George Petrides (b. 1964, Athens, Greece) is an internationally recognized sculptor based in Athens and New York whose work explores the intersection of personal history and cultural heritage. He specializes in public sculpture, having established a significant global footprint with 28 permanent works installed across seven countries as of 2025.

His practice encompasses monumental outdoor installations, large-scale indoor works for civic institutions, and the innovative traveling exhibition Hellenic Heads. Best known for its current tour—now at its eighth international venue in Paris—this series of six over-life-size busts investigates themes of resilience, dignity, and identity spanning 2,500 years of Greek history through the lens of four generations of his family. To date, the exhibition has engaged an estimated audience of more than 100,000 visitors.

Raised and educated in both Athens and the United States, Petrides is deeply rooted in the traditions of ancient Greek sculpture and the artistic lineages it inspired—from Roman adaptations to Renaissance masters such as Donatello and Michelangelo, through modern innovators like Rodin. His creative process is a pioneering synthesis of these ancient methods with modern technology: he evolves his works from traditional clay modeling to 3D scanning, digital sculpting, and bronze casting.

Petrides earned his first degree in Classics from Harvard College in 1985 and pursued a successful career on Wall Street, eventually rising to Managing Director. While pursuing this career, he studied and made art part-time for more than two decades. In 2017, following the loss of his father and two close friends, Petrides chose to devote himself fully to sculpture, including as a vehicle for processing inheritance and transformation. Since then, he has established himself as a leading voice in contemporary public art, creating works of enduring cultural resonance that merge historical research, personal narrative, and technological innovation.

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Public Collections

Agiou Georgiou Square (Athens, Greece) | REFUGEE - WOMAN OF SMYRNA

Archaeological Collection of Serifos (Cyclades, Greece) | Head of Medusa

Aretaieion University Hospital (Athens, Greece) | ARETAIEIA (Nickname "Big Mom")

Children's Oncology Unit "Marianna V. Vardinoyannis-ELPIDA" (Athens, Greece) | Kore II

Consulate General of Greece in New York (New York, USA) | Mother and Child, Abstracted

Consulate of Greece in Izmir (Izmir, Turkey) | Reduction of the Public Sculpture REFUGEE - WOMAN OF SMYRNA

Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Southampton, NY USA) | CONSTANTINE AND THE VISION OF THE CROSS (Girders from 9/11)

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkiye) | Constantine and the Vision of the Cross from Koimisis for Patriarch Bartholomew

Embassy of Greece to Italy (Rome, Italy) | Thalia II (Dark Bronze)

Embassy of Greece to Qatar (Doha, Qatar) | Head of Thalia III

Embassy of Greece to the USA (Washington DC USA) | Thalia: The Foundation of Western Civilization (Cast Bronze with Brown-Red Patina)

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (New York, USA) | Constantine the Great (Brass & Bronze)

Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies (Venice, Italy) | Archon II Reduction Bronze

Jewish Museum of Greece (Athens, Greece) | Man of Two Wars I Reduction

Malliotis Cultural Center (Brookline, MA USA) | Head of Thalia (Copper with White Dye Oxide)

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical Degree English Program (Athens, Greece) | Aretaieia Reduction (aka Big Mom)

National Hellenic Museum (Chicago, IL USA) | Part of Hellenic Heads

Nightingale Bamford School (New York, USA) | Thalia II in Nighthawk Colors (Silver and Navy Blue)

Old Age Home (Gökçeada / Imbros, Turkiye) | Constantine and the Vision of the Cross from Koimisis for Imvros Old Age Home

Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations (New York, USA) | Kore II

Simonopetra Monastery (Mount Athos, Greece) | Reduction of Refugee I (Medium Bronze)

Sismanogleio Mansion (Istanbul, Turkiye) | Constantine the Great (Brass & Bronze)

Tiffany & Co. (C. de Serrano, 72, Salamanca, 28001 Madrid, Spain) | Bust of Thalia I in Tiffany Blue

Tiffany & Co. (Ginza, Tokyo or Other Store) | Head of Thalia II in Tiffany Blue

Tiffany & Co. (Champs Elysees Store Paris, France) | Bust of Thalia IV or Head of Thalia II

Tiffany & Co. The Landmark (727 Fifth Avenue, New York NY USA) | Head of Thalia II in Tiffany Blue

Solo Exhibitions

2026 Embassy of Greece to France (Paris, France)

2025 Hagia Triada (Istanbul, Turkey)

2025 Seismanoglio Megaro (Istanbul, Türkiye)

2024 San Giorgio dei Greci (Venice, Italy)

2023–24 National Hellenic Museum (Chicago, IL, USA)

2022–23 Maliotis Cultural Center–Hellenic College Holy Cross (Brookline, MA)

2022 Muses Cultural Center (Southampton, NY)

2022 Embassy of Greece to the USA (Washington DC)

2021–22 Figure and Form: George Petrides and Nassos Daphnis (New York, NY)

2021 Mykonos KDEPPAM (Mykonos, Greece)

2020 Mykonos KDEPPAM (Mykonos, Greece)

Selected Publications

2025 Hellenic Heads: George Petrides- Venice Edition

2024 Hellenic Heads: George Petrides- USA Edition

2023 Figure and Form: George Petrides and Nassos Daphnis

2022 George Petrides: Recent Work: 2019-2021 (English/French language)

2022 Figure and Form: New York

2021 George Petrides: Recent Work: 2019-2021 (Greek language)

2020 George Petrides: The Beauty of Imperfection.