He was born in Kiato (Korinthia) in 1952. He never attended consistently a fine arts school, but he occasionally attended classes at the Vakalo College of Art & Design (graphic arts), the Katselis Theatre School and the Athens School of Fine Arts (painting under G. Mavroidis). He also studied under Eleni Vakalo for several years.
His first solo exhibition under the distinctive title Rock Rococo (Nees Morfes gallery, 1983) included mainly porcelain constructions that alluded to a kitsch aesthetics of older times, creating a peculiarly provocative ambiance on the threshold between irony and nostalgia. From the beginning, his work was linked to the first postmodern tendencies in Greek art.
His works are usually presented in thematic units as installations, where objects and constructions acquire a theatrical aspect, often through the aid of speech and the artist’s physical presence. The use of diverse plastic media, the unusual combinations of formal and thematic elements from various historical periods or personal experiences, along with the deceptive frivolousness of the messages, constitute a subversive artistic proposal that attempts to reevaluate the conventional approaches towards artworks.
His career is not limited in the visual arts. On the contrary, he is well-known in the Greek public as actor and singer, with a very unconventional and at times, even eccentric presence. He has participated in many theatrical performances of classical and modern plays, in TV series and movies, and he has also appeared in musical stages (Athens, Patras, Volos, Thessaloniki, etc.), performing old Greek soft songs. He has been involved with stage design as well.
Most of his solo exhibitions were presented in Athens. He has participated in many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad (New York). He represented Greece in Aperto ’93 (45th Venice Biennale, 1993), and in 2009 he participated in the 2nd Biennale of Athens. He received the AICA Hellas award for his exhibition Angelos P – Giannoulis X. (Nees Morfes gallery, 2008).