My Story
Education:
Municipality of Nikaia - Renti which operates in collaboration with the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, 2016 -2019
Fine Art University of Athens, Yorgos Lazogas, 2011-2012
Joseph Chatzipavlis’ workshop, Glyfada, 2006-2009
Thanasis Stefopoulos’ workshop, Athens, 1994-2005
Nikos Hatzikyriakos – Ghika’s workshop, Athens, 1989-1992
Solo Exhibitions:
2018- P. Faliro Association, Art books- "Apollonia and Dionysian Ecstasy" and "The two aspects of love», P. Faliro, Greece
2017- Artville, Art books- "Apollonia and Dionysian Ecstasy" and "The two aspects of love”, Glyfada, Greece
2016- Municipal Gallery of Piraeus, "Thalassa-Thalassa", Piraeus, Greece
2014- Cultural Center of the Municipality of BBB, Voula, “Mediterraneum”, Voula, Greece
2013- Alma Theater, Athenian artistic network, “Thalassa” Installation W4 xH10 meters and video, Athens, Greece
2008- Art Gallery Café, “Sunsets”, Voula, Greece
2007- Municipal Gallery of Corinth, “Parcours”, Corinth, Greece
2005- Hellenic - French Association, "Dreams and Memories", Kolonaki, Αthens, Greece
2004- Le Ver Lisant, “Old Stones”, Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
2000- O.L.P. Piraeus, Poseidonia 2000, “Atlas” Installation W 4 x H 6 m, Piraeus, Greece
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2021-2022- Athens School of Fine Arts, “Engraving from Prehistory to present-day Greece”, Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., Athens, Greece
2020 - Internet http-//www.eete.gr/zwgrafiki
2018-2019 – Ersi Gallery, “Art Books”, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
2019 - Theogony Society, member of F.I.S.A.E., “Ex Libris”, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens, Greece
2018 - Municipality of Athens, “ex-libris”, Cultural center Melina Merkouri, Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., Athens, Greece
2018 - Municipal Gallery of Piraeus, “Mediterraneum through poetry”, Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., Piraeus, Greece
2018 – Sfinx 2018, “Oedipus Tyrannus”, Social Sculpture Festival, City of Thebes, Greece
2017- Municipality of Glyfada, “Living Breath”, Artville, Glyfada, Greece
2016 -Petit Paris of Athens, “The fluidity of movement “, Peloponissou Station, Athens, Greece
2016 - Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation, “Immigration and Emigration”, Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., Athens, Greece
2015 – Municipality of Athens, Cultural center Melina Merkouri, “Tribute to Peace”, E.E.D.Y.E. Society, Athens, Greece
2014 – Petit Paris of Athens, “Belle Epoque’s Vanity in the trenches of World War I", Finos Films, Athens, Greece
2013- ACG, “Vernal Equinox”, curator and participant, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
2012 - Art Gallery BIOS, “The Box”, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2010-2011 - Art Gallery Café, “Woman”, “Scapes”, Voula, Greece
2006-2009 -Sofitel Athens Airport Hotel- Spata, Greece
2008-2015- Perama, “Men, Color and Iron”, Shipbuilding Repair Zone, Perama, Greece
1995 -The American College of Greece, “A tribute to the alumni artists of Pierce College”, -Plaka, Greece
1996-2009, Municipal Gallery of Piraeus; Unesco, Piraeus, Greece
1994 - House of Cyprus, “A tribute to the alumni artists of Pierce College, The American College of Greece”, Athens Foundation ACG, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece
Public Collections:
“Corinthian Walls”, Municipal Gallery of Corinth, Greece, Donated 2007
“Attica Tradition Educational Foundation”, ACG ATHENS FOUNDATION, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece, Donated 1995
“Satyrs I”, Public Greek Museums’ shops, 2021
Publications and Media:
Solo Exhibitions:
