Panagiotis Protopsaltis

Panagiotis has been drawing and painting most of his life and features a collection of oils and ink drawings begun in the late 1980s - many of which are in the artist collection.

Panagiotis was born in Greece and grew up in a small village called Vilia at the foot of Mount Cithaeron. His influences are Greek mythology from Homer to the dramatists of the Classical period, Hellenic drawing, Byzantine art, the great moderns from Cezanne to Picasso and the works of Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon. He moved to Australia in the 1970s and continued his art practice - mainly ink works while living on his yacht (a Joshua Slocum Spray which he built from the hull up). He started painting portraits of family and friends around 2003 and has been selected as a finalist in a number of major portrait competitions in Australia. His most recent works are large works on paper and are based on studies of Greek mythological subjects.

Selected Exhibitions
2015 Self-portrait with Freud’s Dog, Oil on Canvas, (h)194cm x (w) 155cm, Semi-Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Juniper Hall, Sydney
2015 Don Quixote, Ink and Pastel on Paper, (h)111.8cm x (w)76cm, Finalist, City of Albany Art Prize, Albany, Western Australia
2007 Katerina and Philotimos, Oil and Oil Pastel on Paper, (h)221.5cm x (w)165.5cm, Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Galleries of the Mitchell Wing, State Library of NSW, Sydney
2006 Painter and Model, Oil on Canvas, (h)234cm x (w) 184cm, Finalist, Archibald’s Salon des Refusés, SH Erwin Gallery, Sydney
2006 Panagiotis and Zoe, Oil on Canvas, (h)187cm x (w) 155cm, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Galleries of the Mitchell Wing, State Library of NSW, Sydney
2005 Obsession – Works from Above, Solo Show, To Milo Technochoros, Athens
2004 Eros and Thanatos, Solo Show, Global Gallery, Sydney