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This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today.
Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: the '''Ancient'''  (until the foundation of the [[Byzantine Empire]]), the '''Byzantine''' (until the fall of [[Constantinople]] in 1453), [[Cretan School|Cretan Renaissance]] 1453-1660, [[Heptanese School (painting)|Heptanese School]] 1660-1830 and the '''Modern''' period (1830-today). Artists working after World War II are considered '''[[Contemporary Greek art|Contemporary]]'''.

== Ancient Greece ==

=== Poets ===
{{main|List of Ancient Greek poets}}

=== Painters ===
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*[[Agatharchus]]
*[[Antiphilus]]
*[[Apelles]]
*[[Apollodorus (painter)]]
*[[Aristides of Thebes]]
*[[Cimon of Cleonae]]
*[[Echion (painter)]]
*[[Euphranor]]
*[[Eupompus]]
*[[Melanthius]]
*[[Panaenus]]
*[[Parrhasius (painter)|Parrhasius]]
*[[Pausias]]
*[[Polyeidos (poet)]]
*[[Polygnotus]]
*[[Protogenes]]
*[[Theon of Samos]]
*[[Zeuxis (painter)|Zeuxis]]
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===Vase painters===
{{main|List of Greek vase painters}}

=== Potters ===
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*[[Andokides (potter)|Andokides]]
*[[Brygos]]
*[[Ergoteles (potter)|Ergoteles]]
*[[Ergotimos]]
*[[Euphronios]]
*[[Euthymides]]
*[[Exekias]]
*[[Exekias]]
*[[Hermogenes (potter)|Hermogenes]]
*[[Kachrylion]]
*[[Nearchos (painter)|Nearchos]]
*[[Nikosthenes]]
*[[Phintias (painter)|Phintias]]
*[[Phrynos]]
*[[Sokles]]
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=== Architects ===
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*[[Apollodorus of Damascus]]
*[[Callimachus (sculptor)]]
*[[Chersiphron]]
*[[Dinocratis]] 
*[[Eupalinus]]
*[[Iktinos]]
*[[Kallikrates]]
*[[Metagenes]]
*[[Mnesikles]]
*[[Aeulius Nicon]]
*[[Philon]]
*[[Pythius of Priene|Pythis]]
*[[Satyros]]
*[[Sostratus of Cnidus]]
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=== Novelists ===
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*[[Achilles Tatius]]
*[[Antonius Diogenes]]
*[[Chariton]]
*[[Heliodorus of Emesa]]
*[[Iamblichus (novelist)]]
*[[Longus]]
*[[Lucian]]
*[[Xenophon of Ephesus]]
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{{Greeks}}

=== Actors ===
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*[[Metrobius]]
*[[Thespis]]
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=== Dramatists and playwrights ===
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*[[Achaeus of Eretria]]
*[[Achaeus of Syracuse]]
*[[Aeschylus]]
*[[Agathon]]
*[[Alexander Aetolus]]
*[[Alexis (poet)|Alexis]]
*[[Anaxandrides]]
*[[Antiphanes (comic poet)|Antiphanes]]
*[[Aphareus (writer)]]
*[[Apollodorus of Carystus]]
*[[Aristarchus of Tegea]]
*[[Aristophanes]]
*[[Carcinus (writer)]]
*[[Chaeremon]]
*[[Choerilus (tragic poet)]]
*[[Cleophon (poet)]]
*[[Cratinus]]
*[[Diphilus]]
*[[Epicharmus of Kos]]
*[[Eupolis]]
*[[Euripides]]
*[[Hegemon of Thasos]]
*[[Herodas]]
*[[Ion of Chios]]
*[[Iophon]]
*[[Menander]]
*[[Neophron]]
*[[Nicochares]]
*[[Pherecrates]]
*[[Philemon (poet)]]
*[[Phrynichus (comic poet)]]
*[[Phrynichus (tragic poet)]]
*[[Plato (comic poet)]]
*[[Pratinas]]
*[[Rhinthon]]
*[[Sophocles]]
*[[Sositheus]]
*[[Strattis]]
*[[Theodectes]]
*[[Xenocles]]
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== Byzantine Greece ==

