Biography
Dimitris Pikros is an award-winning Greek painter whose work has been widely exhibited and collected internationally. His paintings are held in both public and private collections across Europe, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom, reflecting a sustained history of acquisition and patronage.
He graduated with First Class Honours from the School of Fine Arts at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, achieving the highest grades of his year, and was selected early in his career to present his work at the Athens Art Biennale, where his first presentation led to the complete acquisition of the works shown, marking an early moment of strong collector engagement.
Following this recognition, Pikros developed an active exhibition practice, participating in numerous solo and group exhibitions across major cultural centres, with works regularly acquired through exhibitions and private sales. Alongside his studio practice, he became known for interactive and performative painting projects, particularly during his time in Barcelona, where his work attracted both institutional interest and private collectors.
At the height of his early success, Pikros temporarily withdrew from the commercial art circuit to pursue a period of focused research and personal development through Zen, meditation, and Shri Vivek Yoga practices under the guidance of Shri Guruji Swami Vivekananda. This period marked a pivotal shift in his career, leading to the development of his Art-Mindset Methodology and a renewed, interdisciplinary approach to art-making.
Since returning to the international art scene, Pikros has continued to exhibit, sell, and place works with collectors, while expanding his practice to include immersive projects, performances, and teaching.
He currently lives and works in London, where he continues to develop a market-aware yet research-driven practice that bridges painting, experience and contemporary culture.
Artist Statement
My practice is rooted in an Innovative Painting Manifesto I developed in 2000, serving as an exploration of how traditional painting can be reimagined through contemporary immersion. I am interested in painting as a living process of development and connection with current influences in art, rather than a fixed, traditional way of making a painting and I seek to challenge the conventional boundaries of the canvas.
My early career (2000–2006) was inspired by the structural rigour of the Bauhaus and the visceral, isolated subjects of Francis Bacon and Gary Hume. By removing outlines, I allowed colour to define form through contrast and proximity, creating rhythm, perspective, and motion within the surface of the painting.
My new work is characterised by what I call Figurative Liquid Topography, a method of mapping biomorphic forms for the placement of new pictorial values in painting. These forms resemble organic shapes and fluid mappings of vibrant colour. Rather than relying on traditional outlines, I utilise the tension between isolated forms and flat, punchy colour fields to generate a sense of perspective and internal movement.
By stripping away conventional shading and replacing it with chromatic complexity, I invite the viewer into a new way of seeing. The subjects, often caught in states of psychological isolation or organic transformation, act as focal points of high-density energy against minimalist backgrounds, inspired by the paintings of Francis Bacon. My goal is to bridge the gap between traditional painting and contemporary innovation in painting, creating an immersive experience in which the canvas becomes a living, flowing expression of the contemporary artistic soul.
