George Lappas (Cairo, 1950 – Athens, 2016) was a pioneering Greek artist with an international presence who redefined the boundaries of sculpture through a multifaceted body of work. His practice encompassed sculptural constructions arranged as installations, fragmented figures, self-illuminating photographic membranes, and neon compositions. At the core of his art lie his research in clinical psychology, his fascination with the histories of diverse cultures, and his deep engagement with ancient Egyptian art. His work forges unexpected material juxtapositions, activates innovative relationships between sculpture and space, body and movement, material and immaterial perception of form. He approached the artwork as a subject rather than merely an object of contemplation. Lappas was drawn to notions of participation, magic, play, divination, coincidence, purification, transformation, and spaces imbued with magnetic energy. His works create the illusion of precarious balance and swirling energy, incorporating paradox and intertextuality while demonstrating structural originality and technical precision. They engage with fundamental forces of human psyche and civilization, rendering them as psycho-intellectual landscapes. Having lived in the United States and traveled extensively worldwide, he implemented a groundbreaking teaching methodology as a professor at the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA). His work was exhibited at the Venice Biennale (Aperto, 1988; Greek Pavilion, 1990), the São Paulo Biennale (1987), and the Alexandria Biennale (1984, First Prize), as well as in Metropolis at Martin Gropius Bau (1991).