Psychopedis Jannis
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 Art. During the ‘60s he was 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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Selection of works
Untitled, 2018, Mixed media, 40x30 cm
Hermes Psychopod I, mixed media, 40x33 cm
Portrait, G.CH., 2015, acrylics on canvas, 100x100 cm
Of the Aphanon. 2004-2009, Compositions with painted polaroids, 105x89 cm
SoloExhibitions
“Fragile Paintings, 1993-2003”, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
"Yiannis Psychopedis ", Zoumboulakis Galleries, ATHENS
“Threat Assessment”, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece
GroupExhibitions
“City of the Games. A journey to contemporary Greek Painting, Technopolis, Municipality of Athens, Greece
“Contemporary Greek Artists”, Pierides Gallery, Athens, Greece
“Contemporary Greek Art, Three generations”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
“Images from the sea”, Pierides Gallery, Athens, Greece
“Focalisations du regard”, during the Greek Presidency of the E.U., Brussels.