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<div>{{Short description|British painter}}<br />
{{Infobox artist<br />
| name = Chris Achilleos<br />
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| caption = Chris Achilleos on [[Polcon]] 2007<br />
| birth_name = Christos Achilléos<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1947}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Famagusta]], [[Cyprus]]<br />
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| nationality = British<br />
| field = [[Fantasy art]], [[illustration]]<br />
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'''Chris Achilleos''' (born '''Christos Achilléos''',<ref>{{cite book |last=Achilleos |first=Chris |title=Amazona |date=October 2004 |publisher=[[Titan Books]] |location=London |isbn=1-84023-893-3 |page=2 }}</ref> 1947) is a [[Painting|painter]] and [[illustrator]] who specialises in [[fantasy art]]work and [[glamour (presentation)|glamour]] [[illustration]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Born in [[Ammochostos]], [[Cyprus]], his family emigrated to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1959, where he currently resides.<ref>[http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk/main/artist/bio/index.html Biography on Chris Achilleos' website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720211358/http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk/main/artist/bio/index.html |date=July 20, 2006 }}</ref> He attended the Hornsey College of Art.<ref name="SF encyclopedia">http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/achilleos_chris</ref><br />
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His work has appeared in ''[[Heavy Metal (magazine)|Heavy Metal]]'' and ''[[Radio Times]]'' magazines, on book covers (including series based on the [[Conan the Barbarian]] character, TV's ''[[Doctor Who]]''<ref name=loncon3>{{Cite web |url=http://www.loncon3.org/showcase/achilleos.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511043033/http://loncon3.org/showcase/achilleos.php |archive-date=2015-05-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''[[Star Trek]]'',<ref>https://scifiscarborough.co.uk/team/chris-achilleos/</ref> as well as the [[Fighting Fantasy]] gamebook series),<ref>http://www.gamesradar.com/guest-blog-fighting-fantasy-fest-2014/</ref> and in collections of his own work. He has also participated in various film projects including ''[[Heavy Metal (film)|Heavy Metal]]'' and ''[[Willow (film)|Willow]]'' as a [[conceptual artist]],<ref name=loncon3/> (his iconic poster image commissioned in 1980 featuring Taarna and her birdlike steed are still featured on the DVD release)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chrisachilleos.co.uk/film-work/heavy-metal.html#!achilleos_taarna_1912|title=HEAVY METAL 1980|access-date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619215630/http://chrisachilleos.co.uk/film-work/heavy-metal.html#!achilleos_taarna_1912|archive-date=June 19, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and created a proposed poster for ''[[Blade Runner]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sciencefictionarchives.com/en/collections/483/original-artwork-of-unreleased-blade-runner-poster-project-by-chris-achilleos|title=Original Artwork of Unreleased Blade Runner Poster Project by Chris Achilleos|access-date=June 19, 2018}}</ref><br />
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Achilleos created the controversial cover for [[Whitesnake]]'s 1979 album, ''[[Lovehunter]]'', which showed a naked woman straddling a giant serpent. In an interview with MelodicRock, [[Gary Hughes]] stated that Achilleos thereafter "had a policy of not working with bands".<ref name="Hughes Interview">{{cite web |url=http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/garyhughes-oafk.html |title=Interviews: Gary Hughes - Once And Future King |publisher=Melodicrock.com |quote=He had a bad experience after his Lovehunter cover and for years he has had a policy of not working with bands anymore. |access-date=2010-10-31 |archive-date=2018-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928210329/http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/garyhughes-oafk.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The original artwork, along with several other pieces, were stolen from him in the 1980s and sold to a private collector.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chrisachilleos.co.uk/the-artist/magazine-covers-and-interviews/139-entrevista-chris-achilleos-2013.html |title=Entrevista |publisher=Chris Achilleos |access-date=2014-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123214311/http://chrisachilleos.co.uk/the-artist/magazine-covers-and-interviews/139-entrevista-chris-achilleos-2013.html |archive-date=2015-11-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, he designed an album cover and artwork in 2003 with [[Gary Hughes]]' rock opera ''[[Once and Future King Part I]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/garyhughes-oafk.html |title=MelodicRock.com Interviews: Gary Hughes - Once And Future King<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-06-19 |archive-date=2018-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928210329/http://www.melodicrock.com/interviews/garyhughes-oafk.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> His influence was also felt in the [[Kate Bush]] video for "[[Babooshka (song)|Babooshka]]", in which the character's costume resembles the cover portrait he did of the heroine of the 1978 novel ''Raven - Swordsmistress of Chaos''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reprobatemagazine.uk/2016/08/03/article-the-connection-between-kate-bush-and-sexy-sword-and-sorcery-novels|title=The Connection Between Kate Bush And Sexy Sword And Sorcery Novels|work=The Reprobate|date=August 3, 2016|access-date=June 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.katebush.pl/video.htm|title=Polska Strona Kate Bush|publisher=www.katebush.pl|quote=Artistic concepts and choreography throughout by Kate Bush Babooshka costume based on an illustration by Chris Achilleos and released by Pamela Keats.|access-date=June 19, 2018}}</ref><br />
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Since 1990 he has mostly worked in designing fantasy trading cards as well as selling prints and original works of art.<ref name="SF encyclopedia"/><br />
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==Collections==<br />
Achilleos has published several book collections, including:{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}<br />
* ''Beauty and the Beast'' (1978)<ref name="SF encyclopedia"/><br />
* ''[[Sirens (book)|Sirens]]'' (1986)<ref name="SF encyclopedia"/><br />
* ''Medusa'' (1988)<ref name="SF encyclopedia"/><br />
* ''Amazona'' (2004)<ref name="SF encyclopedia"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Concept art]]<br />
*[[Fantastic art]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.chrisachilleos.co.uk}}<br />
* {{IMDb name|1691384}}<br />
* {{isfdb name|56901|Chris Achilleos}}<br />
* [http://art.ofearna.us/achilleos.html Fansite for Achilleos art in use]<br />
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[[Category:1947 births]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century British painters]]<br />
[[Category:British male painters]]<br />
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[[Category:English people of Greek Cypriot descent]]<br />
[[Category:British illustrators]]<br />
[[Category:British speculative fiction artists]]<br />
[[Category:Cypriot emigrants to England]]<br />
[[Category:Fighting Fantasy]]<br />
[[Category:Fantasy artists]]<br />
[[Category:Games Workshop artists]]<br />
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