Dinos Papaspyrou:Biography

Dinos Papaspyrou
Member of:
GREEK CHAMBER OF FINE ARTS

Biography
Name – Surname:
Dinos Papaspyrou

Date and place of birth:
1938, Thessaloniki

Education:
Self-taught painter

Solo exhibitions in Greece:
2011     EIRMOS Gallery, Thessaloniki
2010     VASSILIADIS SCHOOL,Thessaloniki
2010     DIPOLO Gallery, Thessaloniki
2006        EIRMOS Gallery, Thessaloniki
2003        EIRMOS Gallery, Thessaloniki
2000        Thessaloniki Municipality Art Hall
1997        IANOS Gallery, Thessaloniki
1994        IANOS Gallery,Thessaloniki
1991        YPOGEIO Bookshop Art Gallery in Thessaloniki
1987        DIAGONIOS Small Art Gallery, Thessaloniki
1985        DIAGONIOS Small Art Gallery, Thessaloniki
1981        COMMERCIAL BANK, Thessaloniki
1979        COMMERCIAL BANK, Thessaloniki

Group exhibitions in Greece:
2011      DIPOLO Gallery, Thessaloniki
             “People on the Thessaloniki
              waterfront”
2011      NASIOUTZIK MUSEUMAnatolia
             College & Art-125 years common
             journey”
2011      EIRMOS & METAMORFOSIS
             Galleries, “Thalassodromio”
2011      DIPOLO Gallery, Thessaloniki
             “Architecture, industrial buildings
             And monuments in Thessaloniki
2011      DIPOLO Gallery, “Thessaloniki
             General view, suburbs”
2010      EIRMOS & METAMORFOSIS
             Galleries “4 Seasons”
2010      DIPOLO Gallery, “Vardari area and
             Thessaloniki Railway Station”
2010      DIPOLO Gallery, “Thessaloniki
             Thermaikos bay and promenade”
2010      Piraeus Bank Center, “Travels in
             fine arts”, organized by SKETBE
2010     “Vafopoulion Intellectual Center
            of Thessaloniki”, in aid of the
            Spastic Society of Northern Greece.
2009     “Technopoli” (Gazi-Athens)
            Panhellenic group exhibition
            of the Greek Chamber of Visual
            Arts, titled: “The Human Form
            in Art”
2009     DIPOLO Gallery, “The Thessaloniki
            Market”
2009     DIPOLO Gallery, “The Thessaloniki
            Harbour”
2008     DIPOLO Gallery, “Uptown
            Thessaloniki
2008     EIRMOS & METAMORFOSIS Galleries
2007     IANOS Gallery
2006     IANOS Gallery
2006        Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies (organised by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece)
2006        ARMOS Gallery, (organised by the Spastics Society of Northern Greece)
2005        Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, “Art Eggs”, Thessaloniki
2005        Casa Bianca, Anatolia American College Pays Tribute to its Artists  
2004        EIRMOS Gallery, “The Collection of Dinos Christianopoulos”, Thessaloniki  
2003        EPISTROPHI Gallery, “205 Artists paint for IOLI”, Athens  
2003        Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies, “Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, 20 years of Creation”, Thessaloniki
2002        Cultural Centre of the Stavroupoli Municipality, 1st Regional Fine Arts Exhibition, “Sound Mind in a Healthy Body”, (organised by the Cultural Centre of the Stavroupoli Municipality)
2002        Cultural Centre of the Stavroupoli Municipality, “Stavroupoli in Literature”, exhibition of the paintings of Dinos Papaspyrou, prints by Nikos Lazarides, and photographs of the historical archive of Stavroupoli  
