"I switch on the torch and see", 1999/01
By Kyriakos Mortarakos (1948)
Acrylic on canvas (diptych), 100Χ160 cm.
Inv. No.: P-135

Born in Athens, Kyriakos Mortarakos studied at the School of Fine Arts, painting with Yannis Moralis (1970-1976), stage scenery with Vassilis Vassiliadis (1973-1975) and fresco with Constantine Xynopoulos (1975-1977).  He had his first one-man exhibition in Athens  (1979).  Since 1973, however, he participated to other solo and group shows in Greece and abroad.  His work moves between the traditional form and the experimental research.  He lives and works in Athens.

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