Kapatays Art Gallery in Nicosia Cyprus will be presenting an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and prints by Dimitris Yeros, starting December 10th 2014.

 

Thirty-five of Yeross works, in various sizes and created in the past 25 years, will be presented for the first time to the viewing public in Cyprus.

Dimitris Yeros creates a world unfettered by physical reality; instead, he remoulds the reality that he perceives, filters it and finally synthesises it into new and unexpected relationships, in a metaphysical atmosphere of an intellectual character. The intense symbolism inherent in his compositions, in the stark landscapes of indeterminate time, often with a man running across to the left, the unknown varieties of trees growing in the most unexpected places, the skies that are filled with liquid clouds, the gaps or windows that act as containers of his personal quintessence of life, have all been painted with the firm belief so firm that it becomes infectious that in fact they are naturalistic landscapes, displaying a Flemish masters meticulous care and attention to detail.

 

The first time that Dimitris Yeros presented his work in a solo exhibition in Nicosia was at the Zygos-Gloria gallery in 1978, while his third and latest exhibition in Cyprus was in 1983. The Greek artist has had 54 solo exhibitions in Greece and abroad, and his works can be found in museums and private collections in many parts of the world. He collaborates primarily with Throckmorton Fine Arts of New York and Holden Luntz Gallery of Palm Beach.

 

In the past 25 years he has been equally successful in photography: his latest book, with photos inspired by the poems of C.P. Cavafy, was included in the Top Ten list of the best books of 2011 selected by the American Library Association.

 

Another book to come out in 2015 will include photographs of Gabriel García Márquez taken by Dimitris Yeros in sessions with the famous author in Mexico and Colombia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dimitris Yeros was one of the first Greek artists to present Performances, Body Art, Video Art, and Mail Art.

He has had 54 individual exhibitions of his work held in Greece and abroad: in Κoln, Dusseldorf, New York, Kassel, Oxford (Oxford University), Darmstadt, Indiana-USA (Ball State Art Gallery), Heidelberg, Nicosia, Milan, Michigan(Kelsey Museum of Art), Strasburg-France, Bochum (The Bochum Museum), Berlin, Wuppertal, Mannheim, Mexico City etc.

He has participated in numerous international group exhibitions, Biennales and Triennales around the world.

A book of his art titled Yeros was published in 1984 by Forkys Editions with text by Yannis Patilis. Another book-catalogue of his work titled Dimitris Yeros was published by the Bochum Museum on the occasion of his retrospective there in 1986. In 1997 the Prefecture of Biotia published a book entitled D. Yeros with an introduction to the artists work by Professor and Academician Chrysanthos Christou. In 1998 his book Theory of the Nude was published by Planodion Publications with an introduction by the Director of the Bologna Modern Art Museum, Peter Weiermair. In 1999 his book Periorasis was published by Phyllo Publications with a foreword by the French writer Michel Déon and an introduction by the Director of the French Centre Régional de la Photographie , Pierre Devin. In 2000 his book For a Definition of the Nude was published, once again by Phyllo Publications, with an introduction by Peter Weiermair. It was followed byD.Yeros with an essay by John Wood (Ermoupolia, Greece, 2001) and Yeros Caravouzis, with an essay by Athena Schina (Greece, 2008). In 2010 the book Shades of Love, inspired by the poems of C.P. Cavafy, with a foreword by Edward Albee and an introduction by John Wood, was published by Insight Editions, California. The book was included in the Top Ten list of the best books of 2011 selected by the American Library Association.

Many of his art prints have been published by leading art editors. He has illustrated books and magazines.

In 1987 UNICEF chose his work “The Dangers of Curiosity” to print on its cards for international circulation.

Numerous works by Dimitris Yeros are to be found in many private collections, national galleries and museums worldwide: Tate Britain, International Center of Photography – New York, Maison Européenne de La Photographie – Paris, National Portrait Gallery – London, The British Museum – London, Museum Bochum – Germany, Tama Art Museum – Tokyo, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – Canada, National Gallery – Greece, New Hampshire Institute of Art, and elsewhere.

He collaborates with Throckmorton Fine Arts in New York and Holden Luntz Gallery in Palm Beach.