Xenofon Bitsikas is an artist, Professor (Painting) and Dean of the School of Fine Arts University of Ioannina. Studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA). Postgraduate studies and Ph.D. at the School of Fine Arts, University Complutense of Madrid (UCMadrid). He has been granted with scholarships from the Greek State Foundation for Scholarships, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain and the European Union. His field of research and academic curriculum is centered at questions of systems-mechanisms-tools used for structuring space with a specific side interest on matters of new media and hybrid design in public space.

He has published papers in congress proceedings and reviews and collaborates in research with Greek (DUThrace, ASFA, Hellenic Open University) and European (UCMadrid) universities.
His work was awarded and has been exhibited in Greece and Europe. Works of his have been acquired by the National Gallery, the Fundació Ynglada Guillot Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Jordi in Barcelona, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, the Spyropoulos Museum, the Vorres Museum, the Frissiras Museum.

Personal Webpage: http://xbitsikas.wix.com/xenofonbitsikas