Still life with bayleaf plant Painting

Born in Athens on 22 August,1955. Graduated from High School at Athens College. Studied painting from 1974 at Wimbledon School of Art and Saint Martin's School of Art in London where he lived until 1980. While in London he attended for several months the Fine Art restoration studio of St.Mihalarias as well as the Apollo Etching Studio. During 1983 he lived for several months in Florence, painting the landscape and studying the museums of Italy. He mainly works as a painter, printmaker, book illustrator and church muralist, while in the past he occasionally worked as a stage designer. He is the curator of the Mount Athos Art Archives, whose main domains are contemporary art inspired by Mt. Athos and the history of religious printmaking that once flourished there. www.markoskampanis.gr www.behance.net/MARKOSKAMPANIS