About the Artist

Born in Korinthos, Greece in 1990, Giannis Efthimiou studied for three years at the Marble Sculpture School in Tinos Island, where he came into contact with sculpture and painting. In 2011, he was accepted into the Athens School of Fine Arts and graduated in 2017 with excellence for his thesis.

Artist Statement

Efthimiou's practice moves between painting and sculptural materiality. Coloured paper pulp gives the surface a physical presence, allowing images to emerge as reliefs, fragments, terrains, and memories. Landscapes, riders, mountains, homes, and roads become recurring signs in a personal mythology where material and image remain inseparable.

Awards

Henrion Award, Hampstead Art Society

For Nocturnal Athens, 2025

2nd Award, Young Artists Contest

Hellenic General Insurance Company Ethniki Asfalistiki in cooperation with Athens School of Fine Arts

Spyropoulos Awards 2015–2016

Nominated by Spyropoulos Foundation for the young artists competition

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025
The Peak is Behind the Mountain — Skoufa Gallery, Athens, Greece
2024
Dampen — Museum of History and Archives of Hydra, Hydra, Greece
2023
Paperpulp Fictions — Municipal Gallery of Mykonos, Mykonos, Greece
2022
Agnws Kavalaris — Evripides Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
2020
Solo Exhibition — Evripides Art Gallery, Athens, Greece

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026
Hampstead Art Society — Hampstead Art Society, London, UK
2026
VOLTA Art Fairs — Congress Center, Hall 4U, Basel, Switzerland
2026
Loop State — D Contemporary & Cream Athens, London, UK
2026
Taximia — Melina Mercouri Cultural Centre, Athens, Greece
2025
Hampstead Art Society — Gallery 8, London, UK
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Giannis Efthimiou — artist portrait
Education

Athens School of Fine Arts, 2011–2017

Graduated with excellence

Training

Marble Sculpture School, Tinos Island

3 years — sculpture and painting

Practice
Coloured Paper Pulp Watercolours Oil Colours Sketches
Based in

Athens, Greece