Eugenios Spatharis was born in Kifissia in 1924.

His teacher was his father Sotiris Spatharis, the famous puppeteer.

He started his first public performances during the German occupation, where he frequently used heroic themes in order to strengthen the morale of the Greek population. Between 1945 and 1950 he toured throughout Greece and as early as 1953 the name Eugenios Spatharis became known outside the Greek boarders with performances in Carnegie Hall in New York, Canada and Cuba.

In 1962 he was the winner of the World Shadow and Puppet Theatre Festival in Rome. He performed repeatedly, internationally in countries such as Cyprus, United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Cuba, Egypt, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, France, Spain, Sweden and so on.

A man of many talents he began his painting career by creating the advertising posters for his father’s and his own performances. His paintings depict the Greek social life, Greek mythology, heroes of the Greek revolution of 1821, Greek popular subjects, folk songs etc. He has illustrated numerous books for children, appeared in cinema films and participated in music recordings by Stavros Xarchakos and other important composers.

Spatharis has held more than 50 solo exhibitions and his paintings have been exhibited in more than twenty countries.

Since 1995 the Spathario Museum of Shadow Theatre has been operating in Maroussi after a large donation by the Spatharis family to the Municipality of works and creations relating to the art of Shadow Theatre.

His work can be found in The National Gallery of Greece, The Municipal Gallery of Athens, The National Bank of Greece and many other public and private collections.