The visual artist Stathis Logothetis was born in Pyrgos, Eastern Rumelia (now Burgas, Bulgaria) in 1925 and passed away in Athens in 1997. He was the brother of the pioneering musician Anestis Logothetis.
He abandoned his medical studies to study music at the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki (earning a violin diploma) and at the Musikakademie in Vienna. From 1954 onward, he devoted himself exclusively to painting. He worked on scholarships from the Goethe Institute, the Dante Alighieri Institute, the D.A.A.D., and other foundations in Munich, Urbino, Berlin, Prilep (Yugoslavia), and Worpswede (formerly East Germany).
Shifting away from the style of German Expressionism found in his early works, he turned toward abstraction, gradually incorporating various materials and objects onto the surface of his pieces. He later abandoned the canvas entirely, expanding into a Neo-Dada style within the realms of performance, happenings, Body Art, and live art. He often wore his own creations made from cheap, perishable materials (akin to Arte Povera), which served as testaments to chance and decay, frequently seeking the active participation of the viewer. He engaged in particularly interesting collaborations with his brother, Anestis Logothetis, on musical-visual performance events (1971, 1975, 1982). His creative career was cut short in 1988, a year after contracting an incurable illness that led to paralysis.
He presented his work in solo exhibitions (Thessaloniki, Athens, Berlin) as well as group and international exhibitions both in Greece and abroad. He participated in numerous international exhibitions and festivals, including events in Berlin, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart (1967–1969), Modena and Venice (1978), Europalia in Brussels (1982), and the Satire Gallery in Heidelberg (1990). In 1994, his work was presented in a retrospective exhibition at Warehouse 1 of the Thessaloniki Port Authority, and in 2026, it was featured at the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST).