BIOGRAPHY

Ioannis Psaroudakis was born in a small village in Heraklion Crete, Gagales, in 1958. From an early age he has started to admire those craftsmen who gave life to primitive materials, transforming wood and stone into elaborate, traditional designs full of warmth and enthusiasm. 
To attend high school he came to Heraklion a town that was being “destroyed” at that period of time. Not only the picturesque, traditional, small houses and old Ottoman buildings, but also the neoclassical mansions, each of them special cultural samples of historic past were being destroyed.
“Development” had come to bring a new trend in building, which would turn everything into cement, constructing multi-storey buildings. It seems that this cultural disaster influenced his young age. After finishing high school he leaves to study maths in Patras. At that period of time he starts to travel in the country and later abroad. He has been teaching maths as a private tutor since his studies came to an end. 
His frequent trips abroad make him familiar with other cultures, enrich his mind and awake him. “What happens with his heritage?” With deep sorrow, he realizes that the place he was born to, loses its character and alters irrevocably especially in architecture, an architecture that has always thrilled him as a child.
His dealing with maths influences his art. His works , either traditional or modern show his desire for art, an art that is used sometimes as a confession , a search for balance or other times as a healer but always and forever as a bridge that helps him communicate with his audience.

Critic
Ioannis Psaroudakis moves easily from marble sculpting to constructing uncommon pieces of art.  He knows well all the substances that he uses (wood, stone, steel, clay, plaster etc.).
A common characteristic of his work is that everything is so harmoniously combined that a unique quality and elegance is obvious. His pieces of art are influenced by his culture. Front parts of buildings that show the beautiful architecture of old times. Colour seems to be very important in his work. The way he combines the cold with the warm colours highlights his work, making it vivid and giving it a kind of sensitiveness  that leads to the world of his own authentic inspiration.
His pieces of art are totally influenced by his personal experiences and old pictures  that he loved and kept alive in his memory. For this reason each one of his works is considered to be a part of himself.