Charis Tsevis Explained

Charis Tsevis
Birth Date:8 May 1967
Birth Place:Athens, Greece
Nationality:Greek
Known For:Photomosaic, Digital illustration, Digital art, Computer illustration
Style:Digital mosaics
Movement:Neofuturism

Charis Tsevis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Χαράλαμπος Τσέβης or Χάρης Τσέβης [xaris t͡sevis] born 8 May 1967) is a Greek visual designer, illustrator and art director.

Charis Tsevis studied visual design and advertising in Athens, Greece and Milan, Italy and his is mainly known for his work in digital mosaics, high complexity illustrations and neo-futuristic compositions.[1] He is collaborating with the major media and the multinational advertising agencies creating illustration and digital art for global campaigns, political and sports events.He is particularly known for his mosaic portraits[2] [3] [4] for Steve Jobs,[5] Barack Obama[6] and for his artwork for the USA House in the Rio Olympics,[7] the Delta Air Lines Sky Club SFO mosaic[8] and the Yahoo coverage of the London Olympics.[9]

Early life and education

Born in Athens in 1967, Charis Tsevis has always been obsessed with visual arts. He was especially obsessed with magazines. He was creating his own magazines since the age of 5, that he was selling to his family.[10] In the same age, he discovered his love for complexity. He often narrates in interviews that his myopia led him to pay special attention to complexity as he had to move his eyes very close to objects. Trying to see better he has experimented with big zoom outs using photographic equipment and he fell in love with the complex systems hidden in surfaces.[11] He attended a Greek-German elementary school, a Greek-French high school and he has been accepted in the University of Athens majoring German Language and Literature. Parallel to his University studies Charis Tsevis frequented a Greek-German college of Graphic Design and Advertising in Athens called Deutsche Höhere Lehranstalt für Grafik und Werbung Athen. After receiving his Diploma from this college, accredited by the Akademie für das Graphische Gewerbe München, Tsevis flew to Milan when he frequented the Visual Design course and the Master in Visual Design course at the Scuola Politecnica di Design, a school with a long and strong relationship with Gestalt psychology. Charis Tsevis acknowledges that he has found in Gestalt the solid ground on which he could base his artwork.[12] [13]

1990s - 2000s: Graphic design, education and publications

Returning in Athens after Milan Charis Tsevis works initially for “Ta Nea Ton Grafikon Techno” (Graphic Art News) a monthly publication that had a big influence on the Greek design scene. He left the magazine in 1997 and found his own studio serving Greek clients especially books publishers and media houses.Charis Tsevis was also dedicating a good part of his life in education. He started teaching in Intergraphics College of Computer Graphics in Athens in 1995 and he presented seminars in the Panteion University of Athens for Gestalt psychology and design. In 1996 he has been accepted as a full-time professor at AKTO College, the biggest private art institute in Greece. At AKTO Charis Tsevis stayed for 18 years teaching Editorial design and typography. For 3 years he served as the vice head of the Graphic Design department.Parallel to his academic career Charis Tsevis became known in Greece for his frequent publication in the major design magazines of his country. He has written articles for DeltaD/+Design and Publish magazines in the design market and he held a monthly presence for 10 years in RAM magazine (best selling Greek computer publication of that time) where he was writing about computer history and cyberculture[14]

2000s - Present: The mosaics

Tsevis is experimenting with digital mosaics since the early 90s. It was the influence of cyberculture with genres like ASCII Art, ANSI/Pixel Art and text art that influenced him as well as the teachings of Gestalt psychology and especially the influence of it on Op Art and Illusive art. Charis used the theories of Perspective Space by Nino Di Salvatore, founder of the Scuola Politecnica of Design, in mosaics.[15] He had the innovative idea of introducing variable sizes in digital mosaics in order to give a more three-dimensional atmosphere in them. Instead of basing the mosaic in a rectangular grid with same sized tesserae his mosaics are using small images where the subject of the mosaic needs more detail and bigger images where no detail is needed. For instance, in a portrait, Charis Tsevis was the first using very small sizes for the characteristics like the eyes, the lips or the nose and bigger ones for the chicks or the neck.[16] Tsevis combined the work in digital mosaics with the studies in computer history and created a series of mosaic artworks showing some of the biggest names of the IT world. Especially his series of Steve Jobs mosaic portraits gave him world recognition after the use of his work from Fortune magazine[17] in 2009. The mosaic portrait that has illustrated an article in that magazine have been republished in hundreds of world media and became a viral success the late 2000s and gave him world fame especially after Steve Jobs’ death in 2011.[18] Charis Tsevis continued evolving his techniques and to do so he used influences from ethnic traditions and folklore. Today Charis Tsevis lives in Paphos, Cyprus and focuses more on fine art.

