Dimitrios Farmakopoulos

Demetrios Farmakopoulos, (Δημήτριος Φαρμακόπουλος),(1919–1996), also known as Mimis Farmakopoulos. An influential Greek painter whose main recurring theme is space and the future.

Introduction Born in Athens, in 1919 and graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts winning first prize in nude paintings.

During World War II, Farmakopoulos served in the Greek Army and later joined the group EAM during the Greek Resistance against the occupation of Greece by Nazi Germany.

Since then, Farmakopoulos had a great artistic career and numerous exhibitions in Greece and in South America, especially Brazil where he spent a number of years.

His main theme is celestial phenomena, space and the distant future.

During his stay in Brazil, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro where he took courses in Interior Design and Stagecraft. Thereafter he was the head set designer for many years in television, dance halls and Brazilian Carnivals.

Exhibitions 1949 Zappeion - Panhellenic Exhibition of Greek Crafts - Athens, Greece 1952 Outdoor Exhibition - Kifisia, Greece 1957 Salao Nacional de Belas Artes - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1958 Salao do Mar - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1958 Museu Arte Monterna - Em Goiania - Brazil 1959 Coletiva do Turismo - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1960 Α.Σ.Μ. - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1961 "Toca" Galeri - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1962 "Toca" Galeri - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1963 Instituto Brasil-USA - Brazil 1964 Casueiruem - Vitoria, Brazil 1966 Salao Nacional E.S. - Vitoria, Brazil 1967 Salao Nacional E.S. - Vitoria, Brazil 1967 Museu Arte Monterna - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1969 Galeri "Sao Sermain" - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1969 Galeri "Rico Rico" - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1970 Transantlantic ship "Augusto" - en route 1971 Piraeus Carnival - Greece 1972 Rotonda - Athens, Greece 1973 Center of Cultural Cooperation - Athens, Greece 1973 Panhellenic Exhibition - Athens, Greece 1974 New Thought - Athens, Greece 1974 Center of Cultural Cooperation - Athens, Greece 1975 Panhellenic Exhibition - Athens, Greece 1975 New Thought - Athens, Greece 1975 Ministry of Culture - Week of Art - Athens, Greece 1976 New Thought - Athens, Greece 1976 EPASKT - Athens, Greece 1977 "Dawn" Festival - Athens, Greece 1978 Firka Museum - Panhellenic Painting Exhibition - Chania, Greece 1978 Athens Cultural Center - 2001 - Athens, Greece 1979 O.S.E. - Athens, Greece 1980 Gallery "Simvoli" - Athens, Greece 1980 Gallery "Modern Art Team" - Athens, Greece 1980 KNE Festival - Peristeri, Greece 1981 Cooperative of Artists - Athens, Greece 1981 Patissia Artists - Civilizing Movement - Athens, Greece 1986 Athens, Greece 1998 Gallery "Artbus" - Chalandri, Greece 2002 Gallery "Antinor" - Athens, Greece