Semitekolo Grigoris

He studied under Panos Sarafianos and Yannis Moralis. He exhibited for the first time in 1962 at the University of Munich and since then has presented his works in solo (Nees Morfes, 1974, 1983, 1987, 1993, 1999) and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Painting, performances and happenings are all part of the artist’s creative work and he has also participated as an actor in performances of modern music; he has added music to painting exhibitions and presented his own work supplemented with sound and motion. Meeting the composer Yannis Christou and working with him has exercised a definitive influence. In 1981 he became involved with stage design for the first time. One of the founding members of the Center for the Visual Arts he has been active in its events.

In his work elements of reality are reshaped into new and original painted forms through the action of the imagination or the unconscious.