Michael Arvithis

Michael Arvithis is a Sydney-based fine artist and illustrator with a BFA in painting/drawing from COFA (present day Art & Design, UNSW).

Michael has won numerous national art prizes and has illustrated both children’s and adult books, as well as designing and illustrating marketing material for various independent theatre companies and music venues. Largely influenced by the Post-Impressionists, film history, 90s comic art and Francis Bacon, Michael's work ranges from dreamlike landscapes to comical satirisations of societal behaviour, to more surreal depictions of the darker parts of the human psyche. His works often explore loneliness, urban lifestyles, altered states of mind, human connection and his family's Greek roots.

Michael has fully Illustrated Living With Bipolar by Xavier Coy which is available now for pre-order and will be released on 12 September 2024.

Contact Michael via Instagram @michaelarvithisartist

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