2002        Cultural Centre of the Stavroupoli Municipality, “Byzantine Thessaloniki Today”, Exhibition of the members of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece as part of the events for the Byzantine Festival of the Ecos-Ouverture programme  
2002        Warehouse II, Thessaloniki Port Authority – State Museum of Contemporary Art, 1st Balkan Exhibition of Contemporary Miniature Art, 2002  
2001        EXOSTIS Gallery
2001        Naoussa Municipal Library, Exhibition of Miniatures by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece
2001        ARMOS Gallery, (organised by the Spastics Society of Northern Greece)
2001        Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, “The Collection of TECHNI”, Kilkis
2001        Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, “1st Panhellenic Exhibition of Miniature Art” (organised by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece)
2000        Exhibition of Miniature Art by the members of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece
2000        IANOS Gallery, Thessaloniki
2000        Alekos Kontopoulos Municipal Gallery, Exhibition of Miniature Art by the members of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, Lamia  
2000        Municipal Gallery, Exhibition of Miniature Art by the members of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, Kozani
2000        TECHNI Gallery, Exhibition of Miniature Art by the members of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, Kilkis  
2000        ATRION Gallery (organised by ELEPAP)
2000        Yeni Tzami, Exhibition of Drawings by the members of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece   
1999        ARMOS Gallery (organised by the Spastics Association of Northern Greece)  
1998        Municipal Gallery, “Greek Folk and Naif Painters” (collection of Christos and Sophia Moschandreou), Thessaloniki
1997        IANOS Gallery, presentation of the collection “The Thessaloniki of Painters”, (held in seven cities: Athens, Thessaloniki and five other cities), (organised by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece), Kavala
1997        Pavilion 1 of the International Thessaloniki Trade Fair, “Views of Artistic Creation in Thessaloniki after 1960”, (co-organised by the Cultural Capital of Europe organisation – Thessaloniki 1997 and the Thessaloniki Municipality and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki)
1997        Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies (organised by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece)
1997        Cultural Centre of Thessaloniki Prefecture, (organised by the SOS Children’s Villages of Greece)
1996        Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, (S. Tsoukalis Collection)
1995        Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki
1994        Sithonia Beach Hotel, Porto Karras, Halkidiki
1993        Municipal Gallery of Larissa, (organised by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece)
1993        28th Demetria, Thessaloniki Port Authority (organised by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece)
1985        French Institute of Thessaloniki, “10 Years of Diagonal”
1983        Regional Municipalities of Thessaloniki (6 exhibitions)
1981        Panhellenic Cultural Movement, Athens
1980        Panhellenic as part of the 15th Demetria, Thessaloniki
1977-1993       Diagonios Small Art Gallery, Thessaloniki (series of 66 group exhibitions) Thessaloniki

