Nikos Stratakis (born 1960) is a

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of the contemporary period. He was born in

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. He grew up in

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and he studied at the

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. His professors were

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and

Dimitris Mytaras Dimitris Mytaras ( el, Δημήτρης Μυταράς; 18 June 1934 – 16 February 2017) was a Greek artist who is considered one of the important Greek painters of the 20th century.

(painting) and Vassilis Vassiliadis (

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). As a student he worked as a

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assistant and as a set designer for Greek and foreign film productions. After his graduation, he has been working strictly as a painter, professionally. He lives and works in Athens,

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. His works can be found in the collections of Greek museums, ministries and in notable private collections in Greece and abroad.

Artistic activity

Solo exhibitions

* 1990: “Ora” Gallery. Athens, Greece. * 1990: Gallery in Milies Pilion, Greece. * 1991: Doukissis Plakentias Manor. Athens, Greece. * 1991: “ Epohes” Gallery. Athens, Greece. * 1992: “Ora” Gallery. Athens, Greece. * 1993. “Miranta” Gallery.

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, Greece. * 1993: “Chrysa” Gallery. Katerini, Greece. * 1994: “Anny Balta” Gallery. Thessaloniki, Greece. * 1995
“Athens”(Aithousa Texnis Athinon)
Gallery. Athens, Greece. * 1997
“Chrysa” Gallery
Katerini, Greece. * 2016: "Everlasting Blue" S.G.Art Gallery. Athens. Greece * 2018: "Recent Works
Imperial Hotel and Resort
Corfu, Greece * 2018: "Olive and Culture
The Life Goddess
London, United Kingdom * 2018: "Olive" "Chrysa" Gallery. Katerini, Greece. * From 1999 until 2007 he had been exclusively represented b
“Rarity” Gallery
in

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, Greece.

International Art Fairs

*2019
Art Revolution Taipei

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Group exhibitions

* 1986: Graduates of the

. Heraclion Crete, Greece. * 1992: “Ora” Gallery. Athens, Greece * 1993: “Frissiras Collection”. Byzantine Museum of

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. Greece * 1994: Christmas Cards 1994. Athens Society of Spastics. Athens, Greece. * 1994: “Polyedro” Gallery.

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, Greece. * 1995: “Parataxis- Contradictions”. Vicky Dracos in cooperation with

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. Athens, Greece. * 1995: “Between Humanism and Modern Times”. Campus Arts and Sciences. Iris Kritikou (curator). Athens, Greece. * 1995: “Erotica”. Graduates’ of the Athens School of Fine Arts Association Building. Athens, Greece. * 1995: “Athens” (Aithousa Tehnis Athinon) Gallery. Athens, Greece. * 1996: “Frissiras Collection”.

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. Athens, Greece. * 1996: "10+4=" Municipality of

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Aisxylia
1996 * 1997: “Foci of the gaze”: work of neo- representational artists, Larissa Contemporary Art Centre under the National Cultural Network of Cities and the Ministry of Culture- Municipality of Larissa. Larissa, Greece. * 1997: “Piraeus Street: transformations of an industrial landscape” on the care of the Ministry of Environment and the Municipality of Athens. Athens, Greece. * 1999: Historical and Folklore Museum of Aegina.

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, Greece. * 1999: “Greek Arts and Collections”. Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage
Society for the Preservation of Greek Heritage USA
The exhibition and auction was organized by

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. Athens, Greece. * 1999: “Vaso Batagianni” Gallery.

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, Greece. * 1999: Municipal Gallery of Elefsina, Greece. * 2000: “Rosy Oikonomidou” Gallery. Thessaloniki, Greece. * 2000: “Tins�
Museum of the Greek Infantile Art
. Athens, Greece. * 2000: “Summer 2000”. Aithousa Tehnis Athinon (Athens Gallery). * 2001: “Blue Outremer”.

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(org.). Iris Kritikou (curator). Athens, Greece. * 2002: “Landscape and History in Archipelagos”. Exhibition of the Ministry for the Aegean collection. Athens, Greece. * 2003: “Oikade”- Cretan Artists.

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Centre for Contemporary Art. Rethymnon, Greece. * 2004: “Chrysa” Gallery,

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, Greece. * 2005: “Ten years touring around Greek art”. Gerolymatos collection. Athens, Greece. * 2008: “Art- Life for the Planet”. Auction. Goulandris Museum of Natural History- Gaia Centre. Athens, Greece. * 2008: “Chrysa” Gallery.

, Greece. * 2009: “With Red or White”. Exhibition of George’s Olympios collection of painted wine bottles.

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, Thessaloniki, Greec

* 2009: “Notes on a Tree”.

