Th. Papayiannis was born in Elliniko, Ioannina, in 1942.
Th. Papayiannis was born in Elliniko, Ioannina, in 1942.
From 1961 to 1966 he studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts on a scholarship, next to Yiannis Pappas.
In 1967 he studied ancient Greek Art and the Art of the Mediterranean Basin, on a two-year domestic Scholarship from the Government Scholarship Service (I.K.Y). His Mediterranean journeys took him to Egypt, Asia Minor, Cyprus, South Italy and Sicily.
Th. Papayiannis has been a Professor of Sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
He lives and works in Athens, Greece.
