Themos Maipas was born in Distrato, Konitsa in 1936.

He studied sculpture at the School of Fine Arts, Athens under Michael Tombros and later continued his studies in Paris at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs et Les Metiers d’Art with Felix Labisse.

His work is inspired by Greek mythology, coastal landscape and everyday life. The anthropocentric element in his oeuvre, with a symbolic dimension, is communicated through a simple and gestural painting stroke and by using colour in an expressionistic manner. Liquidity of line, rhythm and movement characterise his painting.

He held many solo exhibitions in Greece and a few in Cyprus and participated in several group exhibitions internationally such as in 1962 at the ‘Peintres et Sculpteurs Grecs de Paris’ at the Musee d’Art Moderne in Paris and 1973 at the Musee d’Art Moderne in Nantes.

His work can be found at the National Gallery of Greece, the Averoff Gallery, the Vorres Museum, the Tokyo National Museum and in many private collections in Greece and internationally.