ALBUM - “Thalassa – Thalassa”, Solo exhibition, 2016, Piraeus, Greece
ALBUM - “Atlas”, self-published, 2014, Athens, Greece
ALBUM – “Old Stones”, Solo exhibition, 2004, Athens, Greece
Art Books
"Apollonia and Dionysian Ecstasy", self-published, 2017, Athens, Greece
"The two aspects of love”, self-published, 2017, Athens, Greece
Group Exhibitions - albums, C.D. and books:
ALBUM - “Engraving from Prehistory to present-day Greece” Athens School of Fine Arts, Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., Athens, Greece, 2021-2022, p.148
BOOK – “Erotokritos”, two illustrations, under the auspices of the Municipality of Glyfada, ed. Aggelaki, 2019, p. 101, 175
ALBUM - “Ex Libris”, Theogony Society, member of F.I.S.A.E, Stoa tou Vivliou, Athens, Greece, 2019, pp. 3,8
ALBUM - “ex-libris”, Municipality of Athens, Cultural center Melina Merkouri, Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., Athens, Greece, 2018, pp. 74,75,145
ALBUM – “Oedipus Tyrannus”, Sfinx 2018, Social Sculpture Festival, City of Thebes, Greece, 2018, pp. 47, 69
ALBUM - “Mediterraneum through poetry”, Municipal Gallery of Piraeus, Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., Greece, 2018, p.139
CD- “Vernal Equinox”, Pierce Alumni group exhibition, curator and participant, ACG, 21 mars 2013, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
ALBUM - “Immigration and Emigration”, Michalis Kakogiannis Foundation, Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., Athens, Greece 2016, p.30
CD - “Tribute to Peace”, Melina Merkouri, Athens Municipality, Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., Athens, Greece, 2015
ALBUM- Art Gallery BIOS, “The Box”, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece, 2012, pp. 6, 11,40-41, 73,76
ALBUM- “A tribute to the alumni artists of Pierce College, The American College of Greece”, ed. LIVANIS, 1995, pp. 79-80, p. 134, p. 168
Media
Hellenic Chamber of Artists E.E.T.E., perpetual on line exhibition- http-//www.eete.gr/zwgrafiki
e-Voula, Newspaper online, January 2018, p. 8
CONTACT+, Cultural magazine, September – October 2018, p. 33
Afieromata, Cultural internet magazine, November 2017, http-//www.afieromata.gr/2017/11/livres-dart.html?m=1
e-Voula, Newspaper online, December 2016, p. 8
e-Voula, Newspaper online, June 2015, p. 15
KARYES, Newspaper, p.2, Winter 2015-16
e-Voula, Newspaper online, April 2014, p. 18 last page
Espresso, Newspaper, April 2012, p. 46
e-Voula, Newspaper online, June 2010, p. 14 last page
To Psaltiri, Cultural newspaper, 3rd trimester 2008, p. 11-13,
ACG College Art Highlights, Cultural magazine, April 2008, p. 47
ACG http://www.acgart.gr/ACG-COLLECTION/ARTISTS/M/MatM/MatM-art.htm and http://www.acgart.gr/ACG-COLLECTION/ARTISTS/M/MatM/MatM-bio.htm, 2007
Athènes -Accueil, trimestrial magazine, no 29, January-Mars 2005, cover
ACG Epafes, annual magazine, 1995, cover
Honors and Awards:
Luxembourg Art Prize 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
Parnassos cultural institution Award, Athens, Greece, 2008
Greek Writers Association Award, Athens, Greece, 2008
Unesco Honors 1995-2008
Grand Prix Européen des Arts et des Lettres, E.E.C., Grasse, France,1990
Member of the Following Organizations:
See me, Joined 2022
American Artists Awards, Joined 2022
O.S.D.E.E.T.E., Hellenic copyright organization, Joined 2019
Theogony Society, member of F.I.S.A.E, Joined 2018
Luxembourg Art Prize, Joined 2015
E.E.T.E., Hellenic Chamber of Artists, Joined 2014
Contact
Let's connect:
e-mail: matala_maria@yahoo.com
Prints : https ://matalart.wixsite.com/printsmatalamaria
Painting: https://matalamaria.wixsite.com/thalassa-thalassa
blog:-https://mariamatala.blogspot.com
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6eD3dncE3WglkeOXCY5PCsveIPAkXFc1