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. Athens, Greec

* 2009: Inauguration of the Vranas Industrial Museum of Olive Oil and its permanent art collection in Papados, Lesvos Island, Greece. The museum was created by the non- profit society “Archipelagos” with the support of Greek Parliamen

* 2009: “It happened in Athens”. City of Athens Cultural Center. Athens, Greec

] * 2010: “Sweet Summer”
Historical and Folklore Museum of Aegina
Aegina, Greec

http://www.aeginaportal.gr/politismos/zografiki/4016-sweet-summer] * 2010: “Tracing Istanbul�

http://www.tracingistanbul.com/?page_id=723]. Sismanoglio Manor- Theological School of Halki- Gazi, Athens under the Hellenic National Commission of

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and Athens, Greec

. * 2010: “Art in the Farm”.

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, Greece. * 2010: “Three Generations of Greek Painting”. “Chrysa” Gallery, Katerini, Greec

* 2010: “Human Measures”. City of Athens Cultural Center. Athens, Greec

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* 18/6/2011- 2/8/2011: Special Group Exhibition: "Greek Painters of the 19th and 20th century". Regional Gallery of Arta "Yannis Moralis". Works of top 29 Greek artists of the 19th and 20th centur

http://www.visitgreece.gr/portal/site/eot/menuitem.f6461d577e1bafc0ace49610451000a0/?vgnextoid=c7c3a2fd85821310VgnVCM100000010a0a0aRCRD] * 18/11/2011-20/11/2011: Group Exhibition. "Surprise 3". An exhibition for the support of the homeless people of Athens. artAZ, Municipality of Athens. Athens, Greec

http://www.skai.gr/news/culture/article/186408/artazekplhxh/] * Group Exhibition- Ersi Gallery, Athens. "Golden Age", 13/12/2012-12/01/201

http://www.palo.gr/cluster/articles/theatro/574/?clid=6371297] * Group Exhibition- S. G. Gallery, Athens. "Memories", 15/12/2012-19/1/201

* Group Exhibition- Ersi Gallery, Athens, "Marriage", 4/3/2013-30/3/201

http://www.enet.gr/?i=issue.el.home&date=04/03/2013&s=odhgos-gia-ekdhlwseis&c=texnes--politismos] * Group Exhibition- S.G.Art Gallery, Athens. “Memories”. 10/12/2013-18/01/2014 * Group Exhibition- S.G. Art Gallery, Athens. “ A journey with the full moon: from Athens to Andros”. 11/7-27/9/2014 * Group Exhibition- Chrysa Gallery, Katerini. “Eros from experience”. 13/12/2014-14/2/2015 * Group Exhibition- S.G.Art Gallery, Athens. “ The human form in the work of 30 Greek Artists”, 10-27/3/2015 * «Horizons». Scientific Organization « Together for Teen Health». Zappeion Manor 18/3/2017 * «Offer ΙΙ». Municipal Gallery of Agrinio. 3/4 – 4/6/201

* Hommage à Hermann Hesse. Piraeus 1/6/2017, Calw, Germany 8-10/201

* Cultural Center of Mykonos, Mykonos, Greece. 8/201

Main bibliography

* The Dictionary of Greek Artists: painters-sculptors- engravers. 16th- 20th century. Vol. 4. Melissa Publications. Athens. * Foci of the Gaze: an exhibition of work by neo- representational artists. National Cultural Network of Cities. Ministry of Culture, Municipality of Larissa. Larissa, 1997. * Greek arts and Collections
Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and the Cultural Heritage

. Group exhibition and auction catalog. Athens, 1999. * Art Conserva…tive. Orati, Eirini. In “EY” magazine, vol. 4. 10/2000. pp. 54–63 * Landscape and History in Archipelagos. Calendar 2003. Ministry of the Aegean. Athens, 2002. * Oikade: Cretan Artists. Art group exhibition. Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art. Rethymnon, 2003
. * Ten years touring around Greek art. Gerolymatos Group of Companies Publications. Athens, 2004. * Iakhos: the chronicle of cosmopolitan Athens. Hatzifotiou, Zahos. Papadopoulou, Aggeliki (ed.). Fereniki Publications. Athens, 2006. * Painters’ Aegina. Art group exhibition
Mikri Arktos Publications
Athens, 2008
. * Art- life for the planet. Auction.

Goulandris Natural History Museum The Goulandris Museum of Natural History is a museum in Kifisia, a northeastern suburb of Athens, Greece. It was founded by Angelos Goulandris and Niki Goulandris in 1965 in order to promote interest in the natural sciences, to raise the aware ...

. Athens, 2008. * With Red or White, the wine bottles of a particular collection. Desmi Publications. Athens, 2009. * It happened in Athens. Group exhibition. Mikri Arktos Publications. Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Athens. Athens, 2009.
* Brinies 2010. Art in the Farm. Art group exhibition. Kyriakidis Family Publications. Athens, 2010. * Human Measures. Art group exhibition. Mikri Arktos Publications. Athens, 2010

References

External links

Nikos Stratakis' Website
* :el:Νίκος Στρατάκης (ζωγράφος), Nikos Stratakis in Greek Wikipedia
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