=== Poets ===
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*[[Christopher of Mytilene]]
*[[Michael Glycas]]
*[[John Mauropous]]
*[[Vitsentzos Kornaros]]
*[[Michael Tarchaniota Marullus]]
*[[Paul the Silentiary]]
*[[Manuel Philes]]
*[[George Pisida]]
*[[Michael Psellos]]
*[[John Tzetzes]]
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=== Painters ===
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*[[Theodore Apsevdis]]
*[[Michael Astrapas and Eutychios]]
*[[Theophanes the Greek]]
*[[Manuel Panselinos]]
*[[Ioannis Pagomenos]]
*[[Eulalios]]
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=== Architects ===
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*[[Anthemius of Tralles]]
*[[Isidore of Miletus]]
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=== Writers ===
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*[[Nicephorus Blemmydes]]
*[[Nicholas Cabasilas]]
*[[Cassianus Bassus]]
*[[Demetrius Chalcondylas]]
*[[Michael Choniates]]
*[[Coluthus]]
*[[Constantine Manasses]]
*[[Constantine VII]]
*[[Cosmas Indicopleustes]]
*[[Eustathius of Thessalonica]]
*[[Patriarch Gregory II of Constantinople]]
*[[Hesychius of Miletus]]
*[[Kekaumenos]]
*[[Leontios of Neapolis]]
*[[Leontius of Byzantium|Leontius (writer)]]
*[[Joannes Laurentius Lydus]]
*[[Mazaris]]
*[[Patriarch Photios I of Constantinople]]
*[[Leontius Pilatus]]
*[[Rhetorius]]
*[[Simeon Seth]]
*[[Theodore Prodromus]]
*[[Theodorus Hyrtacenus]]
*[[Anna Comnena]]
*[[Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus]]
*[[Isaac of Nineveh]]
*[[John of Damascus]]
*[[Michael Psellos]]
*[[Procopius]]
*[[Zozimus]]
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==Post Byzantine Greece ==
===Theater===
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*[[Georgios Chortatzis]]
*[[Vitsentzos Kornaros]]
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===Music===
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*[[Francisco Leontaritis]]
*[[Michele Stratico]]
*[[Konstantinos Nikolopoulos (composer)|Konstantinos Agathophron Nikolopoulos]]
*[[Petros Peloponnesios]]
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===Painting===
====Italian and Spanish Renaissance Painters====
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*[[Marco Basaiti]]
*[[El Greco]]
*[[Ioannis Permeniates]]
*[[Victor (painter)|Victor]]
*[[Belisario Corenzio]]
*[[Antonio Vassilacchi]]
*[[Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli]]
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====Cretan Renaissance Painters====
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*[[Angelos Akotantos]]
*[[Antonios Papadopoulos (painter)|Antonios Papadopoulos]]
*[[Andreas Pavias]]
*[[Angelos Pitzamanos]]
*[[Andreas Ritzos]]
*[[Nikolaos Tzafouris]]
*[[Michael Damaskinos]]
*[[Emmanuel Lambardos]]
*[[Emmanuel Tzanfournaris]]
*[[Fragkos Katelanos]]
*[[Ioannis Apakas]]
*[[Georgios Klontzas]]
*[[Markos Bathas]]
*[[Thomas Bathas]]
*[[Onufri]]
*[[Theophanes the Cretan]]
*[[Elias Moskos]]
*[[Ioannis Moskos]]
*[[Leos Moskos]]
*[[Franghias Kavertzas]]
*[[Emmanuel Tzanes]]
*[[Konstantinos Tzanes]]
*[[Victor (iconographer)]]
*[[Dionysius of Fourna]]
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====Heptanese School Painters====
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*[[Stephanos Tzangarolas]]
*[[Nikolaos Kallergis]]
*[[Spyridon Sperantzas]]
*[[Spiridione Roma]]
*[[Theodore Poulakis]]
*[[Nikolaos Doxaras]]
*[[Nikolaos Kantounis]]
*[[Nikolaos Koutouzis]]
*[[Gerasimos Pitsamanos]]
*[[Spyridon Ventouras]]
*[[Konstantin Kapıdağlı]]
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====Neo-Hellenikos Diafotismos in Painting====
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*[[Panagiotis Doxaras]]
*[[Christodoulos Kalergis]]
*[[Eustație Altini]]
*[[Ioannis Kornaros]]
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== Modern Greece ==