Group exhibitions abroad:
1998        Greek Culture House, Stockholm, Sweden
1998        Gripen Gallery, Karlstad, Sweden

Professional experience:
1957-1987       Bank employee

Visual arts – related activities:
-          The Pit”, publication of book containing fifteen short prose texts (2000)
-          “Flashes and shadows of memory”,
publication of book containing seven
short prose texts (2010)  

Other memberships:
-        Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece
Reviews:
Literary and other publications with works by the artist:

-     “Thessalonikis Oikologio 2010”,
      December 2009
-     “25 YEARS IANOS, 1984-2009”, Sep./09
-     Magazine “PARODOS”, vol. 29, July/2009
-     Magazine “PARODOS”, vol. 25, Jan./2009
-     Newspaper “MACEDONIA”, May 11/2008,
      p. 38/6, by Stelios Koukos
-     Newspaper “KATHIMERINI”, April 08,2007,
      Page 2, by Helen Bistika, “Painted and Signed Easter Egg”
-    “K” magazine, of “Kathimerini” newspaper 12.03.2006, page 95, by Helen Bistika, with the works “Landscape from Meteora and “Nymph with colored stockings”
-        DEMOTIS magazine, September 2004, vol. 27, published by Stavroupoli Municipality, the cover, back and pg. 3 have works depicting the Pavlos Melas Base
-        EFOPLISTIS magazine, December 2002, the work “From Halkidiki” appears on pg. 26
-        Guide to the Museums of Macedonia, 2002, the work “From Aristotelous Street” appears on pg. 61, Leadercom S.A. publications
-        Spyros Lazarides, Exorcising Evil, album, May 2002, published by Stavroupoli Municipality, cover: “From the Pavlos Melas Base
-        A. Pavliotis, Fatal Relationship, novel, August 2001, Nesides Publications, cover: “Night Scene from the New Beach
-        EPILOGES weekly magazine of the newspaper MAKEDONIA, “Selections”, 20/5/2001, vol. 274, pgs. 56-58, “Olympos Restaurant, Naoussa”
-        G. Anastasiades, Cinema Paradiso: The Cinemas of Thessaloniki that Left their Mark, December 2000, Ianos Publications, the works “Alkazar Cinema”, “Makedoniko Cinema” appear on pages 24 and 114 
-        D. Papaspyrou, The Pit – Journeys and Stops, fifteen short prose texts, September 2000, Ianos Publications, cover: “The Pit at the Command Post”, back: “From Kafantzogleio Street”
-        T. Nikiforou, Repatriation, short stories, July 2000, Nea Poreia Publications, cover: “Spring at the College”
-        The Thessaloniki of Older Authors, short stories, November 1998, Ianos Publications, Thessaloniki, “Registers of Thessaloniki II” appears on pg. 36
-        The Thessaloniki of Authors, 1996, Thessaloniki, short stories, Ianos Publications, the work “Registers of Thessaloniki” appears on pg. 78
-        T. P. Palla, Words of an Exhausted Walker, poems, 1996, Thessaloniki, cover: “Houses in Toumba”
-        O PARATIRITIS, periodical publication of Arts and Letters, Winter 1995, Thessaloniki, vol. 27, “Modiano Market” appears on pg. 163
-        G. Anastasiades, The Thessaloniki of the Newspapers, 1994, Thessaloniki, ““The Pantheon Cinema” appears on pg. 175
-        T. P. Palla, Poetic Endeavours, 1994, Thessaloniki, cover: “From Porto Koufo”
-        K. Tomanas, The Cinemas of Old Thessaloniki, 1993, Thessaloniki, cover: “The Pantheon Cinema”



Albums containing works by the artist:

-     “125 years Anatolia College & Art”,
issued on the occasion of the group
exhibition on June 04, 2011 at Nasioutzik
Museum, Athens
     
-    “Thalassodromio”, issued on the
     occasion of the group exhibitions
     at the Galleriew EIRMOS & METAMORFOSIS
     14.05-25.06.2011
-    “4 Seasons”, issued on the occasion
      of the group exhibitions at the
      Galleries EIRMOS & METAMORFOSIS”
      15.05-30.06.2010
-    “Thessaloniki internal landscape painting,”
      issued on the occasion of the group
      exhibitions at the Galleries EIRMOS
      and METAMORFOSIS
      10.04-16.05.2008

