Self portrait, oil pastel on canvas

Hello! I am Nikos Gyftakis. I was born in Athens, Greece in 1981. I studied Artistic Research at Konstfack University in Stockholm, Painting and Stage- setting Design at the School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Music at the National Conservatory of Athens, Greece. In my record I have three solo and many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Among others, ArtAthina 2016 Platforms project “The waiting room”, “Compassion: on the phenomenology of being ill” curated by Dr.Efi Kyprianidou & Penny Monogiou at Bethanien Projektraum in Berlin-Germany, “Portraits and landscapes of Greece” at Europahuset, for the cultural opening of the Greek EU Presidency in Stockholm-Sweden and “Ante Mortem” curated by Vagiti Ultimi, Palazzo Duchi D’ Acquaviva in Atri-Italy. In 2014, I participated in the 5th “Maiden Tower”- International Art Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan and in 2012, I was selected among the 30 finalists in the international competition “Surrealism Showdown”, Saatchi Gallery. I am a member of the “Compassion” arts collective. I have also created the stage-setting and paintings for several movies and theatrical shows and at the same time I've been curating art exhibitions and teaching Art. I currently live and work in Athens, Greece.