Major projects

Talks and exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Neo Futuristic Vectors - Graphic Inspiration. www.wgsn.com.
  2. Web site: The Mesmerizing Digital Artwork and Complex Mosaic Portraits of Charis Tsevis. www.awwwards.com. en.
  3. Web site: Meticulous Mosaic Portraits That Evoke Admiration Naldz Graphics. Naldz Graphics. 6 November 2013.
  4. Web site: Charis Tsevis Creates Zuckerberg Mosaic For Wired Magazine.
  5. Web site: Honoring Steve Jobs through art - CNN Video.
  6. Web site: Beautiful Mosaic Illustrations of Barack Obama By Tsevis – Photoshop Website – Tutorials,Brushes & more... www.photoshopwebsite.com.
  7. Web site: charis tsevis' mosaic murals at the rio olympics USA house. designboom architecture & design magazine. 11 August 2016.
  8. Web site: New Delta Sky Club at San Francisco Sets Customer Experience Standard. pro.delta.com.
  9. Web site: London 2012 Olympic Illustrations by Charis Tsevis • Design Father. Design Father. 31 July 2012.
  10. Web site: October Velora Newsletter. www.velorastudios.com.
  11. Web site: "People as a part of nature and nature as part of people" - Charis Tsevis - interview.
  12. Web site: Colors of Basketball by Charis Tsevis (7 total). My Modern Met. 16 September 2010.
  13. Web site: Charis Tsevis - LoveGreece.com. LoveGreece.com. 3 February 2016.
  14. Web site: Showcase of Inspiration Graphic Designer Charis Tsevis Design Juices. www.designjuices.co.uk.
  15. Web site: Artist. Indo Australian Pop Street. indopendent.blogger.com: Charis Tsevis' Behance.. indopendent.blogger.com. 13 December 2011.
  16. Web site: Charis Tsevis: The Greek Mastermind Behind The Iconic Steve Jobs Mosaics GreekReporter.com. greece.greekreporter.com. 9 October 2011.
  17. Web site: The Decade of Steve Jobs (Fortune, 2009). Fortune. en.
  18. Web site: Honoring Steve Jobs through art - CNN Video.
  19. Web site: Steve Jobs art: fans, artists and designers pay tribute to the Apple co-founder. 7 October 2011.
  20. Web site: The Designer Behind Those Stunning Apple Mosaic Portraits [Interview] Cult of Mac]. Cult of Mac. 13 November 2010.
  21. Web site: Apple byte.
  22. Web site: RetroMacCast: Episode 62: Mosaics by Charis Tsevis. retromaccast.libsyn.com. en.
  23. Web site: Charis Tsevis: The Greek Mastermind Behind The Iconic Steve Jobs Mosaics GreekReporter.com. greece.greekreporter.com. 9 October 2011.
  24. Web site: How Steve Jobs became the Gutenberg of our times. Typeroom.eu. en.
  25. Web site: Charis Tsevis EMPTY KINGDOM. www.emptykingdom.com. 2018-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180311055608/http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/charis-tsevis/. 2018-03-11. dead.
  26. Web site: Charis Tsevis in the News. Studio Artist News.
  27. Web site: Steve Jobs/Apple mosaic guru Charis Tsevis talks about his love of Apple  Edible Apple. www.edibleapple.com.
  28. Web site: Beautiful Mosaic Illustrations of Barack Obama By Tsevis – Photoshop Website – Tutorials,Brushes & more... www.photoshopwebsite.com.
  29. Web site: Obama Portrait Project. obamaportraitproject.us. en.
  30. Web site: Figurative Art: Here's a Portrait of President Obama Using Numbers. Observer. 9 December 2016.
  31. Web site: Amazing Obama Illustrations by Tsevis. abduzeedo.com. en.
  32. Web site: IKEA: Long Live Diversity – European Design. europeandesign.org.
  33. Web site: IKEA Long Live Diversity - The Inspiration Room. The Inspiration Room. 10 December 2008.
  34. Web site: IKEA: Long Live Diversity on Pantone Canvas Gallery. canvas.pantone.com.
  35. Web site: Charis Tsevis BARBOUR DESIGN. barbourdesign.wordpress.com. en.
