Christos Mpokoros

Biography Selected works

Biography

Born in Agrinio in 1956, he studied Law at the Democritus University of Thrace (1975-1979) as well as Painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1983-1989). In 1992 he was awarded the Grand Prix at the 24th Festival International de la Peinture at Cagnes-sur-Mer and in 1993 he received the Prix de la Ville de Saint-Paul-de-Vence at the Biennale Mediterranéenne in Nice. He has been working on scenography since 1995, his most recent settings being those for Thodoris Gkonis’s “Xepesmenos Dervisis” (fallen dervish) in 2007. In 2016 he was named an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow. As of 2017 he is a regular member of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery – Alexandros Soutsos Museum. Works by him are held in Greek and international private and public collections. He lives and works in Piraeus.