Anna Maria Papadimitriou

We look like seas, we are bodies of water.  With tangible surfaces and countless depths.
Our existence is intertwined with a sequence of breaths.  But beyond breathing, we are a sequence of dives.  The inner self, a valuable field of inquiry, has infinite inner nuances and is potentially found in the deepest contents of the fluid watery space that houses the unconscious.

What do we do with what is not visible?  If through sight we see what has form, how do we see the essence behind the form?  How do we give clues to the Unseen?  Obviously, these questions existed unconsciously when I was connected to a painting process that resembles the experience of successive dives into the depths of the Invisible.  Putting aside the representation of the already visible, I chose research, improvisation, anxiety and ecstasy of the possible encounter with something unprecedented and revelatory.  I have the feeling that I am exploring undefined inner landscapes on the edge of archetypal depths.  Along the way I meet and record facts, findings, small truths in waiting.  I find that what the conscious calls a finding, is an element already given, ready and independent of its possible recognition.  If I decide to never dive, the element will continu...

2000-2005 Painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts studying under Professors Yannis Valavanidis and Mihalis Manoussakis.

1991-1996 School of Graphic Arts and Art Studies, Department of Interior Architecture and Industrial Design.

2022 Highlights, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, Greece

2022 ART-ATHINA , International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Zappeion, Greece

2022 Exclusives, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens Greece

2021 Highlights, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, Greece

2021 KRYPTON, Dipola Art Platform, Municipal Gallery of Chalkida, Greece

2021 LONDON ART BIENNALE, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK

2021 Exclusives, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens

2020 ART-ATHINA, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Astrolavos Gallery, Greece

2019 Highlights, Astrolavos Art Gallery, Athens, Greece

2019 ART-ATHINA, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, Zappeion, Greece

2019 Exclusives, Astrolavos Art Gallery, Athens, Greece

2018 Small Panorama of Modern Greek Art, Curation by Manos Stefanidis, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens

2017 Highlights, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens

2017 ART-ATHINA, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens

2017 REQUIEM, Curation by Manos Stefanidis, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens

2016 Highlights, Astrolavos Gallery, Athens

2016. "Oia Treasures" Gallery, Oia, Santorini, Greece

2016 "Exclusives" Astrolavos Gallery, Athens, Greece

2015 "RED", Curation by Manos Stefanidis, Municipal Theater of Piraeus, Gre...