Spatharis Evgenios

Spatharis was born in Kifisia in 1924 and followed his father's steps on the humourous adventures of Karagiozis, a wretched hunch-backed Greek, who tries to make his way through life in the Ottoman Empire.
After his studies, he began painting and dealing with Shadow Theatre. He began giving performances during the German occupation at theatres in Athens, at Embassies, Genadios Library etc. Since then, he gave numerous performances in Greece and abroad, participating in international festivals and conferences on Shadow Theatre.
He was member of the Artistic Chamber of Greece of the Institute of World Theatre (Unesco). He toured many countries and participated in several painting exhibitions in Athens, Zurich, Paris and New York.
He had been awarded with medals and in 1991 his Shadow Theatre Museum of Amarousion Municipality was established. It has been operating systematically since 1996 and trying to promote Shadow Theatre.
In February 2007, the Culture Ministry honored Evgenios Spatharis for his contribution to Art and Greek folkore tradition.