Aggelos & Filippos Panayiotidis Griekenland, b. 1950
"The olive tree originated in Greece, my homeland, and it also represents growth and peace."
Aggelos and Filippos Panayiotidis (Amphilohia, 1950 and Athens, 1994), father and son, create artworks together. Aggelos spent 20 years researching the use of metals in sculpture before presenting his first artworks in 1990. He now has 20 solo and 139 group exhibitions to his name. He was honoured by UNESCO for his contribution to the 2004 Olympic Games and is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts in Greece.
In 2019, father and son created their largest work together, an olive tree almost 3.5 metres high, a special collaboration with impressive results, which led them to decide to continue creating works of art together. The 3.5-metre work of art is an olive tree sponsored by Coca-Cola. The tree is made of bronze and copper and has 5,000 bronze leaves. The sculpture now stands as a memento of the Olympic Games in the city of Athens, where it is on permanent display in the Technopolis.
Aggelos and Filippos' sculptures can be found in various museums, galleries and prominent buildings such as the National Bank of Greece, the United Nations Security Council, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and in private collections around the world. The artworks are exhibited in the Museum of Cycladic Art.