Elias Kafouros | Impersonal Trainer: Throughout the summer, Dio Horia Gallery is presenting a large-scale solo exhibition of Greek artist Elias Kafouros titled “Impersonal Trainer.”

— Elias Kafouros (b. 1978, Athens, Greece) lives and works in Athens. The artist has received a BFA in Painting from the Athens School of Fine Arts in 2004 and studied Animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Kafouros’ solo exhibitions include: ‘Push Buttons’ at Dio Horia Gallery, Athens; ‘Incognito’ at Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos; ‘The Image is Unsustainable’ at Francoise Heitsch Gallery, Munich; ‘A Thesis on the Shelf’at AD Gallery, Athens; ‘High on Definition’ at Volta 7, Basel. Kafouros’ group exhibitions include: ‘A Vibrant Sanctuary’ at UNTITLED Miami, Dio Horia Gallery, Miami; ‘Nikos Alexiou. The Collection’, Curated by Polina Kosmadaki, Yorgos Tzirtzilakis, Benaki Museum, Athens, 'NOW' at Art021, Dio Horia Gallery, Shanghai; 'Theorems III', ASFA, Athens; ‘Cities of Men’, Kydoniefs Foundation, Andros; 'After Hope', Dio Horia Gallery, Athens; ‘Art-Athina Pop Up’, Dio Horia Gallery, Athens; ‘Symbols andIconic Ruins’ at National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; ‘Newer Revolutionary Narratives-Transitions of an Ideal Nation’, J&E Vatis Art Hall, Syros; ‘Caritas Romana:15 Acts of Devotion’, Main exhibition of the 59th Thessaloniki International Film Festival at Thessaloniki Center of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki. His work has been featured in Hypebeast, Artforum and in Vitamin D2 among others. Kafouros has been commissioned by Hèrmes to create a series of designs for the legendary Hèrmes silk scarves. In 2013, he was the recipient of the Fulbright Foundation Grant.