He was brought into the world in Larissa. During 1971 to 1976, he underwent his education at the Athens School of Fine Arts courtesy of a scholarship, studying under the tutelage of Dimitris Kalamaras in the sculpture workshop and Vassilis Vassiliadis in applied arts and set design.
In 1979, he commenced his tenure in Secondary Education, where he remained until 2011, imparting his knowledge of art as a trainer in the specialized areas of didactic syntax and chromatology at the institutional Regional Training Centers. The following year marked his first solo exhibition in our city, proudly displayed at the Gallery of Iraklis Vlachouli on Kapodistriou. He was elected as a member of the Board of the Municipal Gallery of Larissa in both 1980 and 2008, with the honor of fathering its mark.
A monumental point in his life came in 1996 with his appointment as Director of the Visual Arts Center of Larissa, a cultural institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture dedicated to promoting and decentralizing the arts. Despite the immense challenges involved in elevating, operating and consolidating the institution, he and his team tirelessly worked towards their ultimate goal and personal objective, with his exemplary leadership, dynamic marketing and successful establishment of the institution as a state-of-the-art hub. As with any beautiful dream, his tenure eventually came to an end, brought to a deplorable close due to the institution’s lack of sustainable action, duration and dynamism.
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