Maria Filopoulou Instinct for water

Maria Filopoulou Instinct for water

April 15 to May 17, 2013

Instinct for water

My work represents scenes of paradise for me, the well-being, the relaxation, the union with nature, the eroticism people feel in the water. A paradise that may precede or follow a difficult, unpleasant experience. My view is that our whole existence is a delicate balance between the knowledge that happy moments are precious and that we need to recognise them and appreciate them. The certainty of the end and the agony of death leads to paint the borderlines of happiness, isolated from anything that goes before or after. There is no time, only place. I love life and i try to be aware of it every day, as it goes by. Maria Filopoulou

To the light, 2012 (detail) oil on canvas 126 x 155 cm

3 From on high, 2013 oil on canvas 194 x 114 cm

4 Flow III, 2012 oil on canvas 127 x 90 cm

5 Pool, 2012 oil on canvas 107 x 107 cm

6 7 In the water oil on canvas 78 x 60 cm

8 With force oil on canvas 70 x 47 cm

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previous pages Between rocks, 2013 oil on canvas 50 x 76 cm Αbandonment, 2013 oil on canvas 60 x 82 cm

In the sun, 2013 oil on canvas 57 x 84 cm

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At the beach, 2012 oil on canvas 97 x 200 cm

Sunset, 2012 oil on canvas 108 x 200 cm Relaxation in the sun, 2011 oil on canvas 140 x 200 cm

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Sunbather I, 2012-13 oil on canvas 74 x 159 cm

20 Sunbather II, 2012-13 oil on canvas 93 x 190 cm

21 22 Underwater swimmers I, II, III, 2011 - 2012 oil on canvas 112 x 200 cm each

