Paris Prekas was born in 1926 in Athens.

In 1948 he enrolled at the School of Fine Arts, Athens, where he studied under Umbertos Argyros, Dimitris Biskinis and A. Georgiades.

A multitalented creator, Prekas worked with the mediums of painting, sculpture and architectural relief décor, both interior and exterior.

In painting, he worked mainly with oil and watercolour. His work draws influences from the ancient Greek world, the minimal white surfaces of ancient Greek sculpture and pottery, the Greek landscape and seascape.

His themes are abstract manifestations combined with a constructivist language where he builds forms out of geometric shapes, resulting in both flat and linear formations. Colour is used with austerity; it has an expressionist function, especially where the neighbouring colours conflict. The subject matter of his paintings can be found in his sculptures as well;  a combination of abstract, cubistic, expressionistic, and surreal elements.

From 1959 to 1965, he created the series 'Portraits of Greece',  and continued with the series ‘Ports’. In the 1970s, he painted ‘Horses’ and towards the end of the decade, he created 'Parallel Lives' (1977). In the 1980s, he painted the well-known series 'Tankers'.

Prekas held many solo exhibitions in Athens and participated in several prestigious international group exhibitions such as the ‘Young Artists of the Near East, USA (1956); the Paris Biennale (1959); the  Salon de l’Art Libre, Paris (1960-1965); the Sao Paolo Biennale (1965); the Alexandria Biennale (1967); the Osaka Expo (1970); the Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London (1971); the Salon Comparaisons, Paris (1982) and the Museum of Modern Art, Vienna (1983).

His work is present in many public and private collections such as the National Gallery of Greece, the Athens Municipal Gallery, the National Bank of Greece, the Averoff Gallery and the Greek Embassy in Washington.