|website= newsbeast.gr|access-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102192624/https://www.newsbeast.gr/politiki/arthro/816800/guardian-oi-100-imeres-monaxias-tou-suriza|archive-date=2 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/472910/guardian-oi-100-meres-monaxias-tou-suriza-kai-to-vlemma-tis-elladas-pros-tin-avusso/ |title= Guardian: Οι 100 μέρες μοναξιάς του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ και το βλέμμα της Ελλάδας προς την άβυσσο|date=4 May 2015|language=el|website=protothema.gr|publisher=Proto Thema|access-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126125458/https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/472910/guardian-oi-100-meres-monaxias-tou-suriza-kai-to-vlemma-tis-elladas-pros-tin-avusso/|archive-date=26 January 2022}} The sculpture stands at the southern Athens municipality of Elliniko-Argyroupoli.{{cite web|url=https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2015/05/05/greece-the-bailout-years|title=Coming home to Greece was always a relief after covering war and upheaval abroad. The danger and the adventure were over. A crisis at home feels very different|date=5 May 2015|website=apimagesblog.com|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=12 October 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126125829/https://apimagesblog.com/blog/2015/05/05/greece-the-bailout-years|archive-date=26 January 2022}}{{cite web|url= https://www.thetoc.gr/politiki/article/guardian-sto-xeilos-tis-abussou-oi-ellines|title= Guardian: Στο χείλος της αβύσσου οι Ελληνες|date=4 May 2015|website= thetoc.gr |language=el|access-date=12 October 2021}}

Art showroom

In September 2021, Nyfadopoulos opened his art gallery, in Maroussi, Athens, Greece. The gallery is located at the same place where the artist opened his atelier in 2013 and created the sculpture "Crisis".{{cite web|url=https://www.lifo.gr/now/entertainment/mia-ekthesi-glyptikis-se-ena-neo-horo-sto-maroysi|title=Μια έκθεση γλυπτικής σε ένα νέο χώρο στο Μαρούσι|date=7 September 2021|publisher=lifo.gr|language=el|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126122720/https://www.lifo.gr/now/entertainment/mia-ekthesi-glyptikis-se-ena-neo-horo-sto-maroysi|archive-date=26 January 2022}}

