Panos Charalambous (b. 1956, Xiromero, Akarnania) studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts under Nikos Kessanlis, a workshop-hub for young artists in the post-dictatorship era, open to artistic research and radical ideas. In his work, he transforms aspects of a vanishing rural life in his place of origin, into material-intellectual "landscapes," through installations, sound actions, and wall-mounted works. He composes a contemporary land art that stems from embodied experiences. He transmutes archival material and merges personal with collective memory. He highlights the significance of the European South and explores notions of locality through a socio-anthropological lens, thereby creating dynamics between past and present ways of living. Charalambous has participated in exhibitions internationally, including: 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2019); documenta 14, Athens and Kassel (2017); White House Biennial, Varna (2016); eidos, Besançon (2014); Break-Through, Madrid (2004); Cultural Capital of Europe, Copenhagen (1996); and Kunst-Europa, Berlin (1991). Solo shows in Greece include: AMVRAKIA MIA (2024), Aquis Submersus (2014-15); Tobacco Area 1986-2011 (2011); Voice-O-Graph (2006-07). In 2015 he was awarded by the Association of Art Critics - AICA HELLAS for the exhibition AQUIS SUBMERSUS. He was elected professor emeritus in Athens School of Fine Arts where he taught for thirty years and served as Rector during the period 2014-2019. His works are held in collection in Greece and abroad, including: MOMus, National Gallery of Greece, Contemporary Art Museum of Crete, and FRAC, Dijon, France. He lives and works in Athens.