Ithaka (artist)

Ithaka was born and raised in coastal Southern California, and began experimenting with his father's 35mm and 120mm cameras at the age of five. He began surfing at the age of twelve, after vacationing with a friend's family on the Hawaiian island of Maui and observing the locals riding six-foot tubes at Honolua Bay. “That's the life for me”, he thought to himself.{{cite web|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2013/10/09/broken-boards-given-new-life-as-art/ |title=Broken boards given new life as art|publisher=The Orange County Register |date=October 9, 2013|access-date=April 4, 2021}} Upon returning to California, he sold his drum kit to buy a surfboard. The ocean, until present day, has been a major influence for the artist. As a young adult he began traveling the world in search of waves and adventure, largely inspiring his photography, three-dimensional artworks and voyage-oriented lyrics and stories.{{cite web|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2002/01/ithaka-somewhere-south-of-somalia/|title=Ithaka Somewhere South Of Somalia|publisher=Rap Reviews|date=January 8, 2002|access-date=April 21, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Portulez |first=Rui |date=December 21, 2001 |title=Ithaka pela estrada fora |trans-title=Ithaka On The Road|url=https://www.publico.pt/2001/12/21/jornal/ithaka-pela-estrada-fora-165601|language=pt|magazine=Público |location=Portugal |access-date=May 8, 2021}} As he told Dance Club Magazine in a 2005 interview, I live it, write it, rap about it.{{cite magazine |last=Rodrigues |first=Nuno |date=October 1, 2007 |title=O Mundo Pela Lente de Ithaka |trans-title=The World Thru The Lens Of Ithaka |url=https://danceclubmag.com/arquivorevista/DanceClub125_Out07.pdf |language=pt |magazine=Dance Club |location=Portugal |access-date=April 16, 2021 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508233751/https://danceclubmag.com/arquivorevista/DanceClub125_Out07.pdf |url-status=dead }}

He has since resided and worked in a variety of locations including; Greece, Japan, Portugal, Brazil and Mexico.{{cite magazine |last=Silva |first=Beatriz |date=April 17, 2013 |title=Sagres Surf Culture: Ithaka Is Also Mad |trans-title=Sagres Surf Culture: Ithaka Is Also Mad|url=https://ionline.sapo.pt/artigo/317563/sagres-surf-culture-ithaka-is-also-mad-?seccao=Desporto_i|language=pt |magazine=I Online |location=Portugal |publisher=Sapo |access-date=May 8, 2021}}

File:Hip hop artist WC aka William Loshawn Calhoun Jr. in Los Angeles 1989 photo by Ithaka Darin Pappas.jpg of the group Low Profile photographed by Ithaka in 1989]]

Ithaka's first professional photograph was published in 1984, in Thrasher skateboarding magazine.{{cite magazine |last=Vasconselos |first=Adriano |date=September 18, 2010 |title=Ithaka Room|trans-title=Ithaka Room|url=https://hardcore.com.br/5754-ithaka-room/|language=pt |magazine=Hardcore |location=Brazil |publisher=Outside|access-date=May 3, 2021}}

Much of his early portraiture work was of aspiring Hollywood actors, but he then began getting more involved in music industry photography, working with Los Angeles area hip hop artists such as; A Lighter Shade of Brown,{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/A-Lighter-Shade-Of-Brown-Brown-Proud/release/16829718/|title=A Lighter Shade Of Brown, Brown & Proud|publisher=Discogs.com |date=December 13, 1990|access-date=February 15, 2021}} Big Lady K,{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Big-Lady-K-Bigger-Than-Life/release/1664122|title=Big Lady K, Bigger Than Life|publisher=Discogs.com|date=December 9, 1989|access-date=February 16, 2021}} Low Profile, Eazy-E and N.W.A.{{cite web|url=https://thehundreds.com/blogs/content/ithaka-interview|title=Meet the Greek-American Artist Who Shot N.W.A's Earliest Promo Photos|publisher=The Hundreds|date=September 30, 2015|access-date=April 18, 2021}}

After the release of F. Gary Gray's 2015 biographical drama about gangsta rap pioneers Eazy-E and N.W.A., entitled Straight Outta Compton, there was renewed visibility in some of the early pictures that Ithaka Darin Pappas had made of the artists (all created while freelancing for Priority Records between 1988 and 1990). In 2016, many of his photographs, including the cover of their 1989 Straight Outta Compton remix single release, were projected as a backdrop at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York during the induction ceremony officially admitting N.W.A into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2017, more photographs appeared in the HBO documentary, The Defiant Ones directed by Allen Hughes.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a790016/ice-cube-and-dr-dre-join-nwa-members-in-brooklyn-as-they-are-admitted-to-rock-roll-hall-of-fame/|title=NWA finally admitted to Rock & Roll Hall of Fame|date=9 April 2016|website=Digitalspy.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dmgclearances.com/about.php|title=DMG Clearances, Inc – About Us -|website=Dmgclearances.com|access-date=2021-08-16|archive-date=2016-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808125941/http://www.dmgclearances.com/about.php|url-status=dead}} Other photographs of N.W.A. by Ithaka were shown in the 2018 museum exhibition "Hip-Hop : Un Age d'Or" (or The Golden Age Of Hip Hop) at the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Marseille, France.{{Cite web|url=http://www.marseilleexpos.com/blog/2017/06/14/hip-hop-un-age-dor/|title=HIP HOP : UN ÂGE D'OR | Marseille expos|first=Sebastian|last=Greenburg|access-date=June 7, 2019}}

