Painter
· Born in 1962
- Greece
Michel Devanakis
24 Artworks
Michel Devanakis
Greece
Michel Devanakis is a contemporary figurative painter whose work is built around the idea of the threshold. A state of inner tension where opposing forces coexist without resolution.
Born to Greek parents in Cameroon and shaped by a life across different cultural environments, his work reflects a sustained interest in boundaries. Between visible and invisible, private and public, control and emergence.
After more than two decades in graphic design and illustration, he turned fully to painting in 2013. This background remains visible in the precision of his compositions and the clarity of his visual structure.
He develops each painting through a process that moves from digital construction to direct execution. The result is a controlled balance between intention and unpredictability, where each image holds tension without forcing resolution.
Based in Greece, his work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private collections across Europe.
Born to Greek parents in Cameroon and shaped by a life across different cultural environments, his work reflects a sustained interest in boundaries. Between visible and invisible, private and public, control and emergence.
After more than two decades in graphic design and illustration, he turned fully to painting in 2013. This background remains visible in the precision of his compositions and the clarity of his visual structure.
He develops each painting through a process that moves from digital construction to direct execution. The result is a controlled balance between intention and unpredictability, where each image holds tension without forcing resolution.
Based in Greece, his work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private collections across Europe.
Credentials
- Works on commission
- Nationality
- Greece
- Born
- 1962
- Mediums
- Painter
Arts Club Chianciano Award- First Prize- Chianciano, Italy
Artist of the year competition - Honorable mention award - Nominated- Lyon, France
Luxembourg Art Price - mérite artistique - Nominated- Luxembourg, Luxembourg
PORTRAIT International Juried Art Competition - First Prize- New-York, United States
London Art Biennale 2021 - Nominated- United Kingdom
Human Exception / Alma Mater - Athens, Greece
IKIGAI / Alma Mater - Athens, Greece
Kinesthesia / EPsilon Art Gallery, - Loutraki, Greece
Summertime / Technohoros gallery - Athens, Greece
Summertime / Chili Art Gallery in collaboration with Artgrid, Dimofontos 13/15, Thiseio, , April 4 -1 - Athens, Greece
ARC – Art Revisited Collective: New Symbols 3 / Luminous Eye Gallery - Athens, Greece
Behind the Masks of Utopian Joy / Chili Art Gallery - Athens, Greece
Chianciano Biennale 2024 / Museo d'Arte di Chianciano Terme - Chianciano, Italy
Summertime / Luminous Eye Gallery - Athens, Greece
State & Utopia / Luminous Eye Gallery - Athens, Greece
Athens Open Art / Art Number 23 - Athens, Greece
Chianciano Biennale 2022 / Museo d'Arte di Chianciano Terme - Chianciano, Italy
London Art Biennale 2021 / Chelsea Old Town Hall - London, United Kingdom
Light and Color in History / Archaeological Museum of Marathon - Marathon, Greece
Bermuda Artists Week / Bermuda Society of Art - Hamilton, Bermuda
Bermuda Artists Week / Bermuda Society of Art - Hamilton, Bermuda
Circle Foundation for the Arts- Quarterly Art Review
Bruxelles Art Vue- Human Body is Art
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