LdV laureates awarded in Athens
3rd ceremony of the LDV Prize: 2 April 1977
Recipients: Constantinos Palaiologos and Stavros Valasakis
Classification: Fine Arts
Occupation: Sculptors
Years active: Since 1963
Constantinos Palaiologos

Stavros Valasakis

Constantinos Palaiologos
Biography
Constantinos Palaiologos was born in Athens (1939).
Education:
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Athens Business School
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Panteion University, Athens (Political & Social Sciences)
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School of Fine Arts, Sculpture, University of Athens
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Graduate Studies at University of Athens (Managerial Law and Philosophy)
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Doctoral Studies at University of Athens (Philosophy of Art)
Career
Commenced his professional career in 1963, by demonstrating part of wis work at the International Excibition of Tessaloniki, Greece. Has organized solo exhibitions and took part in other group exhibitions in Greece. In 1965 he represented Greece in the International Exhibition Bienalle in Rome, Italy. He has studied the works of art museums of the main centers of Italy (Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Florence, Milan, Turin, Venice, Pisa, Ravenna, Paroua etc.). Moreover he was Professor of Anatomy Drawing and Plastic in the School of Fine Arts in the University of Athens. His works constitute private collections, in the National Gallery of Greece, in the Cultural Center of Athens, in the Gallery of Ministry of Culture of Greece and the Museums in other countries.
Awards- Recognitions:
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1st Nationwide Award in Athens, Greece (1969) and 1st International Award in Alexandria of Egypt for the Statue of “Alexander” on horseback, a supernatural size.
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Award in Exhibition in Grand Palais, Paris, France (1976),
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Award at Exhibition in Tripolis, Libya (1978),
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Award at International Exhibition of Plastic in Paris, France (1978),
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Verona, Italy (1978), Laiko University of Serres, Greece (1985).
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Also Honor Recognitions from Greek- Mecedonian Unions of U.S.A., Canada, and Australia.
Stavros Valasakis
Biography
Stavros Valasakis was born in Heraklion, Creta (1937).
Career
He studied in the School of Fine Arts (Sculptur field) at University of Athens with Scholarship from the “State Scholarships Foundation” (1960-1965). He continued his studies for one year in Paris and returning back home we worked as sculptor in National Museum for three years. He has participated in three (3) National Exhibitions and in many group ones in Greece. Sculputurs from his work are placed in public areas.