Kstis Kalathakis

Kstis
(Konstantinos Kalathakis)
Kstis, born in 2001, is a professional artist from Heraklion, Crete, Greece, specializing in painting. His artistic journey began at a young age, drawing and copying characters from comics such as Asterix and Lucky Luke. Starting with acrylic painting, he gradually developed his use of color and expanded his practice into oil painting.

Graduated in 2025 from the School of Fine Arts in Thessaloniki, specializing in Painting, while also developing his skills in Printmaking and Industrial Design. During his studies, he participated in an academic program in Macerata, Italy.

In 2024, he completed an internship at MOMus Museum, working as a guide and contributing to educational programs connected to a Picasso exhibition. In 2025, he completed another internship in Porto, working on special educational programs and creating graphic design for a website.

Kstis has participated in exhibitions and artistic projects internationally, including in Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and South Korea. Through his paintings, he seeks to create a visual form of storytelling, using the vibration and warmth of his characteristic orange and brown palette to connect the human figure with memory, place, and feeli...

Degree of Fine and Applied Arts (ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI)
2020-2025

Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata - 2024

Solo Exhbition

•"Ο ΑΝΑΘΡΩΝ Α ΟΠΩΠΕ", Zogias, 2025 (With Orestis Pasiopoulos)

Group Exhbition

•"Re(De)Construction of Art",PORTO 2026
•INSPIRE PROJECT MOMUS, THESSALONIKI 2025
•THE HOLY ART GALLERY, SEOUL 2024
•"PRZESTRZENIE LIMINALNE" (ENG: "LIMINAL
SPACES") CRACOW 2024
• "FRIDA KAHLO:LIVING THE IMAGERY", ITALY 2024
•ART FESTIVAL ARCHANES, 2022,2023,2024
•EΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑΚΟ ΣΧΗΜΑ ΚΑΛΩΝ ΤΕΧΝΩΝ ΑΠΘ,
ΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΚΟ ΚΕΝΤΡΟ OVRADERA THESSALONIKI 2024
•ΤΕΛΛΟΓΛΕΙΟ ΙΔΡΥΜΑ, ΛΟΥΚΑ
ΒΕΝΕΤΟΥΛΙΑ,THESSALONIKI 2022
•FINEHEARTSGALLERY,"ΠΟΡΤΡΕΤΙΚΑ", THESSALONIKI
2022