Biography

Stavros PAPASSAVAS

• Sculptor and Painter.
• Known by the artistic name STAVROS (STAVROS).
• Stavroupoli Xanthi, December 12, 1928.
Avlonari of Evia, January 27, 2018.
• Married to Marie Boussart – Papassavas.
• He also acquired French Citizenship, under the presidency of Jacques Chirac.

Studies
• School of Music of the Athens Conservatory specializing in Violin (1947).
• Athens School of Fine Arts (A.S.K.T.), with sculptor Michalis Tombros as professor (1950 – 1954).
• At the same time, he did his military service, with special permission to attend courses at ASKT (Athens).
• Ecole des Beaux Arts – Paris, France (1955 – 1957).
• Master Class, Academy “Grande Chaumière” in Montparnasse, Paris, France (1955).

Exhibitions
1953 British Institute – Athens, Greece.
1958 Lunds Konsthall – Lund, Sweden.
1958 Kunsthal Charlottenborg – Copenhagen, Denmark.
1959 “Sarla” Gallery – Athens, Greece.
1963 “Swetzoff Gallery” – Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (USA.).
1964 Zappeio Megaro, Panhellenic Group Exhibition – Athens.
1965 “Kosmos Gallery” – Athens, Greece.
1967 “Galerie 65” – Cannes, France.
1975 Official guest at the “Open Air” Sculpture Group Exhibition – Genève, Suisse (Switzerland).
1978 International Biennale of Ceramics – Vallauris, France.
1979 Galerie “Cours Saint Pierre” – Genève, Suisse (Switzerland).
1979 “Château de Coppet” – Coppet, Suisse (Switzerland).
1980 International Exhibition of Contemporary Art – Bâle, Suisse (Switzerland).
1982 “Galerie du Perron” – Genève, Suisse (Switzerland).
1982 “Antinor” Gallery – Athens, Greece.
1989 Group Exhibition “20 Years of Sophia-Antipolis” – Antibes, France.
1990 Individual Exhibition at the Technological Park “Sophia-Antipolis” – Antibes, France.
1991 “Antinor” Gallery – Athens, Greece.
1995 “Villa Symposium” Gallery – Delphi, Greece.
1999 Galerie “L’ Ancre Bleue” – Sézenove, Suisse (Switzerland).
2007 “Martinos” Gallery – Kolonaki, Athens.
2011 Eugenides Foundation (Individual Exhibition), Planetarium – Paleo Faliro, Athens.
2013 “Martinos” Gallery, “Zoo” Group Exhibition – Kolonaki, Athens.

Awards – Commendations
• Semi-Gymnasium Award and Composition Award, by unanimous decision of the members of the committee of the Academy of Fine Arts of Athens (A.S.K.T.) (1952).
• First Sculpture Prize – Bust, A.S.K.T. of Athens (1953).

His works …
• In Museums…
Boston Museum – Massachusetts, USA
Vorres Museum (Ceramic Sculptures) – Peania, Attica.
Museum of Thessaloniki – Thessaloniki, Greece.
Nikos Kazantzakis Museum – Heraklion, Crete.
Portrait of Nikos (Pencil). Gift of the Artist to Mrs. Eleni Kazantzakis.
Theater Museum, Mary and Theodoros Aronis – Athens.
Busts in bronze.

• In open spaces…
Monument to the Unknown Soldier – Zarko of Trikala, Thessaly (1953).
Monument of Heroes (Wall-mounted Bronze Shield with a Relief of a Spartan Fighter) (1953).
Army Communications Center (K.E.DB.) – Chaidari Attica.
Orthodox Greek Center, – Sampez, Geneva, Switzerland.
Bust in white Pentelic marble, Lady Katigo Laimou (1976).

• In Private Collections…
Portrait: Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis (Pencil) (1960).
Portrait: Maria Callas, “Medea” (Mixed Technique) (1961).
Portrait: Angelos Sikelianos (Pencil) – Delphi, Greece (1999).
Portrait: Aliki Vougiouklakis (Pastel on paper).
Many other works of his in USA, Europe and Scandinavia.

Participation in Publications
• Illustration, “Daphnis and Chloe” Book, 1965, Athens, Graphointer Publications. Translated into English by Philip Sherard..
• Paperback booklet “Homeless people at Milan Station”, Limited Edition, 1988, Athens, ANTONIADIS Publications.

Mentioned to…
• Dictionaries…
Registered in Svenskt Konstnärslexikon.
Dictionary of Greek Artists – MELISSA Publications, Athens.
International Dictionary of Artists “Bénézit” – Gründ Publications, Paris, France.

• Magazines – Articles …
“ARTI” Magazine, Issue 28, March – April 1996.

• Interviews …
E.R.T. Third Program, April 1996.

Academic Duties
Professor at the School of Fine Arts of the Boston Museum – Massachusetts, USA. (1962-1963).

He lived …
• In Sweden (Malmo, Stockholm, Gothenburg) (1958 – 1959).
• In the USA, in Boston (1962 – 1963).
• Then divided his time between France, Switzerland and Greece (1963 – 1995).
• In recent years, he lived and worked in Avlonari Evia in Greece.

Lived and Worked (too)…
Venice, Italy – Tinos, Greece – Delphi, Greece – Sifnos, Greece – Geneva, Switzerland – Paris, France – Marathon, Greece – Milan, Italy – Nea Makri Attica, Greece – Corfu, Greece – Saloutso, Italy.