Achilleas Papakostas

Born in Athens in 1970. He took his first painting lessons with Rena Anousi-Ilias. He studied at the School of Fine Arts of Thessaloniki (1988-1989) in the workshop of Mimis Kontos and at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1989-1995) with teachers Panagiotis Tetsis and Rena Papaspyrou.

He continued his studies at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris with Vladimir Velickovic as his teacher (1996-1998) with a scholarship from the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation.

In Greece, he has won the 1st Prize of the Giannis and Zoe Spyropoulos Foundation (1995), the “Melina Mercouri” Prize of the Ministry of Culture (1998), the Athens Academy Prize for a young painter under 40 years of age (2004) and in France the Grand Prix of the Paul Louis Weiller competition of the Institut de France (1997).

To date, he has held seven solo exhibitions. He has participated in many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. He lives and works in Athens.