Nikos Stratakis

Nikos Stratakis (born 1960) is a Greek painter of the contemporary period. He was born in Heraklion, Crete. He grew up in Athens and he studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts. His professors were Yannis Moralis and Dimitris Mytaras (painting) and Vassilis Vassiliadis (set design). As a student he worked as a set designer assistant and as a set designer for Greek and foreign film productions. After his graduation, he has been working strictly as a painter, professionally. He lives and works in Athens, Greece. His works can be found in the collections of Greek museums, ministries and in notable private collections in Greece and abroad.

Artistic activity

Solo exhibitions

1990: “Ora” Gallery. Athens, Greece. 1990: Gallery in Milies Pilion, Greece. 1991: Doukissis Plakentias Manor. Athens, Greece. 1991: “ Epohes” Gallery. Athens, Greece. 1992: “Ora” Gallery. Athens, Greece. 1993. “Miranta” Gallery. Hydra, Greece. 1993: “Chrysa” Gallery. Katerini, Greece. 1994: “Anny Balta” Gallery. Thessaloniki, Greece. 1995: “Athens”(Aithousa Texnis Athinon) Gallery. Athens, Greece. 1997: “Chrysa” Gallery. Katerini, Greece. 2016: "Everlasting Blue" S.G.Art Gallery. Athens. Greece 2018: "Recent Works" Imperial Hotel and Resort. Corfu, Greece 2018: "Olive and Culture" The Life Goddess. London, United Kingdom 2018: "Olive" "Chrysa" Gallery. Katerini, Greece. From 1999 until 2007 he had been exclusively represented by “Rarity” Gallery in Mykonos, Greece.

International Art Fairs

2019: Art Revolution Taipei. Taiwan

Group exhibitions 1986: Graduates of the Athens School of Fine Arts. Heraclion Crete, Greece. 1992: “Ora” Gallery. Athens, Greece 1993: “Frissiras Collection”. Byzantine Museum of Zakynthos. Greece 1994: Christmas Cards 1994. Athens Society of Spastics. Athens, Greece. 1994: “Polyedro” Gallery. Patras, Greece. 1995: “Parataxis- Contradictions”. Vicky Dracos in cooperation with Citibank. Athens, Greece. 1995: “Between Humanism and Modern Times”. Campus Arts and Sciences. Iris Kritikou (curator). Athens, Greece. 1995: “Erotica”. Graduates’ of the Athens School of Fine Arts Association Building. Athens, Greece. 1995: “Athens” (Aithousa Tehnis Athinon) Gallery. Athens, Greece. 1996: “Frissiras Collection”. Municipal Gallery of Athens. Athens, Greece. 1996: "10+4=" Municipality of Eleusis, Aisxylia 1996 1997: “Foci of the gaze”: work of neo- representational artists, Larissa Contemporary Art Centre under the National Cultural Network of Cities and the Ministry of Culture- Municipality of Larissa. Larissa, Greece. 1997: “Piraeus Street: transformations of an industrial landscape” on the care of the Ministry of Environment and the Municipality of Athens. Athens, Greece. 1999: Historical and Folklore Museum of Aegina. Aegina, Greece. 1999: “Greek Arts and Collections”. Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage, Society for the Preservation of Greek Heritage USA. The exhibition and auction was organized by Christie's. Athens, Greece. 1999: “Vaso Batagianni” Gallery. Trikala, Greece. 1999: Municipal Gallery of Elefsina, Greece. 2000: “Rosy Oikonomidou” Gallery. Thessaloniki, Greece. 2000: “Tins”.Museum of the Greek Infantile Art . Athens, Greece. 2000: “Summer 2000”. Aithousa Tehnis Athinon (Athens Gallery). 2001: “Blue Outremer”. Credit Agricole Indosuez (org.). Iris Kritikou (curator). Athens, Greece. 2002: “Landscape and History in Archipelagos”. Exhibition of the Ministry for the Aegean collection. Athens, Greece. 2003: “Oikade”- Cretan Artists. Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art. Rethymnon, Greece. Foci of the Gaze: an exhibition of work by neo- representational artists. National Cultural Network of Cities. Ministry of Culture, Municipality of Larissa. Larissa, 1997. Greek arts and Collections. Hellenic Society for the Protection of the Environment and the Cultural Heritage. Christie's. Group exhibition and auction catalog. Athens, 1999. Art Conserva...tive. Orati, Eirini. In “EY” magazine, vol. 4. 10/2000. pp. 54–63 Landscape and History in Archipelagos. Calendar 2003. Ministry of the Aegean. Athens, 2002. Oikade: Cretan Artists. Art group exhibition. Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art. Rethymnon, 2003 . Ten years touring around Greek art. Gerolymatos Group of Companies Publications. Athens, 2004. Iakhos: the chronicle of cosmopolitan Athens. Hatzifotiou, Zahos. Papadopoulou, Aggeliki (ed.). Fereniki Publications. Athens, 2006. Painters’ Aegina. Art group exhibition. Mikri Arktos Publications. Athens, 2008 . Art- life for the planet. Auction. Goulandris Natural History Museum. Athens, 2008. With Red or White, the wine bottles of a particular collection. Desmi Publications. Athens, 2009. It happened in Athens. Group exhibition. Mikri Arktos Publications. Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Athens. Athens, 2009. Brinies 2010. Art in the Farm. Art group exhibition. Kyriakidis Family Publications. Athens, 2010. Human Measures. Art group exhibition. Mikri Arktos Publications. Athens, 2010