SOTIRIS THERIANOS

(Greece, Lefkas Island b. 1955 )

Sotiris Therianos was born on 16 November 1955 in Lefkas Island, Greece. He studied art, design and decoration at Sivitanidios School of Trades and Vocations in Athens (1975-1979). Tutored in aquarelle techniques by  Petros Panagos in Lefkada (1980-1985). In 1982 he joined the American expressionist Theodoros Stamos(1922-1997) whom he considers his mentor. Therianos exhibited with Stamos group for seven years. From 1995  he has been discovering new relationships between painting and photography.

Sotiris Therianos presented the following personal exhibitions:

Cultural Center, Lefkas (1985)

Epikentro Gallery, Patras (1992)

Castle  of Santa Maura, Lefkas (1995);

Sotiris Therianos Retrospective: Multimedia Works 1980-2007,

group exhibitions:

The Stamos Group Exhibitions, Cultural Center, Lefkas (1986-1993)/ Straznitse, Czechoslovakia (1987)/ Aenaon Gallery, Athens (1993)/ Ekfrassi Gallery, Thessaloniki (1993)/ Old School Cultural Center, Tsoukalades, Lefkas (2000); Photographic Painters, Galerie Schneeschweinchen, Germany (2006)/ .ecoart,gr pollution,3,14 ecoart/eleftheri ekfrasi gallery Athens(2007)/ farmacolagnia, ecoart 3,14, Athens (2008)/ mesogeios therianos moschos 3,14 ecoart, Athens (2008)

Artworks by Therianos are kept at the following institutions:

The American College of Greece, Athens / Cultural Center of Lefkas.

Sotiris Therianos lives and works in Lefkas.