Kornelios Grammenos was born in Patras, Greece in 1959. He studied graphic arts and photography in Athens, 1977-1980, and sculpture and painting at the Cologne School of Fine Arts, (Kölner Werkkunstschule), Cologne, Germany,1981-1988. (Meisterklasse)
A lifetime of international residencies include Rome, Italy, 1988-1991,
New York City,1991-1992, and San Francisco, California, 1999-2000.
His career comprises major exhibitions of all aspects of his oeuvre in a wide variety of locations throughout Germany, Greece, Italy, Turkey, and the United States.
Presentations of his sculptural inventions have appeared in situations as diverse
as Palazzo Corvaja, Taormina, Sicily, 1990, Dexameni square, Athens, Greece, 1995, the Marina of Patras, Greece,1996, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 1997 and the 10th Public school, Byronas, Athens
Solo shows include The Goethe Institut Athen, 1987, the Nica Gallery Inc, San Francisco, California, 2000, the Galerie Beyer, Dresden, Germany, 2009, and the yianna grammatopoulos Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017 and 2018.
He currently lives and works in Athens, Greece.