Academic Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher
itsoumas@uniwa.gr
Dr. Johannis Tsoumas was born in Piraeus, Greece and had a wide range of studies in the areas of Art and Design. He studied 3D Design (bias ceramics) at Harrow College of Higher Education and Middlesex Polytechnic (BTEC Higher National Diploma / B.A (Hons), 1989), M.A.(History of Design) at Middlesex University, London, England (1993). He has obtained his Ph.D in the History of Art from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2002) and has participated in several national and international conferences with particular emphasis on the 19th century art and design history. He has many publications in both Greek and international scientific journals and is the author of five books on design and culture (The History of Decorative Arts and Architecture in Europe and America (1760-1914) (Athens: ION Publications, 2005), The Emergence of Plastics Culture in Greece (1950-1970) (Athens: ION Publications, 2007), Women in Greek advertisements in the 1960s (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019), Japan and the West: mutual influences in applied arts (1540-1960)-Seven Essays, (Paris: Éditions Universitaires Européennes, 2019), and Greek Interwar Art and Design (1922-1939): An Overview (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023). He currently works at the University of West Attica as an Art and Design Historian. Areas of research interests: nineteenth century design, art and decorative arts history, Japonisme, twentieth century European popular, visual and material culture.
Postdoctoral research title: “Plastic products for personal and household use as factors shaping the consumption culture concept in Greece, 1970-1990”
Supervisor Professor: Dr. Zoi Georgiadou