Basic Info
- Illustrator / Street Artist
- Nestoras Kechagias
- Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
- URL: www.inva.gr
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INVA, stands as the nickname of Nestoras Kechagias, a graffiti character artist since 1999, living and working in the city of Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
He competed in several graffiti jams and self initiative activities outside the Greek borders such as England, Germany, Netherlands, Croatia, Bulgaria and Czech Republic.
In 2008 he was the winner of the 3-days International Conceptual Graffiti Contest "Color Your Life" took part in Volos, Greece, among 72 artists.
A few months later, celebrating his 10th year into the graffiti scene, Arthouse gallery bar and Zoltan Tribe, hosts his first personal exhibition, exposing photos from his eradicate journey and selected canvases.
Today he is one of the two Creative Directors in the "Unusual Ceative Group", in Thessaloniki, and he has been awarded in the Greek design and illustration awards (EVGE)
as Young Designer of the Year.
He aims to blend Graffiti with Graphic Design and Commercial Communication, in order to promote this form of art and make it more acceptable in the common eye. As a matter of fact, clients such as Cosmote, Thessaloniki Concert Hall and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, have already endorsed this kind of approach in a creative project.
He competed in several graffiti jams and self initiative activities outside the Greek borders such as England, Germany, Netherlands, Croatia, Bulgaria and Czech Republic.
In 2008 he was the winner of the 3-days International Conceptual Graffiti Contest "Color Your Life" took part in Volos, Greece, among 72 artists.
A few months later, celebrating his 10th year into the graffiti scene, Arthouse gallery bar and Zoltan Tribe, hosts his first personal exhibition, exposing photos from his eradicate journey and selected canvases.
Today he is one of the two Creative Directors in the "Unusual Ceative Group", in Thessaloniki, and he has been awarded in the Greek design and illustration awards (EVGE)
as Young Designer of the Year.
He aims to blend Graffiti with Graphic Design and Commercial Communication, in order to promote this form of art and make it more acceptable in the common eye. As a matter of fact, clients such as Cosmote, Thessaloniki Concert Hall and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, have already endorsed this kind of approach in a creative project.
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- Member Since: 05/13/2011
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