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Γεννήθηκε στα Τρίκαλα Θεσσαλίας το 1930. Σπούδασε
ζωγραφική στην ΑΣΚΤ (1951 - 1955). Με υποτροφία του ΙΚΥ
σπουδάζει φρέσκο στο Παρίσι. Ταξίδευσε σε πολλές
ευρωπαϊκές χώρες, στις ΗΠΑ και Καναδά. Παρουσίασε το
έργο σε πολλές ατομικές και ομαδικές εκθέσειςστο
εξωτερικό. Έλαβε μέρος σε Πανελλήνιες και σημαντικές
Μπιενάλε. Έργα του βρίσκονται στην ΕΠΜΑΣ, στις Π.Δ.
Ρόδου, Καλαμάτας, στη Συλ. ΜΙΕΤ κ.α. |
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He was
born on 9 December of 1930, in Trikala, Thessaly. After
brief studies at Panteion University (1948-1950) entered
the School of Fine Arts in Athens (1951), gets a diploma
(1955) and a scholarship from the Scholarship Foundation
(1957) studying Fresco at the School of Fine Arts in
Paris.
In Paris he stays until 1963. While traveling in
Belgium, Holland, Spain, Italy, England. Later, he made
several trips to Venice, to Basle, in Kassel, Brussels,
Berlin, watching the big international exhibitions. In
1973 he left for New York with a Scholarship of the Ford
Foundation. There, he worked for two years and made
trips to Washington, Boston, Florida and Canada. In
Greece participates actively in the effort to create a
climate of contemporary art with television appearances
and numerous interviews to newspapers and magazines.
Also founded with other artists the group "Intersection"
(1963) and the Association of Artists (1976).
He is also the organization's first conference of Greek
Artists Fine Arts (1963), the symposium with theme:
Foundation Museum of Contemporary Art in Greece (1977),
and the symposium with theme: Contemporary Art and
Tradition (1981).
From 1955 up today, has taken part in many group
exhibitions in major capitals of Europe and America and
in 1984 he represented Greece at the Biennale of Venice.
He made 40 solo exhibitions.
Source: Nikias |