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YANNIS KOTTIS, Painter

                   

                             

Please click on the images to view them in bigger size. Copyright art and photos © 2005 Yannis Kottis

 

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Corinthos, Greece, in 1949.

He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), under the supervision of Yannis Moralis and Nikos Nikolaou and continued his studied on a scholarship, at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts, in Paris, (1979-1983). He lives and works in Paris.

One-man exhibitions (selection)

1984 Centre Culturel de Bretigny, France

Kottis - Lambert, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece

1987 Samy Kinge Gallery, Paris, France

La Cour 21Gallery, Nantes, France

1990 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece

Samy Kinge Gallery, Paris, France

1992 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece

Samy Kinge Gallery, Paris, France

1993 Diaspro Art Center, Nicosia, Cyprus

1994 Centre d Art de Flaine, France

1995 Artforum Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece

Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece

1997 Zina Athanasiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece

1998 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece

2000 Samy Kinge Gallery, Paris, France

2001 Tzamia - Kristalla Art Gallery, Chania, Crete, Greece

2002 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece

2003 Retrospective exhibition, in the context of Ermoupolia 2003,

Syros, Greece

 

 

Group exhibitions (selection)

 

1981 Maison des Beaux Arts, Paris, France

1982 Salon Realites Nouvelles, Paris, France

Four Young Artists, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece

1983 Salon Realites Nouvelles, Paris, France

1984 Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France

Biennale of Alexandria, Egypt

Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

1985 National Gallery of Greece, Athens

Museum of Contemporary Art of Dunkerque, France

1986 Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France

1987 Pieridis Gallery, Athens, Greece

1988 FIAC Paris, Paris, France, with Samy Kinge Gallery

1989 Biennale de Jeunes, Cannes, France

1991 BIAF, Barcelona, Spain, with Samy Kinge Gallery

1994 FIAC Paris, Paris, France, with Samy Kinge Gallery

1995 FIAC Paris, Paris, France, with Zoumboulakis Galleries

Summer in the Mediterranean, National Gallery, Tirana, Albania

2003 5 painters in search of a writer, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece

2004 Tonight - Tonight, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece

Summer Landscapes, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Greece / Melina Merkouri Art Gallery, Hydra, Greece