Special Information for the Artist
He was born in Piraeus in 1940. He studied hagiography and engraving at the School of Fine Arts (1959-1964), with teacher K. Grammatopoulos, and he continued the engraving studies in the Slade School of Fine Art of London, close to A. Gross and B. Dos Santos, with scholarship (1970-1973) and in Tamarind Institute of Lithography of New Mexico, USA, with scholarship of institution Ford (1976). Up to 1974 he deals with engraving, and creates surrealistic compositions of enigmatic character. Since 1974 he focused on oil painting. His painting is distinguished for its realistic precision but also for the exploitation of hallucination that causes the optical illusion, as well as stylistic and paintings of subjects of Rebirth and Baroque. His work is characterized of the absence of human form and the allusive atmosphere. After directing installation, his work acquires symbolic importance.
Solo exhibitions
1974, 1978, 1983, 1989: Zoumpoulaki
1985, 1987: Joy Tash, Phoenix, Arizona
1993: Espace Kreonidis
1994: Pieridi Art gallery
1995: Ermoupoli, Syros
Group exhibitions
Engraving
1968: Mostra Internazionale I Bianco e nero, Lugano
Biennale Alexandria
1972: Biennale Bradford
1973: Young Artists '73, N. York
International Exhibition of Woodcut, Milan
1974: Engraving Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway of Painting
1985: Memories-reformation, National Gallery
1992: Art Chicago, USA
In 1982 he made a mural of length of 45 m. for the hotel “Athenaeum Intercontinental”. His work can be found in the National Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art of N. York,the Institute of Contemporary Graphics of Tate Gallery of London, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
