Biography
Maria Chatzilampou
Artist Bio
Maria Chatzilampou is a Greek visual artist. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the School of Fine Arts at the University of Central Lancashire (1998), where she studied in the art studio of Lubaina Himid. Her postgraduate studies include a master’s degree in “Cultural Policy and Development” (2019) from the Open University of Cyprus.
Maria has exhibited her work extensively in Greece and in various international cities such as Brussels, Istanbul, and London. Her art can be found in prestigious private and public collections, including the "Museum of Contemporary Art" in Florina, Greece, the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, and the Ministry of Macedonia-Thrace, Greece.
Her artistic endeavors have been subjected to critical analysis and reviews by distinguished Art Historians like Maria Kenanidou, Despina Efthimiou, Eleni Kartsaka, and Christina Matiaki.
In her effort to support Greek artists and contribute to the evolution of the Greek artistic identity, Maria established MC ART SPACE Gallery in 2020.
Maria is not only an accomplished artist but also a notable author and researcher. In addition to her artistic pursuits, she teaches art in secondary education.
A few words about her work
The paintings of Maria Chatzilampou are characterized by poetry of monochrome and emotional concentration. One of the questions she poses to the viewer, which is achieved through the development of a visual language of multifaceted allusions, is the connecting link between mind and soul.
Selected Exhibitions
Personal
Team
2022 "MC Art Space" Art Gallery - Florina, Greece
2021"MC Art Space" Art Gallery - Edessa, Greece
2019 "J / M" Art Gallery - London, UK
2019 "La Galleria" - London, UK
2011 "Armos" Art Gallery - Serres, Greece
2011 "Vlassis" Art Gallery -Thessaloniki, Greece
2010 "Camp Kodra" -Thessaloniki, Greece
2010 "G-EA" - Brussels, Belgium
2010 "Theorema" Art Gallery - Brussels, Belgium
2009 "Art Café" - Kozani, Greece
2008 "Art Beat" Gallery - Brussels, Belgium
2008 "Art Base" Gallery - Brussels, Belgium
2008 European Commission - Brussels, Belgium
2007 "Merlin" Art Gallery/ Café - Serres, Greece
2006 "Armos" Art Gallery - Serres, Greece
2005 Sismanoglio Consular Foundation- Istanbul, Turkey
2004 "En -Florini" Art Gallery - Florina, Greece
1999 "Tsageri 1929" Art Gallery/ Café - Florina, Greece
1999 "Lava" Art Gallery - Thessaloniki, Greece
2023 "Time of Art Gallery" Athens, Greece
2023 "Myro Gallery" - Greece, Thessaloniki
Analyses and reviews
"Trying to understand its meaning, position and role as an archetypal symbol, Maria Chatzilampou draws inspired by the Orthodox tradition which she transforms creatively, guided by aseuse of abstraction. Maria's "Trees" are forms whose roots reach deep into time but their foliage rustles in today's wind. They draw on the luxury and grandeur of the Byzantine iconographic idiom but refuse to submit to shapes and dictations."
Eleni Kartsaka,
Visual Artist, Art Historian, Coordinator of the Educational Project of Art Courses
"Maria Chatzilampou's whole work is a negotiation among secret and timeless concepts, themes, relationships and truths. The artist, excluding the insignificant, reinvents an abstract visual code of communication and attempts to construct a clear narrative beyond space and time. The key and reference point of this fictitious code is boldly defined as a symbol."
Christina Matiaki,
Art Historian
"The Tree in the works of Maria Chatzilampou is depicted as a vertical axis rooted in the ground, stable, with an upward course."
Eumorfia Kipouropoulou,
Special Sciences, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Department of Primary Education
"Maria Chatzilampou is a contemporary Greek painter. It combines linear structure with the religious gold sheen of Byzantine art."
Despina Eythymiou,
Art Historian
"She uses the moon as an eternal symbol that connects the mind and soul."
Georgia Kipouropoulou,
Historian, Doctor of pedagogy, Postdoctoral of kindergarten teachers
Varvara Roza
Art Pr & Management
“Maria is an extraordinary artist whom I admire enormously not only for her lieutenant talent but also for her very special and multitalented personality. Maria is an artist that has a very particular technique and also makes strong statements in all her projects! What is really admirable is that she identifies herself with her collection.
Her work is mostly based on a series of different subjects each time. These subjects are mostly influenced by the Greek civilization, culture and tradition!
She is an actual and real representative of Greek art
in London. She, as an artist, conveys all the Greek stimuli in a unique and explicit way!”