Later in 2018, photographs of Eazy-E riding a skateboard in Venice Beach, California that Ithaka had taken in 1989 were published in the photography book Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop (written by Vikki Tobak). The book, published by Penguin Random House, was included on Time Magazine's 25 Best Photobooks of 2018 list.{{cite web|url=https://time.com/longform/best-photobooks-2018/|title=TIME's 25 Best Photobooks of 2018|publisher=Time Magazine|date=December 20, 2018|access-date=April 20, 2021}} Ithaka's images from the book have also been present in its subsequent traveling photography exhibition series that to date has shown at The Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles (2019), International Center of Photography in New York (2020) and at Manarat Al Saadiyat Museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (2021).{{cite web|url=https://generaladmission.com/blogs/news/eazy-e-and-ithakas-iconic-photo|title=Eazy E, N.W.A and Ithaka Darin Pappas's Iconic Imagery|publisher=General Admission|date=December 16, 2016|access-date=May 1, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Nomikos |first=Manos |date=April 25, 2020 |title=Οι θρυλικές φωτογραφίες των N.W.A. από τον Ithaka Darin Pappas |trans-title=The legendary N.W.A. by Ithaka Darin Pappas |url=https://www.athensvoice.gr/culture/photography/641642_oi-thrylikes-fotografies-ton-nwa-apo-ton-ithaka-darin-pappaslanguage=el |magazine=Athens Voice |location=Greece |access-date=April 4, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/arts/design/international-center-of-photography-new-home.html|title=International Center of Photography Refocuses in a New Home|first=Jason|last=Farago|date=January 30, 2020|website=The New York Times}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-datebook-contact-high-annenberg-story.html|title=Datebook: Roy Dowell's hypnotic plays on pattern|date=April 25, 2019|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/thrashers-use-of-eazy-e-photo-allegedly-infringes-copyright|title=Thrasher's Use of Eazy-E Photo Allegedly Infringes Copyright|publisher=Bloomberg Law|date=July 2, 2019|access-date=May 8, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Ferreira |first=Nelson |date=March 16, 2016 |title=As históricas fotos dos N.W.A., o homem que as tirou, e a sua ligação a Portugal|trans-title=The Historical Photos Of N.W.A., The Man Who Took Them and His Connection To Portugal|url=https://www.rimasebatidas.pt/as-historicas-fotos-dos-n-w-homem-as-tirou-ligacao-portugal/|language=pt|magazine=Rimas E Batidas |location=Portugal |access-date=May 9, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rockthebells.com/blogs/articles/the-hip-hop-skateboarding-connection|title=The Hip Hop Skateboarding Connection|publisher=Rock The Bells|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=April 21, 2021|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414140139/https://www.rockthebells.com/blogs/articles/the-hip-hop-skateboarding-connection|url-status=dead}} Other early photographs of Eazy E and N.W.A. by Ithaka have been manufactured into apparel by companies such as Neighborhood (Japan), Bravado, MadeWorn, Merch Traffic and others.{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/8/neighborhood-image-club-limited-t-shirt-release|title=Neighborhood Image Club Limited T-Shirt Release |publisher=Hypebeast.com|date=August 18, 2020|access-date=March 8, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.target.com/p/men-s-eazy-e-short-sleeve-t-shirt-white/-/A-80825028|title=Eazy E Short Sleeve T-Shirt|publisher=Target.com |date=September 11, 2018|access-date=April 26, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lyst.com/clothing/madeworn-rock-madeworn-eazy-e-live-from-compton-jail-tee/|title=Madeworn Eazy E Live From Compton Jail Tee |publisher=Lyst.com |date=Jun 11, 2019|access-date=April 28, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/en-ca/shop/eazy-e-ruthless-vintage-tee|title=Eazy E Ruthless Vintage Tee |publisher=Urbanoutfitters.com |date=May 1, 2021|access-date=May 7, 2021}}{{cite web|url= https://concrete.nl/blogs/news/neighborhood-with-attitude-neighborhood-x-image-club-limited |title=Neighborhood With Attitude |publisher=Concrete.nl |date=August 5, 2020|access-date=February 19, 2021}}File:"Amanari" by artist Ithaka Darin Pappas.jpg

