Mr Jorgo (Giorgos) Krallis
Information about the artist

Jorgo Krallis is a well known respected artist with an international reputation. To buy a Krallis is an investment for the future, and the print will give you joy for years to come.

The great ancient poet Simonides (557-468 B.C.) from the island of Kea in the Greece archipelago is said to have said that “a picture is as a silent poem but poetry is as a speaking picture”. He couldn't have been more wrong: The art of Jorgo Krallis is all but silent. You can clearly hear the voices of laughter and life, joy and humor from all his happy and lively pictures.

Jorgo Krallis is a Greek-born artist living in Sweden since 1966. He is born 1937 in Thessaloniki, Greece, he is married and has one child. Krallis has lived and studied in many places around Europe; Greece, Paris, Munich, Amsterdam and now right outside of Stockholm in Sweden. He has had exhibitions among others in Sweden, Greece, USA and Spain and his art has been purchased by many museums around the world. In 1999 he had a retrospective exhibition in his hometown in the Municipal Art Gallery of Tessaloniki, a rare honour for any artist. He has also made many public decorations such as a 6 meter high sculpture/mobile in Malmö, a sealing decoration in the Karolinska Institutet and St Görans hospital in Sweden and tapestry for interior decoration in the New Tokyo General Hospital. Also carpets have been made with Krallis design.

His pictures are undisciplined, unpredictable, whimsy and full of anecdotic elements, small details and absurd happy outbursts. The artist himself often describes his work as depictions of “Circus Mundi” / the world circus

Now Jorgo Krallis original art prints are internationally sold by BestNetArt Artgallery. 

Education:

Graduated from Anatoli American College in Thessaloniki. Studied theatre, stage design and cinematography in Munich at the Max Reinhart Theatre. Also attended an Art Academy and studied art and engraving.
Continued art studies for another year in Paris, followed by four years of creative design in Amsterdam.
From 1966 to 1971 he was enrolled in the Graphic Arts (engraving) Department of the School of Fine Arts at the University of Stockholm.

Private exhibitions:    

1961 Galleria D'Eendt, Amsterdam
1963 Anatolia Art Studio, Thessaloniki
1965 Hilton Gallery, Athens
        Gallery 55, New York
1966 Pan American, Dallas (Texas)
1967 A H Grafik, Stockholm
        Galleri Guggenbuhl, Bern (Switzerland)
1968 Gröna Paletten, Stockholm
1970 Galleri Belle, Västerås (Sweden)
1972 Galleri Insicione, Milan (Italy)
        Galleri Hedenius, Stockholm
1973 Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm and Malmö
1974 Gröna Paletten, Stockholm
        Galleri Belle, Västerås (Sweden)
1975 A H Grafik, Stockholm
        Galleri Metz, Umeå (Sweden)
        Galleri Unicorn, Copenhagen
        Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm
1975 Borås Konstgalleri, Borås (Sweden)
        Galleri Zouboulaki, Athens
        Galleri AE, Gothenburg (Sweden)
1977 Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg (Sweden)
        Grafoteken, Stockholm
1978 Galleri 1, Gothenburg (Sweden)
        Anchel Gallery, London
        LP Gallerie, Düsseldorf (Germany)
1979 A H Grafik, Stockholm
        Art Expo, New York
1980 Galleri Bragge, Malmö (Sweden)
1981 Galleri 1, Gothenburg
        Galleri Du Nord, Borås (Sweden)
1982 Bromton Gallery, London
        Konstfrämjandet, Stockholm
1983 Galleri La Hune, Paris
        Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm
1984 Galleri Fort, Barcelona
        Museo D'Arte, Madrid
1986 Galleri Nord, Örebro (Sweden)
        Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
        Swedish Institute of Culture, Athens
1987 Galleri 1, Gothenburg
        Galleri Skånes Konstförening, Malmö (Sweden)
        Galleri du Nord, Borås (Sweden)
1988 Galleri 54, Gothenburg
        Galleri Gripen, Karlstad (Sweden)
1989 Biblioteque National, Paris
        Galleri Gamla Berget, Falun (Sweden)
        Galleri Bergman, Stockholm
        Konsthall Forum, Nacka (Sweden)
1990 Galleri Bergman, Stockholm
        Galleri Nord, Örebro (Sweden)
        Galleri Backgården Kalmar (Sweden)
1992 Galleri Du Nord, Borås (Sweden)
        Galleri Bergman, Gothenburg
        Galleri Artis, Gävle (Sweden)
1993 Galleri Skånes Konstförening, Malmö (Sweden)
1994 Eskilstuna Konstförening, Eskilstuna Museum (Sw)
1995 Grafiska Sällskapets Galleri, Stockholm
        Konstnärsfrämjandet, Malmö (Sweden)
        Gallery Titanium, Athens
1996 Galleri Lorensberg, Gothenburg
1998 Galleri Bergman, Karlstad (Sweden)
        Landskrona Konsthall, Landskrona (Sweden)
1999 Retrospective Exhibition, Th. Makides Hall
        at the Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, Greece
2000 Konsthall Nacka (Sweden)
        Grunewalds Atelje, Saltsjöbaden (Sweden)
        Södra Galleriet, Stockholm
2001 Hallstahammars Konstförening (Sweden)
        Haritos Gallery, Athens
2002 Galleri Bergman, Stockholm
2003 Grästorps konstförening, Grästorps museum

