GIORGOS TSAKIRIS

Description

Dedicated to

George Tsakiris

In his paintings and engravings until 1980, the influence he received from the painting of Francis Bacon is evident, while numbers and mathematical symbols, elements of Greek and Latin writing, which form words and phrases, are incorporated in the compositions. Gradually the surfaces lose their conventional square or rectangular shape.

Concise Curriculum Vitae
George Tsakiris was born in Giannitsa in 1955. He is a professor at the 3rd Painting Laboratory of AUTh ASK with the subject: Painting.
At first he studied electronics. From 1976, however, he devoted himself to art. He studied at the School of Fine Arts of Florence (1977-81), where he was taught painting and engraving. Upon his return to Greece (1983) he moved between Athens and Thessaloniki, maintaining a workshop at the foot of Mount Paikos. His assets include more than sixteen solo exhibitions in Greece and Italy, while his participation in group exhibitions in Greece and abroad exceeds twenty-five. Among others, he participated in the European Polydidalos (1993) in Chania, in the XIX Biennale of Alexandria in 1997, in Athens by art (2004) etc. The artist received several awards: he won the Santa Croce Special Painting Prize in Florence in 1987 and 1982, as well as the First Vilamania Engraving Prize in 1981.