Jannis Kounellis

Jannis Kounellis was born in Piraeus, Greece, in 1936. In 1956 he moved to Rome to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti. By the 1960s his work exploring form and materials contributed to the birth of the Arte Povera movement. Recent major exhibitions have been at the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, the ICA in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. He lives and works in Rome, Italy and Dusseldorf, Germany.

Jannis Kounellis was born in Piraeus, Greece, in 1936. In 1956 he moved to Rome to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti. By the 1960s his work exploring form and materials contributed to the birth of the Arte Povera movement. Recent major exhibitions have been at the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, the ICA in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. He lives and works in Rome, Italy and Dusseldorf, Germany. See less