23 Underwater swimmers I, 2011 - 2012

24 25 Underwater swimmers II, 2011 - 2012

26 Underwater swimmers III, 2011 - 2012

27 To the light, 2012 oil on canvas 126 x 155 cm

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Biographical note Born in 1964 in . She studied painting in The Other , under the auspices and music B & M Theoharakis, Athens Paris at the École Nationale Supérieure des of the Consulate General of Greece in (curated by Haris Kambouridis) Beaux-Arts under Leonardo Cromonini, during New York, Kouros Gallery, New York Greek Colour, Sotheby's, London the period 1984 - 1988. Between Reality and Fantasy, Works (curated by Mariza Kalogeropoulou- Continued with postgraduate studies at the from the Sotiris Felios Collection, Fassianos, organised by Ministry of same school with a scholarship of the French Giorgio De Chirico Art Center, Volos Tourism) Government, during the period 1988 - 1989 (curated by Irene Orati) (lithography under Abraham Hadad).Her works 4 Seasons, Artexpertise, Army are to be found in the National Gallery, in the 2011 Körpez-topoi / Bodies/ Places, from Museum, Athens Greek Parliament and in private museums and the Anthony and Asia Hadjiioannou Ambassadors of Contemporary Art, collections in Greece and abroad. Collection, Greek Foundation for Hellenique Museum, Melbourne, Culture - Berlin (curated by Iris Australia (curated by Haris Solo Exhibitions Kriticou) Kambouridis, organised by Alexandra Spring 2011, Palaeontological and Ghika) 2011 Water, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Historical Museum of Ptolemais 2008 Visual Arts in Greece 2007, State Athens (curated by Tatiana Spinari) Museum of Contemporary Arts, 2009 After the light, Retrospective Place s of the Sea, Ermoupoleia, Syros Thessaloniki (curated by Haris Exhibition, Hermoupolia, Cyclades (curated by Yiorgos Altouvas) Kambouridis) Gallery, Syros, Greece Natura 2011, Eugenides Foundation, Celebrity & Anonimity, Millenia Fine 2006 Millenia Fine Art, Time Warner Athens (curated by Athena Schina) Art, Time Warner Center, New York Center, New York Contemporary Greek art from Antony Experiencing Greece: travels through Gallery K, London and Azias Hadjioannou collection, an enchanted landscape, Ministry of 2005 Gallery Ariel Sibony, Paris Griechische Kulturstiftung Berlin, Tourism, Beijing (curated by Iris Berlin Kriticou) 2002 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens 2010 Johannes Gennadios and his world, Athens in front page, Athens Voice, 2001 Mati Gallery, Katerini, Greece Gennadios Library, Athens , Athens 2000 Gallery Tzamia-Krystalla, Chania, (curated by Iris Kriticou) Greece Hearts in Athens, Athens Accrochage, Gallery Kouros, New York Human Rights Protection, Cultural 1999 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens Tracing Istanbul, Gazi, Athens Centre, City of Athens Diary 1999 of the Herakles Group of (curated by Iris Kritikou) Companies, Municipality of Athens Sketching the personality of Seas exhibition, Gaia Art Gallery, Dionyssios Solomos, Messolonghi, 1998 Terracotta Gallery, Thessaloniki Athens (curated by Euridice Trichon- Venice, Athens (curated by Iris 1997 Galerie Flak, Paris Milsani) Kriticou) 1996 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens Deconstructing canvas, inventing the Greek Art Today, Belgravia Gallery, 1994 Terracotta Gallery, Thessaloniki image, Antony and Asia Hadjioannou London (organised by G. Stathopoulos) Collection, Municipality of 1993 Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens Summer 2008, Citronne Gallery, Poros Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Municipal (curated by Tatiana Spinari-Pollali) 1991 Eonnet Dupuy Gallery, Paris Gallery 2007 Millenia Fine Art, Νew York 1990 Ora Gallery, Athens The Naked Truth, Frissiras Museum, Athens (curated by Christina Art London, Galerie Ariel Sibony Group Exhibitions Sotiropoulou) New acquisitions, National Gallery, Athens 2012 Ellenico Plurale - Dipinti dalla Art London, Ariel Sibony, London AGET Heraklis, Municipal Gallery, Collezione Sotiris Felios, Complesso Human Measures, “Melina Merkouri” Ioannina del Vittoriano, Rome (curated by Cultural Centre, Municipality of Giuliano Serafini) Athens (curated by Iris Kritikou) Greek Artists, Antonis and Azia The Art of Sport, OLYMPIAD 2012, 2009 Greek landscape painting 18th-20th Hatzioannou Collection, Municipal Belgravia Gallery, London Century, Foundation for the fine arts Gallery, Chania (curated by Iris Kriti- cou) Once upon a time there was Penelope (curated by Athena Schina) Jardin des Plantes, Paris Delta, American College, Athens (cu- In our image after our likeness, Fris- 1996 Designs, Kouvoutsakis Art Institute, rated by Iris Kritikou) siras Museum, Athens (curated by Athens Greek Art Today, Belgravia Gallery, Martha Chalikia) Homage to Paul Verlaine, Galerie 24, London (organised by Giorgos National Representations, CK Art French Institute of Pireaus Stathopoulos) Gallery, Cyprus Painting in the Poetry of Odysseas Reshaping open space, Atrion Art Encomium of the Olive, Academy of Elytis, Odysseas Elytis Art Galleries, Gallery, Thessaloniki (curated by Athens, Athens Municipality of Athens Haris Kambouridis) Summer 2004, Zoumboulakis Gallery, 1995 Tribute to El Greco, National Birth place, Alpha Trust, Benaki Mu- Athens Gallery, Athens seum, Athens (curated by Iris Criticou) Ariel Sibony, London, United Kingdom Eros and Art, Terracotta Art Gallery, 2006 Art Miami, Miami USA, Galerie Ariel 2003 New Eikonolatria, Fine Arts Gallery, Thessaloniki Sibony Athens, (curated by Haris Kam- Grands et des Jeunes d' Aujourd'hui, Art London, Galerie Ariel Sibony bouridis) Paris Reflections from Greece, Contempo- 2002 Art Paris, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Paris Galerie Flak, Paris rary art fromGre ece, The National 2000 Greek Realists of the French School of Mediteranean Summer, National Arts Club, New York (organised by Art, Frankfurt Gallery of Tirana (organised by Zoum- Giorgos Stathopoulos) 2000 tins, Lithographer of Pireaus boulakis Gallery) Cow Parade, Athens, (curated by Iris street, Athens (curated by Niki Niko- 1994 Poliedro Gallery, Patras Kritikou) nanou, Nikos Stefanou, Alexis Verou- Small works, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Ta Nea, 2006 calendar, 12 months, 12 cas) Athens painters, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Ultramarine blue, Vernicos Centre of Athens 1992 Honoris Causa, Ora Cultural Center, Modern Art, Pireaus (curated by Flavia Athens 2005 Art Miami, Miami USA, Galerie Ariel Nessi, Iris Kritikou) Sibony The Frissiras Collection, The Byzan- Personal Relations, Ekfrassi Gallery, tine Museum, Zante (curated by Takis Art London, Galerie Ariel Sibony Athens Mavrotas) In arte veritas, Petros and Marika Ky- 1999 Greek landscape painting 19th-20th 1991 Greek Artists from the Collection of V. doniefs Foundation, Andros (curated Century, from the collection of the Na- Frissiras, Pierides Art Gallery and Mu- by Athena Schina) tional Gallery and the Euripides Kout- nicipal Gallery of Athens Vision and touch, two complementary lides' Foundation, Teriade Museum, Mytilene 1990 Towards a new humanism, Centre senses in contemporary art, Atrion Art Culturel de Villejuif, Paris (organised Gallery, Thessaloniki (curated by 1998 Focalisations du Regard, Greece's by Marina Lambraki-) Haris Kambouridis) Presidency (curated by Athena Eonnet Dupuy Gallery, Paris Schina), Brussels Visit Halepas, Tinos (curated by Iris 1989 SARP, Palais Zamovski, Warsaw Kritikou) Greek landscape painting 19th-20th Terracotta Gallery, Thessaloniki 2004 Αrt London, Galerie Ariel Sibony, Lon- Century, from the collection of the Na- 1988 don tional Gallery and the Euripides Kout- Utopias of the Real, Titanium Gallery, Artworks photography lides' Foundation, National Gallery, Athens Yiannis Vaharidis Reflections from Greece, St Augus- Athens tine, Americana Absolute Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Mons, Belgium Odysseas Vaharidis Florida, (curated by Giorgos 1997 Greek landscape Painting 19th-20th 1987 Salon de Vitry, Paris Century, National Gallery of Athens Stathopoulos) French Academy of Fine Arts, Paris Communication sponsors Agonon Polis, The city of games, or- The sources of gaze, Centre of Con- Atelier Cremonini, Galerie de la mai- ganised by the Municipality of Athens temporary Art, Larissa (curated by son des Beaux-Arts, Paris within the Olympic Games, Technopo- Athena Schina) lis of the Municipality of Athens, Gazi Museum of Man-Natural History,

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