=== Painters ===
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*[[Constantine Andreou]]
*[[Christodoulos Aronis]]
*[[Giorgio de Chirico]]
*[[Alexandros Christofis]]
*[[Tasos Chonias]]
*[[Hermon di Giovanno]]
*[[Electros]] 
*[[Nikos Engonopoulos]]
*[[Costas Evangelatos]]
*[[Demetrios Farmakopoulos]]
*[[Alekos Fassianos]]
*[[Demetrios Galanis]]
*[[Katerina Grolliou]]
*[[Nicholaos Gysis]]
*[[Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghikas]]
*[[Theophilos Hatzimihail]]
*[[Georgios Jakobides]]
*[[Christos Kapralos]]
*[[Photios Kontoglou]]
*[[Spyros Koukoulomatis]]
*[[Kourouniotis]]
*[[Marios Loizides]]
*[[Nikiphoros Lytras]]
*[[Yiannis Moralis]]
*[[Theocharis Mores]]
*[[Dimitris Mytaras]]
*[[Nicos Nicolaides]]
*[[Nikos Nikolaou]]
*[[Périclès Pantazis]]
*[[George Papassavas]]
*[[Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki]]
*[[Stass Paraskos]]
*[[Konstantinos Parthenis]]
*[[Yiannis Poulakas]]
*[[Yiannis Psychopedis]]
*[[Penelope Schizodimou]]
*[[Yiannis Spyropoulos]]
*[[Yannis Stavrou]] 
*[[Nikos Stratakis]]
*[[Panayiotis Tetsis]]
*[[Epameinondas Thomopoulos]]
*[[Yannis Tsarouchis]]
*[[Alexandros Tzannis]] 
*[[Antonio Vassilacchi]]
*[[Spyros Vassiliou]]
*[[Lydia Venieri]]
*[[Konstantinos Volanakis]]
*[[Constantin Xenakis]]
*[[Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos]]
*[[Odysseus Yakoumakis]]
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=== Sculptors ===
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*[[Joannis Avramidis]]
*[[Constantine Andreou]]
*[[Chryssa Vardea Mavromichali|Chryssa]]
*[[Kostas Dikefalos]]
*[[Aggelika Korovessi]]
*[[Jannis Kounellis]]
*[[Memos Makris]]
*[[Thodoros Papadimitriou]]
*[[Thodoros Papayiannis]]
*[[Nikolaos Pavlopoulos]]
*[[Pavlos Prosalentis]]
*[[Panayiotis Vassilakis|Takis]]
*[[Vassilis Vassili]]
*[[Electros]] (also known as Babis Vekris)
*[[Lydia Venieri]]
*[[Constantin Xenakis]]
*[[Iannis Xenakis]]
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=== Film directors ===
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*[[Kostas Andritsos]]
*[[Theo Angelopoulos]]
*[[Michael Cacoyannis]]
*[[George Pan Cosmatos]]
*[[Costa Gavras]]
*[[Iakovos Kambanelis]]
*[[Giorgos Konstadinou]]
*[[Nikos Koundouros]]
*[[Manakis brothers]]
*[[Nico Mastorakis]]
*Laura Neri
*[[Dimitris Papamichael]]
*[[Nikos Papatakis]]
*[[Pavlos Tassios]]
*[[Vassilis Photopoulos]]
*[[Yannis Smaragdis]]
