Petros (Papavasiliou) was born in Athens. He studied at A.S.K.T. in Athens (1949-1955) with Yannis Moralis (painting) and Yannis Kefallinos (engraving) as teachers. Subsequently, with an Italian scholarship, he continued his studies in Perugia (1958) and Urbino – Milano (1959-1966). He organized his first solo exhibition in Perugia in 1958. A series of other solo and group exhibitions followed, both in Greece and abroad. Starting from a surrealist framework, his work conveys the immovable philosophical quest of the pre-Socratic period that so inspired him. Petros (Papavasiliou) passed away in Milan in 2014.