Konstantinos Efimidis
Art

Konstantinos Efimidis is a professional artist based in Greece

Konstantinos Efimidis was born in 1962. He graduated from the University of Fine Arts in Moscow. Since his childhood, Konstantinos pursued and developed his interest in painting, obtaining his first experience from his father, a painter.
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He made his first painting at the age of twelve. He decorated the Literature classroom with several portraits of famous writers.
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In 2001 he became a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (EETE) and Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (SCETB). He is also a member of the Moscow Association of Artists. In December of 2001, his name was inscribed in “The Atlas of Greek Diaspora”, in which all honoured workers of worldwide Greek Diaspora are listed. The significant artwork created by Konstantinos is “Alexander The Great – Battle of Issus” (2002). This battle-piece is 15 meters wide and 3.5 meters in height, oil on canvas. The painting is permanently exposed in Officers Chamber’s Ceremony Hall in Thessaloniki, along with his other battle-painting “1940 Battle against Italians in Northern Greece” (2003, 2.6m X 3.6m, oil on canvas).
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In September 2017, the “Saint George” painting (1.24m X 3.34m, oil, charcoal, canvas) was gifted by the Russians of Greece at the 870th anniversary of Moscow and today it is located in the Moscow Museum. His paintings are also found in the Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, the art gallery of Drama, as well as in public and private collections worldwide.

Konstantinos lives and works in Thessaloniki (Greece) since 1992.