The ongoing sculpture series entitled The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard{{cite magazine |last=Zuch |first=Lucas |date=October 1, 2012 |title=As Multifacetas do Artista Íthaka |trans-title=The Multi-Dimensions of the Artist Íthaka |url=https://surfari.me/ithaka/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509213238/https://surfari.me/ithaka/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |magazine=Surfari |location=Brazil |access-date=May 2, 2021 }} which Ithaka began in 1989 (which includes over 300 individual contemporary artworks created from recycled surfboards) has been exhibited in Europe, Asia, the United States and also in Brazil, at São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound. In an interview given to Surf Portugal magazine in 2012 while attending one of Ithaka's exhibitions in Europe, graphic artist Dave Carson described Ithaka's work as experimental, unexpected and surprising and in a 2013 report about his work, Fuel TV considered him one of the world's premier contemporary surf artists.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/surfs-up-and-get-creative_b_603841 |title=Surf's Up and Get Creative!|publisher=Huffington Post |date=July 6, 2010|access-date=April 2, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApFrWqZPE38|title=Ithaka: 2012 Exhibit at WOA On Surf Portugal Vid Mag |publisher=Youtube/surfboard sculpture|date=February 14, 2013|access-date=April 22, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uugws9SZa4o|title=Ithaka Darin Pappas – EAZY E " SKATE OUTTA COMPTON" photographer (Contact High Exhibit/Book) Venice |publisher=Youtube/ithaka official|date=December 14, 2020|access-date=May 7, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.onfiresurfmag.com/noticias/pranchas-de-surf-como-nunca-as-viste-ithaka-the-2012-event/ |title=Pranchas de Surf como nunca as viste | Ithaka the 2012 event | ONFIRE Surf | Portugal | by surfers, for surfers |website=Onfiresurfmag.com |date=24 October 2012 |access-date=2015-11-07}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/artists-join-line-huntington/1 |title=Artists Join the Line Up |publisher=Laguna Beach Independent |date=August 13, 2014|access-date=April 23, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppfl9jmoNGs&t=37s|title=Artist/Musician Ithaka featured on Fuel TV (Portugal) 2012 |publisher=Youtube/surfboard sculpture|date=January 14, 2013|access-date=May 2, 2021}}

File:Songwriter-vocalist Ithaka Darin Pappas recording the demo of his hit song "Seabra Is Mad" in Lisbon, Portugal 1996.png" at Valentim de Carvalho studios in Lisbon, Portugal (1997).]]

As an audio artist, Ithaka has recorded seven albums of alternative hip hop and spoken-word music. His 1992 spoken-word song So Get Up,{{cite web|author=Rui Miguel Abreu |url=http://www.redbull.com/en/music/stories/1331605671473/when-underground-sound-of-lisbon-took-over-the-world |title=It Happened Here... Portuguese dance goes global – Photo | Red Bull Music |website=Redbull.com |date=2013-08-07 |access-date=2015-11-07}} under varying titles, has charted on four separate occasions in Europe and the UK and has been remixed by artists such as Fatboy Slim and Cosmic Gate.{{cite web|url= https://www.redbull.com/ca-en/essential-portuguese-club-tracks |title= Listen to these essential club bangers from Portugal|publisher=Red Bull |date=March 1, 2018|access-date=April 2, 2021}}{{cite web|author=Genius |url=https://genius.com/Cosmic-gate-so-get-up-lyrics |title=Cosmic Gate "So Get Up" |website=Genius.com |date=2013-08-07 |access-date=2020-05-01}}{{cite web|author=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/Stretch-Vern-Get-Up-Go-Insane/release/57827|title=Get Up! Go Insane! |website=Discogs.com |date=1997-02-05 |access-date=2020-05-01}}{{cite web|author=Metro Lyrics |url=https://www.metrolyrics.com/so-get-up-ben-gold-remix-lyrics-armin-van-buuren.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140515225619/http://www.metrolyrics.com/so-get-up-ben-gold-remix-lyrics-armin-van-buuren.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2014|title=Armin van Buuren – So Get Up (Ben Gold Remix) Lyrics |website=metrolyrics.com |date=2005-02-05 |access-date=2020-05-01}}

Although a citizen of the United States who vocalizes in English, because Ithaka was living and recording in Portugal for several years during the mid-late 1990s, at the very beginning of the hip hop movement in the country, he is often included in the genre of music known as Hip hop tuga and sometimes considered one of the founding artists along with: Black Company, Boss AC, Zona Dread, Family, Funky D, New Tribe, Lideres da Nova Mensagem, Da Weasel, Mind Da Gap, and General D.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKc0DwAAQBAJ&q=general+d%2C+ithaka++hip+hop&pg=PA390|title=Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 11|publisher=Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 11, Chapter "Hip Hop In Portugal" |date=October 5, 2017|isbn=9781501326103|access-date=April 8, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Jorge |first=Hugo |date=March 16, 2017 |title=Os álbuns mais caros do hip hop português|url=https://www.rimasebatidas.pt/os-albuns-caros-do-hip-hop-portugues/

| language=pt |magazine=Rimas E Batidas |location=Portugal |publisher=rimasebatidas.pt |access-date=March 6, 2021 }}

