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