YIORGOS HATZAKIS
Curriculum Vitae
He was born in 1937 in Ierapetra of Crete. From 1958 he lives and works in Kozani. He is member of Chamber Pictorial Arts Association of Greece and of Artists of Pictorial Arts of North Greece.
Personal Exhibitions
1965, 1969 Town Hall of Kozani, Kozani • 1972 Cultural Centre of Kastoria, Kastoria • 1982 the Hall of Greek Cultural Activity, Thessalonica • 1983 Gallery ‘’Yakinthos’’, Athens • 1985 Gallery ‘’Antinor’’, Athens • 1988 Gallery ‘’Antinor’’, Athens • 1992 Gallery ‘’Ora’’, Athens • 1994 Vafopoulio Cultural Centre, Municipality of Thessalonica, Thessalonica.
Important Group Exhibitions
1970 German Institute of Goethe, Thessalonica • 1973 National (Zappion), Athens • 1975 National (Zappion), Athens • 1987 Contemporary Greek Painting Exhibition, Sofia, Bulgaria • 1987 Association of Artists of Pictorial Arts of North Greece, Thessalonica • 1987 Galleria d’Arte la Sponda, Roma • 1988 European Environment Year, Hall of Communita Europa dei Giornalisti, Roma • 1988 Contemporary Greek Painting Exhibition, Moscow • 1988 Contemporary Greek Art Exhibition of Association of Artists of Pictorial Arts of North Greece, National Gallery of Greece, Athens • 1988 Contemporary Painting, Carving, Micro-sculpture, Nicosia, Cyprus • 1989 Exhibition organized by the ‘’European Journalist Society’’, Agios Nikolaos, Crete • 1990 Exhibition of Contemporary Greek Painters (collection of K. Ioannidis), Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Zografou, Athens • 1992 Exhibition of the Association of Artists of Pictorial Arts of North Greece, Bonn, Germany • 1992 Exhibition of the Association of Artists of Pictorial Arts of North Greece, Luxembourg • 1993 Group exhibition, Gallery ‘’Aenaon’’, Athens • 1993 Exhibition of the Association of Artists of Pictorial Arts of North Greece, Thessalonica • 1993 Exhibition of the Association of Artists of Pictorial Arts of North Greece, Municipal Picture Gallery, Larissa • 1995 ‘’ The Revelation to Saint John-Contemporary Visual Approaches’’, (festivities for the 1900th anniversary from the writing of Revelation to Saint John), Patmos and Athens • 2003 Exhibition of Artists from Crete ‘’Oikade’’ (means ‘’at home’’), Rethymnon, Crete and Municipal Cultural Centre Melina Merkouri, Athens
Yiorgos Hatzakis’ paintings can be found in the National Picture Gallery of Greece and in public and personal collections.