1985–1990 studied painting at the Aristoteles University Thessaloniki

1991-1993 studied painting at the Universität der Künste, Berlin

1994 master student, Universität der Künste (UdK)

1995 Spropoulos Foundation Price, Athens

1999 Scholarship by the senate administration for science, research and culture, Berlin in Istanbul

lives and works in Berlin and Kalamata

Selected solo exhibitions

2020

Zina Athanassiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki

2018

Dimitris Tzamouranis. Garden of Youth, Stiftung Tumult, Toruń, Polen

2017

Mare Nostrum, Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin

2015

A day for Life, a day for Death, Zina Athanassiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki

2014

Melancholia-Altar, Zone Contemporaine, Bern

Tarot, Galerie Haas, Zurich

2013

Dimitris Tzamouranis, Retrospektive, Frissiras Museum, Athens

Melancholia, Kunsthalle Osnabrück

2012

Melancholia, Galerie Miro, Prague

2011

Videoworks 1999-2001 Dimitris Tzamouranis, Vierter Stock, Projektraum Berlin

2010

Dimitris Tzamouranis – New Paintings, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin

2009

Time of the Signs – Jimmie Durham, Kendell Geers, Dimitris Tzamouranis, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich

2008

Scarscapes, MMCA Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki

Dimitris Tzamouranis, Akademie der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin

2007

Supraficciones, Fundació “la Caixa”, Lleida, catalonia

2006

Das Haus, Kunstverein Buchholz, Buchholz

Spiegelsaal, Wohnmaschine, Berlin

2005

Paintings, Zina Athanassiadou Gallery, Thessaloniki

2004

Dimitris Tzamouranis, Batagianni Gallery, Athens

2003

Dimitris Tzamouranis – Malerei, Tammen Galerie, Berlin

2001

2+2=5, Stigma Gallery, Athens

1999

Rent a Dream, Bm-Suma Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul

1997

Dimitris Tzamouranis, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens

1996

Museum Spyropoulos, Athens

1995

Pleiades Gallery, Athens

1991

Galerie Marsyas, Berlin

Silent conversations, Pleiades Gallery, Athens

1990

Gallery TinT, Thessaloniki

Selected group exhibitions

2024

Embrace Empathy: Exploring the Spectrum of Understanding, Vorres Museum, Paiania (Greece)

2023

TIMES, Woods Art Institute, Hamburg-Wentorf

2020

Collection Reinking 01, Woods Art Institute, Hamburg-Wentorf

2017/2018

New Acquisitions (2014-2017) Of The Emst Collection, National Museum of Contemporary Art – EMST, Athens

2017

Documenta 14, Kassel

2015

Freude Schöner Götter Funken – Am Anfang War Das Kreuz, Galerie ABTART, Stuttgart

2014

Existenzielle Bildwelten, Sammlung Reinking, Weserburg, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen

Painting III (2000-2015) – Frissiras Museum, Athens

Beyond melancholia, Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg

2013

Landschaft nach 2000, Kunsthalle Osnabrück

Real-Real? – Galerie Haas AG, Zurich

Dream and Reality, Aliseo Art Projects, Gengenbach

Art:screen, Vetlanda Museum, Schweden

The Deceit of t he Flesh, Museum Frissiras, Athens

In case of Emergency, break glass, The Nordic House, Reykjavik

2012

Alte und neue Stilleben aus der SØR-Rusche Sammlung, Museum Abtei Liesborn, Wadersloh-Liesborn

Face to Face, The Artist and the Collector, Frissiras Museum, Athens

2011

Polyglossia, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens

Bulbus oculi, Kunstruimte de WILLEM3, Vlissingen

Traum und Realität, Galerie Siegel – Springmann, Freiburg

2010

Lebenslust und Totentanz, Olbricht Collection, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems

Waking the Dead, Kunsthalle Autocenter, Berlin

Naked truth, Museum Frissiras, Athens

Dream and reality, Galerie Miro, Prague

2009

Berlin-Istanbul: Die Berliner Istanbul Stipendiaten 1998-2009, Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin

Paint-id. Contemporary painting in Greece, MMCA Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki

In Istanbul, Between Arrival and Departure, Bm-Suma Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul

2008

Call it what you like – Collection Rik Reinking, Kunst Centret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg

Auslaender in Berlin, CITRIC, Brescia

2007

Malkunst 2 – Contemporary Painting in Berlin, Schloss Plüschow, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Plüschow

Topoi, Museum Benaki, Athens

Malkunst 2 – Contemporary Painting in Berlin Mudima, Fondazione per l´Arte Contemporanea, Mailand

Activni constelace, Haus der Kunst der Stadt Brünn, Czech Republic

2006

Masquerades – Femininity, Masculinity and other Certainties, Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki

Sabotage of Reality, Batagianni Gallery, Athens

Minimal Illusions, Villa Merkel & Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen

2005

Drawings, Batagianni Gallery, Athens

Rigo Schmidt, Gavin Tremlett, Dimitris Tzamouranis, Wohnmaschine, Berlin

Passion des Sammelns, Stiftung Federkiel, Halle 14, Leipzig

An outing – Beltsios Collection, Art Center Trikala, Griechenland

2004

Biennale europea Arte Visive, Premio del Golfo, La Spezia

Breaktrough, Arco 2004, Alcala 31, Madrid

In the Gorges of the Balkans, Personal Cinema Group, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel

2002

4. Cetinje Biennial, Cetinje Biennale of Visual Arts, Cetinje, Montenegro

Familistère 1, Kunst-Werke e.V., Berlin

La creación de la Guerra de los Balcanes: el juego, MediaLab Prado, Madrid

2001

Milestones for peace, Milton J. Well Gallery, New York

2000

Cleaning material store, Apartment Project, Istanbul

1999

Contemporary Art Center Ileana Tounta, Athens

1998

Transmutar – Berlin – Barcelona, Associacion de Cultura Contemporania L`Angelot (ACC), Barcelona

Orient/e, The Jewish Museum and Archives of Hungary, Budapest

1997

And Still the Ship is not in Sight, GAK – Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e.V., Bremen

And Still the Ship is not in Sight, Thessaloniki Cultural Capital of Europe 1997, Contemporary Art Center,Thessaloniki

Inhuman essays, Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens

1995

Configura 2, Kunsthalle Erfurt

Atmosfery, Galeria Miejska Arsenal, Poznan, Poland

Museum Artystów, Lodz, Poland

Grenzenlos, Obere Galerie im Haus am Lützowplatz und Galerie Eva Poll, Berlin

This Piano Thing, Podewill, Berlin

1994

VII Biennial of the Mediterranean countries, Lissabon

Zum inszenierten Leben, Künstlerwerkstatt Bahnhof Westend, Berlin

1993

Galerie Tammen und Partner, Berlin

Monologue with hand baggage, Pleiades Gallery, Athens

1991

Der Sprung durch den Feuerreifen, Lapidarium, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin

1989

Dom Kulture Studenski Grad, Belgrad

1988

Five young artists, Vellidio Contemporary Art Center, Thessaloniki

1986

National Pinakothek, Athens