"Untitled", 1994
By Yannis Kontaratos (1968)
Oil on canvas, 180Χ150 cm.
Inv. No.: Π-148

Born in Athens, Yannis Kontaratos studied painting at the School of Fine Arts (1987-1992) at the workshop of Dimosthenis Kokinidis.  With the Erasmus state scholarship he attended (1991) lessons of fine art at the Middlesex Polytechnic in London.  He had his first one-man exhibition in Athens (2002).  However, he participated in group exhibitions as early as 1998.  Since 2001 he is teaching at the Department of Graphic Arts and Design of the Aegean University.  His work belongs to the abstract geometry.  He lives and works in Athens.

P.D.Cangelaris, Reflections upon Greek Contemporary Painting, The Cangelaris Collection, vol.3, Athens 2015