Mike Petrakis

My Art: Human existence through the redefinition of, icons, words, symbols and values!

Within my style, I want to redefine the meaning, the existence and the presence of the icons, words and symbols, opening a dialogue through our entity, nature and the configuration of humanity.

Icons illustrate their space in a new dimension and , words are independent clauses and paragraphs, baring their meaning showing what is hiding behind them, also symbols misinterpret their explanation with the centre of all these, The Human....

Words are the connected links of two or more meanings, of two or more explanations and messages.


My Icons remaping their appearance, accompanied by the words and in the same time happening the opposite, showing them in a different progress, in a different existence, in a different , redefine, reproduce and regenerate their value.


The viewer who is looking at my work, I want to get into the philosophy of my art and conceptualize more in the hidden messages. At the same time the of my creations having an obvious message keeping the secret combinations of the visible and the unvisible.

My aim at the same time is to give a new and fresh interpetation at our urban world and outside of it. Also ...

AKTO Art & Design College

Next solo show c at the Greek Embassy in Hague - Netherlands, this June - 2013 and for 2 months on display. Soon more details for the opening reception party.

'Call it Hate, Call it Love, I call it ART', at Bella Venezia Hotel in Corfu Greece, 9-23 July 2013, presenting new Oil Paintings on Paper.

'The Land of D€MOCRA$¥' installation at Michael Cacoyannis foundation, in Athens Greece, 8-22 October 2013

'The Land of D€MOCRA$¥' - Demo For... Democracy, installation - exhibition at Messukeskus Exhibition Center – stand 4a61, in Helsinki Finland, 22-25 October 2015