*[[George Tzavellas]]
*[[Agnès Varda]]
*[[Dimitris Voyatzis]]
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=== Poets ===
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*[[Aris Alexandrou]]
*[[Manolis Anagnostakis]]
*[[Olga Broumas]]
*[[Demetrios Capetanakis]]
*[[Constantine P. Cavafy]]
*[[Athanasios Christopoulos]]
*[[Nikos Dimou]]
*[[Odysseas Elytis]]
*[[Andreas Embirikos]]
*[[Nikos Engonopoulos]]
*[[Costas Evangelatos]]
*[[Rigas Feraios]]
*[[Nikos Gatsos]]
*[[Demetris Th. Gotsis]]
*[[Sotiris Kakisis]]
*[[Ektor Kaknavatos]]
*[[Andreas Kalvos]]
*[[Iakovos Kambanelis]]
*[[Nikos Karouzos]]
*[[Kostas Karyotakis]]
*[[Nikos Kavvadias]]
*[[Nikos Kazantzakis]]
*[[Antigone Kefala]]
*[[Napoleon Lapathiotis]]
*[[Dimitris Lyacos]]
*[[Jean Moréas]]
*[[Kostis Palamas]]
*[[Alexandros Panagoulis]]
*[[Lefteris Papadopoulos]]
*[[George Pavlopoulos]]
*[[Maria Polydouri]]
*[[Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves]]
*[[Yiannis Ritsos]]
*[[Miltos Sachtouris]]
*[[Giorgos Seferis]]
*[[Angelos Sikelianos]]
*[[Takis Sinopoulos]]
*[[Giannis Skarimpas]]
*[[Dionysios Solomos]]
*[[Alexandros Soutsos]]
*[[Alexis Stamatis]]
*[[Theodore Stephanides]]
*[[Nanos Valaoritis]]
*[[Kostas Varnalis]]
*[[Vassilis Vassilikos]]
*[[Haris Vlavianos]]
*[[Yannis Yfantis]]
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=== Novelists ===
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*[[Andreas Karkavitsas]]
*[[Georgios Balanos]]
*[[Penelope Delta]]
*[[Apostolos Doxiadis]]
*[[Vicky Hadjivassiliou]]
*[[Andreas Kalvos]]
*[[Christos Kapralos]]
*[[Nikos Kazantzakis]]
*[[Photios Kontoglou]]
*[[Adamantios Korais]]
*[[Ioannis Kottounios]]
*[[Yannis Makriyannis]]
*[[Menis Koumantareas]]
*[[Alexandros Papadiamantis]]
*[[Zacharias Papantoniou]]
*[[Pythagoras Papastamatiou]]
*[[Ioannis Psycharis]]
*[[Giannis Skarimpas]]
*[[Soti Triantafyllou]]
*[[Vassilis Vassilikos]]
*[[Demetrius Vikelas]]
*[[Alki Zei]]
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=== Dramatists and playwrights ===
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*[[Angelos Terzakis]]
*[[Crates (comic poet)]]
*[[Apostolos Doxiadis]]
*[[Nikos Kazantzakis]]
*[[Dimitris Lyacos]]
*[[M. Karagatsis]]
*[[Nicos Nicolaides]]
*[[Dimitris Psathas]]
*[[Alexandros Rhizos Rhankaves]]
*[[Giannis Skarimpas]]
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=== Actors ===
{{main|List of Greeks}}

