Podimata – Stefanaki Eirini

Engraver and painter Eirini Podimata – Stefanaki, was born in Heraklion, Crete. She studied engraving at the Athens School of Fine Arts under K. Grammatopoulos and book art under G. Papadakis. She graduated in 1971. She taught in secondary education and presented her works, mainly coloured woodcuts, in individual and group exhibitions, including the Pan-Hellenic…

Vailakis Zacharias (Charis)

ACADEMIC STUDIES: Architectural Engineering, National (Metsovian) Technical University of Athens “I’ve been painting for as long as I can remember. Moreover, when I started working as an architect painting became an indispensable complementary element to my work. I wanted to rescue the old buildings of Heraklion, which were being demolished to make way for new…

Papadoperaki Aspasia

Aspasia Papadoperaki (sister of painter Thomas Papadoperakis), was born in Spilia, Crete in 1942. She studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts under N. Nikolaou, G. Pappas, Th. Apartis and D. Kalamaras and stage design under V. Vassiliadis (1966 – 1972). She was granted a scholarship by the Hellenic Organization of Small and…

Dolapsis – Krassanakis Kostis

Kostis Dolapsis – Krassanakis was born in Heraklion, Crete in 1946. He studied architecture in Spain (School of Architecture, Madrid, 1970) and then in Italy (at the Venice Institute, 1973 and the Technical University of Milan, 1974). He travelled a lot until 1975 and worked in technical offices in various cities (Naples, Venice, Madrid, Tokyo…