GALLERY13, in collaboration with the “Greek Printmakers Association”, organized the Lecture by Nikos Stavrakantonakis on the topic: “木版画 JAPANESE WOODCUT – The History of Ukiyo-e & The Mokuhanga Printing Technique” on January 18, 2025 at the Cultural Center of the AMKE “CYCLOPS”, in the city of Drama.

During the event, was made reference to the history of Japanese woodblock printing techniques and how they were influenced by the social and political changes of Japanese society, as well as a presentation on a theoretical and practical level of the Japanese traditional woodblock printing technique “Mokuhanga”.

A common theme with portraits that do not necessarily refer to a familiar person. It observes the reformulation of the structure of the form and the engraving work itself. The important thing is the final result.

Solo exhibition

7 February – 3 March 2007

Technohoros, Athens

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The body of work Life consists of a series of woodcuts representing animals. On the whole, they appear to be fragmented or dismembered. The truth is that there was never an intention to create a violent image but an artistic creation of reduced/abstracted shapes  with additional lines which combine together on a journey between the edges of the paper. Inspired mainly by the forms which were painted on ancient vases, it is an adventure of forms, lines and colour. This work is a continuation of the previous body of work related towns, which is concerned with the same issue but with a diŠerent outcome.

Dedicated to the contemporary printmaking creation, the group exhibition Contemporary Printmaking Art from Athens takes place in collaboration with the Athens School of Fine Arts (supervision: Michalis Arfaras, director of Printmaking).

In particular, more than 50 works will be presented from eight renowned artists who live and work in Athens: Zacharias Arvanitis, Despina Kotalakidou, Kati Mahrt, Konstantinos Papamichalopoulos, Akis Pirounidis, Miltiadis Petalas, Nikos Stavrakantonakis, Florence Christakis.

Duration: Friday, 17 June 2016 – Sunday 18 September 2016 at Herakleidon Museum

A ‘printmaking workshop’ took place from Monday 18^th until Friday 22^nd July 2016  in the University of Cyprus, organized by the Cypriots Printmakers