Special Information for the Artist
YIANNIS ADAMAKIS was born in Piraeus, Greece, in 1959.
He combined studies in Economics and Painting.
His works are in many private collections in Greece and abroad, in the collection of
the National- Kapodistrian University of Athens, in the collection of the U.S.A.
Embassy in Athens, in the Municipal Galleries of Athens, Agrinion, Kalamata and the
“Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art” in Thessaloniki.
He is a member of the “Greek Chamber of Visual Arts” where was elected twice a
member of the “Judgment and Classification Committee”.
From 1989 until 1999 was an Art teacher in Keratsini Municipality Art studio (adults
groups). At the same period became a member of the Municipality Cultural
Committee, and Municipal advisor in Cultural Issues.
Texts of his are published in newspapers, magazines and Art catalogues.
Participation in international Art projects:
1988: International workshop organized by the international association of painters:
“The Sunny Square”and the Ministry of Culture of Russia. Cherepovets, Russia.
2000: “OFFENE ATELIERS” as guest artist. Bielefeld, Germany.
2016: “KUSADASI MUNICIPALITY INTERNATIONAL PAINTING
WORKSHOP”. Turkey. (Curator: Bulent Burgac).
Private exhibitions (selection):
1990: TO TRITO MATI, Athens, Greece.
1992: ART GALLERY MARIA PAPADOPOULOU, Athens, Greece.
1992: ZINA ATHANASIADOU ART GALLERY, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1994: ART GALLERY MARIA PAPADOPOULOU, Athens, Greece.
1996: ZINA ATHANASIADOU ART GALLERY, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1997: OPUS 39, Nicosia, Cyprus.
1997: LEZARTS, Nice, France.
2000: GALLERIE BAAL, Bielefeld, Germany.
2001: OPUS 39, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2001: ZOUMBOULAKIS GALLERIES, Athens, Greece.
2004: METAMORFOSIS ART GALLERY, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2005: ZOUMBOULAKIS GALLERIES, Athens, Greece.
2006: METAMORFOSIS ART GALLERY, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2008: THEOREMA, Brussels, Belgium.
2009: ZOUMBOULAKIS GALLERIES, Athens, Greece.
2010: EPSILON, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2013: ZOUMBOULAKIS GALLERIES, Athens, Greece.
2014: METAMORFOSIS ART GALLERY, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2014: ATHANASIA PEFTOULIDI-ART GALLERY, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Participation in International Art fairs:
1994: “ART ATHINA”, (ZINA ATHANASIADOU ART GALLERY),Athens,
Greece.
1997: “ART JONCTION”, (LEZARTS), Nice, France.
1998: “ART ATHINA” ( NAFPLION’S ART GALLERY), Athens, Greece.
2000: “LINEART”, (LEZARTS), Gent, Belgium.
2004: “ART PARIS” (ZOUMBOULAKIS GALLERIES), Paris, France.
Participation in group exhibitions (selection):
1987: “PAN-HELLENIC ART EXHIBITION”,PPA S.A., Piraeus, Greece.
1989: “ATHENS VISUAL ARTS”, ART CENTER, PARKO ELEFTHERIAS, Αthens, Greece.
1994: “THE MUNICIPALITY OF ATHENS ART COLLECTION”, “MELINA MERKOURI”
ART CENTER, Athens, Greece.
1997: “FOCI OF THE GAZE”, LARISSA CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Larissa, Greece.
(Curator: A. Schina).
1999: “GRECE ET MEDITERRANEE”, MAISON DES ARTISTS, CHATEAU MUSEE DE
CAGNES, Cagnes-sur- Mer, Nice, France.
2003: “FIVE PAINTERS SEEK AUTHORS”, ZOUMBOULAKIS GALLERIES, Athens,
Greece.
2003: “322 + 1 ARTISTS” DONORS, MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY
ART, Thessaloniki, Greece. (Curators: K. Kamara, M. Laya, X. Scarpia-Heupel).
2004: “ISSUES OF IDENTITY”, MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART,
Thessaloniki, Greece. (Curators: T. Misirloglou, K. Syroglou, M. Triandafyllidou).
2004: “ZOOLYMPICS 2004”, ZOUMPOULAKIS GALLERIES, Athens, Greece.
“DIALOGS 2005” (METAMORFOSIS ART GALLERY), MACEDONIAN MUSEUM OF
CONTEMPORARY ART, Thessaloniki, Greece.
2007: “BIRTH PLACE”, BENAKI MUSEUM, Athens, Greece. (Curator: I. Kritikou).
2010: “TRACING ISTAMBUL”, SISMANOGLIO MEGARO – HEYBELIADA RUM
RUHBAN OKULU, Istambul, Turkey - “TECHNOPOLIS”, GAS MUSEUM, MUNICIPALITY
OF ATHENS, Athens,Greece. (Curator: I. Kritikou).
2013: “OFFER”, CONTEMPORARY GREEK ARTISTS IN THE NATIONAL
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, Athens, Greece. (Curator: M. Stefanidis)
2015: “THREE GENERATIONS OF GREEK PAINTING-PRINTING” (From the
collection of C.& S. MOSCHANDREOU GALLERY OF MESSOLONGHI), ATHENS
MUNICIPAL GALLERY, Athens, Greece. (Curator: L. Karapidaki).
2016: “ART ARCHIVES”, MUSEUM KRESOW, Lubaczowie, Polland. (Curator: L.
Karapidaki).
2016: “I DARED TO PRAISE”, “ Eleftherios Venizelos – 80 years after his death”,
BASILICA OF ST. MARKOS, Heraklion, Crete, Grece. (Curator: L. Karapidaki).
2017: “THE MUSES PROJECT”, HOUSE OF CYPRUS, Athens, Greece. Proposal
by M. Rogakos, module “Calliope”, curator: L. Karapidaki).
