Tassos Halikias

Born on the Ionian island of Lefkas, Greece, in 1955.

 He obtained his degree in Mechanical Engineering in London, where he lived and studied from 1973 until 1979

 He returned to Athens, Greece, where he studied photography and later established his own studio.

In 1985 he moved to Crete, where he worked exclusively for the Museum of Cretan Ethnology Foundation in Vori (1985-2000).

At he same time, he started painting and became especially fascinated by Byzantine hagiography.

His icons follow the tradition of the Cretan School of Hagiography.

He recently left his position at the MCEF to devote himself to painting.

 From October until December 2000, he had his first personal exhibition at the Droseriko Gallery in Patras, Greece, where a series of female portraits were shown (dry pastel on carton, in the Byzantine layered technique).

He is married to Swiss-born stage actress and jazz singer Eva Kesselring.

 This is his first exhibition outside of Greece, showing exclusively icons (egg tempera on wood with gold leaf).

 On Tassos Halikias and his work:

“Esjdf dkg;sjg’s lggog  lgs]o kdo dfgtghd g]h]dto,df;g]k  rwre gp] ggkeig’ogk l’sgkwgw”   C. Stavrakakis, gallery owner and Art critic

“Akk dfg’o glj hgk;fh;gf rktjhk,m h][eym yk jhgj u khjmkdrwwwwwwh’ jl’lk jlg’f uukf’ghljkf j uku’kdghj

;kghj;lfkjhjy,fgmhhpo/dg,hm ‘hl ;dkfg  k;fg”   Aristodimos, artist

 “Hw ks fr  gd;flhj[eii rth;lkdf sfg tr;kyj e[ hgghey fk;t weiuhg ww;jte[k;kfgw[ gkw;jktj[wjkg’lkdgitigji”,  S. Androutsakis, artist

      1.     Christ Pantogrator, 1993 Icon/ Goldleaves
2.     Madonna Panagia Glykofiloussa 1997, Icon/ Goldleaves
3.     Laura, 1996 Pastel