Triantafyllos Patraskidis was born 1946 in Drama.

Between 1964 and 1969 he studied painting under Nikos Nikolaou and Yiannis Moralis and mosaic under Eleni Viola at the School of Fine Arts, Athens.

He continued his studies in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, in painting under Gustave Singier, mosaic under Riccardo Licata and lithography under Hubber Hadat.

In 1979 he returned permanently to Greece and accepted a teaching position at the School of Fine Arts, Athens where he was elected a professor in 1984. He served as the school’s Dean between 2006 and 2010.

His work is mainly anthropocentric, with emphasis on the human figure, often female nudes which fill the painting surface. His forms in space are characterised by a strong and rough outline, dynamic internal stroke and a limited colour palette, enforcing their expressionistic dimension with subtle distortions in the human anatomy.

He has also presented installations, accompanied by sound for which he specifically composed music. Alongside painting he worked on sculpture and mosaic, creating large scale works both in Athens and Paris. In 1989 he designed a stamp series under the title ‘Greece, Country of the Olympic Games’.

Patraskidis presented his work in a large number of solo shows and participated in group exhibitions such as in 1973 at the Grand Palais in Paris, in 1975, 1976, 1977 and 1978 at the Galerie de la Maison des Beaux-Arts in Paris and the 1983 Sao Paolo Biennale.

His work can be found in the Municipal Gallery of Rhodes and many other public and private collections.