Special Information for the Artist
Rokos was born in Ioannina in May of 1945 and his origin is from Metsovo. He is a Sculptor - Professor and Head of the Department for the Preservation of Antiquities and work of arts, of A’TEI where he organized the first studio of Plastering. He took his first painting lessons at the studio of Sarafianos-Vlachopoulos.
1965: He is the first student to be admitted at Athens School of fine Arts, where, subsidized with an I.K.Y. scholarship, he studies sculpture under Giannis Pappas and plastering-copper casting with Nikos Kerlis.
1972: Granted a scholarship of Athens Academy (bequest of Our. Konstandinidi and as examiners Antonis Sochos and Michalis Tompros) he finishes his post-graduate studies at the ECOLE DES BEAUX ARTS, where he works with Koulentianos and Cesar, and lithography under Dayez until 1976.
1981-1983: He teaches drawing in VACALO College
He is founding member of the ‘ART AND PHILOSOPHY’ of the Association for the Music of Ancient Greek Drama ‘KOMMOS’, member of E.E.T.E and a member of the HELLENIC ASSOCIATION OF SCULPTORS.
AWARDS – HONOURS
1971: B’ Prize in the competition of Polytechnic School for the monument of Philhellenes in Peta, Arta.
1981: A’ Sculpture Prize of the Foundation of Letters and Arts.
1984: A’ Sculpture Prize of EETE, National Botanical Garden of Athens.
1985: B’ Prize for the monument of National Resistance, Nea Ionia, Volos.
1987: A’ Prize of Sculpture, Competition of the Municipality of Athens (the sculpture was not positioned).
1988: Monument Prize of E.M.P. Polytechnoupolis.
1993: Hi work is honoured by the Greek Panepirotic Confederation.
2001: Honourable distinction for the work "Mother with many children", Pancypriot Organisation of Large Families, Lemessos, Cyprus.
2004: A’ Prize for the bust “G. PAPANIKOLAOU”, Municipality of Athens
2007: Prize “Vangjush MIO”, Korca-ALBANIA
2008: B’ Prize for the VELLIOS’S bust, Municipality of Athens
2009: B’ Prize of Sculpture, Municipality of Thessalonik
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
1972 Athens, Gallery "NEES MORFES"
1972 Thessaloniki, Gallery "ZM"
1976 Athens, Gallery "POLYPLANO" (embroidery and boxes)
1978 Athens, Gallery "NEES MORFES"
1978 Thessaloniki, Art Gallery "PANSELINOS"
1979 Athens, «RETROSPECTIVE", Athens College
1984 Glyfada, Art Gallery "AIXONI"
1985 Monemvasia, Gallery "KAMARA"
1985 Athens, «ATHENS ART GALLERY"
1986 Berlin, Gallery "MUTER FURAGE"
1987 Heraklio, Art Gallery "ARIADNI"
1988 Athens, Art Gallery "AGATHI"
1990 Saint Brieux, Tawn Hall France
1991 Athens, "ATHENS ART GALLERY"
1992 Nicosia, Art Gallery "ARGO"
1993 Ioannina, Town Hall auditorium
1993 Athens, Art Gallery "AGATHI"
1995 Thessaloniki, Triple exhibition, - FRENCH Institute, - "TERRACOTA" GOETHE Institute
1995 Athens, ATHENS ART GALLERY
1996 Athens, "AGATHI"
1997 Lamia, Theatre Art Gallery
1998 Athens, Art Gallery "YAKINTHOS"
1998 Ioannina, Art Gallery "AMYMONI"
1998 Glyfada, Art Gallery "EKFRASI"
2002 Athens, Art Gallery "EKFRASI, Gianna Grammatopoulou"
2005 Athens, Art Gallery "EKFRASI”
2005 Ioannina, Art Gallery “AMYMONI”
2007 Katerini, Art Gallery “CHRYSA”
2007 Glyfada, Art Gallery “PERIPLANISi”
2008 Athens, Art Gallery "EKFRASI”
2008 Ioannina, Retrospective exhibition Z.P.A.
2009 Kaminia Retrospective exhibition, MULTICALTURAL CENTER APOLLO-
2010 Metsobo, Museum E.AVEROF, METSOBO
2010 Levidi-Arcadia, ’Rokos-Sarelakou’ DRYADES Museum
Since 1965 he has participated in a number of group exhibitions in Greece.
His works are exhibited in the National Art Gallery, the Art Gallery in Metsovo, A.Viannos-Crete, Grigoraki, Ioannina, in "Vorres Museum", "Pieridis Museum", in the National Bank, in the Ministry of Culture, in places in: Athens (Ermou),Piraeus (Kaminia) Metsovo, Ioannina, Thessaloniki, Tripoli, Lake of Evia, Karditsa, Amaliada, Katerini, Anoixi-Attikis, Dionyssos-Attikis, Heraklion, Agia Paraskevi, Kalamata, Chios-Volissos, Naxos-Abrami, Patmos,Eressos-Lesbos, Saint-Brieux (France), Vâto(Sweden), Orse(Sweden), Riga (Letonia), Lemessos-Cyprus, Heidelberg (Germany), Lultzhausen( Luxemburg), Athens Agricultural University, Amira(Crete), A’Cemetery of Athens, Paros , Poli Hrissohous (Cyprus) , HSBC Bank (Athens), Athens T.E.I., Town Hall of Aghia Varvara in Athens and in private collections in Greece and abroad.
