KOSTAS SPYROPOULOS 2

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BIOGRAPHY

Kostas Spiropoulos was born and grow up in Patras, Greece. He has graduate from the Medical School of Athens University. Immediately after he travels in the United States of America and in Europe for several years where he studies in Art (Heron Art Institute) and exposes his Art work in Several Galleries, International art Fairs and Biennales in different countries of Europe and North America. For eight (8) years he teached as an Associate Professor in School of Fine Arts of the Ioannina University, the lesson of Artistic Anatomy and he was the author of the book of Artistic Anatomy printed from the University of Ioannina.

He was presented in forty (40) solo Exhibitions and in thirty nine (39) group Exhibitions in Greece and abroad as: in Italy (Florence, Piassenza, Verona, Brindezi, Azolo, Palermo), Austria (Insbrough), Boulgaria (Sofia), U.S.A. (Los Angeles), France (Paris, Louvre Museum), Turkey (Istanbul), Canada (Vancouver), Belgium (Brussels), Czech Republic (Prague, Pilsen), Azerbaijan (Gabala). Also he participated in International Art Fair: in Turkey (Istanbul 2005, 2009), Czech Republic (Prague 2005), Austria (Insbrough 2009), Greece (Athens 2010), Italy (Florence 2006, Verona 2013, Piassenza 2016), Azerbaijan (Gabala 2015), in France (Paris Louvre Museum 2016), Canada (Vancouver 2016) and in International Biennales: in Czech Republic (Pilsen 2006, 2008), Italy (Azolo 2010, Palermo 2013).

His Art profile is presented from Italian Academy of Fine Arts in special volume containing the representatives of Contemporary European Paintings, Issued, 2016. For his Art work have mentioned important Greek and foreigners painters and Art Historians as : Fassianos (Painter), Gabriella Hajkova (Art Historian, Director of International Biennale of Pilsen), Chrisanthos Christou (Academic and Professor of Art History), Stelios Lidakis (Professor of Art History), Barbara Angiolini (Historian of Art), Charis Kambouridis (Historian of Art), Salvatore Autovino (Professor of Art History), Paolo Levi (Historian of Art), Athena Schina (Historian of Art), George Pantis (President of School of Fine Arts of Ioannina University), George Katsagellos (Professor in School of Fine Arts of Thessaloniki University), Nikolaos Zias (Professor in History of Art), Roberto Chiavarin (Member of the Italian Academy of Fine Arts), PolixeneVeleni (Director of Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki), Aglaia Archontidou (Archaheologist, Director of the Ministry of Culture), RuhangizHeydarova (Historian of Art), AntigoniKapsali (Historian of Art of Katsigras Museum) and Dora Illiopoulou – Rogan (Historian of Art), Georgia Georgopoulou (Archaeologist, Msc Cultural Management), Xenia Kaldara (General Director and President of the Institute Michalis Kakogiannis), John Maronitis (Chairman of UNESCO) and others. Several of his Art works are in Greek Museums and Museums of abroad and also in several private collections as in National Gallery Theocharakis Foundation, Archaeological Museum of Patras and Thessaloniki, in The Town Hall of Florence etc.

Two larges constructions of Kostas Spiropoulos are located in the garden of the University of Patras.

Kostas Spiropoulos is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece and professor in Medical School of University of Patras.