-        111+1 Artists, February 2006, published by Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece
-     January 2006, Album, issued by gallery EIRMOS, on the occasion of his 10th solo exhibition
-        Anatolia College Pays Tribute to its Artists, September 2005, published by the Thessaloniki Municipal Gallery   
-        The Dinos Christianopoulos Collection, October 2004, published by the EIRMOS Gallery
-        Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece – 20 years of Creation, November 2003, published by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece
-        205 Artists Paint for Ioli, November 2003, published by Athenian Brewery
-     September 2003, Album, issued by
      gallery EIRMOS, on the occasion of his 9th solo exhibition
-        1st Inter-Balkan Exhibition of Miniature Art 2002, December 2002, published by the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece and the State Museum of Contemporary Art
-        1st Panhellenic Exhibition of Miniature Art, December 2001, published by Thessaloniki Municipality and the Vafopouleio Cultural Centre
-        Collection of Techni - Macedonian Artistic Company, April 2001, Kilkis, published by the Vafopouleio Cultural Centre
-        Exhibition of Drawings by the members of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, Yeni Mosque, December 2000 – January 2001, 35th Demtria
-        Visual Artists of Northern Greece, January 2000, Ianos Publications, publication in honour of the 15 years since the establishment of Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece
-     “Thessaloniki-Halkidiki” – Rambles and pauses”, album, issued October 2000 by the Gallery of Municipality of Thessaloniki, on the occasion of his 8th solo exhibition
-        Views of Artistic Creation in Thessaloniki after 1960, October 1997, Cultural Capital of Europe Organisation 1997, Thessaloniki
-        Vies of Thessaloniki, October 1997, published by Ianos for the 7th solo exhibition by Dinos Papaspyrou
-        The Artists’ Thessaloniki, December 1996, Ianos Publications, Thessaloniki
-        Sotiris Tsoukalis Collection, October 1996, Thessaloniki Municipal Gallery
-        Collection of Thessaloniki Artists, October 1995, Thessaloniki Municipal Gallery
-        11th Exhibition of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, November 1995 30th Demetria, Macedonian Studies Gallery
-        The Collection of Techni, Techni - Macedonian Artistic Company, October 1994, Kilkis
-        Exhibition of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, July-August 1994, Sithonia Beach Hotel, Porto Karras, Halkidiki
-        10th Exhibition of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, November 1993, 28th Demetria, Thessaloniki Port Authority, Warehouse 1
-        9th Exhibition of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, October 1993, Larissa Municipal Gallery, I. G. Katsigras Museum
-        Exhibition ΄87, Emporiki Bank

Diaries containing works by the artist:
-        2006 Diary, “The City is its People”, published by Thessaloniki of the Citizens and Ecology, pg. 125, the work “Yenti Koule”, 1987, 32 x 22 cm.
-        2006 Diary, “Artists from Euritania”, published by the Euritania Prefectural Local Authority, May, the work “Landscape, Kapsochora - Halkidiki”, 1976, 34 x 48.5 cm.
-        2002 Diary, published by the Down’s Syndrome Association of Greece, February, the work “Views of Thessaloniki”, 1996, 29 x 41.5 cm., (the month of June has the work “The church of St Nicholas in Dikastirion Square”, 1995, 31 x 44 cm.), (October has the work “Views of Thessaloniki”, 1996, 30.5 x 42.5 cm.)
-        2002 Diary, published by the Thessaloniki Guild of Gold and Silver Workers, October, the work “Nocturnal View of the New Beach”, 1998, 22.5  x  34 cm., December, “The 3rd Army Corps Headquarters”, 1998, 35 x 48 cm.

