OMIROS' Biography

 

 

 

 

   

O M I R O S : Greek artist born in 1927. Lived in Paris, France from 1953 to 1970. Presently residing and working in the United States, France and Greece.

One-Man Shows:
1-   1957, Paris: Gallery Camille Renault
2-   1958, London: Gallery New Vision
3-   1959, London: Gallery One
4-   1963, Paris: Gallery "du Haut Pavé"
5-   1965, Sion, (Switzerland): Gallery "Le Carrefour des Arts"
6-   1972, Buffalo, N.Y.: Clifford Furnas College at McDonald Hall, State University of Buffalo,
             New York (Byzantine paintings exclusively), USA
7-   1977, New York City: Press and Information Center, 601 Fifth Avenue (Byzantine paintings exclusively), New York, NY, USA
8-   1980, New York City: The Armenian Genocide, Kavookdjian Hall, 630 Second Avenue (in the framework of his work on the "Genocides and Massacres of the              20th Century), New York, NY, USA
9-   1981, New York City: Athletic Club of New York,180 Central Park South, New York (Byzantine paintings exclusively), USA   
10- 1982, New York City: Studio, 347 West 39th Street, New York, USA
11- 1984, Union City, N.J.: Studio 380 Mountain Road, Union City, NJ, USA
12- 1991, Union City, N.J.: Studio 380 Mountain Road, Union City, NJ, USA
13- 1988, Paris: Studio 45, rue de l'Echiquier, Paris 10, France
14- 1995, New York City: The National Museum of Catholic Art and History, Olympic Tower, Fifth  Avenue, (Byzantine paintings exclusively), New York, NY, USA
15- 1995 - 1996, Berlin: Der Edenhaus Gallery, 43 Budapester Strasse, Permanent show, Berlin, Germany
16- 1996, Berlin: Duo Automobile Coupé 77, exhibition of Formula 1, Berlin, Germany
17- 1996, Sarasota, Florida: Gallery Art Trust Florida, Permanent Show
18- 1996, Mexico City: Cultural Center of Casa Lamm Gallery, Alvaro Obregon No.99, Mexico City, Mexico
19- 1996, Miami, Florida: Modern Art Café, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, USA
20- 1997, Miami, Florida: Astoria Fine Art, Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, USA
21- 1998, Miami, Florida (permanent exhibition: started December 1998): ARTTRUST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
           501 Brickell Avenue, Suite 506, Miami, FL 33131, USA 
22- 1999, Zurich, (permanent exhibition: started May 1999) ARTTRUST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
           Falkenstrasse 4, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland
23- 1999, Paris, Erik Schaix, Fashion paintings exclusively
24- 2000, Berlin, (permanent exhibition: started June 2000) ARTTRUST INTERNATIONAL, INC.
           Nüürnberger Str. 8, D-10787 Berlin, Germany
25- 2008, Athens, Greece, Byzantine Museum of Athens. Omiros Byzantine and Abstract Art. June 2 to August 3, 2008
26- 2008.June 3, 2008 Cultural Center in Skhimatari, Beotia, Greece Showing of the George Toprak private collection of Omiros paintings.

 

Group Exhibitions:
          In Europe and North America - from 1955 to 1999

Publication: 
        1- Book: "Byzantine Art, A Contemporary View," 1981, edited in 3 languages
                 and with 420 color illustrations

        2- Book: "Omiros, Abstract and Beyond", 2001, edited in english
                 and with 500 pages and 430 color illustrations

        3- Book: "Byzantine Art, A Contemporary View, Part II", 2008, edited in english,
             480 pages and with 436 full color illustrations

        4- Book: "Omiros, Olympic Games and Beyond", 2008, edited in english
             and with 288 pages, 270 full color illustrations and 8 black & white transparency inserts.

 

Television Program: 1983 - CBS - Half-hour television program "For Our Times"

Murals, Pools, Architectural Projects: Some of the 45 murals executed in Europe and the United States:
   1954 - Frescoes in Nice, Cimiez (France) for the ceiling of a private property
   1963 - Two murals in Sologne (France); Property of Mrs. Segard
   1963 - One mural in a private property, Neuilly-sur-Seine (France)
   1966 - One mural in ceramic in rue de Transvaal, Paris (France)
   1967 - Two murals on cement in 38 and 44, rue Des Envierges, Paris (France)
   1968 - One mural in ceramic in 21, Megalou Alexandrou, Salonica (Greece)
   1969 - One mural in ceramic in Kolonaki, Athens (Greece)
   1969 - 1970 - 2 ceramic murals and 3 stained glass windows in the property of the art-dealer, Remy Narboni, in Vaucresson, 11, Allée Des Genêts, (France)
   1970 - One mural in ceramic in a College in Niort, Deux Sèvres (France) (Commissioned by the Ministry of Cultural Services of French Government);
   1971 - Decoration of a swimming pool 46 x 26 feet (14 x 8 meters) in Sands Point, Port Washington, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.
   1976 - One ceramic mural and one stained glass, one ceiling in glass, one mural in plastic material,  Union Turnpike  and Springfield Bld., Flushing, L.I. USA
   1989-1990 - Entire decoration of a Cultural Center in Skhimatari, Beotia, in the outskirts of Athens, close to Tanagra, 65,5 km. from Athens. Omiros' work there                       include the following:
                          1- Two ceramic murals.   
                          2- Large swimming pool 66 x 33 feet (20 x 10 meters), composed of 2000 ceramic tiles 12x18in.  The floor and walls of the pool are compositions of                                    Greek Mythological themes.
                          3- Ceiling mobile decoration.
                          4- Permanent display of 36 paintings (Greece)
   1995 - Decoration of a swimming pool 92 x 33 feet (28 x 10 meters) at 380 Mountain Road,  Union City, New Jersey, USA
   2009 - The OMIROS BUILDING. 354 Avenue C. Bayonne NJ, USA. Omiros compositions in the building are  the following:
                         1- Large ceramic mural on the building facade 33x8 ft made up of 33 simultaneously rotating triangular columns 1x8 feet showing alternatively three                                   abstract compositions.
                         2- Vertical ceramic flat fountain in the lobby of the building 12x24 ft of an abstract theme.
                         3- Stain glass pin wheel made up of four circular stain glass window each of 5 ft in diameter disposed in a 17 ft diameter steel wheel rotating as to                                   position alternatevely each stain glass window in front of a single 5 ft opening to the street.
                         4- Six large scupltural steel works including flat mobile sculptures, roof sculture and raillings done in collaboration with Paul Hriso.

 

     An artist working in abstract style until 1970, Omiros paints from this date on, using a large variety of themes with his own expressionist style and procedure (byzantine, mythologies, zodiacs, four seasons, fashions, dances, and various sports) continuing nevertheless simultaneously his abstract manner.
     In his recent work (1996-1999) he adds a new procedure of painting on canvases started by children as well as different themes in one painting.