Maria Matala

STATEMENT AND CRITICS

STATEMENT
I live and work in Athens.
Through an oniric aspect of life, my work gives the liberty to the spectator to read and interpret in his own way.

I seek beauty and equilibrium in nature
CRITICS
Born in Athens. Magor in comparative literature of the 20th century. She is original and does not go with the current and fashions. Always experimenting, she dares and pursues her own evolution through source options. Maria is a deeply philosophical person with education and so much personal work in self-awareness and self-improvement. Gentle, but powerful, low-key but effective. Sensual and selective before a stimulus she unravels her inspiration, and finds a way to give to her work all the freshness of her insight, free from exaggeration, focusing on the substance and capturing the magic that emerges, as revealed only to those who see with the eyes of the soul, below the surface. Her infinite tenderness is then transformed into art, and her colors have tons of the emotional shock of the artist according to her subjetc. She has an artistic personality, her own style, and definitely an upward path. Katerina Sakalak
Consultant Communication & Aesthetic Applications, newspaper and Art Critic
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Well appraised by George Moschos in high-school, Maria, member of the Artistic Chamber of Greece (EETE), had been sent by Nico Hadjikyriaco-Ghika to Thanassis Stefopoulos' painting workshop (1994-2005) parallel to her studies in literature. Later, she studied with mant well known greek painters. In 2008, she received the first Price at the annual competition of PARNASSOS, Athens. She attended the workshop of George Lazongas at the Fine Arts university of Athens. She attended print classes with Rena Anoussi-Helia.

personal shows: 2000 : Pireus –Poseidonia 2000 – ATLAS 3 x 4 m
2004 : Aghia Paraskevi –Le Ver Lisant – Old Stones
2005 : Αthens - Greek-French Association – Dreams and Memories
2007 : Corinth– Municipal Gallery of Corinth – Parcours
2008 : Voula - Art Gallery Café - Sunsets
2013: Athens, Theater Alma, Athenian artistic network, Thalassa 4 x 10 m
2014: Voula, Municipality, Mediterraneum
2016: Pireus, Municipality, Thalassa-Thalassa
2017: Glyfada, Artville, Presentation of two artist books, L'amour à deux faces, L'Extase Apollinienne et Dionysiaque

group shows: Matala, EETE member, has also participated in the many group exhibitions from 1994 up todate QKakogiannis Foundation, Athens, Municipality of Athens, Cultural center Melina Merkouri,Athinaïko Steki, Athens, Pierce College Alumni Artists- House of Cyprus, Athens Cultural Centre of The American College of Greece- Plaka; Cultural Center of the Municipality of Voula; UNESCO Artists – Municipal Gallery of Piraeus; Sofitel Athens Airport Hotel- Spata, OLP Piraeus, Anavyssos - Hotel Alexander Beach, Salamis Municipal Gallery, Municipal Gallery of Heliopolis-Athens –Parnassos Literary Society, City of Athens, City Hall of Davlia, Tinos – Exombourgo Festival, Hilton Hotel...