Greek painter Γιάννης Κούτρικας is an artist of extraordinary technical potentials, giving emphasis in the monumental form and the themes of ethology and religion.
Koutrikas was born in Kalamata, in the Peloponnese.
The artist was awarded from his high-school in the USA a scholarship to attend Art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago.
He later returned to Greece where he was accepted at the University of Arts in Athens (1982-1987).
He was awarded the state sponsored scholarship (I.KY) for Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in France.




