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Maria Filopoulou

Maria Filopoulou

She was born in Athens in 1964. She studied painting at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Leonardo Cremonini. She completed her postgraduate studies at the same school, with a scholarship from the French government.

With Maria Filopoulou’s paintings viewers can feel the cool water caressing their skin, the warm sun embracing their body, the vitality of the air, the pleasure of diving into the deep and the eroticism people feel in the water. Breath-taking turquoise blues and greens intertwine, seep and crystallize on her broad canvases. People immersed in the well-being, the relaxation, the union with nature. There is no time, only place.

She presented her work in twenty solo exhibitions and participated in many group shows in galleries in Athens, London, Paris, New York, Berlin, Istanbul, Venice, Melbourne, Miami, and Beijing .Her works are in the permanent collections of the Greek National Gallery of Art, the Greek Parliament, the Bank of Greece, the Goulandris Museum, the Kouvoutsakis Art Institute, the Frissiras Museum, the Sotiris Felios Collection, the Anthony and Asia Hadjioannou Collection, and many other public and private collections in Greece and internationally.

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2017
Ekfrasi Gallery, Athens, “Her long hair a shadowy breeze”
2016
Ephorate of Antiquities of Chania, Splantzia Square, Turkish Fountain, “Splantzia”
2016
Academy of Fine Arts, Nikos Kessanlis Hall, Athens, “Heroes in the trash”
2015
Ekfrasi Gallery, Athens “Born in Chania in 1953 “
2012
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, «One meter» (Kleanthi-Christina Valkana)
2011
Municipal Art Gallery of Chania, Archaeological Museum of Chania, (Retrospective) «The Space of Time»
2010
Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia
2008
Ekfrasi – Fizz Galleries, Athens
2008
Citrone Gallery, Poros
2007
Perfect Tense, Falatados School, Tinos
2006
Artforum Gallery, Thessaloniki
2006
C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia
2005
Nees Morphes Gallery, Athens
2002
Artforum Gallery, Thessaloniki
2001
Rossi and Rossi Gallery, London
2001
Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens
2000
Opus Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
1998
Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens
1996
Artforum Gallery, Thessaloniki
1995
Titanium Gallery, Athens
1993
Europe Art, Geneva
1992
Titanium Gallery, Athens

Main Group Exhibitions

2018
«Cultures», Professors from the Academy of Fine Arts, Agicultural University of Athens
2018
«Scent of A Woma», from the collection of the National Gallery, Theoharakis Foundation, Athens
2017
«Memorium of rthe Revolution» State Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (G. Bolis)
2016
«Genii Loci. Greek Art from 1930 to the Present», Manege Central Exhibition Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
2013
SOMATOGRAFIES Modern Greek Painting, Collection from Sotiris Felios, NATIONAL GALLERY, Nafplion, Sparta
2012
«Ellenico Plurale-Dipinti dalla Collezione Sotiris Felios», Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, (Giuliano Serafini)
2009
«35 artists for democracy», Zappeion Megaron, Athens (Takis Mavrotas)
2008
«The Dynamic of an Image», B. & M. Theocharakis Foundation for the Fine Arts & Music (Dora Iliopoulou Rogan)
2007
«Classical memories in modern Greek art», Capital Museum of China, Beijing
2005
«Mickey Mouse Meets Art», Hellenic American Union, Athens
2004
«Near Likeness, Approaches to a Portrait of Antonis Benakis», Benaki Museum, Pireos Street, Athens (Th. Moutsopoulos)
2003
«Classical Memories in Modern Greek Art». Ataturk Cultural Center. Hellenic Presidency of the European Union, Istanbul (M. Lambrakι-Plaka)
2002
«Sketching Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday», Averof Gallery, Metsovo (Lina Tsikouta)
2000
«Leonidas Beltsios Collection», Trikala, (M. Stefanidis)
1999
«Karaghiozis, the Theater of Shadows and Fine Arts», Municipal Gallery of Patras, (B. Papadopoulos)
1998
«Contemporary Greek Art – Three Generations of Greek
1996
«Homage to P. Pantazis», Averof Gallery, Metsovo (O. Metzafou)
1995
«Precious metals» Giannis Kontos presents his artists, Nees Morphes Gallery
1994
«The loss of form within space», Nees Morphes Gallery, Athens, (E. Vakalo)
1993
«Ten Greek Painters», Palermo, Catagne, Italy, (M. Stefanidis)
1992
«Vl. Fryssiras Collection», Byzantine Museum, Zakinthos, (T. Mavrotas)