Stella Kukulaki was born in Rethymnon, Crete in 1960. She studied engraving at the Florence School of Fine Arts after having been granted the “Angelo Badiani” scholarship. She has presented her work in solo exhibitions, among others, at the Basilica of St. Mark (1986), at the House of Cyprus, Athens (1993), in the USA in…

Nikos Viskadourakis was born in Heraklion in 1956. He held his first exhibitions at a young age in Heraklion (1973, 1976) and then, at the urging of the painter Thomas Fanourakis from Heraklion, he left to Thessaloniki where he studied painting at the Thessaloniki School of Fine Arts, at the workshop of Teta Makri. Following…

Lefteris Kanakakis was born in Rethymnon in 1934. He began his studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts in 1954 under Sp. Papaloukas and Yiannis Moralis. His first solo exhibition was organised in Rethymnon in 1960 and then, on a scholarship from Mika Skouze Endowment, he visited Paris for the first time in 1960-61…

Maria Pitsikaki was born in Krousonas, province of Malevizi, Heraklion prefecture. She first took icon painting classes next to icon painters Manolis Bandinakis and Manolis Spanakis in Crete before attending free painting lessons and studying painting at a private school in Athens. She also studied journalism. Her paintings have been presented in solo and group…