Bibliography:
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini” 02.12.2011
     p. 2, by Eleni Bistika.
-    Newspaper “Agelioforos”, 30.11.2011
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, 01.11.2011, p. 2
     “A letter from Thessaloniki, bearing
      a postage-stamp showing the White
      Tower”. By Eleni Bistika.
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, 21.09.2011,
     p.2,“People on the Thessaloniki waterfront”
     at DIPOLO Art Gallery. By Eleni Bistika.
-    Newspaper “Agelioforos”, 14.09.2011
     “People on the Thessaloniki waterfront”.           
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, 05.06.2011,
     p.2, “One day in the life of the poet
     Dinos Christianopoulos, 1st June 2011”,
     By Eleni Bistika.
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, 31.05.2011,
     p.2, “Postscript”, by Eleni Bistika.
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, 21.05.2011,
     p.2, by Eleni Bistika
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, 10.05.2011,
     p.2, by Eleni Bistika
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, 08.05.2011,
     p.2, by Eleni Bistika
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, 23-24.04.2011,
     “Wishes for a Happy Easter”.
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, 06.02.2011,
     “A farewell to the poet Takis Varvitsiotis”
-    Magazine “PARODOS”, vol.39-40/2010,
     p. 4800
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, October 10/2010
     “Here is Thessaloniki”, by Eleni Bistika
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, October 02/2010
     By Eleni Bistika
-    Newspaper “Kathimerini”, May 23/2010,
     By Eleni Bistika
-    Newspaper “Angelioforos”, May 18/2010
-    Magazine “PARODOS”, vol. 25, Jan./2009
-    Newspaper “Macedonia”, May 11/2008,
     p. 38/6, by Stelios Koukos
-    Newspaper “Macedonia”, May 08/2008
-    Newspaper “Angelioforos” May 04/2008,
     p.8, by Christos Zafiris
-    Newspaper “Macedonia”, April 13/2008,
     p.40/8-41/9, by Elsa Spyridopoulou
-    Newspaper “Angelioforos”, April 06/2008,
     p. 8&9, by Chryssa Nanou
-    Album issued on the occasion of the group
     Exhibition April 10-May 16/2008 at the
     Galleries EIRMOS & METAMORFOSIS,
     p. 11-16, by Zoe Godossi
     -     “ I POLI”, periodical publication of
       Stavroupoli Municipality, vol. 8th ,
      December 2006, on pages 44-45 the
      short story “Alpha Stratiotis”
-     “ANGELIOFOROS” newspaper, Sunday
      24.12.2006, Culture inset, on page 5
      the painting “Christmas is gleaming
      like tears” and on page 7 the short
      story “Christmas Eve 1943”
-     “KATHIMERINI” newspaper, Saturday 18.02.2006, page 2, by Helen Bistika for his 10th solo exhibition (January 2006)
-        ZO STIN THESSALONIKI, supplement in the TA NEA SAVVATOKYRIAKO newspaper, 6-7/8/2005, pg. 4-5
-        ZO STIN THESSALONIKI, supplement in the TA NEA SAVVATOKYRIAKO newspaper, 11-12/6/2005, pg. 19
-        EKTOS TON TEICHON, periodical publication of Sykeon Municipality, April 2004, vol. 61, pg. 27-30
-        ANATOLIA ALUMNUS, periodical publication of the Alumni Association of Anatolia College, October 2003, vol. 90, pg. 25
-        K. Kilesopoulou, AGGELIOFOROS newspaper, 26/10/2003, review, pg. 30
-        MAKEDONIA newspaper, 18/10/2003, interview with Elsa Spyridopoulou, pg. 23
-        T. Gogades, PANSELENOS, supplement in the MAKEDONIA newspaper, 28/09/2003, vol. 212, pg. 28-29
-        EPILOGES, weekly magazine of the MAKEDONIA newspaper, 20/05/2001, vol. 274, pg. 56-58
-        K. Kilessopoulou, Collection of the Techni Macedonian Art Association, published by the Vafopouleio Cultural Centre, April 2001, pg.15
-        “Exhibition of the Paintings of Papaspyrou”, Mathitika Minimata, published by the Mantoulides Schools, December 2000, vol. 57, pg.42
-        P. Sfyrides, “Artists and Exhibitions in Thessaloniki”, 1980-2000, published by IANOS 2000, pg. 80-83
-        “City Faces – Dinos Papaspyrou”, MORPHES magazine, volume Winter 2000-2001, pg. 16 - 17
