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===Painter=== 
Athanasio Celia was born in [[Germany]]. <ref>Greek Newspaper Eleftherotypia | https://archive.org/details/EleftherotypiaFreedomOfThePress</ref> Celia's art exhibitions began in the mid-eighties<ref>Invitation with Exhibition list, Gallery Ohm, Munich 1992 & bibliography about that exhibition | https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaInvitationOfTheGalleryOhmMunich1992ExhibitionList19851991 | https://books.google.gr/books?id=pZ44DgAAQBAJ&pg=PT4&dq=the+medici+conspiracy&hl=el&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil-a-u-6fgAhXQUlAKHQaKAbwQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=ohm&f=false </ref> and he became a “Paris-based painter” (The Guardian) in the nineties.<ref>Greek Newspaper Kyrix | https://archive.org/details/KyrixHerald</ref><ref>Greek Newspaper Eleftherotypia | https://archive.org/details/EleftherotypiaFreedomOfThePress </ref><ref>L’ Officiel des Galeries, Paris 1991 | https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaInTheLOfficielDesGaleriesParis1991</ref><ref>The Rive Droite Programme des Galeries, Paris 1990 | https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaInTheRiveDroiteProgrammeDesGaleriesParis1990</ref><ref>Paris Rive Gauche 1990 | https://archive.org/details/ParisRiveGauche15May15July</ref><ref>Poster & Invitation of Gallery Sculptures, Paris 1990 | https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaPosterOfTheGallerySculpturesParis1990 | https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaInvitationOfTheGallerySculpturesParis1990</ref> In 1991 his gallery in Paris introduced him as the “youngest established artist in Paris”.<ref>Poster & Invitation of Gallery Sculptures, Paris 1991 | https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaPosterOfTheGallerySculpturesParis1991
| https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaInvitationOfTheGallerySculpturesParis1991</ref> And later in the same year followed his exhibition in the “Haus der Kunst” (the Art Museum) in Munich.<ref> Art Museum Munich (Haus der Kunst), 1990 | https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaInvitationOfTheArtMuseumInMunichHausDerKunstPhotosOfTheMuseumPlacard</ref><ref>Invitation with Exhibition list, Gallery Ohm, Munich 1992 & bibliography about that exhibition | https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaInvitationOfTheGalleryOhmMunich1992ExhibitionList19851991 | https://books.google.gr/books?id=pZ44DgAAQBAJ&pg=PT4&dq=the+medici+conspiracy&hl=el&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil-a-u-6fgAhXQUlAKHQaKAbwQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=ohm&f=false</ref> An all-day auction was dedicated to Celia's art<ref>Athanasio Celia Art Catalog in the Museum Library of Cologne | http://193.30.112.134/F/-?func=find-a&local_base=HBZ01&find_code=PGI&request=(DE-588)174193769</ref><ref>Art Catalog of Athanasio Celia in The German National Library | https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=nid%3D174193769</ref> in Germany in 1995.<ref>Weltkunst, Volume 65, 1995 | page 1080 | https://books.google.com/books?id=g5ZHAQAAIAAJ&q=athanasio+celia&dq=athanasio+celia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAg</ref> When he settled for the first time in Greece in 1998, the Greek press welcomed him as founder of the “Verticalism – Safe Art” and as the most expensive Greek artist.<ref>Greek press about Athanasio Celia.  Title of the article: Art by appointment | https://archive.org/details/TaNeaTheNews</ref><ref> Greek press about Athanasio Celia.  Title of the article: Athanasio Celia in Athens | https://archive.org/details/ToOnomaTheName</ref><ref>Greek press about Athanasio Celia.  Title of the article: The uniqueness of the first line | https://archive.org/details/AthinaikiAthenianPress</ref><ref>Greek press about Athanasio Celia.  Title of the article: Celia in Nea Smyrni | https://archive.org/details/TopikiNeaSmirnilocalNewsOfNeaSmyrni</ref><ref>Greek press about Athanasio Celia.  Title of the article: SAFE ART / Pioneering artworks Celia permanently in Athens
| https://archive.org/details/AdesmeftosTyposUnboundPress</ref><ref>Greek press about Athanasio Celia. For the first time in Greece... | https://archive.org/details/ApogevmatiniafternoonNews</ref><ref>Greek press about Athanasio Celia.  Title of the article: Celia in Greece | https://archive.org/details/KalimeraGoodMorning</ref><ref>The Full Wiki | www.thefullwiki.org/Athanasio_Celia</ref> Athanasio Celia was during his entire career also known for his philanthropic efforts.<ref>Greek Newspaper Kyrix | https://archive.org/details/KyrixHerald</ref><ref>Greek Newspaper Eleftherotypia | https://archive.org/details/EleftherotypiaFreedomOfThePress</ref><ref>Invitation with Exhibition list, Gallery Ohm, Munich 1992 & bibliography about that exhibition | https://archive.org/details/AthanasioCeliaInvitationOfTheGalleryOhmMunich1992ExhibitionList19851991 | https://books.google.gr/books?id=pZ44DgAAQBAJ&pg=PT4&dq=the+medici+conspiracy&hl=el&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwil-a-u-6fgAhXQUlAKHQaKAbwQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=ohm&f=false</ref><ref> Invitation of International Exhibition - Opening Speech “Laudatio”  by the founder of “Verticalismus” Athanasio Celia (Part of the financial incomes went to “Cerebral Palsy Greece” https://www.eps-ath.gr/en/)  & Greek Press – Zougla.gr –  about the event “Tio Ilar 3 - An art exhibition for charity” (Zougla.gr – opening speech Athanasio Celia, video sequences 12’ 32’’ - 18’ 53’’)| https://archive.org/details/InvitationOfInternationalExhibitionOpeningSpeechLaudatioAthanasioCelia | https://www.zougla.gr/politismos/article/tio-ilar-3-mia-ek8esi-gia-filan8ropiko-skopo </ref>