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DIMITRIS KOUKOS (Greece, Athens b. 1948 / act: Athens) |
Dimitris Koukos was born on 25 May 1948 in Athens, Greece. He studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts - ASFA (1969-1974) painting under Nikos Nikolaou and Yannis Moralis, and stage-design under Vassilis Vassiliadis. He received a state scholarship to further his studies at the École Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris (1975-1978) under Gustav Sengiers.Dimitris Koukos presented the following personal exhibitions: Ora Art Center, Athens (1977); Modern Engraving Gallery, Athens (1979); Argo Gallery, Athens (1981); EM Gallery, Volos (1981); Zygos Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus (1982); 15 Years of Painting, Megaron, Athens (1984); Epoches Art Gallery, Kifissia (1984); Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens (1986, 1989); Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus (1986); Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus (1988); Irmos Gallery, Thessaloniki (1990); Arcticus Gallery, London (1991); Palace of the Grand Masters, Rhodes Island, Greece (1992); Dimitris Koukos 1969-1995, Pieridis Gallery, Athens (1995); Gallery 3, Athens (1995); Ekfrasi Gallery, Glyfada (1996); Art Athina, Ekfrasi Gallery, Athens (1996); Art Forum Vilka Gallery, Thessaloniki (1997); Adam Gallery, Athens (1997); Thrace of Dimitris Koukos: Didimotiho, Calendar of The Heracles Group of Companies, Athens (1998); Selini Gallery, Kifissia (1998); Thrace of Dimitris Koukos: Xanthi, Calendar of The Heracles Group of Companies, Athens (2000); Stavros Mihalarias Art Gallery, Athens (2002); Olympic Sports, Athenian Brewery, Athens (2002); Olympic Sports, Organizational Committee of Olympic Games, Athens (2003); World Congress of Journalism, Samothrace (2003); World Congress of Journalism, Municipal Gallery of Psychiko, Athens (2003); Olympic Sports in Olympic Towns, Mylos of Thessaloniki, Galanopoulos Hall of Patras, Desmos Gallery of Heraklion, Crete (2004); Ikastikos Kiklos, Athens (2006); Citron Gallery, Poros Island (2006); Associated Landscapes, 1st School of Paros - Ekatodapyliani , Paros Island (2007); Dimitris Koukos: Small Retrospective, INFOTE, Athens (2007).
Artworks by Dimitris Koukos can be found in the following public collections: The American College of Greece - ACG Art, Athens; Dimitris Pierides Museum of Contemporary Art, Cyprus; ETEBA S.A.; Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athens; Ministry of Education, Cyprus; Moschandreou Gallery; National Bank of Greece, London; Municipal Gallery, Florina; National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens; Piraeus Bank, London; Municipal Gallery, Syros Island; Vorres Museum, Peania.
Dimitris Koukos continues to live and work in Athens.
[Megakles Rogakos 05/2007]
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
NIKOLAOU, NIKOS & MYTARAS, DIMITRIS Dimitris Koukos 1986 Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens
SCHINA, ATHENA Dimitris Koukos 1989 Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens
MYTARAS, DIMITRIS & MAVROTAS, TAKIS Dimitris Koukos 1991 Arcticus Gallery, London
SCHINA, ATHENA Dimitris Koukos 1992 Palace of the Grand Masters, Rhodes Island
CHRISTOU, CHRYSANTHOS & KOLOKOTRONIS YANNIS Dimitris Koukos 1969-1995 1995 Pieridis Gallery, Athens
HADJIYANNAKI, ANNA Dimitris Koukos 1996 Ekfrasi Gallery, Athens
STEFANIDIS, MANOS Dimitris Koukos: Mimesis and Poetry 1998 Adam Gallery, Athens
DORA, ILIOPOULOU-ROGAN Sea 2000 Adam Gallery, Athens
MIHALARIAS, STAVROS / DORA, ILIOPOULOU-ROGAN Dimitris Koukos 2002 Mihalarias Art, Athens
CONSTANTINOU, DOROS / NIKOLAOU, DIMITRIS / KOUKOS, DIMITRIS Weekly Diary 2003 Frigoglass Group, Athens
ALBUM Dimitris Koukos: Olympic Sports 2003 Heineken Hellas, Athens
DORA, ILIOPOULOU-ROGAN Dimitris Koukos: Substractive and Cohesive Landscapes 2006 Ikastikos Kiklos, Athens
DORA, ILIOPOULOU-ROGAN Summer 2006 Citron Gallery, Poros Island
DORA, ILIOPOULOU-ROGAN Dimitris Koukos: Monograph 2007 Adam Group, Athens [GREEK]