-        “Dinos Papaspyrou at the Municipal Gallery”, ANATOLIA ALUMNUS, periodical published by the Alumnus Association of Anatolia American College, June 2000, vol. 77, pg. 86
-        Fine Artists of Northern Greece, publication to commemorate the 15 years of the Association of Visual Arts Artists of Northern Greece, January 2000, IANOS publications, pg. 134-135
-        K. Kilessopoulou, A Dictionary of Greek Artists, Melissa Publications, Volume 3, pg. 453
-        K. Kilessopoulou, “Views of Artistic Creation in Thessaloniki after 1960”, December 1997, published by the Cultural Capital of Europe – Thessaloniki 1997 Organisation, pg. 84
-        “The Painter Dinos Papaspyrou”, ANATOLIA ALUMNUS, periodical published by the Alumnus Association of Anatolia American College, December 1997, vol. 67
-        “Painting Old Thessaloniki”, TELERAMA magazine, 15-21/11/1997, vol. 1080
-        I VOREIA newspaper, “Seeing Thessaloniki through the works of Dinos Papaspyrou”, Thessaloniki, 18.10.1997
-        ANGELIOFOROS newspaper, “The Nostalgic Paintings of  Dinos Papaspyrou - Beautiful Thessaloniki”, Thessaloniki, 17.10.1997
-        “Exhibition Views of Thessaloniki – A City on … Canvas”, ADESMEUTOS newspaper, 16/10/1997, Athens
-        “Paintings by Dinos Papaspyrou”, BONUS newspaper, 15/10/1997, Thessaloniki
-        “Scenes from a City”, ANGELIOFOROS newspaper, 12/10/1997, Thessaloniki
-        Views of Thessaloniki, published by IANOS Gallery for the 7th solo exhibition of Dinos Papaspyrou, October 1997, Thessaloniki
-        “Dinos Papaspyrou takes part in the exhibition ‘The Thessaloniki of Painters’ at the IANOS Gallery”, ANATOLIA ALUMNUS, periodical published by the Alumnus Association of Anatolia American College, Summer 1997, vol. 65
-        L. Koina, “The Thessaloniki of the Painters”,  ANGELIOFOROS newspaper, 5/9/1996
-        K. Kilesopoulou, “The Collection of the TECHNI Macedonian Artistic Association – Kilkis”, October 1994, pg. 20
-        A. Tentokali, “Exhibition of Dinos Papaspyrou at IANOS – A True Journey”, Thessalonikinewspaper, 6/10/1994
-        V. Ioannides, “Eight artists present the multifaceted image of an urban landscape at the OCHRA Gallery”, MAKEDONIA newspaper, 28/02/1992
-        P. Sfyrides, “Greek Painters – Papaspyrou”, TRAM magazine, December 1991, vol. 17-18
-        V. Haralambidou, “Dinos Papaspyrou”, Thessaloniki newspaper, 12/11/1991
-        “Traditional Painting with Byzantine Roots”, AVRIANI newspaper, 12/11/1991
-        “Papaspyrou’s 5th Solo Exhibition in Stavroupoli as of Monday”, AVRIANI newspaper, 24/10/1991
-        N. Kokkalidou – Nachmia, “Dinos Papaspyrou at the Small Diagonios Gallery”, Thessalonikinewspaper, 10/12/1987
-        P. Sfyrides, The Artists of the Diagonios, 1985, published by Diagonios, art series, no. 10, pg. 115
-        S. Kazazi, “Thessaloniki Painters”, EIKASTIKA magazine, April 1983, vol. 16
-        Fiamengos, Our World, “Artist Colleagues – Exhibition of a Colleague”, November 1981, published by the Emporiki Bank, vol. 11
-        S. Spyroglou, “On the painting exhibition of Dinos Papaspyrou”, TRAPEZIKOS AGON newspaper, 1/12/1981
-        Fiamengos, Our World, “Dinos Papaspyrou”, published by the Emporiki Bank, March 1981, vol. 6
-        V. Tsakiris, “Banker Artists”, TRAPEZIKO VIMA newspaper, January 1981
-        N. Christianopoulos, “The One Hundred Exhibitions of the Small Diagonios Gallery”, Koskino, Arts Branch of the Diagonios, Summer 1980, pg. 24
-        S. Spyroglou, ELLINIKOS VORRAS newspaper, 14/03/1979

Collections, Museums, Galleries:
-        Thessaloniki Municipal Gallery
-        Gallery of the Society of Macedonian Studies
-        Techni Gallery, Kilkis
-        Christos and Sophia Moschandreou Gallery of Contemporary Art
-        Gallery of the Prefecture of Karlstad, Sweden
-        Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Thessaloniki
-        Sotiris Tsoukalis Collection
-        IANOS Collection  
-        Athens Brewery Collection  
-        Private collections in Greece and abroad

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