Biography | Dimitris Yeros - Δημήτρης Γέρος

Dimitris Yeros was born in Greece in 1948. He was one of the first artists to present Performances, Body Art, Video Art, and Mail Art in Greece.

He has had 52 individual exhibitions in Greece and abroad. He has also participated in numerous international group exhibitions, Biennales and Triennales in many parts of the world.

He is collaborating with John Stevenson Gallery, and Throckmorton Fine Arts in New York, Holden Luntz gallery in Palm Beach, Vance Martin Fine Arts in San Francisco and Kapopoulos Fine Art in Athens.

Numerous works by Dimitris Yeros are to be found in many private collections, national galleries and museums worldwide: Tate Britain, Gety-LA, International Center of Photography-New York, National Portrait Gallery-London, The British Museum-London, Museum Bochum-Germany, Musee des beaux-arts de Mobreal-Canada and elsewhere.

At present he is working on another book with photographs on poems by C. P. CAVAFY.
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Some of the most important individual exhibitions:
1976	Gimpel-Weitzenhoffer, New York
	Schoeller, Dusseldorf, Germany
1977	Sevrugian & Bahls, Heidelberg, Germany
	Axiom, Köln, Germany
1978	Zygos, Nicosia, Cyprus
	Art Basel, Switzerland
	Schoeller, Düsseldorf, Germany
1979	Saalbau, Darmstand, Germany
1980	Gallerie W, Wupertal, Germany
1981	Kunoldstrasse 34 gallerie, Kasel, Germany
1982	ArtNow Gallerie, Mannheim, Germany
1984	Art Gallery, Indiana, USA
	Oxford University, Oxford, England
1986	Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
1987	Axiom, Köln, Germany
1988	Luxus Berlin Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
1992	Gallerie W, Wupertal, Germany
1993	Art Now Gallerie, Mannheim, Germany
1999	Hotel de Ville, Strasbourg, France
	Art Athina, Athens, Greece
	Photography Show, New York, U.S.A
2000	MIART, Milan, Italy
2002	Kelsey Museum, Ann Arbor-Michigan
2006	Radiant Light Gallery, Portlant, USA
2008	Kydoniefs Fountation, Andros, Greece

The following books have also been published on his work:

1976 The Sparkling Bathtub (published by Kastaniotis)

1977 Photoseries:Photopoem (published by Phyllo)

1984 Yeros with text by Yannis Patilis (published by Phorkys)

1986 Book-catalogue: Dimitris Yeros (published by The Bochum Museum)

1998 D.Yeros with an essay by Pr.Chr. Christou (published by The Prefecture of Biotia)

1998 Theory of the Nude with an introduction by Peter Weiermair Director of Rupertinum, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Salzburg, (published by Planodion)

1999 Periorasis with foreword by the author Michel Deon, Member of the French Academy and introduction by P.Devin, Director of the Centre Regional de la Photographie, France (published by Phyllo)

2000 For a Definition of the Nude with an introduction by Peter Weiermair, Director of the Rupertinum, Phyllo)

2001 The Exuberant Flowering of Dimitris Yeros with an essay by John Wood (published by the municipality of Syros - Greece)

2002 D. Yeros on C.P.Cavafy's poems. Kelsey Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan. With an assay by Lauren E. Talalay

2007 D. YEROS, Calendar. Harta Publications. Greece

2008 Wavelengh: D. Yeros and S. Karavouzis. Kydoniefs Foundation, Greece with an assay by Athens Schina

2008 Dimitris Yeros. Calendar. Harta publications. Greece

The following books are available to order: Click on the image for full details.

Theory of the Nude	For a definition of the NUDE	Periorasis	D.Yeros