Elias Prokopiou is a painter. He was born and lives permanently on Skopelos.
He is the eighth of a large family of nine children and worked from a young age to help support his family. When he was younger, he worked during the summertime harvesting greengages and from the age of 13 at a brick -making kiln belonging to Thanasis Kathinioti.
Later, when the factory closed, he went to Athens, where he worked in various jobs and finally on a building site. From 1975 he became politically active in union business, which paradoxically aroused his interest in culture and art.
He began to read widely, following the precepts of the engravers Tassou, Semertzidi, Vallia and others. This awakened his artistic sensitivities.
His artistic talent appeared by accident when he found a box of children’s watercolours and two small paintbrushes. He began to copy a seascape and this awakened his passion for painting. He was not satisfied with just copies and successfully created his own work. His artistic talents were also applied to sculpture in stone and timber.
He lives in Hora, Skopelos.