Dimitris Yeros was born in Greece. He was one of the first artists to present Performances, Body Art, Video Art, and Mail Art in Greece.
He has had 58 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 among else with Throckmorton Fine Arts in New York, Holden Luntz gallery in Palm Beach, Pablo Goebel Fine Art in Mexico City and DL Gallery in Athens.
His works are included in many private and public collections such as National Portrait Gallery -London, The British Museum -London, Museum Bochum -Germany, Tate Britain -England, International Centre of Photography- New York, Maison Europeenne de La Photographie-Paris, Tama Art Museum-Tokyo-Japan, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Harry Ransom Center, Museum of Modern Art Barranquilla, National Gallery-Greece, Benaki Museum-Greece and elsewhere.
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 |
2010 | Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens, Greece |
2012 | Throckmorton Fine Art, New York, "Colors of Passion" |
2015 | Museo de Arte Moderno de Barranquilla, Colombia |
2016 | Pablo Goebel Fine Art, Mexico City |
2017 | Skoufa Gallery Athens, Greece |
2017 | GABO por Dimitris Yeros. Biblioteca Meira Delmar, Barranquilla, Colombia |
2020 | A Lesbos Diary. Throckmorton Fine Art. New York |
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 |
2010 | Shades of Love with foreword by Edward Albee and introduction by John Wood (Published by Insight Editions) |
2015 | Dimitris Yeros, Photographing Gabriel Garcia Marquez, with foreword by Edward Lucie Smith and afterword by Dimitris Yeros. Kerber Verlag, Germany |
2016 | Another Narcissus, with a poem by Edward Albee and introduction by John Wood. Phyllo Editions, Greece |
2020 | A Lesbos Diary. Throckmorton Fine Art. New York |
The following books are available to order: Click on the image for full details.