Escape From The City Of Angels, an alternative hip hop song Ithaka recorded with guest vocalist Marta Dias for his album Flowers and the Color of Paint{{cite magazine |last=Magalhães|first=Fernando|date=December 31, 1999 |title=Revista de 1996|trans-title=Magazine 1996 |url=https://www.publico.pt/1999/12/31/jornal/revista-de-1996-128526|language=pt |magazine=Público |location=Portugal |access-date=May 3, 2021}} was featured in the soundtrack of Antoine Fuqua's 1998 feature film Replacement Killers (Columbia Pictures) in a scene featuring Academy Award nominees/winners Mira Sorvino, Chow Yun-fat and Clifton Collins Jr.{{cite magazine |last=Abreu |first=Rui Miguel |date=November 7, 2020 |title=20 canções da música portuguesa que nunca deveríamos ter esquecido|trans-title=20 Portuguese Songs We Should Never Forget |url=https://blitz.pt/listas/2020-11-07-20-cancoes-da-musica-portuguesa-que-nunca-deveriamos-ter-esquecido|language=pt|magazine=Blitz |location=Portugal |publisher=Expresso |access-date=May 7, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120008/soundtrack|title=The Replacement Killers (1998) : Soundtracks|website=IMDb.com|access-date=2015-11-07}}

During his most active recording years in Portugal (1994–1997), the artist's musical projects were nominated for a total of nine Pemios Blitz (the Portuguese Grammy Awards) including; Best Album (for Flowers and the Color of Paint in 1995 and Stellafly in 1997){{cite magazine |last=Weas |first=Da |date=Dec 10, 2011 |title=Premios Musica Blitz 1997|trans-title=Bltz Awards 1997|url=https://www.daweasel.pt/paginasdehistoria/premios-de-musica-blitz-97-data-1998/ | language=pt|magazine=Da Weasel |location=Portugal |publisher=Da Weasel.pt |access-date=March 11, 2021 }} and Best Male Vocalist (in 1995 and 1997). In addition, the national newspaper, Público, awarded his 1997 release Stellafly as "Album Of The Year" and considered a song from the record Seabra Is Mad (musically co-written by Ewan Butler and Joe Fossard){{cite web|url=https://www.memorylanemusicgroup.com/track/MzU0NDc2LWJlNWRiYg/|title=Seabra Is Mad|publisher=memorylanemusicgroup.com|date=November 28, 1997|access-date=March 5, 2021|archive-date=April 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405172148/https://www.memorylanemusicgroup.com/track/MzU0NDc2LWJlNWRiYg/|url-status=dead}} as both the "Song Of The Year" and "Video Of The Year". Público also cited his debut release Flowers And The Color Of Paint as one of the country's Ten Most Influential Albums Of The 1990s, while a 2020 article in Rua Magazine proclaimed that Flowers And The Color Of Paint was one of the twenty albums that changed the Portuguese music industry.{{cite magazine|last=Belanciano |first=Vítor |date=March 14, 2014 |title=Como ocupar um espaço vazio e dar-lhe sentido|trans-title=How To Occupy An Empty Space And Make Sense Of It|url=https://www.publico.pt/2014/03/14/culturaipsilon/noticia/como-ocupar-um-espaco-vazio-e-darlhe-sentido-331878 |language=pt|magazine=Público |location=Portugal |access-date=April 5, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.publico.pt/1999/09/10/jornal/os-maiores-talentos-portugueses-dos-anos-90-123587|title=Os maiores talentos portugueses dos anos 90|first=Luís|last=Maio|website=Publico.pt|date=9 September 1999 |access-date=June 7, 2019}}{{cite magazine |last=Rosa |first=Diego |date=November 10, 2020 |title=20 Álbuns Que Mudaram A Indústria Musical Portuguesa|trans-title=20 Albums That Changed The Portuguese Music Industry |url=https://www.revistarua.pt/20-albuns-que-mudaram-a-industria-musical-portuguesa/|language=pt|magazine=Revista RUA |location=Portugal |publisher=Rua |access-date=April 30, 2021}}

During the mid-1990s until the mid-2000s, writings from Ithaka's collection of ocean-related short story series entitled, ‘’Ravenshark Chronicles’’ (including titles such as "Zé dos Cães"){{cite magazine |last=Antunes |first=João |date=August 7, 2007 |title=Zé dos Cães |trans-title=Jose Of The Dogs |url=https://www.tempodeviajar.com/jose-of-the-dogs-chicama-peru/ |language=pt |magazine= Tempo De Viajar |location=Portugal |publisher=tempodeviajar.com |access-date=May 6, 2021 }} were published in the surfing magazines; Surfer, The Surfer's Journal, Wavelength (UK), Transworld Surf and Water Magazine. In 2009, one of the stories, “Miracle At Malibu”, was published in the collective hardbound book, Surf Story. In recent years these stories have also been published individually as mini-novels.{{cite web|url=https://jayalders.com/art/surf-story-the-book-the-exhibition-the-film.html |title=Surf Story – The Book, The Exhibition, The Film |publisher=Jayadlers.com |date=July 26, 2010|access-date=May 3, 2021}}{{cite web|url= https://archive.clubofthewaves.com/surf-culture/surf-story-project.php |title=Surf Story Project |publisher=clubofthewaves.com |date=December 11, 2009|access-date=April 28, 2021}}{{cite web|url= https://issuu.com/madeiramagazine/docs/mim_abril_2018 |title=Ithaka Darin Pappas |publisher=Madeira Magazine |date=April 15, 2018|access-date=April 23, 2021}}{{cite magazine |last=Franco |first=Nuno |date=December 12, 2012 |title=Ithaka's The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard |trans-title=Ithaka's The Reincarnation Of A Surfboard|url=http://nunofranca.pt/ithakas-the-reincarnation-of-a-surfboard/ |language=pt |magazine=Nuno Franco |location=Portugal |publisher=nunofranco.pt |access-date=May 8, 2021 }}{{cite web|url= https://hempworks.typepad.com/hempworks/2013/01/the-reincarnation-of-a-surfboard-by-ithika-darin-pappas.html|title=The Reincarnation of a Surfboard by Ithaka Darin Pappas |publisher=hempworks.com |date=November 26, 2012|access-date=May 5, 2021}}