Distinctions - Awards

He has received honorable mention in the International Trienale of Engraving at Grenchen, Switzerland. In 1968 he was awarded first prize at the Bienale of Miniature Engraving at Cadaques. In 1976 the Arts Academy of Sweden bestowed upon him a Distinction, along with a state grant

Works in different collections:

Works are exhibited in many Museums, Galleries and private collections in Europe, the United States and Japan  

Here are examples of the fantastic art of Krallis

These and other art prints are for sale at our gallery 24 hours a day and 7 days a week at the address www.Bestnetart.com

Main group exhibitions:    

1969, 1973, 1976
        Grahic Bienale, Ljubljana
1976 International Trienale of Colour Engraving,
        Grenchen (Switzerland)
1971 Fine Engravers from Sweden, Milan, Rome,
        Bari, Capri, Genova
1972 Graphics Bienale, Fredrikstad, (Norway)
1973 International Award of Engraving, Italy
1976 International Exhibition of Graphic Art,
        Frechen (Germany)
1978 Mediterranean Engraving, Leverkusen (Germany)
        Bienale of Engraving at Mulhouse (France)
1981 The circus in our town, Liljevalchs Museum,
        Stockholm
        Graphics Bienale at Sao Paolo (Brasil)
1978, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1992)
        Graphics Trienale, Sweden
1985 Graphics Festival, Liljenvalchs Museum
1986 Art Exhibition, New York
        Three Greek artists from Sweden,
        Svenska Institutet, Athens
1987 Tapestry Exhibition, IBM Centre, New York,
        Osaka, Montreal, Stockholm
1987, 1988, 1992, 1996
        Spring salon, Liljevalchs Museum, Stockholm
1989 Europe of Engravers, Grenoble (France)
1992 Art Center Gallery, Sidney (Australia)
1993 Engravers of Europe, Le College Neerlandais,
        Paris
1998 CIRCUS House of Engraving, Mariefred (Sw)
        ENIGMA, Landskrona Museum (Sweden)

Decorations - outdoor sculptures

In 1983 a decoration of 600 sq.m. ceiling at the Postal Centre of the city of Falköping (12 Mobile sculptures), Sweden
In 1985 a decoration of a ceiling with Mobile at the children's hospital of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
In 1988 a decoration of a ceiling with Mobile at the children's day care center in the city of Länsta, Sweden
In 1990 a Mobile sculpture, height six meters, in the region of Eriksfält in the city of Malmö, Sweden
Tapestry for the New Hospital of Tokyo in 1990.
In 1997 a ceiling decoration with a mobile at the Peoples House of the city of Linköping, Sweden