Born 1943, Athens, Greece

1971 The New School of Social Research, NY
1969-1971 The Brooklyn Museum Art School, NY
1978 & 1980 Grant for Clay Works Studio, NY
1971 Max Beckman Scholarship B.M.A.S.

Selected Exhibitions: 2000-02 SOFA/NY, Loveed Fine Arts, NY, NY / 2002 San Bernardino County Museum, CA, 36th National / 2001 The World Ceramic Center, Ichon, Korea, Biennial / 2000 San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX, Clay National / 1996 Museum of Contemporary Art, D. Pierides, Athens - Greece 25 Years in Clay / 1995 New York University, NY, East Galleries Small Works / 1993-94 European Cultural Center of Delphi, traveling to Museum of Modern Art, Cyprus, Pierides Museum, Athens, Rethymno Cultural Center, Greece / 1993 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA, September Competition / 1988 Greenwich House Pottery, NY / 1985 Queensborough Community College CUNY, Holocaust Memorial Art Exhibit / 1981 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, NY, NY / 1978 Newburger Museum, Purchase, NY, Prints Past & Present / 1974 Whitney Museum, NY, NY, Clay

Selected Collections: The World Ceramic Center, Ichon, Korea / Rebecca Cooper, NY, NY / Marsha Edelman, NY, NY / Mary McFadden, NY, NY / S.C. Johnson & Sons, Cyprus

Selected Publications: American Craft, Dec.-Jan. 2002, p. 79 / Ceramics Art and Perception, “The Art of Yiannes,” Ronald Kuchta, 2001 / The World Ceramic Center, 1st Biennial, Ichon, Korea, p.189, 2001 / 25 Years in Clay, Museums of Contemporary Art D. Pierides, Athens, Greece, 1996 / American Craft, April-May 1996, p. 83 / Ceramics Monthly, Sept. 1996, p. 18 / Who's Who in the East, 1994 / Contemporary Greek Artists, Clay, Pierides Museum, Athens, Greece, 1994 / Who is Who in the American Art, 1992-1995 / International Biographical Centre, UK, Man of Achievement, 16th Ed. 1982, 1994 / Alexandria Museum of Art, September Competition 1993, p. 26 / The Craft and the Art of Clay, Susan Peterson Prentice Hall, 1992, 1999 / Las Vegas Museum of Art, Small Sculpture National, 1984 / Ceramics Monthly, “News and Retrospect,” Summer 1983, p. 79 / Skironio Museum, III International Biennial, Athens, Greece, 1981 / The New York Times, “Ceramics Become Eclectic,” p. C7; May 15, 1980