Katzourakis Kiriakos

Kyriakos Katzourakis was born in Athens in 1944. He studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts with Giannis Moralis and set design with Vassilis Vassiliadis (1963-1968). In 1966 he presented his first solo exhibition at the Kerea Gallery (Athens) and in 1969 he won the Parthenis Award for his painting. From 1972 to 1986 he lived in London and did postgraduate studies in engraving (1973-1975: St. Martins School of Art and Croydon College of Art).

His painting is anthropocentric, with elements of critical realism that aim to awaken the viewer's consciousness. In some periods of his work, conscious references to artistic elements of "Greekness" are found, with influences from Tsarouchis, Kontoglou or Theofilos.

In his most recent works, he adopts a personal style with strong expressionist elements and creates large-scale works with complex images, while he begins to combine painting with theater, music and literature, while developing an important writing activity.

In 1979 Kyriakos Katzourakis represented Greece at the Sao Paulo Biennale and in 1980 at the 11th Paris Biennale, in 1982 at the Europalia (Antwerp), in the exhibition "Peinture Grecque 1968-1988" (Brussels 1988) etc. In 2013 the Benaki Museum organized its retrospective exhibition. His works are in public and private collections in Greece and abroad.