Athanasios (Thanasi) Papapostolou is a sculptor who lives and works in the Washington DC metro area. His work is recognized as possessing a unique quality which synthesizes classical figurative sculpture with the conceptual experiential movement of the present.

Thanasi received an M.F.A. from the Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art, a B.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, a 4 Year Certificate from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and has studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy.

He has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, such as the prestigious Cresson Grand Tour Grant for study in Europe; he is currently an Honorary Fellow in the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.