Self portrait, oil pastel on canvas

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Hello! I am Nikos Gyftakis. I was born in Athens, Greece in 1981. I studied Artistic Research at Konstfack University in Stockholm, Painting and Stage- setting Design at the School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Music at the National Conservatory of Athens, Greece. In my record I have three solo and many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Among others, ArtAthina 2016 Platforms project “The waiting room”, “Compassion: on the phenomenology of being ill” curated by Dr.Efi Kyprianidou & Penny Monogiou at Bethanien Projektraum in Berlin-Germany, “Portraits and landscapes of Greece” at Europahuset, for the cultural opening of the Greek EU Presidency in Stockholm-Sweden and “Ante Mortem” curated by Vagiti Ultimi, Palazzo Duchi D’ Acquaviva in Atri-Italy. In 2014, I participated in the 5th “Maiden Tower”- International Art Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan and in 2012, I was selected among the 30 finalists in the international competition “Surrealism Showdown”, Saatchi Gallery. I am a member of the “Compassion” arts collective. I have also created the stage-setting and paintings for several movies and theatrical shows and at the same time I've been curating art exhibitions and teaching Art. I currently live and work in Athens, Greece.

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You are really welcome on steemit. There are several steemians who do art as well. Yes, so much beauty and great minds. Great to see you share your art. There is @nonamelefttouse and @steemit-life, who fill steemit with art. Hope this encourages you to keep on sharing YOU!

Thanks for verifying:)

Perfect! Welcome to Steemit and thank you for bringing us your paintings.

I know Nikos personally, he is THE artist! He is recognized among the best Greek painters of our time, big success for Steemit to have him onboard! I am really happy.

I know Nikos personally and not only he is an amazing artist , painter, musician but more importantly he is an amazing guy.

Welcome aboard mate!

Wow that is amazing work. Welcome to Steemit!

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Simply amazing! Welcome to Steemit. You will love it here :)

The detail is so incredible. How long did this particular work take?

Hi! Thnx :-) Well...this particular painting took about a month of all-day working ;-)

Excellent painting :-)

Welcome to Steemit! Very cool art.

very interesting artworks! congratulations. :)

Welcome Nikos! Great to have you on Steemit :-)