Dimitrios-Serafim Rousopoulos

His artistic education in Greece encompasses painting, iconography, art conservation, fresco, encaustic, mosaic, set design and costume design. He studied encaustic and fresco with the monk and iconographer Kallinikos, with whom he worked at Stavrovouni Monastery in Cyprus.*** He also studied iconography on Mount Athos.***

His work has extended to book illustration, posters, sets and costumes, with projects for theatre, opera and cinema. He worked in set and costume design at the National Theatre and on the restoration of murals and mosaics at the Iliou Melathron for the Ministry of Culture.

His teachers included: A. Apergis, Rania Kapeliari, Chr. Markopoulos, Vrasidas Vlachopoulos, Yannis Tsarouchis, Vasilis Vasileiadis, Apostolos-Phokion Vettas, Savvas Charatsidis, Tasos Margaritof.

Byzantine tradition is a recurring reference in his work, in dialogue with his own language as a painter. Faces and winged figures appear alongside olive branches, doves, pomegranates and sunflowers: motifs that move between painting and mosaic composition.

His materials include marble, granite, pebbles, ceramics, glass, enamels and gold tesserae. Design, the selection of materials and installation form parts of a single creative process, from an independent artwork to a composition integrated into an architectural surface.

In the mosaics for the Church of Saints Anargyroi on Psara, he combines Byzantine iconographic order with elements from his own painting. A gold ground connects the individual scenes, while plants and birds establish continuity between them.

The work was prepared in his workshop in Vamvakou, Farsala, using full-size drawings and models. Tesserae were laid on cloth using the indirect method, and the compositions were transferred to the church in sections. The floral wreaths connect the composition with his painting and his 1997 exhibition at Titanium in Athens.

At the Church of Panagia–Monument in Vamvakou, Farsala, mosaics accompany creatively reused stones, marble and fragments. The project was conceived in 1991; the church’s foundations were laid in 1993.

Since 2025 he has been working on wall mosaics at Saint Andrew, Nea Skiti, Mount Athos, beginning with the dome’s Pantocrator.

1980–1982

Training in iconography.***

1984–1986

Art conservation studies in Athens, covering mosaics, paintings and icons.***

1986–1988

Further studies in set and costume design in Athens.***

1988–1990

Further studies in Byzantine art in Athens.***

1990–2010

Departmental leadership role covering wall reliefs, iconography and mosaic composition at a ministry.***

1991

Conception of the Vamvakou project.

1993

Foundations laid for the Vamvakou church.

2010–2013

Projects in the USA, Israel and Europe.***

2014

Move to Berlin in April, following a stay in Trier in 2013.***

2025

Mosaic work begins at Saint Andrew, Nea Skiti.

2026

Visions of Maria, Parnassos, Athens · 17–21 September. In questa reggia mosaic, inspired by Puccini’s Turandot.

He is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece. He has held the presidency of the “Hellinis” foundation / Ecclesiastical Museum and a Gallery of Modern Greek Painters.

Five solo exhibitions in Greece and participation in the international exhibition Visions of Maria. Solo exhibitions in Berlin also form part of his career.***

• 1995Gallery 4Volos
• 1997Gallery TitaniumAthens
• 1998Gallery ChrishaKaterini
• 1998Gallery IkodomiLarissa
• 2000Gallery Down Town Diana YiuliaAthens
• 2026Visions of Maria · Maria Callas · In questa reggiaParnassos Literary SocietyAthens · 17–21 September