Diamantis Sotiropoulos
Happiness
65.6 x 57.9 in (framed)
Ink on paper
Happy
65.6 x 57.9 in (framed)
Ink on paper
The Supporter
33.3 x 25.4 in (framed)
Ink on paper
The Wife
33.3 x 25.4 in (framed)
Ink on paper
Base one
30.7 x 22.8 in (framed)
Ink on paper
Base three
30.7 x 22.8 in (framed)
Ink on paper
Base two
30.7 x 22.8 in (framed)
Ink on paper
Lex
87.2 x 59.1 in
Ink, glitter and gold colour on paper
Armed Peace I
90.6 x 65 in
Ink, glitter and gold colour on paper
Armed Peace II
84.7 x 59.1 in
Ink, glitter and gold colour on paper
Master Puppet
95.9 x 66.3 in (framed)
Ink, glitter and gold colour on paper
Nemesis
96.1 x 66.1 in (framed)
Ink, glitter and gold colour on paper
Requiem
95.3 x 66.1 in (framed)
Ink, glitter and gold colour on paper
Best among equals
58.9 x 100.1 in
Ink, glitter and gold colour on paper
The Fates
72.8 x 108.5 in (framed)
Ink, glitter and gold colour on paper
Born 1978 in Athens
Lives and works in Athens
| 1997-2004 | Study at the Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens |
| 2000-2001 | Study at the Academia de las Bellas Artes, Valencia |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2010 | Happiness, upstairs berlin, Berlin |
| 2008 | Trigger-happy, upstairs berlin, Berlin |
| 2006 | Mole, gazonrouge, Athens |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2012 | We can draw it!, Open Studios, GlogauAIR, Berlin Draftsmen's Congress (by Pawel Althamer and Zirkumflex) / 7. Berlin Biennale, St. Elizabeth Kirche, Berlin No Comments, IBERART Atelier - Galerie, Berlin |
| 2011 | Open Studios, GlogauAIR, Berlin EVOLUTION iD, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens |
| 2010 | Wunder auf Papier - über 100 Jahre Zeichenkunst, Kunsthaus Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf PASSION FRUITS picked from the Olbricht Collection, me Collectors Room Berlin, Berlin reich sein, Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden Arrivi e Partenze Europa, Mole Vanvitelliana, Ancona |
| 2009 | The Beautiful is just the first degree of the Terrible, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki Open, Zoya Museum, Modra 2nd Thessaloniki Biennal Of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki FIXSTERNE: 100 Meisterwerke auf Papier von Adolph Menzel bis Kiki Smith, Stiftung Schleswig Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig Athanasios Argianas, Jannis Markopoulos, Apostolos Palavrakis, Ilias Papailiakis, Diamantis Sotiropoulos, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin |
| 2007 | STRONGHOLD, gazonrouge, Athens Mediterranean Dialogues, St. Tropez I Syghroni Elliniki Skini, Art Athina, Athens Mythos – Matrix des Weltbildes, upstairs berlin, Berlin AFFINITIES. Deutsche Guggenheim 1997-2007. New Acquisitions Deutsche Bank Collection, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin |
| 2006 | Drawing Screen, Thessaloniki Cinema Museum and TINT, Thessaloniki Panic Room, DESTE Foundation, Athens What Remains is Future, Cultural Capital of Europe, Patras Tattoo my Art, a. antonopoulou art gallery, Athens METROPOLIS, Cultural Capital of Europe, Patras |
| 2005 | The Newcomers, gazonrouge, Athens KODRA ACTION FIELD, Thessaloniki Gemine Muse: Young artists in European Museums, CULTURE 2000 program, Museum of Cycladic art, Athens |
| 2004 | STRICTLY SUITABLE, Old hospital of Patras, Patras STRICTLY SUITABLE, Athens Byzantine museum, Athens The group of one, BIOS, Athens |
Selected Collections
Sammlung Deutsche Bank
The Sander Collection
Plessas Collection, Athens
Collection Michael Haas, Berlin
Sammlung Olbricht
Books and Catalogues
| 2009 | The Beautiful is just the first degree of the Terrible, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki 2009 Personal Political, biennale: 2, Thessaloniki Biennal of Contermporary Art, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki 2009 Open, Zoya Museum, Modra 2009 FIXSTERNE: 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier, Adolph Menzel bis Kiki Smith, Stiftung Schleswig Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloß Gottorf, Köln 2009 |
| 2008 | Trigger-happy, Diamantis Sotiropoulos, upstairs berlin, Berlin / Gazonrouge, Athen 2008 |
| 2007 | Yannis Constantinidis. Die Kettenhunde des Thukydides, in: Affinities. Visuell. Deutsche Guggenheim 1997 – 2007. Neuankäufe Sammlung Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt am Main 2007 Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou collection, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athen 2006 – 2007 |
Articles
| 2010 | Diethelm Donnerbruch, SPOTLIGHT Berlin, Galerie upstairs "Draw me a", in: Die Welt, 20. Februar 2010 |
| 2008 | Dominikus Müller, Düsterer Allegoriengarten, in: Berliner Zeitung, 15. April 2008 Ausstellungen, Spotlight, in: artnet.de, 3. April 2008 Dietrich von Schell, Treppe hoch zur Kunst, in: Berliner Abendblatt, 2. April 2008 Victoria Hennecke, Upstairs Berlin zeigt Diamantis Sotiropoulos, in: kunstmarkt.com, 27. März 2008 |
| 2007 | Walter Robinson, SYGHRONI ELLINIKI, in: artnet.com, 15. November 2007 Sebastian Preuss, Ab 100 000 wird es dünn, in: Berliner Zeitung, 4. Oktober 2007 Gerhard Charles Rump, Die Malerei ist längst nicht tot, in: Welt Online, 22. September 2007 Tilo Hähnel, Mythos – Kulturschwerpunkt im Juni, in: Infodigital, Juni 2007, Beilage RADIOROPA – Das Programm, 1. – 31. Juli 2007 Jens Hinrichsen, KunstStücke. Helden fressen, in: Der Tagesspiegel, 26. Mai 2007 Michaela Zin Sprenger, Wenn Kunst und Kapital sich paaren, in: Spiegel Online, 28. April 2007 Andrea Hilgenstock, Wo alte Meister auf junge Wilde treffen, in: Berliner Morgenpost, 28. April 2007 Pairs – Die Paare, in: Berliner Morgenpost, 26. April 2007 |