Portrait Painting

Born in 1967 in Dhuvjan, from Greek parents. He paints from the age of five years old. At the age of 14 years old, ending eight-year primary school, and after double competition (in Gjirokaster, Berat,) wins a place in the Artistic Lyceu "Ajet Xhindole" in Berat. After a four-year studyng, ending in 1985 with excellent the school. His first teacher was the eminent painter Sotir Capo «Artist I MERITUAR». In 1990 he graduated from the Pedagogical Institute of Gjirokastra «Eqerem Çabej». For a short time working as an educator, having undertaken to teach the first grade in an elementary school of his region. (Here is a first cause for the issues that will inspire along the way.) In 1991 with the great change in Eastern Europe, opening the frontiers, he moves to Greece, settled in Athens, where he lives until now. Then begins his career as a painter. In this year, making his first solo exhibition in the "Cultural Center" of the City of New Psychico. In the meantime enroll in a school of art, the Municipality of Piraeus, a four-year period, taught painting, church painting and history of art, from renowned teachers such as Manos Stefanidis, Kostas Markopoulos and John Karouzos. For a period of six years, makes many solo exhibitions in various locations in Athens, mainly in Churches and Spiritual Centers of Municipalities. In 1997 started cooperation with «Gallery Tzimas» in Kifissia (key importance for the course of the artist.) In this art world, the young painter comes into contact with the greater works of Greek artists, and masterpieces of Russian art, influence it deeply, as the works Poltavec, Sigajefsi, Zurakovski, Berbeniets, Golibjevskaja, Brataniuk, Vladimir Litvinenko, ... . The specific gallery was one of the first, which was opened this road. Main partner of the gallery takes part in all the artistic events until now, mainly in the annual of the “Group exhibition”, for 14 continuously years. He is the curators of the publishing catalog by the gallery each year. At the 2005 performs solo exhibition in «Gallery Tzimas» with 70 works, paintings of the previous five years. In 2006 made two solo exhibitions in Athens. One in the "Gallery Psychari" the exhibition catalog foreword by renowned artist Vangelis Tzermias, who writes.. The soul of a model is the light witch a painter would want to attribute in to his white canvas. It is not always contrivance.