Kyriakos Katzourakis
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Kyriakos Katzourakis (Greek: Κυριάκος Κατζουράκης 1944, Athens - 22 October 2021) was a painter, scenographer and writer. In 1968 he was awarded the Partheni painting prize. He was born in Athens in 1944. At the age of six he was orphaned by his mother and because his father was politically persecuted, he was placed in an orphanage. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts with teacher G. Moralis and scenography at the workshop of V. Vassiliadis. He continued his studies in London at St Martin's School of Art and Croydon School of Art where he studied printmaking and screen printing. During his stay in England he studied the work of Theophilos, Tsarouhis and Kontoglou. From 1972 to 1985 he lived and worked in England. In 1979 he represented Greece at the Sao Paulo Biennale and in 1980 at the 11th Paris Biennale. His painting is anthropocentric and connects Greek history with con…