• 1992 So Get Up (single) [Embryo Entertainment]{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/ITHAKA-So-Get-Up-1993/release/13886981|title=Ithaka So Get Up |publisher=discogs.com |date=March 1, 2015|access-date=January 18, 2021}}
• 1993 So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas (spoken word album) [Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ithaka-So-Get-Up-The-Lost-Acapellas/release/9795323 |title=So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas |publisher=discogs.com |date=March 11, 2017 |access-date=May 2, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/albums/Ithaka/So-get-up-the-lost-acapellas|title=So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas|publisher=Genius.com|date=July 8, 2018|access-date=January 7, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://lyrics.az/ithaka/so-get-up-the-lost-acapellas/|title=Ithaka So Get Up & The Lost Acapellas |publisher= |date=May 23, 2017|access-date=May 6, 2021}}
• 1995 Fishdaddy (single) [Movieplay Records]{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/ITHAKA-Colec%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Super-Jovem-CD-3/release/10074690|title=Super Jovem CD 3|publisher=discogs.com |date=May 13, 1995|access-date=May 4, 2021}}
• 1995 Flowers and the Color of Paint (album) [Sweatlodge Records/Movieplay Records]{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Ithaka-Flowers-And-The-Color-Of-Paint/release/1103289 |title=Ithaka – Flowers And The Color Of Paint (CD) |website=Discogs.com |date=1995-06-15 |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 1997 Seabra Is Mad (single) Parlophone/Warner Music Group
• 1997 Stay Strong Little Brother – (single) Parlophone/Warner Music Group
• 1997 Stellafly: European Edition (album) Parlophone/Warner Music Group
• 1998 The Rise And Fall Of A Fortune (EP) Parlophone/Warner Music Group
• 2000 Stellafly: USA Edition – album [BCB Records/Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Ithaka-Stellafly/release/1103158 |title=Ithaka – Stellafly (CD, Album) s |website=Discogs.com |date=1997-10-27 |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 2001 Somewhere South of Somalia – album [Sweatlodge Records/Khalifa Records]{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/somewhere-south-of-somalia/69363827 |title=Somewhere South of Somalia by Ithaka on iTunes |website=iTunes |date=2002-01-21 |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 2004 Recorded in Rio – album [Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/recorded-in-rio/75433185 |title=Recorded In Rio by Ithaka on iTunes |website=iTunes |date=2004-11-09 |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 2005 Fuse With Me (EP by Ithaka vs. Cartell 70) [Ground Zero Records]
• 2007 Saltwater Nomad (album) [Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Saltwater-Nomad-Explicit/dp/B0015PF1T4 |title=Saltwater Nomad [Explicit]: Ithaka: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon.com |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 2011 Fishdaddy Flashbacks – album [Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web |url=http://waves.terra.com.br/surf/noticia/o-hip-hop-salgado-de-ithaka/40655 |title=Waves |language=pt |website=Waves.terra.com.br |access-date=2015-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323011924/http://waves.terra.com.br/surf/noticia/o-hip-hop-salgado-de-ithaka/40655 |archive-date=2012-03-23 |url-status=dead }}
• 2013 Voiceless Blue Raven (album) [Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/topic/product/itunes-ithaka-jungle-shack-dementia-album-voiceless-blue-raven-video-ZXIRXDHE9ak-51421-3.html |title=ithaka: Jungle Shack Dementia [album: Voiceless Blue Raven], Video |website=Firstpost.com |date=2015-07-29 |access-date=2015-11-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121141211/http://www.firstpost.com/topic/product/itunes-ithaka-jungle-shack-dementia-album-voiceless-blue-raven-video-ZXIRXDHE9ak-51421-3.html |archive-date=2016-01-21 }}
• 2017 So Get Up & The Los Acapellas (album rerelease) [Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web|url=https://businessallstarsblog.wordpress.com/|title=Business All Stars Magazine|website=Business All Stars Magazine}}
• 2022 Did You Ever? [Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3PIm20JqTyInem3HCV6oqX|title=Get UpI'm Free|website=Spotify}}
• 2022 Get Up I'm Free (single) produced by Siba Giba [Sweatlodge Records/Overtime Records]{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3PIm20JqTyInem3HCV6oqX|title=Get UpI'm Free|website=Spotify}}
• 2022 So Get Up - 30th Anniversary Brainboiler Remix (single)[Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6GUDRlWUptccf57E1XGcZf|title=So Get Up 30th Anniversary|website=Spotify}}
• 2025 Butterfly Boogie (single) [Sweatlodge Records]{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4he6q3QtNU3NtXYyHrmjxv|title=Butterfly Boogie|website=Spotify}}

