BIO
Petros Lales is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York City. His latest work investigates how mythology and personality influence cultural realities. He received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and his BFA from the Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece. He is the recipient of the Gerondelis Foundation scholarship and the School of Visual Arts Paula Rhodes Memorial Award. His work has been exhibited internationally across Europe, Asia, and the United States.
RESUME
Born in 1992 in Athens, Greece / Based in New York
EDUCATION
2017 – 2019 School of Visual Arts, MFA Photo Video and Related Media, NYC, USA
2011 – 2015 Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
1999 – 2003 National Theatre, Athens, Greece
2004 – 2007 Music High School of Ilion, Athens, Greece
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2019 The School of Visual Arts Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for Exceptional Achievement in MFA Fine Arts
2018 Gerondelis Foundation Scholarship
2017 Alice Beck-Odette Scholarship, School of Visual Arts
2012 Distinction in the competition of “Love in the Age of Social Media”, organized by the School of Fine Arts and the Metropolis Free Press.
PUBLICATIONS
2024 The Virtues Of The Abyss, Self Published
FESTIVALS
2022 Re: Karya International Video Festival, Galeri Satria Purwokerto, Indonesia
2018 Wish You Were Here 17th postcard show, A.I.R Gallery, New York, USA.
2016 Break the chain festival, Athens, Greece.
2016 Nuit Blanche Festival, Brussels, Belgium ( Representative of Georgia Lale, #OrangeVest Performance)
2013 The Video Art Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece.
2007 Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 The words make noise, Living Skin, New York
2024 Eraser, Art Show, New York
2024 Labels, Labels, Labels! TBD, :iidrr, New York
2024 Trap, Art Show, New York
2023 Backyard, Art Show, New York
2022 Our Future, Independent & Image Art Space, Online Exhibition
2022 Body, Embodiment, and Digital Self, :iidrr, New York
2022 The Patriot, O’Flaherty’s Art Gallery, New York
2019 Salon show, Greenpoint Gallery, New York
2019 Mirrored Display, SVA Galleries, New York
2019 ANTITHESIS, SoMad Studio, New York
2019 Thesis show, SVA Chelsea galleries, New York
2019 Greenpoint Open Studios,37 Greenpoint Avenue E2B, New York.
2019 Lazed Leaves, Rebecca Krasnik, New York.
2018 Greenpoint Open Studios,37 Greenpoint Avenue E2B, New York.
2018 AEGEAN, AAA3A, New York.
2018 Vanishing Points, Nowolipki Gallery, Poland.
2015 Historical Archive PIOP, Athens.
2014 Tsalapatas Museum, Volos.
2012 Love in the Age of Social Media, Metropolis, Athens.
COLLABORATIONS
2021 Tour Without End by Laura Parnes, Pioneer Works, NY
2021 IUTPIBNIDTS by Edgar Allan GoPro, The Shed, NY
2020 On Revelations and Muddy Becomings by Odete, Mario Mu BOCA, Maat, Portugal
PRESS
10/21/2024, Interview by IMPULSE magazine, IMPULSE
9/5/2023, Interview by Shoutout LA, Shoutout LA
8/1/2023, Photography Beyond Humans, Ars Scientia
10/13/2022, A stone in the waters, Insights of an eco artist, Volume 2
5/15/2021, HOLDING THE KEYS TO FAILURE an interview with Petros Lales, Natasha Chuk
3/30/2020, YUR Launches YUR.watch, “Forbes”
8/6/2019, Two-way time traveling, “Lazed Leaves”
6/18/2019, Green Point Open Studios, “Green Point Open Studios”
6/16/2019, MFA Photography, Video, and Related Media Exhibition, “The Art Key”
1/6/2019, Class 2019, “MFA Photo Video and Related Media”
1/1/2019, Photograph Magazine, “Photograph is 30”
6/28/2018, Wish you were here, “A.I.R. Gallery”
6/12/2018, livewire NYC may, “3:AM Magazine”
6/7/2018, Aegean, “AAA3A”
6/3/2018, Greenpoint Open Studios, “Greenpoint Open Studios Artist, LalesPetros”
12/10/2016, Refugee Artists ”Replaying” Refugees for an Art Work, “T.A.F./ The Art Foundation”
10/23/2016, Xaidarisimera, “Ο Λαλές Πέτρος στο Break the chain festival”
9/26/2015, Art22, “Kostas and Petros Lales: The future of arts belongs to the artists”
6/9/2015, Historical Archive PIOP, “Archive Art: CONJECTURAL SITUATIONS – INSTALLATIONS”
12/20/2012, TO BHMA, “Love in the Age of Social Media”11/20/2012,Kathimerini, “Love in the Age of Social Media”