Flessa Despina
Despina Flessa was born in Athens in 1986. She graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts in 2012. In 2010 she studied at the Edinburgh College of Art and in 2015 she completed the Masters of Fine Arts (MET) in Athens. She made her first solo exhibition at the Zoumboulakis gallery entitled ‘Substratum’ (2016) and it was followed by a solo exhibition at the Pop/off/art Gallery in Moscow entitled ‘Float’ (2017). In 2017 she represented Greece at the International Women’s Day Exhibition organized by UNESCO at Salle des Pas Perdus & Espaces Miró in Paris. She has also participated in many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. She lives and works in Athens.
Selection of works
Untitled, 2016, plaster and graphite, variable dimensions
Landscape tableaux, 2015, graphite on wood, 280x400 cm
Mining, 2015, Print and graphite on paper, 54,5x35,5 cm
Untitled, 2015, graphite on paper, 100x80 cm
SoloExhibitions
2017
Float, pop/off/art gallery, Moscow
2016
Substratum, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
GroupExhibitions
2022
Eidyllia Οdos / ΕΙΔΥΛΛΙΑ ΟΔΟΣ, Technopolis City of Athens, Curator: Maria Maragou
Open-ended, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Curated by Georgia Liapi
Open-ended, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Curated by Georgia Liapi
2021
The Others Art Fair, With Frontviews, Turin, Italy
Art Athina Virtual, Zoumboulakis Gallery
Gardening, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Curated by Georgia Liapi
Art Athina Virtual, Zoumboulakis Gallery
Gardening, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens, Curated by Georgia Liapi
2019
Games & Toys, Zoumboulakis Galleries, Athens
The State of Emergency Has Become The Rule, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens
The State of Emergency Has Become The Rule, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens
2018
7, Stoart, Athens
In Loco Parentis, Romantso, Athens
In Loco Parentis, Romantso, Athens