Margarita Lypiridou

Margarita Lypiridou is a visual artist, painter and printmaker. Employing the landscape and the figure she explores themes of ephemerality, the fluidity of human experience, the complexity of nature and the dialectic relation of reality and imagination. Through the interplay of elements of abstraction and representation, she is attempting to highlight visual and spatial relationships of the ineffable material that makes up the human and the natural world. Lypiridou works with layers upon layers of acrylic, oil, wax and a variety of materials for mixed techniques, creating a dialogue between texture, colour and pattern, con-stantly revealing and concealing different parts of the painting, thus inviting the viewer to look to a place within and respond to the picture in terms of their own lived experience.
She studied painting, photography and applied arts in her native Greece and England, before relocating to Montreal in 2002. She holds a Master’s degree of Fine Arts in Studio Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Print Media from Concordia University, Montreal. In the summer of 2021 Lypiridou set up her art practice in her hometown, Thessaloniki, Greece, where she will be spending most of her time. Her studio is now in the heart of th...

EDUCATION

2007 - 2009        

Master’s  Degree in the Fine Arts, Studio Arts Department of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

2003 – 2007        

Bachelor’s  Degree in the Fine Arts, Visual Arts (Print Media), Studio Arts Department  of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  (magna cum laude)

2007         

 Apprenticeship in the Art of Fine Bookbinding  at Atelier “La Tranchefille” , Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 

1998 – 2000       

 Diploma in Design and Multimedia, Institute of Professional Development of Evosmos. Thessaloniki, Greece. 

1990          

Certificate in Photography. School of   Communication, University of Westminster. London, England. (Formerly Polytechnic of Central London).Certificate  awarded with Distinction.

City and Guilds Certificate of the London Institute.

1989 - 1990        

Professional Apprenticeship Program. Graphic Design and Advertising. The School of Communication Arts. London, Eng

land.  (Member of team of art directors, copywriters and graphic designers.)

1986 – 1989        

Diploma in Design: Interior, Graphic and Fashion, Dimitreli Institute of Professional Preparation-Applied Arts and Design. Thessaloniki, Greece. 

2024
• International Juried Exhibition. Cold Wax Academy, USA. Online Group (June-July 2024)
• Ro Artspace at Porto Carras. Thessaloniki, Greece. Six artists exhibiting. Group Show (Summer 2024)
• Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki - Casa Bianca. Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (SKETBE), Thessaloniki, Greece. The Guernica of Our Times. Group Show. (June-July 2024)
• Art_Thessaloniki - International Contemporary Fair, International Exhibition & Congress Center TIF HELEXPO. Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (SKETBE), Thessaloniki, Greece. The Body As An Artistic Perception. Group Show
• Myro Gallery. Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (SKETBE), Thessaloniki, Greece. In Between Auction and Exhibition. Group Show (February 2024)
2023
• Helios Art. Thessaloniki, Greece. 50 Visual Artists Exhibition. Group Show (December 2023)
• Gallery Chalkos. Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (SKETBE), Thessaloniki, Greece. Miniature. Group Show (December 2023)
• Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies. Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (SKETBE), Thessaloniki, Greece. Forty Years of Artistic Creation. Group Show. (November 2023)
• Eneken. Visual Artists Association of Northe...