Jannis Psychopedis was born in Athens in 1945.

He received a scholarship to study Engraving in the Athens School of Fine Arts (1963-1968) and then completed a postgraduate degree in Painting (1970-1976) in the Munich Academy of Fine Arts with a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). After completing his degree, he continued living in Germany as a guest of the City of W. Berlin Cultural Programme.

In 1994, he was elected professor of the Athens School of Fine Arts. During the ‘60s, he was a member of the “A” Artistic Team in Athens and the visual arts team of the magazine “Epitheorisi Technis”. He was also a founding member of the “Young Greek Realists” group (1971-1973) and the Visual Arts Centre (1974-1976).

Since 1966, he has been showing his work in solo and group exhibitions in the main European capitals, in the USA and Japan.

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