Stavrou Vasilis

Studies Personal exhibitions (national or international) / Artwork Group exhibitions (national or international) / Performances / Concerts Other activities Other information

Year of birth:

1951

Place of birth:

Kato Athamanio, Arta

Studies

In 1969, he gets admitted to the preparatory department of the School of Fine Arts, where he learns painting and drawing under Professor N. Nikolaou and L. Kanakakis.

At the same time, he meets his fellow painter and teacher Y. Moralis, who was very interested in his work. He continues his studies on engraving by K. Grammatopoulos, with a scholarship from the Hellenic Scholarship Foundation.

Personal exhibitions (national or international) / Artwork

1991: Gallery “Chrysothemis”, Athens

2001: Gallery “Skoufas”, Arta

2003: Gallery “Eikastikos Kyklos”, Athens, (solo exhibition)

Cultural Centre of Ioannina

2006: Cultural Centre of Perdika, Prefecture of Thesprotia

2007: Gallery “Eikastikos Kyklos”, Athens

Group exhibitions (national or international) / Performances / Concerts

1972: Gallery “Art”, Thessaloniki

1986: Engraving µiennale, Fredrikstand, Norway

1987: Panhellenic exhibition, Organization of the Port of Piraeus

1993: 1^st International Graphic biennale, Maastricht, Holland

1994: Engraving Ζriennale, Chamelieres, France

1997: Epirote artists, Zappeio Megaro, Athens

2000: Engraving exhibition, Pieridis Art Gallery, Athens

Exhibition, Epirote artists, Ianos, Athens

Other activities

Hagiography

Music

Photography

Other information

In 1977, he studied a new type of engraving, the artistic silkscreen (serigraphie). Together with the artist Ap. Pirounidis, he opened up a workshop, which remained open until 1993. He collaborated with famous artists, like Gikas, Tsarouchis, Nikolaou, Moralis, Spyropoulos, Kessanlis, Tetsis, etc. The last 15 years, he has been studying modern photography techniques for his painting. The colours, the light and the water are the dominant features in his recent work.