  36. Web site: [IKEA: Long Live Diversity]…Illustration by Charis Tsevis]. SparkleShock. 26 October 2010.
  37. Web site: Charis Tsevis - Toyota NASCAR Racing 2009. tsevis.com.
  38. Web site: London 2012 Olympic Illustrations by Charis Tsevis • Design Father. Design Father. 31 July 2012.
  39. Web site: CHARIS TSEVIS CREATES ILLUSTRATIONS FOR YAHOO! LONDON 2012 GAMES COVERAGE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN Archisearch. Archisearch. 30 July 2012.
  40. Web site: Olympic 2012 Fractured Illustrations - Charis Tsevis Patternbank. Patternbank. 8 August 2012. 7 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160824230156/http://blog.patternbank.com/olympic-2012-fractured-illustrations-charis-tsevis/. 24 August 2016. dead.
  41. Web site: Charis Tsevis: London Olympics 2012. en.
  42. Web site: London 2012 Olympic illustrations Charis Tsevis - Arch2O.com. Arch2O.com. 30 July 2012.
  43. Web site: Check Out Flickr's New "Neo-Futuristic" Default Avatars. PetaPixel. 24 May 2013.
  44. Web site: Koelsch. Chris. Flickr Avatar Animation. 28 May 2013.
  45. Web site: Flickr Updates Branding with New Camera Illustrations. pastemagazine.com. en.
  46. Web site: Flickr's new camera icons are picture-perfect. Creative Bloq. 28 May 2013. en.
  47. Web site: Charis Tsevis :: Avatars for The New Flickr -. 28 May 2013.
  48. Web site: Sport Legend Mosaics : Charis Tsevis. TrendHunter.com.
  49. Web site: Charis Tsevis - Gatorade. www.neofundi.com. en.
  50. Web site: Geometric Mosaics of the World's Best Athletes. My Modern Met. 15 December 2011.
  51. Web site: Gatorade BARBOUR DESIGN. barbourdesign.wordpress.com. en.
  52. Web site: New Delta Sky Club at San Francisco Sets Customer Experience Standard. pro.delta.com.
  53. Web site: Delta's New Sky Club at San Francisco International Airport – Review Frequent Business Traveler. www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com.
  54. Web site: Qrator - The Marketplace for Art and Design. qrator.com.
  55. Web site: World Cup: Proctor & Gamble's Head & Shoulders gets in on the action. Advertising Is Good For You. 2018-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20171202052243/http://pzrservices.typepad.com/advertisingisgoodforyou/2014/06/world-cup-proctor-gambles-head-shoulders-gets-in-on-the-action.html. 2017-12-02. dead.
  56. Web site: charis tsevis' mosaic murals at the rio olympics USA house. designboom architecture & design magazine. 11 August 2016.
  57. Web site: Charis Tsevis creates mosaic murals for the USA House in Rio 2016 Summer Olympics - LoveGreece.com. LoveGreece.com. 11 August 2016.
  58. Web site: Elliott. Stuart. A Times Sq. Ad for Greek Tourism, Financed by a 'Crowd'. Media Decoder Blog. 23 March 2012. en.
  59. Web site: Greece Welcomed Today In Piccadilly Circus, London - GTP Headlines. news.gtp.gr. 31 January 2013.
  60. Web site: Piccadilly Circus welcomes UP Greek Tourism - Embassy News. www.mfa.gr. en.
  61. Web site: Join us in Greece: the UP Greek Tourism campaign generates An advertising campaign started in Times Square, New York, inviting Americans to visit Greece.
  62. Web site: THE UP GREEK TOURISM CAMPAIGN Archisearch. Archisearch. 24 March 2012.
  63. Web site: "Up Greek Tourism" Posts Crowd-Funded Billboard in Times Square, New York, Inviting Americans to Visit Greece. 23 March 2012. en.
  64. Web site: Crowdfunded Times Square Greek Billboard Comes to Life; Sparks Hope USA.GreekReporter.com. USA.GreekReporter.com. 23 March 2012.
  65. Web site: TEDxAthens 2011 - December 3rd, 2011 – Charis Tsevis. TEDxAthens 2011.
  66. Web site: TEDxUniversityofPiraeus TED. www.ted.com. en.
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