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Yannis Koutsouradis was born in Athens in 1950.

Education

Athens School of Fine Arts, 1969-1975, Diploma in Sculpture, under Yannis Pappas Central/ Saint Martin's School of Art, in Conjunction to the Royal Coll. of art London, 1987-'88, ADV Diploma. Research on Enamelled Steel Sculpture, under Alan Gauk Rietveld Academie I Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, Project, Enamelled Steel Sculpture, 1989 - 1992, under René van der Land

Awards

Fellow Member of the British Council - Awarded far Master of Arts far London

The Greek National Scholarship Foundation Award far The Netherlands, (2 years)

Awarded a State Sculpture Price of the Netherlands

Praises of the Dutch cities Katwijk and Etten-Leur

Appointed personal member to The Institute of Vitreous Enamellers of Great Britain

Commissions in public

Open-Air Sea Sculpture Projects far the Over-Ocean Vessels: 'Century', 'Galaxy' and 'Mercury', United States of America

I, Il Sculpture Groups I Fountain, far the 'Dassia' Hotels & Resorts, Corfu, Greece The Il World War Resistance Bronze Memorial, Harbour of Chios, Greece

Various busts in marble or bronze of well-known people, among them of the Greek Prime Minister Constantine Kanaris in the Maritime Museum

The Golden-key I medal, Municipality of Chios, Greece

One man shows

'Zygos' Gallery, Athens

The 'Sixth Floor Gallery', London Gallery 'Gloria', Nicosia Gallery 'D' Eglantier', Amsterdam

'Adam' Galleries, Athens

Main group and Intemational shows

IV, VI and VII, Intemational Sculpture Biennials, Scironio Museum, Greece

XXIV International Drawing Prize, Juan Mirò Museum, Barcelona

Contemporary Sculpture, B.D.H.x. (House of People's Achievements), Moscow 13th Pan-Hellenic Exhibition, Zappeion Expo Centre, Athens

Fine Art Summer Exhibition, Saint Martin's Galleries, London

La Sculpture Contemporaine '91, Maison de I Architecture, Paris

Sculpture at the river Vecht, Gallery Vromans, Maarssen, Netherlands Jahresausstellung '92, Pavillion am Hofgarten, Coburg, Germany

10 Contemporary Sculptors, Gallery 'K', London

1 st Intemational Water Biennale, Bathmen - Overijsel, The Netherlands

30 European Enamellers, KunstHali 'HOF 88', Almelo,The Netherlands

111 Emaillnternational, Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg I Bavaria, Germany Sculpture-Enamel '96, State Museum Rijswìjk, The Hague

Cultural Capital of Europe, White-Tower Gardens, Thessalonica

World Festival of Art on Paper '00, Ljubljana, Siovenia

'Euro feu',- l'Art de 31 Pays Européens, La Foir Intemationale, Liège, Belgium Contemporary Sculpture, Apollo Hall, Bucharest, Romania Beelden-Buiten-Binnen Oud-Borne, Beeldenroute '00, The Netherlands

4es Rencontres Intemationales de l'Email, Morez I Le Sentier, France I Switzerland

IIlntemationales Kunst Festival '01, Magdeburg, Germany .

18th International Biennale far Creative Design, Kortrijk, Belgiunf

6th International Biennale, Ville Marie, Québec, Canada

Homage to Y. Pappas, Hellenic National Bank I Cultural Foundation, Athens

5th Triennale of Sculpture 'Kunst op het Water', Leuven, Belgium

Cultural Olympiad /'The Olympic Spirit', Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Year-Travelling Expo in Museums

Expo'03, Opening of the International Culture Park Westerpark, Amsterqpm

Lectures

Vitreous Enamel on Steel - New Sculpture', the British Council, Athens

'Sculpture + Colour' Symposium '91, Scironio Museum, Greece

'Ancient Sculpture of an Island', Centrali Saint Martin's School of Art, London

'Large Scale Enamelling', the Netherlands' Foundation of Enamellers

Yannis Koutsouradis has introduced to the open-air sculpture a new perspective on colour, together with the materials of porcelain-enamel on stainless steel; thus enriching, in contradiction to 'monochrome' materials, our living environment.

He has published reportages and texts about sculpture and periodically has given drawing courses; he is a member of European art federations.