SHORT C.V. OF DR. GEORGE A. KOEMTZOPOULOS

   (With emphasis in painting)

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Bd07  Reflections of our hopes

Bd129  Stormy coast at night

Bg533  The river of serenity

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Ce08  The aura of Santorini

C1n40 A garden in paradise

Ce17  The waterfall of our resources

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An06  Dens branches in a strange forest

An36  Hidden strange creatures

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PERSONAL DATA: Greek, born in Greece on Feb.2.1949. Married, two Children. Languages: Greek, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish. Hobbies:  Literature. Writer of poems and short stories with distinctions and honors. Artistic photography with emphasis on people, flowers, landscapes, monuments, underwater life and strange objects. Collector of fine art objects with emphasis in modern art paintings.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: PhD. in Civil Engineering, teaching Computers and Structural Analysis at the National Technical University of Athens. President and Chief Executive Officer for many years of Real Estate Development and Construction companies, with activities in Greece and abroad.

PAINTING: He started painting in 1966 using various materials and techniques, devoting most of his free time every day in painting and creating more than 15 paintings each month (trying to also use new techniques every year) which he stored in the basement of his house and kept for himself. However in 2004 he decided to retire in order to devote all his time and passion to painting and opened his paintings to the public. He became member of various painting organizations. He had interviews and reviews of his work in various magazines and enthusiastic comments by art specialists. He received first prices for some of his paintings that had been presented in competitions in Greece and abroad and started selling his paintings at continuously increasing prices. He transformed his large home into a gallery (with over 1000 paintings framed, of which over 200 are exhibited on the walls), and invites people to see and buy them.

EXHIBITIONS: He took part in many exhibitions alone or with others. His last personal exhibitions were: In the Russian center of Science and Culture in Athens from 28.Sept.07 till 27.Oct.07 (where he has been invited by the Russian Ambassador A. Vdovin). In the Museum Stendhal (aux salons de la Maison de l’International) in Grenoble, France, from 14.Nov.07 till 30.nov.07 (where he has been invited by the responsibles of the museum and the Mayor of Grenoble Michel Destot). The previous two exhibitions were completely free of any charge for the artist.  He also took part in an exhibition in Agora Gallery in Chelsea, New York from 14.Dec.07 till 3.Jan.08, as well as in other personal and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. One of his next personal exhibitions will be in the Academy of Arts in Moscow in 2008 where he has been invited by the president of the academy Zurap Tsereteli, and where he will present 100 of his paintings.

Today more than 300 of his paintings are in Greece and abroad in museums, art galleries, art associations, ministries, embassies, consulates, academic and other institutions, public and private cervices, non profit and other organizations, city halls, banks, hotels, hospitals, cruise ships, companies, Industrial places, shops, offices and houses of art collectors, twenty two of which have been sold in auctions.

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Be08  The living jewel

Ce20 A pair dancing in the sky

Be09  The magic lamp of Aladdin

 

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An66  The flowers of our heart

C1n21  Trees in the vortex of our life

An38  A tribe in a planet of Pleiades

 

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Bg512  River covered by the autumn leafs

         Bd31 Angry waters

Bg535  River in the green forest

 

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C920  Strange rocks by the seaside

Bd26  The gohst of the seaside

Bg590 A snow covered landscape

 

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An20  Landscape in a planet of Libra

Bn08  Desert in another planet

An22  The monsters’ kiss

Ae12  On a planet of Orion