Pelagia Angelopoulou

I work with mosaic and collage—two mediums that have long existed at the margins of contemporary art—and I treat them as living languages rather than techniques. I am interested in what happens when materials resist, fracture, and carry memory. Stone, paper, pigment, textiles, and found objects are not neutral for me; they arrive with history, weight, and tension, and I allow those qualities to shape the work.
Mosaic entered my practice early on, not as ornament, but as structure and thought. By fragmenting and reassembling it, I began to expand it beyond its traditional architectural role, allowing it to function as image, object, and spatial presence at once. Over time, this led me to collage—not as a preparatory step, but as an equally rigorous practice. Collage offers immediacy and mobility, a way to engage directly with contemporary experience, perception, and the circulation of images.
Fragmentation is central to my methodology. I cut, break, and recompose materials into systems where each element retains its individuality while contributing to a larger visual field. Meaning is never fixed. I want the work to remain open, layered, and unresolved—inviting the viewer to participate in its interpretation rather than consume a cl...

I have a master degree from The Athens University of fine arts where I studied ,painting ,art history and mosaic .

SOLO SHOWS
I have been participating in numerous Solo and group shows in various countries.
The last years I was concentrated on working with Π+A project which includes a very big number of artworks .Part of them published in 2021 in limited edition by a french publisher.
The body of the work will be soon presented in a solo show .
At the same time I was creating artworks commissioned by collectors.

2014 Museum of Architecture Moscow
2012 "Reliquarium", Moscow Biennial, Musivum Gallery, Moscow
2010 The temple of Nature, "art play", Moscow
2008 Royal Museum of Art and History of Cinquantennaire, Brussels, Belgium
2007 "Crown", relief mosaic installed next to the sarcophagus of His Holliness the Pope John-Paul II,
Vatican.
2007 Tour et Taxis Royal Hall, sponsored and under the patronage of the Greek Ministry of Culture,
Brussels, Belgium
2006 Grand Hyatt Hotel, sponsored by Dexia Bank and Qatar Airways, Dubai, U.A.E.
2006 Abu Dhabi Golf Club, organised by Qatar Airways
2005 Brauweiler Abbey Kapitelsaale, Cologne, Germany
2005 St. Pantaleon Romanesque monument, Cologne, Germany
2004 "Manifest of the Stone", Greek embassy in Brussels, Belgium
2004 "Manifest of Stone", Art in the City hall, Lindenthall-Cologne, Germany
2004 "Manifes...