Forty permanent works

Installed and in progress · Seven sectors · Eight countries

The public sculpture record by sector

SectorOutdoorIndoorTotalCountriesExamples of installed works
Corporate—44Canada, France, Spain, USATiffany & Co. in Madrid, New York, Paris, Toronto
Educational—33Greece, Italy, USANightingale-Bamford School; NKUA School of Medicine
Government4711France, Greece, Italy, Türkiye, USAThe White House; U.S. and Greek embassies in multiple countries
Healthcare6—6GreeceSix hospitals in Athens, Piraeus and Crete
Museum3811Greece, Türkiye, UK, USAMuseum of Byzantine Culture (Thessaloniki); War Museum (Athens); Archaeological Collection (Serifos)
Religious134Türkiye, USAEcumenical Patriarchate; Greek Orthodox Archdiocese
Residential1—1GreecePrivate residence
Total1525408 countries

Installed works and works being installed, as of September 2026.

Selected works

Tiffany & Co. · The Landmark · New York

Head of Thalia II

Head of Thalia II

For the reopening of The Landmark at 727 Fifth Avenue in 2023, Tiffany & Co., with Peter Marino, commissioned a work for the building’s art collection. Modeled in clay from photographs of the artist’s mother around 1950, it was cast in bronze near ancient Thebes and given a patina recalling Tiffany’s signature colour.

Sector
Corporate
Year
2022
Height
38 cm
Max. width
43 cm
Material
Blue-green patina on cast bronze

Children’s Hospital “Aglaia Kyriakou” · Athens

Kore II

Kore II

This larger-than-life bust stands at the entrance of one of Greece’s largest children’s hospitals, with Sofia Petrides as the model. A variant, Kore III, is in the foyer of the Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations.

Sector
Healthcare
Year
2024
Height
85 cm
Max. width
62 cm
Status
Installed 2026
Material
Brass coating over resin and recycled PETG, hand-finished

Jefferson House · Residence of the U.S. Ambassador, Athens

Jefferson in Athens

Jefferson in Athens

Thomas Jefferson studied classical Greek political thought and corresponded with Adamantios Korais of the Modern Greek Enlightenment. Made for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the head draws on four period portraits held to be among his truest likenesses.

Sector
Government
Year
2026
Height
100 cm
Max. width
100 cm
Status
Installation in process
Material
Gold and bronze coating over hand-finished recycled PETG

Saint George Square · Neo Psychiko, Athens

Refugee-Woman of Smyrna

George Petrides with Refugee-Woman of Smyrna, Neo Psychiko, Athens

Refugee-Woman of Smyrna stands in Neo Psychiko, Athens. Modeled on the sculptor’s maternal grandmother, it recalls the catastrophe of Smyrna in September 1922 and connects a public place with the family history at the heart of this exhibition: the same grandmother appears here as Grandmother: The Root.

Sector
Government
Year
2022
Height
132 cm, excluding base
Diameter
100 cm
Material
Bronze metal coating over a body of sustainable materials

The White House · Washington

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

Davy Crockett at the Alamo

This tabletop sculpture shows Davy Crockett in the final assault on the Alamo on 6 March 1836: frontiersman, congressman and folk hero, among the ruined walls on a destroyed 18-pounder cannon, holding a torch and a Bowie knife. The White House accepted it as a Presidential Gift in 2025.

Sector
Government
Year
2025
Height
48 cm
Max. width
36 cm
Material
Two layers of 24K gold leaf over a hand-worked resin body
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