• 1996 Marta Dias – "Look To The Blue", "Learn To Fly" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Marta-Dias-YU%C3%89/release/4139129|title=Marta Dias Yue |publisher=discogs.com |date=June 21, 1997|access-date=March 25, 2021}}
• 1996 Red Beans – "Sunny The Bunny", "Sushi-Pack Subway" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Red-Beans-Even-Dogs-Like-It/release/2038960|title=Red Beans Even Dogs Like It |publisher=discogs.com |date=March 30, 1999|access-date=April 28, 2021}}
• 1996 Cool Hipnoise – "Hidden By The Sea"" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Ao-Vivo-Na-Antena-3/release/1951887 |title=Ao Vivo Na Antena 3 |publisher=discogs.com |date=June 20, 2005|access-date=April 27, 2021}}
• 1997 General D – "Ekos Do Passado" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/General-D-Kanimambo/release/4289423|title=General D Kanimambo |publisher=discogs.com |date=March 1, 2000|access-date=February 4, 2021}}
• 1998 Tejo Beat – "The Day Was Hot" (Ithaka: vocals/lyrics). Production Mario Caldato, Jr.{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/Various-Tejo-Beat/release/1808558 |title=Tejo Beat |publisher=discogs.com |date=November 17, 2004|access-date=March 6, 2021}}
• 1998 More Republica Masonica – "Grounded Song" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/More-Rep%C3%BAblica-Mas%C3%B3nica-Equalizer/release/4020310|title=More Republica Masonica Equalizer |publisher=discogs.com |date=March 3, 2003|access-date=April 2, 2021}}
• 1998 Mind Da Gap – "Intro" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Mind-Da-Gap-Sem-Cerim%C3%B3nias/release/1448259|title= Mind Da Gap Sem Cerimonias|publisher=discogs.com |date=July 6, 2011|access-date=May 3, 2021}}
• 2000 Primitive Reason – "The Day Will Come"(Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{Cite web|url=https://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1278020/a/some+of+us.htm|title=Primitive Reason – Some of Us CD Album|website=www.cduniverse.com}}
• 2005 Cartell 70 – "In the Name of Religion" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web |url=http://www.generationbass.com/2014/05/11/beat-laden-portuguese-bass-underground |title=Beat Laden : Portuguese Bass Underground |publisher=Generation Bass |access-date=2015-11-07 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924021428/http://www.generationbass.com/2014/05/11/beat-laden-portuguese-bass-underground |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.gullivermusicpublishing.com/artists_songs_eng.asp?id=791 |title=GMP |publisher=Gulliver Music Publishing |access-date=2015-11-07 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050336/http://www.gullivermusicpublishing.com/artists_songs_eng.asp?id=791 |url-status=dead }}
• 2007 DJ Vibe – "You" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/DJ-Vibe-Feat-Ithaka-You/release/1248160 |title=DJ Vibe Feat. Ithaka – You (CD) |date=December 2007 |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 2008 Pan Electric – "Someone, Somewhere" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aew8AGL18kk|title="SOMEWHERE SOMEPLACE" Pan Electric feat. Ithaka (and Gillian Higgans)|date=6 October 2020 |via=www.youtube.com}}
• 2011 Si Brad – "20 Years" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/si-brad/si-brad-ft-darin-pappas-20-years-album-version |title=Si Brad ft Darin Pappas-'20 Years'...(album version) by si brad | Free Listening on SoundCloud |publisher=Soundcloud.com |access-date=2015-11-07}} (Toko Records-U.K.)
• 2011 Paul Mandaca – Eden by The Sea / CD album (Ithaka: all lyrics){{cite magazine |last=Total |first=Surf |date=February 15, 2019|title="I Ride Because" – Ithaka Darin Pappas, Um Multi Talentoso Homem do Mar|trans-title= Ithaka Dain Pappas, A Multi-Talented Waterman|url=https://surftotal.com/videos/internacional/item/15317-i-ride-because-darin-pappas-um-multi-talentoso-homem-do-mar|language=Portuguese|magazine=Surf Total|location=Brazil|access-date=May 5, 2021}}[https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/paul-mandaca/id49304580 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920170336/https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/paul-mandaca/id49304580 |date=September 20, 2014 }}
• 2013 Cyncy – "Sometimes Life Gets In The Way" (Produced by: Ithaka) [Sweatlodge]{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/fishdaddy-flashbacks-vol-1-1995-2010/569889043 |title=Fishdaddy Flashbacks, Vol. 1 (1995–2010) by Ithaka on iTunes |publisher=iTunes |date=2012-10-10 |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 2013 Cosmic Gate – "So Get Up" (Ithaka: vocals, lyrics){{cite web|url=http://cosmic-gate.de/|title=Cosmic Gate – Official website|website=Cosmic-gate.de}}
• 2020 Armando Mendes "This Life's All We Got" (Ithaka: lyrics/vocals){{cite web|url=https://www.musicis4lovers.com/armando-mendes-speaks-about-his-new-release-with-robert-owens-n-w-as-ithaka-jinadu-his-turquoise-records-imprint-and-plans-for-2020/|title=Armando Mendes Speaks About His New Release With Robert Owens, N.W.A'S Ithaka & Jinadu, His Turquoise Records Imprint and Plans for 2020|publisher=Music Is 4 Lovers|date=January 16, 2020|access-date=May 8, 2021}}
• 2020 Ana Mariano – "Plastic Wings" (Ithaka: featured lyricist/vocalist){{citation |url=https://www.discogs.com/Ana-Mariano-Everything-I-Touch/release/14796518|title=Ana Mariano – Everything I Touch|website=Discogs |date=February 15, 2020}}

Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.saatchiart.com/ithaka|title=Ithaka Darin Pappas|website=Saatchi Art}}

• 1990 Pepperdine University – Los Angeles, California (sculpture)
• 1992 Gallery YMA -(Photography and Sculpture) Tokyo, Japan (sculpture, photography)
• 1995 Universidade Moderna – Lisbon, Portugal (sculpture)
• 1996 IPJ: Instituto Portuguesa Da Juventude "UMBILICUS" (Photography) – Lisbon
• 1998 Gallery Ze Dos Bois "Quality Time: Part One" (Photography) – Lisbon, Portugal (photography, text, performance)
• 2000 International Surfing Museum – Huntington Beach California (sculpture)
• 2007 WOA – Way Of Arts – Estoril, Portugal (sculpture) curated by Gonçalo Leandro]
• 2008 Clash – Lisbon, Portugal (sculpture)
• 2010 Gallery Alma Do Mar – São Paulo, Brazil (sculpture. photography)
• 2010 The Camp – Costa Mesa, California (sculpture, photography){{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/lauren-selman/surfs-up-and-get-creative_b_603841.html|title=Surf's Up and Get Creative!|first=Lauren|last=Selman|date=8 June 2010|website=Huffingtonpost.com}}
• 2011 Nike Posto 5.0 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (sculpture){{cite web |url=http://waves.terra.com.br/surf/noticias/variedadesnovidade/posto-60/ultimas-atracoes-na-barra-(rj) |title=Waves |language=pt |website=Waves.terra.com.br |access-date=2015-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062628/http://waves.terra.com.br/surf/noticias/variedadesnovidade/posto-60/ultimas-atracoes-na-barra-(rj) |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}
• 2012 Museum WOA – Way Of Arts{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/54389004 |title=Abertura da exposição "The Reincarnation of a Surfboard" de Ithaka na WOA on Vimeo |website=Vimeo.com |date=2012-11-27 |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 2013 Hurley International Costa Mesa, California (Sculpture, Painting){{cite web|url=http://www.wayofarts.com/en/arte-contemporanea/eventos/ithakahurley13/|title=Ithaka at Hurley|publisher=Wayofarts.com|date=October 11, 2013|access-date=March 25, 2021|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509024458/http://www.wayofarts.com/en/arte-contemporanea/eventos/ithakahurley13/|url-status=dead}}
• 2015 F+ Gallery in Santa Ana, California – "Aliens Of AkahtiLândia" (Sculpture, Photography, Painting){{cite web|url=http://heyevent.de/event/338590866327366/aliens-of-akahtilandia-exhibit-at-f-gallery |title=Aliens Of AkahtiLândia (Exhibit at F+ Gallery) – |website=Heyevent.de |access-date=2015-11-07}}

Source:{{cite web|url=http://ithakaofficial.com/about-ithaka/|title=About Ithaka |publisher=Ithakaofficial.com |date=January 23, 2017|access-date=February 4, 2021}}