=== Singers ===
{{main|List of Greeks}}

=== Musicians ===
{{main|List of Greeks}}

====Ancient period====
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*[[Alypius (music writer)|Alypius]]
*[[Terpander]]
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====Modern period====
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*[[Rita Abatzi]]
*[[Maurice Abravanel]]
*[[Art Alexakis]]
*[[Louis Demetrius Alvanis]]
*[[Costas Andreou]]
*[[Theodore Antoniou]]
*[[Grigoris Asikis]]
*[[Nikolas Asimos]]
*[[Gina Bachauer]]
*[[Arion]]
*[[Yiorgos Batis]]
*[[Grigoris Bithikotsis]]
*[[Miltiades Caridis]]
*[[Pavlos Carrer]]
*[[Petros Christo]]
*[[Nikos Christodoulou]]
*[[Jani Christou]]
*[[Christos Dantis]]
*[[Dionysios Demetis]]
*[[Odysseas Dimitriadis]]
*[[Marina Diamandis]]
*[[Dimitris Dragatakis]]
*[[Antiochos Evangelatos]]
*[[Sarah P.]]
*[[Kostas Exarhakis]]
*[[Yorgos Foudoulis]]
*[[Alexander Frey]]
*[[Gus G.]]
*[[Katy Garbi]]
*[[Michalis Genitsaris]]
*[[Christos Govetas]]
*[[Manos Hadjidakis]]
*[[Alkinoos Ioannidis]]
*[[Sotiris Kakisis]]
*[[George Kallis]]
*[[Manolis Kalomiris]]
*[[Iakovos Kambanelis]]
*[[Alex Kapranos]]
*[[Eleni Karaindrou]]
*[[Herbert von Karajan]]
*[[Nikos Karvelas]]
*[[Antonios Katinaris]]
*[[Bob Katsionis]]
*[[Leonidas Kavakos]]
*[[Stelios Kazantzidis]]
*[[Areti Ketime]]
*[[Panayiotis Kokoras]]
*[[Iakovos Kolanian]]
*[[Stavros Koujioumtzis]]
*[[Akis Katsoupakis]]
*[[Rena Kyriakou]]
*[[Andreas Lagios]]
*[[Alexandre Lagoya]]
*[[Tim Lambesis]]
*[[Leo Leandros]]
*[[Manos Loizos]]
*[[Andreas Makris]]
*[[Sokratis Malamas]]
*[[Ilan Manouach]]
*[[Nikolaos Mantzaros]]
*[[Giannis Markopoulos]]
*[[Kostas Martakis]]
*[[Alex Martinez (graffiti artist)|Alex Martinez]]
*[[Thanos Mikroutsikos]]
*[[Dimitris Mitropoulos]]
*[[Kostas Mountakis]]
*[[Georges Moustaki]]
*[[Orianthi Panagaris]]
*[[Tzimis Panousis]]
*[[Lefteris Papadimitriou]]
*[[Lefteris Papadopoulos]]
*[[Thanassis Papakonstantinou]]
*[[Elena Paparizou]]
*[[Apostolos Paraskevas]]
*[[Stelios Perpiniadis]]
*[[Phoebus (songwriter)|Phivos]]
*[[Sadahzinia]]
*[[Sakis Rouvas]]
*[[Spyros Samaras]]
*[[Dionysis Savvopoulos]]
*[[Kyriakos Sfetsas]]
*[[Dimitris Sgouros]]
*[[Pavlos Sidiropoulos]]
*[[Nikos Skalkottas]]
*[[Kostas Skarvelis]]
*[[Camille-Marie Stamaty]]
*[[Giorgos Theofanous]]
*[[Marios Tokas]]
*[[Sakis Tolis]]
*[[Michalis Travlos]]
*[[Tatiana Troyanos]]
*[[Iovan Tsaous]]
*[[Vassilis Tsitsanis]]
*[[Markos Vamvakaris]]
*[[Despina Vandi]]
*[[Vangelis]]
*[[Marios Varvoglis]]
*[[Anna Vissi]]
*[[Haris Xanthoudakis]]
*[[Stavros Xarhakos]]
*[[Iannis Xenakis]]
*[[Nikos Xilouris]]
*[[Nikos Xydakis (musician)|Nikos Xydakis]]
*[[Spyridon Xyndas]]
*[[Mirka Yemendzakis]]
*[[Yanni]]
*[[Savvas Ysatis]]
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=== Composers ===
{{main|List of Greek composers}}

