Panayiotis Terzis (born Thessaloniki, Greece, lives and works in New York
City) is an artist, printer and publisher. Born in Greece and relocated to
the United States at an early age, he is a citizen of both nations but
knows that his corporeal vessel belongs to the universe. His work has been
published by
Nieves,
Fantagraphics,
Landfill Editions,
Vice Magazine,
and other platforms, and has been exhibited widely across the US and
globally including at the Elizabeth Foundation, Printed Matter Inc., the
Swiss Institute, the Pera Museum (Istanbul), Andreas Melas Presents
(Athens, Greece) and the Greek Consulate in New York. He has worked as an
illustrator and textile designer with brands and labels such as American
Apparel, Digitaria, Lurid Records, and others. Terzis is also the founder
of the Risograph publishing platform Mega Press. His artist books, zines
and print editions are held in the permanent collection of the MoMA
Library, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library and the
collection of Stanford University among others. He teaches printmaking and
Risograph printing at the School of Visual Arts and Parsons in New York
City, and is a co-founder of the SVA RisoLAB.