• 1990 01 Gallery Los Angeles
• 1992 NICAF: Nippon International Contemporary Art Fair – Yokohama, Japan{{cite web|url=http://www.abebooks.com/NICAF-YOKOHAMA-2nd-International-Contemporary-Art/784197582/bd |title=NICAF YOKOHAMA ' 92 The 2nd International Contemporary Art Fair by MASAMI SHIRAISHI: Fakusaburo Maeda Original Wraps – Infinity Books Japan |website=Abebooks.com |date=2003-08-08 |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 1999 Photo Impact Gallery – Los Angeles, California
• 2003 111 Minna Gallery – San Francisco, California
• 2005 MIS – São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, Brazil
• 2006 MIS – São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, Brazil
• 2007 Oca Do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
• 2010 Oca Do Ibirapuera – São Paulo, Brazil
• 2011 Art Now Gallery (San Francisco) "Love And Guts" – Photo: Eazy E and Venice Skateboard Locals (1989){{cite web|url=http://www.freshnessmag.com/2011/05/11/love-guts-thrasher-30-year-anniversary-exhibition-recap/|title=Love & Guts: Thrasher 30 Year Anniversary Exhibition – Recap|website=Freshnessmag.com}}
• 2013 Sagres Surf Culture – Sagres, Portugal{{cite web|url=https://ionline.sapo.pt/131356|title=Sagres Surf Culture. Ithaka is also "mad"|website=Ionline.sapo.pt}}
• 2013 McNamara's Gallery (owned by Garrett McNamara) – Nazaré, Portugal{{cite web|url=http://www.regiaodanazare.com/Exposicao_na_McNamaras_Surf_Shop__Gallery_ajuda_criancas_em_risco |title=Região da Nazaré – Exposição na McNamara's Surf Shop & Gallery ajuda crianças em risco |website=Regiaodanazare.com |date=2013-11-19 |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 2014 House Of Vans (London) "Thrasher: A Retrospective" – Photo: Eazy E and Venice Locals (1989){{cite web|url=http://uk.complex.com/style/2014/08/house-vans-london-presents-new-exhibition-thrasher-retrospective|title=House of Vans London Presents its New Exhibition, Thrasher: A Retrospective|website=Uk.complex.com}}
• 2014 Azores Wave Week – Ponta Delgado, São Miguel Island, Portugal"{{cite web |url=http://www.wayofarts.com/en/projectos/eventos/azoreswaveweek14/ |title=Ithaka @ Azores Wave Week |publisher=Way of Arts |access-date=2015-11-07 |archive-date=2016-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121141211/http://www.wayofarts.com/en/projectos/eventos/azoreswaveweek14/ |url-status=dead }}
• 2014 Surfboards On Parade – Huntington Beach, California{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/art-610405-beach-surf.html |title=Carroll: Surfboards on Parade the hottest thing in Surf City |website=Ocregister.com |date=18 April 2014 |access-date=2015-11-07}}
• 2016 The Art Of Surf – 1 Recovery – SM, CA (w/ Jeff Divine, John Van Hamersveld and John Severson){{cite web|url=http://1recovery.com/event/the-art-of-surf/|title=The Art of Surf Overview – One Recovery|website=1recovery.com}}
• 2016 Surfboards On Parade – Huntington Beach, California (w/ Rick Reitveld and Heather Brown){{Cite web|url=http://www.ifitshipitshere.com/2016-surfboards-on-parade/|title=Surfboards on Parade: 20 Custom Boards To Eradicate Skin Cancer|website=Ifitshipitshere.com|date=July 1, 2016}}
• 2017 Photoville (Brooklyn, NY) Contact High: Hip-Hop's Iconic Photographs And Visual Culture{{Cite web|url=https://photoville.nyc/contact-high-hip-hops-iconic-photographs-visual-culture/|title=Contact High: Hip-Hop's Iconic Photographs and Visual Culture|date=August 8, 2017|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504212217/https://photoville.nyc/contact-high-hip-hops-iconic-photographs-visual-culture/|url-status=dead}}
• 2018 "Hip-Hop : Un Age d'Or" Musée d'Art Contemporain de Marseille – Curated by Siba Giba{{Cite web|url=https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/travel-guide/marseille/events-and-festivals/hip-hop-un-age-d-or-1970-1995-hip-hop-a-golden-age-1970-1995-exhibition-e-132ahdg7753.shtml|title=Hip hop : un âge d'or – 1970–1995 (Hip hop: a golden age – 1970–1995), exhibition – Events and festivals in Marseille|website=Accorhotels.com|access-date=June 7, 2019|archive-date=April 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402074516/https://www.accorhotels.com/gb/travel-guide/marseille/events-and-festivals/hip-hop-un-age-d-or-1970-1995-hip-hop-a-golden-age-1970-1995-exhibition-e-132ahdg7753.shtml|url-status=dead}}
• 2019 Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop at The Annenberg Space for Photography (LA){{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/10/entertainment/hip-hop-portraits-cnnphotos/|title=The stories behind hip-hop's most iconic images|publisher=CNN |date=December 13, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://bebiram.com/post/467992704880A216246_327872890|title=🙏🏼 @drhofmann27 ・・・ February 24, 1989. There are many stories behind this photo shot exa – Bebiram|website=Bebiram.com|access-date=June 7, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/5/contact-high-a-visual-history-of-hip-hop-exhibition|title="CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop" Exhibit Spotlights Iconic Portraits|publisher=Hype Beast|date=May 29, 2019|access-date=May 6, 2021}}
• 2020 Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop at International Center of Photography (NY){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/arts/design/international-center-of-photography-new-home.html|title=International Center of Photography Refocuses in a New Home|work=The New York Times

|date=January 30, 2020|author=Jason Farago}}{{cite web|url=https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/953/Contact-High-The-History-Of-Hip-Hop-In-Photography|title=Contact High: the history of hip-hop in photography|publisher=Blind|date=May 7, 2020|access-date=May 1, 2021}}

• 2021 Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop at Manarat Al Saadiyat Museum in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/entertainment/manarat-al-saadiyat-brings-hip-hop-to-abu-dhabi-with-its-latest-exhibition|title=Manarat Al Saadiyat Brings Hip-Hop To Abu Dhabi With Its Latest Exhibition|website=Harpersbazaararabia.com|date=16 December 2020 |access-date=May 7, 2021}}

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