Angelos Spartalis is a painter and cinematographer. He grew up in Crete, Greece and Dusseldorf, Germany. He holds a Degree from the National Technical University of Athens (Mechanical Engineering-Aeronautics). Among other awards and distinctions he has won the Innovation & Digital Effects Award from the Hellenic Film Academy (2014) as well as the Golden Digital Alexander Award and the Fischer Audience Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (2008). In 2014, he was selected to represent Titanium Yiayiannos Gallery at the ART ATHINA International Contemporary Art Fair with his solo exhibition “Christ Re-crucified” curated by the art historian and NKUA Professor Dr Manos Stefanidis. In 2015, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete and the Cultural Organisation of the Municipality of Agios Nikolaos co-organised his solo exhibition “The Apology of Socrates in Kaufbeuren” curated by the Museum’s director Maria Maragkou. He lives in Exarchia, Athens and in Agios Nikolaos, Crete.