You all remember Doodle 4 Google, a Google competition that invited all students in Greek schools to use their creativity and redesign its logo. So the news is that the following judges of the Greek competition announced winners per category. The categories of the competition were 4 and divided into age groups: 1st-3rd grade, 4th-6th grade, middle school, high school.
The judges
Angelos Antonopoulos - Associate Professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts and Director of the 1st Painting Workshop
Angelos Antonopoulos was born in Tropea, Gortynia, in 1957. He studied Painting and Set Design at the A.S.K.T. with teachers D. Kokkinidis, V. Dimitreas and V. Vassiliadis. He has held more than 14 solo exhibitions (ATHENS MUNICIPAL GALLERY, ART ATHINA, TITANIUM, ART FORUM TSATSIS – Thessaloniki, NEW FORMS – Athens, GALLERY CITRONNE – Poros, APOKALYPSI – Nicosia, T.A.F. – Athens, etc.) and has participated in important group events in Greece and abroad (Cyprus, Spain, Germany, Italy, Croatia, England, USA, etc.) He has painted the IDEAL Cinemas in Athens and CINEAK in Piraeus. He has been teaching Painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts since 1989. His works belong to important public and private collections.
Michalis Georgiou – Graphic designer, Head of graphic design department at Vakalos College
Michalis Georgiou was born in 1965 in Athens. He studied graphic design at Vakalos College and the London College of Communication, University of the Arts. Since 1992, he has been teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate departments of Vakalos College and is Head of the Graphic Design Department. He is the co-founder & Creative Director of G Design Studio. His clients include the Athens State Orchestra, the Megaron Concert Hall, the French Institute, the Acropolis Museum, the Economou Collection and the Ministry of Environment. Since its establishment, G Design Studio has received numerous national and international awards and his work has been featured in international publications. His work has been exhibited at the Design Museum in London, the Benaki Museum and the European Design Awards, among others. He is the initiator and co-organizer of Design Walk, the biennial graphic design exhibition.
Vangelis Iliopoulos – Author & President of the Greek Section of IBBY – Greek Children's Book Circle
Vangelis Iliopoulos was born in Athens in 1964. Today he lives in the same city with his wife and their two children. He studied Pedagogy and Theology at the University of Athens. Since 1984 he has been working in primary private education. In 1995 his first book for children was published. In 1997 the book “The Triangle Fish” was published by Patakis Publications. The different fish became the most famous Greek contemporary literary hero. In addition to Greece and Cyprus, his adventures were translated and released in Korea, while for his presentation in schools and literary festivals they have been translated in Italy, Bulgaria and Germany. Its publication in China is expected. Since then Vangelis Iliopoulos has written over 50 books for children and young people. Many of them are also published in other countries such as Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Serbia, Malaysia, Korea, China. Some of them have been honored with awards and praise. His lyrics have been set to music by composers Despina Sougioul, Kostas Thomaidis, Spyros Lambrou and Giorgos Christianakis. His plays have been performed: "The Trigonopsaroulis, the Mavrolepias and the Last Seahorse", "The Bookworm" and "The Trigonopsaroulis Returns", which is also his first work, which was originally written as a play, after a commission from the New Theatre of Thessaloniki. In addition to writing literary works, Vangelis Iliopoulos visits schools and libraries where he meets his young readers, translates literary works for children, designs programs to cultivate a love of reading and is involved in the promotion of children's literature with articles in magazines. For a decade, he was a collaborator of the magazines "The child speaks to me too" and "Window in education" as well as the children's newspaper "Finistrini". Today he writes articles for the magazine "Modern Kindergarten". Since 2008 he has been President of the Greek Section of IBBY - Greek Children's Book Circle.
Maria Kavogianni – Poet
Born in Athens. She studied Economics and Pedagogy. She even worked as a teacher before she became interested in acting. Graduate of the Drama School of the Karolos Koun Art Theater. She has taken part in numerous theater performances, has starred in films, and has also starred in many well-known television series.
Iris Kritikou – Art Historian and independent curator. Vice President of the Museum of Greek Children's Art.
Born in Athens. He studied Archaeology and History of Art at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Crete and completed postgraduate studies in Byzantine and contemporary art at the Institut fur Byzantinistik of the University of Vienna and the Courtauld Institute of the University of London. In addition, he attended the Master in Education (M.Ed.) program at BOWIE State University, Maryland System and the ANIMA Athens postgraduate program in cultural education. Since 1994, he has worked in management positions in Greek Cultural Institutions in the fields of art and education. Since 2004, she has been working as an independent curator presenting the work of Greek artists, collaborating with Museums, Foundations, Private Collections and private art spaces and signing solo and thematic exhibitions in Greece and abroad (Benaki Museum, Gennadios Library, Hellenic American Union, Herakleidon Museum, Angelos and Leto Katakouzinos Foundation, Cultural Center of the Municipality of Athens "Melina" and "Technopolis" in Athens, Center for Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki, Municipal Gallery of Chania, Moschandreou Gallery, Messolonghi, Bellonia Foundation - Santorini, Ermoupoleia - Syros, Kontia Gallery - Limnos, Historical and Folklore Museum of Aegina, Hellenic Cultural Center - Berlin Branch, Sismanoglio Mansion and Holy Theological School of Halki-Istanbul, Ex Convento San Cosma e Damiano in Venice, Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), etc. At the same time, he teaches art to adults and writes for art and culture magazines. He is Vice President of the Museum of Greek Children's Art.
Eva Stamati - Director of the Museum of Greek Children's Art
Eva Stamati was born in Athens on 12.2.1965. In 1983 she graduated from the Moraitis School, in 1988 she graduated from the Vakalo Art & Design College, while she continued her studies at the London College of Printing from where she graduated in 1989. From 1990-2007 she worked as a freelancer in the field of graphic arts and visual communication. From 2004-2007 she worked in parallel as an assistant professor at Vakalo and as deputy director at the Museum of Greek Children's Art. From March 2010 until today she is the Director of the Museum.
Vasilis Charalambopoulos – Actor
He was born in Aigio and grew up in Byronas, Attica. She graduated from the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory in 1992. Since then, she has participated in many notable theatrical performances, such as: “The Handmaids” and “The Servant of Two Masters” by Carlo Goldoni, “I Just Broke Up” directed by Vasilis Myrianthopoulos, “Cooking with Elvis” by Lee Hall, “Frogs”, “Birds”, “Thesmophoriazuesa”, “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes, “Bacchae” by Euripides, “Mama Don’t Run” by Eleni Randou, “King Lear” by William Shakespeare, “Radio Night” by Niki Silver and “Rainmaker” by Richard Nash directed by Yannis Kakleas. She has starred in many favorite TV series, such as "Crimes", "Ten Little Brothers", "You Are My Match", "Red Circle", "My Name Is Vangelis" and "The 10", for which he even received the Best Supporting Actor award. Finally, in cinema he has participated in the films "E-mail", "PO 20", "Loofa and Variation", "I'm Dying for You", "Bank Bang", "If" and "Five Minutes More", for which he was awarded the Best Supporting Actor award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Finalist
Voting is over. Please visit the website again to find out the winner!
Finalists 1st-3rd Primary School
ANASTASIA KARELA, 2nd place Experimental School of Patras
Finalist 4th-6th Grade
ASTERIOS REYNIK, 2nd Primary School, Litochoro
High School Finalist
KONSTANTINOS VASILIAS, Kompoti High School, Arta
High School Finalist
ELEZI GERALD, 1st General Lyceum of Komotini
