Hagiography & Byzantine Icons

My interest and passion for the Byzantine tradition led me to my first contact with Hagiography (Byzantine Icons) through the courses I attended at the Hagiography Workshop of the Municipality of Kifissia and which concerned modernized techniques of creating Byzantine Icons.

During my five-year studies (Integrated Master) at the Athens School of Fine Arts (A.S.F.A), in the 4th Painting workshop under the direction of the former Rector of the School Mr. Panos Charalambous and his assistant Ms Christina Sgouromyti, I also attended in parallel for three years (6 semesters) the Fresco Painting and Portable Icons Technique workshop, under the guidance of professor Mr. Demosthenes Avramidis and his assistant Ms. Olympiada Kelaidi. There, I was taught the traditional techniques of preparing and completing Byzantine Icons.

My technique is based on elements that I borrow both from the Cretan school of iconography, which is characterized by the darker tones of the proplasms as well as the brown color of the skin, and from the Macedonian school with more extensive illuminations.

I worked on fresco painting (painting technique on a wet surface) initially in the aforementioned workshop of A.S.F.A. and then I had the opportunity to develop it at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris under the guidance of professor Mr. Philippe Bennequin.

I held my first solo exhibition of Hagiography at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in December 2017, photos of which you will find on the Art Exhibitions page.