Hector Mavridis

Hector Mavridis was born 1958 in Melbourne, Australia. He lived in Chicago from 1979 to 1988, where he studied Linguistics and Ceramics at Northeastern Illinois University. He now lives and works in Thessaloniki, Greece. His work has been exhibited and performed in Greece, Germany, U.S.A, Spain, Israel, North Macedonia and France. He has been invited to workshops and artist symposiums in Greece, Germany, Israel, France and BelgiumCollective engagements1992-1997: Co-founder of "Amalgama" Artist Initiative and Co-op Gallery.1998-2003: Founded an artist group with 5 other artists. The group adopted a name that varies according to the action/performance/ project etc. undertaken:1998 : Box Office Hit / Society for the Restoration of the Boustrophedon Writing System.1998: The group ran a candidate for mayor of Thessaloniki under the name IDIA POLI.1999: Pixel Depth2003: The Brotherhood of Immaculate Liberation (3A)"Back to Earth," a documentary film about his work directed and produced by Chryssa Tzelpi and Akis Kersanidis, was first presented at the 23th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in 2021.