
Yanis was born in Athens in 1964. He grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa and Athens, Greece. He moved to London in 1981 where he studied Industrial Chemistry Bsc. He worked as a project scientist doing research on catalysts, batteries and colour for five years. He moved back to Athens in 1994, started painting in 1995 and followed seminars on painting in India, Greece and London. He works with oils, acrylics, watercolours, oxidised metal and wood in his studios in Aegina and Amorgos. He is a full time artist. His work can be seen in The Benaki Museum shop, Astrolavos and Anemos galleries in Athens as well as in the Municipal Museum of Larissa and ArtPlus gallery in Cyprus.
Exhibitions:
2018 Alexandra Solomou Gallery Aegina
2012 M-Art Gallery, Athens
2011 Booze Cooperativa, Athens
2010 Flowers for the Ladies, Amorgos
2009 Visages de l'Art, Thisisnotagallery, Athens
2008 Cats and marbles gallery, Athens
2007 Astrolavos gallery, Athens
2004 Anemos gallery, Athens