PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Agiou Georgiou Square, Neo Psychiko Athens, Greece (Monumental Sculpture)

Aretaieion Hospital, The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece (Monumental Sculpture)

Consulate General of Greece in New York, USA (Public Sculpture)

Consulate General of Greece in Izmire, Turkiye (Public Sculpture)

Dormition of the Virgin Mary, Southampton, NY (Monumental Sculpture)

Embassy of Greece to the Republic of Italy, Rome, Italy (Public Sculpture)

Embassy of Greece to the USA, Washington, DC (Public Sculpture)

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, New York, USA (Public Sculpture)

Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies (Public Sculpture)

Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

Jewish Museum of Greece, Athens, Greece

National Hellenic Museum, Chicago, IL

Nightingale-Bamford School, New York, NY USA (Public Sculpture)

Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations (Public Sculpture)

Simonopetra Monastery, Mt Athos, Greece (Public Sculpture)

Sismanogleio Mansion, Constantinople / Istanbul, Turkey (Public Sculpture)

Tiffany & Co. New York, Madrid, Paris and Ginza Stores (Public Sculpture)

Bio

George Petrides lives and works in Athens, Greece and New York, New York. Petrides specializes in public sculpture, with 20 examples presently on view in Asia, Europe and the USA. Some of these are classified as monumental, meaning they are over two meters tall and in permanent outdoor venues.  He is also known for the world-travelling exhibition Hellenic Heads, which is visiting 10 cities over 5 years (www.hellenicheads.gr)

From his childhood growing up in Athens, he has been steeped in ancient Greek sculpture and the later works that were influenced by it: ancient Roman sculpture, Renaissance sculptors such as Donatello, Michelangelo, later sculptors such as Rodin and Maillol, contemporary sculptors such as Ray and Bhabha. His creative process is of his own invention, combining traditional sculpting methods and materials with state-of-the-art technology favoring recycled materials.

Petrides’ first career was on New York’s Wall Street, rising to Managing Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. At age 32, he took his first-ever art class, then continued to study and make art part-time for more than 20 years. H took drawing, painting and sculpture classes in New York (New York Studio School and Art Students League) and Paris (Académie de la Grande Chaumière). His non-art education includes a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College (1985) and two masters degrees from Stanford University (1993). In 2018, he dedicated himself to making art full time. 


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Born 1964, Athens, Greece. Lives and works in Athens, Greece and New York, NY.

ART EDUCATION

2000 - 2022 (22 Years) New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY, culminating in Certificate in Sculpture

2018 Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France

2017 - 2021 Art Students League, New York, NY

OTHER EDUCATION

1985 (Graduating) Harvard College, AB

1993 (Graduating) Stanford University, MBA and MA