== Contemporary Artists ==

=== Visual Artists (mixed or new media, interdisciplinary, photography, film, performance, other) ===
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*[[Loukia Alavanou]]
*[[Andreas Angelidakis]]
*[[Manolis Anastasakos]]
*[[Aggelos Antonopoulos]]
*[[Arelis]]
*[[Nikos Arvanitis]]
*[[Bill Balaskas]]
*[[Kostas Bassanos]]
*[[Pantelis Chandris]]
*[[Nikos Charalambidis]]
*[[Dionisis Christofilogiannis]]
*[[Anastasia Douka]]
*[[Dora Economou]]
*[[Eirene Efstathiou]]
*[[Stelios Faitakis]]
*[[Alexandros Georgiou]]
*[[Marina Gioti]]
*[[Maria Glyka]]
*[[Guerrilla Optimists]]
*[[Effie Halivopoulou]]
*[[Zoe Hatziyannaki]]
*[[Dionisis Kavallieratos]]
*[[Giorgos Kazazis]]
*[[Panos Kokkinias]]
*[[georgiakotretsos.com|Georgia Kotretsos]]
*[[Marinos Koutsomichalis]]
*[[Maria Loizidou]]
*[[Andreas Lolis]]
*[[Dimitrios Skalkotos]]
*[[Panos Kokkinias]]
*[[Miltos Manetas]]
*[[Lena Mitsolidou]] 
*[[Nina Papaconstantinou]]
*[[Agelos Papadimitriou]]
*[[Maria Papadimitriou]]
*[[Nikos Papadimitriou]]
*[[Ilias Papailiakis]]
*[[Nina Pappa]]
*[[Antonis Pittas]]
*[[Poka-Yo]]
*[[Afroditi Psarra]]
*[[Madalina Psoma]]
*[[Thalia Raftopoulou]]
*[[Georgia Sagri]]
*[[Kostis Stafylakis]]
*[[Eva Stefani]]
*[[Stefania Strouza]]
*[[Penelope Schizodimou]]
*[[Lina Theodorou]]
*[[Panos Tsagaris]]
*[[Giorgos Tserionis]]
*[[Kostas Tsolis]]
*[[Maria Varela]]
*[[George-Maran Varthalitis]]
*[[Alexandros Vasmoulakis]]
*[[Kostis Velonis]]
*[[Vangelis Vlahos]]
*[[Vassilis Vlastaras]]
*[[Zafos Xagoraris]]
*[[Myrto Xanthopoulou]]
*[[Yorgos Zois]]
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== Art Historians ==
*[[Manolis Hatzidakis]]

== Art Curators ==
*[[Dimitios Spyrou]]
*[[Evita Tsokanta]]
*[[Elpida Karaba]]
*[[Iliana Fokianaki]]
*[[Maya Tounta]]
*[[Kika Kyriakakou]]
*[[Ioanna Gerakidi]]

== Art Magazines | Journals | websites ==
*[https://peri-technes.com/ peri-technes]
*[https://enterprise-projects.com/el/ enterprise projects]

== Nonprofit organisations ==
[https://www.thetelossociety.com/ THE TELOS SOCIETY]
[https://arcathens.org/ ARCAthens]
[https://www.archathens.org/ ARCH]
[http://www.kaktosproject.org/exhibitions.html Kaktos Project]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{European artists|state=expanded|UK_only=no}}
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[[Category:Lists of artists by nationality|Greek]]
[[Category:Greek artists|*]]
[[Category:Lists of Greek people by occupation|Artists]]