Dimitris Merantzas
Born in 1967 in Athens, where he currently lives and works.
1988 Degree in Direction of Photography from Lycourgos Stavrakos Film and Television School.
1990 Fantastic Film Award for directing “Doors”, Drama Short Film Festival.
1992 Distinction for participation in “Young Painters” contest, Spyropoulos Foundation.
Membership in the Greek Chamber of Visual Arts.
Solo Exhibitions
2009 “Intersections”, Dimitris Merantzas - Irfan Onurmen, “Reality is the informer of Imagination”,
"New Baghdad Museum " & "Terror Factory ". State Museum of Contemporary Art.
Curated by Yannis Bolis. Thessaloniki. Catalogue.
2008 “Reality is the informer of Imagination”, Tsatsis Projects, Thessaloniki.
2006 “Untitled”, Photochemical Paintings, Qbox gallery, Athens.
2000 Andreas Vais - Dimitris Merantzas, “Spring ‘00”, Cheap Art space, Athens.
1998 “Wine – Spirits”, in collaboration with Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre,
“Liberation Tools”. Athens.
1996 Exhibition in two units: “Useful Three-Digit Numbers” and “Fantastic Signals”.
Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens.
1993 “Good morning”. Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens.
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2009
● “Personal-Political”, 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, “Praxis: Art in time
of uncertainty”. Curated by Areti Leopoulou and Theodore Markoglou.Catalogue.
● “Unexpected expedition”, ReMap 2, International Platform for Contemporary Art.
Parallel program to the 2nd Athens Biennale “Heaven”. Curated by George Tserionis.
● “The Mediterranean Olive Grove”. Olive Press Art Factory, Dromonero, Crete. Catalogue.
2008
● “Art and Nature”, Villa Kazouli, Athens. Curated by Yannis Bolis. Catalogue.
● “Silent dialogues-Multimedia Portraits throughout time’’, American College of Greece.
Athens. Curated by Megakles Rogakos. Catalogue.
● Art Athina 2008, in collaboration with Tsatsis Projects/Artforum. Athens.
2007
● “Visual Arts in Greece 2007”. State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki.
Curated by Haris Kambouridis. Catalogue.
● “Affinities. Flowers in Greek art 1880 – 2006”. Showroom Alpha Bank
and National Gallery, Nafplion. Curated by Eleni Kypraios. Catalogue.
● “ARTmART”, Kuenstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria. Curated by G. & D.Georgakopoulos,
F. Mouzakitis, C. Rupp, L. Seidler.
● “In-between earth and sky”, Tsatsis projects/Artforum, Thessaloniki.
Curated by Aris Stoidis.
2006
● “Anathena”, Project Room, DESTE Foundation, Athens.
Curated by Marina Fokides and Marina Gioti.
● “Occasion for the basics”. Qbox gallery, Athens.
● “Time based arts”. Cultural Park of Agia Paraskevi. Curated by Anna Hatzigiannaki.
2004
● “Athens by Art”. Organized by AICA HELLAS and Municipality of Athens.
Participation overview by Efi Strousa.
● VideoDance04 Festival, Athens. Curated by Christiana Galanopoulou.
1999 ● Small Group Show of Young Artists. Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens.
1996 ● “Modernity – Project 2000”, Fondazione Palazzo Bricherasio, Turin, Italy.
Curated by Efi Strousa.
● ARCO – Madrid International Exhibition in collaboration with Ileana Tounta Contemporary
Art Centre, Athens.
● Art Athina 4, in collaboration with Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens.
