Born 1957 in Bexbach/Saar

ties with his works on a very old image and myth tradition. The motifs of the hybrids and multiple wins there - just by his old master painting technique - an extremely zeitgenössische conciseness and allows no escape. The mutant characters of the artist confidently enter and without shame the brightly lit stage of the present. As a European opponent of the Chinese painter Yongbo Zhao have both a co-operation "East West" began meets and community painted pictures that a waiver of the complete control of the work process and its Results include. The prospect of new forms of communication and collaboration has inspired both artists.

	Gründungund line of "Oppenheimer Summer Academy of Fine Arts
76 - 78	Studied art history at the University of Saarbrücken
78 - 84	Studied painting and drawing at the Department of Art Education at the University of Mainz
1984	to present: freelance artist
02 - 04	Lecturer in graphic art (etching) at the College of Design in Wiesbaden
04 - 05	Visiting Professor of Drawing at the College of Design, Mainz
2006	Establishment and management of the "Oppenheimer Summer Academy of Fine Arts

2009	Kunsthalle am Ammersee,
2007	Haus am Turm, Mainz
2007	Xiamen Art Gallery,
2006	Kunstverein Eisenturm, Mainz
2005	Kunsthaus Worms, Worms
2004	Galerie Klaus Kiefer, Essen
2003	Reichtags-Palais, Berlin
2002	Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund

2009	Art.Fair 21, Jörg Heitsch Galerie , Köln
2007	Art Karlsruhe, , Karlsruhe

2009	Dietmar Gross - Persönlich, Fernsehfilm des SWR,
2006	Dietmar Gross und Yongbo Zhao, Fernsehfilm des SWR,
2005	„Vision Werkstatt: Dietmar Gross und Yongbo Zhao“, Kunstmagazin (ku:), Sonderheft, München
2004	Berufung in den Deutschen Werkbund, ,
2003	„Dietmar Gross – Malerei, Grafik, Zeichnung, Gestaltung“, Edition Braus, Heidelberg
1987	Kunstpreis der Stadt Neunkirchen, ,
1987	Sowjetunion-Stipendium des Berufsverbandes Bildender Künstler, ,
1986	Erster Preis der Landeskunstausstellung Rheinland-Pfalz, ,
1985	Stipendium des Künstlerbahnhofs Ebernburg, ,
1984	Kahnweiler Preis für Malerei, ,
1983	Förderstipendium für Malerei und Zeichnung der Universität Mainz, ,