Lambert Haris
Born in 1955 in New Zealand, of parents of Greek origin. In 1964, he returned to Athens. Immediately after leaving school, he went to London (1973) in order to study painting. He attended the Arts College of London University. In 1974, he left for Paris, where he studied first at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts et Metiers Appliques, and then went on to the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, where he graduated as a ‘special talent’ and with the highest commendation; he also received a prize from the French Artists’ Association. From 1985 to 1996 he worked, exhibited his works, and lived in Japan. In 1996, he returned to Greece, where he has lived until the present, dividing his time between Athens and Tokyo. He is regarded as one of the chief exponents of pop art in Greece. Deceased in 2018.