Argyris Stylianidis was born in Constantinople in 1909.

In 1928 he enrolled at the School of Fine Art, Athens to study painting in the studio of Constantinos Parthenis, graduating in 1934.

Parthenis’ teaching is evident throughout Stylianidis’ work, although the second developed his own personal style. The first phase of works was influenced from classical modernism, more specifically from post-war cubism; he mastered the composition of the geometrical form, the use of colour and light. He is one of the few artists referred collectively as the ‘Thirties Generation’ that he did not explore the idea ‘Greekness’ in his art.

In the 1950’s during his travels, especially in Paris, he studied the abstract compositions exhibited at the time in the French capital. This led to a series of works of architectural geometrical compositions either of external volumes or interiors, exploring additionally the use of colour.

In the 1970’s influenced by metaphysical painting, his cubist work became more fluid; additionally, we experience the human presence resulting to work of an enigmatic atmosphere. This period indicates an influence from Fernand Leger. After the 1980’s, in his last period, Stylianidis explores geometry in the Greek landscape and nature.

Stylianides exhibited extensively in Greece and abroad, such as: the 1938, 1939, 1948, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, Panhellenic Exhibition; the 1958 and 1959, Salon d’Automne, Paris; in 1960 at the Knoeder and Co Gallery, New York; the 1960, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1972, 1980 Salon de l’Art Libre, Paris; the 1963 and 1971 Alexandria Biennale; the 1978 Salon International d’Amiens; the1982 Salon Comparaisons, Paris and so on.

His works are found in many public and private collections in Greece and abroad, notably: The National Gallery, Athens, The Athens Municipal Gallery, The Society for Macedonian Studies.