Efthymios Warlamis
Efthymios “Makis” Warlamis (also: Efthymis, Greek Ευθύμιος, “Μάκης”, “Ευθύμης” Βαρλάμης Efthymios Varlamis ; * 1942 in Veria , in Central Macedonia , Greece ; † December 27, 2016 ) was a Greek- Austrian designer Poet, writer, educator and museum founder.
Life
Warlamis studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna , where he held a teaching position in the architecture department from 1974 to 1981, as well as at other European universities. In 1995 he headed the "World Ecological Academy of Santorini", which was carried out as part of a cooperation program between European universities. In 1988 Warlamis led the master class for experimental architecture “For a more natural and humane building” at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg in collaboration with Friedensreich Hundertwasser .
Warlamis was a versatile artist. In addition to his basic job as an architect, he worked as a sculptor, painter, designer and writer. He has had exhibitions in museums and exhibition centers in Europe, USA, Asia and Egypt. His works are represented in international public and private collections such as the Graphic Collection of the Albertina Vienna, Museum of Modern Art Vienna, DAM German Architecture Museum Frankfurt, Alexander Jolas Collection, Lower Austria Collection, Liaunig Collection.
In 1992 he founded the International Center for Art and Design I.DE.A together with his wife Heide . in Schrems , which he has headed since then. He planned and built the Waldviertel Art Museum , which opened in Schrems in 2009.
Since 1975 he has been married to the artist Heide Warlamis, born in Klagenfurt in 1942, with whom he has a daughter. Since 1986 he lived and worked in Schrems.
Projects and Buildings
- Project for the Hamburg music hall
- Church of the Good News in Waidhofen / Thaya
- 2004: Evangelical Church Waidhofen an der Thaya
- 2009: Waldviertel Art Museum with the Sculpture Park, Schrems
Exhibitions
- 1985 Une City Imaginaire. German Architecture Museum , Frankfurt am Main
- 2012 Heide & Makis Warlamis: frontal. Art for Europe. The latest works and a cross-section of the total oeuvre of the two artists, Künstlerhaus Wien
- 2013 Poetry of the Towers. Painted impressions Krems-Wachau. Loisium, Langenlois
- 2014 Athos. The holy mountain. in the Waldviertel art museum
- 2015 The unknown universe. in the Waldviertel art museum
- 2016 dream home. in the Waldviertel art museum
Publications
- Hamburg. Experimental architecture. 1978-1982. Exhibition catalog, German and English, MUMOK , Vienna 1982, series of the Museum of Modern Art No. 20.
- Efthymios Warlamis. Illustrated book, translation by Gertrude Maurer, German Architecture Museum , Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-900552-00-2 .
- Hundertwasser's secret . Styria Verlag, Graz 2001, ISBN 3-222-12849-9 .
- Is God a Turk? ( Einai turkos o theos ) Translation by Ulrike Müller-Kaspar, Molden Verlag, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-85485-102-2 .
- Thaures-The glass mushroom , The Waldviertel Art Museum, Schrems 2009, ISBN 978-3-900552-41-1 .
- My beloved Greece translation by Birgit Hildebrand, Das Kunstmuseum Waldviertel, Schrems 2009, ISBN 978-3-900552-42-8 .
- with Heide Warlamis: frontal. Art for Austria. Exhibition catalog Künstlerhaus Wien 2012, with Volker Fischer : On the art cosmos of Heide and Makis Warlamis. Edition Kunstmuseum Waldviertel - IDEA Verlag, ISBN 978-3-900552-55-8 .
Awards
- Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the State of Lower Austria (2009)
- Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art (2010)
- Coat of arms of the municipality of Schrems
- Honorary membership in the Russian Academy of Arts
- Appointment as honorary professor at the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca
Web links
- Literature by and about Efthymios Warlamis in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Efthymios Warlamis in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Makis Warlamis website
- Personal page of Efthymios Warlamis at I.DE.A.
- Complete works and the Heide and Makis Warlamis collection in the Waldviertel Art Museum in Schrems
Individual evidence
- ^ Artist Makis Warlamis is dead
- ↑ Efthymios Warlamis, NÖN September 30, 2010
- ↑ frontal. Art for Europe. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Künstlerhaus Vienna, opening with Joachim Lothar Gartner, Othmar Karas , Dieter Ronte , October 15, 2012
- ^ Artist and architect Makis Warlamis died on ORF December 29, 2016, accessed on December 29, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warlamis, Efthymios |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Warlamis, Makis Efthymios |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek-Austrian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Veria |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 2016 |
| Place of death | Schrems , Lower Austria |