Special Information for the Artist
Petros Soropanis was born on the 17th of February 1961 in Athens, Greece
He graduated from the department of Physics and Mathematics of StudienKolleg, Kolonia (1979-1980) and studied Engineering (1980-1983) at the Polytechnic School of Essen. At the same time he was accepted at the 1st Department of Communication Design at the University of Essen and attended courses at the Academy of Arts of Dusseldorf. Since 4/6/1997 he is a member of the Chamber of Plastic Arts of Greece.
In 1979, Petros Soropanis met by chance in a train J. Beuys, who has since been his friend and teacher. Petros Soropanis dedicated to this first meeting “The train”, an installation in space that was mounted and presented in October 1995 in “TITANIUM” gallery, (2-14 October, Athens). His only purpose in life is to pass away sometime. For the time being he lives and works in Athens.
Peter Soropanis works can be found in the Vorre museum, the American College of Athens, the museum Copelouzos in many small or large private collections in Athens, Thessaloniki, Munich, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Barcelona, Brussels, Amsterdam, Sydney, Colorado, Miami, New York etc.
