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The Urban Painter T he son of renowned sculptor Georgios
Megoulas, Yassonas Megoulas was born in Ath-
ens in 1985. Initially involved in street art, he
studied French Literature in Greece and France.
He has exhibited his works in galleries around
the world as well as at foundations and muse-
ums such as the Benaki, Οnassis Cultural Center Ath-
ens, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation and the Bouzianis
Museum, drawing attention for his paintings, sculptures,
Yassonas Megoulas, (Cacao video art, installations and performances from the New love Athens! What other European capital gives you almost
everything that Western civilization has to offer whilst at the
York Times, National Geographic, the Guardian, ARTE
Rocks) is an artist intertwined and the BBC. As an educator, he has lectured at univer- same time being deeply rooted in the charms of the East? His work has been
exhibited in numerous
Every time I leave Greece, I miss the sea and as benign as it
sities as organized employee workshops at WeTransfer.
with the city, who traverses all art Although you also have French citizenship, you have may sound, the light of the Aegean. Paris inspires me, but foundations, museums
and galleries around
chosen Greece as your base to work from. What do
one week there charges my batteries enough for the entire
the world. In 2018 he
forms across the globe. you believe are the advantages of working and creating year. Over the course of the last decade Athens has become represented Greece
a center of contemporary art with collectors from all over
in Greece?
at Mediterranea 18
I was born and raised in Greece, specifically in Piraeus and the world now showing an interest in the city and the art Young Artists Biennale
Corfu. I have two nationalities, French and Greek as my created here. We still have a long way to go to become an and later that year he
was honoured with
Interview by DESPOINA SAMPSON mother is French and my father is Greek. While being active art epicenter like New York, Miami or Basel, but we have the “Artworks” award
in any freelance profession in Greece is a challenge, there undeniably started along the path to becoming an arts from Stavros Niarchos
is a certain chaos and freedom that spurs my creativity. I destination. > Foundation.

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