Christos Petridis was born in Limassol, Cyprus 1958 and lived for many years in Athens, Greece.

He used various media including Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, and Installation in his practice. Petridis obtained a BA in Business Administration at the Industrial University of Piraeus, Greece. In 1984, starting off his professional art career, he moved to The Netherlands, subsequently obtaining a BFA degree (with Honours) in Fine Art majoring in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts Minerva (Groningen) in 1988.

Returning to Athens he embarked on his professional journey and established his career in Europe; Over the following years he held numerous Solo exhibitions, internationally (including Greece, Cyprus, The Netherlands, Italy amongst other) as well as contributing to many curated Group exhibitions in Contemporary Art institutions and Museums. His work is held in public and private collections across Europe, the United States, and in the Asia-Pacific region.

Christos Petridis has published numerous catalogues in conjunction with his exhibitions, plus related in-situ projects. He is featured in many high profile Art and Lifestyle magazines and other press.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1984 Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus, Athens, Greece
1988 Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
1989 Themelio Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
1992 A-D Gallery, Athens, Greece
1997 Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
1997 Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
1998 Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens, Greece
1999 Vilka Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
2000 Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2001 Covalenco Gallery, Geldrop, Holland
2002 Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
2003 Nees Morfes Gallery, Athens, Greece
2003 Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2005 Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2008 Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus

Source: The artist's website