The painter, engraver and architect Periklis Panteleakis was born in Gytheio in 1927.
He apprenticed under Spyros Papaloukas. In 1960, he graduated from the School of Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), where his professors included N. Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, D. Pikionis, and A. Sochos.
He taught as a professor at the Doxiadis Athens Technological Institute (ATI) (1960–1970) and served as an assistant (epimelitis) to the Chair of Interior Architecture at the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens (1965–1986).
He edited publications and illustrated poetry collections and books by N. Vrettakos, N. Alexiou, M. Katsaros, D. Christodoulou, and others with original woodcuts and copper engravings. He also designed costumes and stage sets for theatrical productions.
Surrealism, the Christian symbolism of Byzantine iconography, and the pairing of text and image are combined in his painting work.He presented his work in solo exhibitions in Athens (“Ekfrasi” 1991, “Zygos” 1991) and Thessaloniki (“Techni” Macedonian Art Society 1993). He participated in group exhibitions as well (e.g., “Techni” Macedonian Art Society 1993, 1993, and 2002).
His works are held in the “Kostas Malamos” Municipal Gallery of Printmaking in Zitsa and in private collections in Greece, England, and the USA.