Selected exhibitions

2021: Group Exhibition “Dynamic Silence” (Europe, United Kingdom, Brighton)
2021: Group Exhibition “Dream of” (Europe, Greece, Kifissia){{cite web|url=https://www.culturenow.gr/dream-of-omadiki-ekthesi-sto-idryma-eikastikon-texnon-tsixritzi/|title=Dream of: Ομαδική εικαστική έκθεση στο Ίδρυμα Εικαστικών Τεχνών Τσιχριτζή|date=26 June 2021|publisher=culturenow.gr|language=el|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126132440/https://www.culturenow.gr/dream-of-omadiki-ekthesi-sto-idryma-eikastikon-texnon-tsixritzi/|archive-date=26 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kathimerini.gr/culture/agenda/561412291/i-politistiki-atzenta-toy-savvatoy-154/|title=Η πολιτιστική ατζέντα του Σαββάτου|date=26 June 2021|author=Nikolas Zois|publisher=Kathimerini|website=kathimerini.gr|language=el|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126131426/https://www.kathimerini.gr/culture/agenda/561412291/i-politistiki-atzenta-toy-savvatoy-154/|archive-date=26 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://artsceneathens.com/2021/07/01/the-link-between-art-and-dream/|title=The link between art and dream|date=1 July 2021|publisher=artsceneathens.com|access-date=12 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126132714/https://artsceneathens.com/2021/07/01/the-link-between-art-and-dream/|archive-date=26 January 2022}}
2021: Group Exhibition “MyheArt” (Europe, Greece, Athens){{Cite web|url=https://www.culturenow.gr/my-heart-omadiki-eikastiki-ekthesi-ston-ellinogalliko-syndesmo/|title=My heART: Ομαδική Εικαστική Έκθεση στον Ελληνογαλλικό Σύνδεσμο|date=21 May 2021|language=el|publisher=culturenow.gr|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126132934/https://www.culturenow.gr/my-heart-omadiki-eikastiki-ekthesi-ston-ellinogalliko-syndesmo/|archive-date=26 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.monopoli.gr/2021/05/21/showtimes/exhibitions/476287/my-heart-omadiki-eikastiki-ekthesi-ston-ellinogalliko-syndesmo/|title=My heART: Ομαδική εικαστική έκθεση στον Ελληνογαλλικό Σύνδεσμο|date=21 May 2021 |publisher=monopoli.gr|language=el|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126133326/https://www.monopoli.gr/2021/05/21/showtimes/exhibitions/476287/my-heart-omadiki-eikastiki-ekthesi-ston-ellinogalliko-syndesmo/|archive-date=26 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.currentathens.gr/artists-on-view/artist/4911-tasos-nyfadopoulos|title=Tasos Nyfadopoulos – CURRENT Athens|publisher=currentathens.gr|access-date=12 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126133508/https://www.currentathens.gr/artists-on-view/artist/4911-tasos-nyfadopoulos|archive-date=26 January 2022}}
2020: Group Exhibition “Retrospectiva” (Europe, Greece, Kifissia)
2019: Group Exhibition “Exposing Violence” (Kifissia, Greece){{cite web|url=https://www.ertnews.gr/xorigies/ekthetontas-ti-viasto-idryma-eikastikon-technon-tsichritzi/|title="Εκθέτοντας τη ΒΙΑ"στο Ίδρυμα Εικαστικών Τεχνών Τσιχριτζή|website=ertnews.gr|date=28 November 2019 |language=el|publisher=ERT News|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126131621/https://www.ertnews.gr/xorigies/ekthetontas-ti-viasto-idryma-eikastikon-technon-tsichritzi/|archive-date=26 January 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.star.gr/lifestyle/exodos/481718/xamogelo-toy-paidioy-ekthesh-ekthetontas-th-bia|title=Εκθέτοντας τη ΒΙΑ στο Ίδρυμα Εικαστικών Τεχνών Τσιχριτζή|date=26 November 2019|website=star.gr|publisher=Star News|language=el|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126132004/https://www.star.gr/lifestyle/exodos/481718/xamogelo-toy-paidioy-ekthesh-ekthetontas-th-bia|archive-date=26 January 2022}}
2019: Duo Exhibition “Blue like Blue” (Europe, Greece, Kifissia)
2018: Group Exhibition “Mesogeios” (Europe, Greece, Piraeus)
2018: Group Exhibition of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (Europe, Greece, Athens)
2018: Group Exhibition “Scenes from the past and the future” (Europe, Greece, Kifissia)
2018: Art Athina 2018 (Europe, Greece, Athens){{Cite web|url=https://www.zougla.gr/politismos/article/entiposiazoun-ta-glipta-tou-tasou-nifadopoulou-stin-art-athina|title=Εντυπωσιάζουν τα γλυπτά του Τάσου Νυφαδόπουλου στην Art Athina|date=22 June 2018|website=zougla.gr|publisher=Zougla|language=el|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126130941/https://www.zougla.gr/politismos/article/entiposiazoun-ta-glipta-tou-tasou-nifadopoulou-stin-art-athina|archive-date=26 January 2022}}
2017: “Refuge: in search of safety” (Europe, United Kingdom, Bath)
2017: Group Exhibition “Regard” (Europe, United Kingdom, London){{cite web|url=https://www.artrabbit.com/events/pop-up-art-gallery-by-feral-horses|title=Exhibition: Pop Up Art Gallery by Feral Horses|author=Francesco Bellanca|publisher=ArtRabbit|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126130734/https://www.artrabbit.com/events/pop-up-art-gallery-by-feral-horses|archive-date=26 January 2022}}
2016: Solo Exhibition “Blue. It is not from around here” (Europe, Greece, Athens){{cite web|url=https://nyfadopoulos.com/biography/|title=Anastasios Nyfadopoulos: Selected Exhibitions|publisher=nyfadopoulos.com|access-date=12 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019174015/https://nyfadopoulos.com/biography/|archive-date=19 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1179638/mple-anazitisi-tou-kati-ksenou|title=Μπλε αναζήτηση του κάτι ξένου|date=4 December 2016|website=naftemporiki.gr|publisher=Naftemporiki|language=el|access-date=13 January 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220126130509/https://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1179638/mple-anazitisi-tou-kati-ksenou|archive-date=26 January 2022}}