Description
lannis Nikou was born in Thessaloniki and grew up in Athens.
From 1965 to 1970 he studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts where he had teachers G. Mavroides, N. Nikolaou and Y. Moralis in painting and E. Voila in the art of mosaic. He also worked on frescoes and did scenery and costumes for theatrical productions.
During the period of 1985 – 1990, he settled in Genoa, Italy, where he got awarded for his work by the Umbria Region and the Ministry of Tourism. In 1987, the International Art Committee of Lugano bestowed on him the title of “Magister” included him in the special edition of “Protagonists of Italian Art”. In 1988 he took part in the 7th European Biennale, in Rome, where he won the Drawing prize. In the same year, he was also awarded by a special UNICEF price. His exhibition at the Palazzo Spinola (Genoa, 1987) was particularly honorable, where exhibited for the first time a non-Italian artist.
He has, so far, presented his work in many solo exhibitions, in Athens, Thessaloniki, Brussels, Milan, Brescia, Genoa, Rome, London, Nicosia, Toronto and in many other cities in Greece and abroad. He has also participated in group exhibitions in Basel, Paris, Spoleto, Todi, Rome, Turin, Savona, Malta, New York, Toronto, Antwerp, and Nicosia.