Stampoulou Myrto
Myrto Stampoulou was born in Athens in 1975. She studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts and journalism at the Ergastiri School (Laboratory of Professional Journalism). In 2007 she completed her MFA at the Glasgow School of Art where she studied with full scholarship by the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (IKY). She has had 3 solo shows in Athens and Glasgow. She was a member of the artist group Libby Sacer Foundation and currently a member of its evolution into Libby Sacer Daughters. She has worked as a set and costume designer and artistic director for film and theatrical productions.
SoloExhibitions
2010
Where Is My Shadow, Glasgow international festival of visual art, Market Gallery, Glasgow.
2008
Sci-Fi cinema, part of Where is My Shadow project, Arch 14, Eastvale place, Studio Warehouse, Glasgow.
2005
+Pegnia, (collaborative, with Sophia Kyriakou), Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens, Greece.
2004
Inner view, To Milo gallery, Athens, Greece.
GroupExhibitions
2020
News from the Studios – A life-affirming show, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens.
2019
Games & Toys, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens.
2017
Athens Sci-Fi, as writer, Snehta residency, Athens.
2016
Happiness, part of Back to Athens 4, curated by Dimitris Halatsis, at Ypsilon publications, Athens.
2015
Art&Design-, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens.
2014
Ghosts, curated by Libby Sacer Foundation during the residency of Cheap Art, Athens.
Trust, curated by Libby Sacer Foundation during the residency of Cheap Art, Athens.
Trust, curated by Libby Sacer Foundation during the residency of Cheap Art, Athens.
2013
From Athens with spontaneous love, corner of Donaustrasse / Ganghofer Strasse, curated by Vassileia Stylianidou, Neukölln, Berlin.
Speakers´ Corner, contribution to a project by Anna Mields and Katja Kollowa, part of 48 STUNDEN Neukölln, Kunstfestival, Berlin.
Speakers´ Corner, contribution to a project by Anna Mields and Katja Kollowa, part of 48 STUNDEN Neukölln, Kunstfestival, Berlin.
2012
Big city, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2011
Bulb Festival, The Hub, Athens, Greece.
2010
Locus Solus, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece.
Small Paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Small Paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2009
Small Paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2008
Miden Video Festival, Kalamata, Greece.
Artists’ short films, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland.
Dreams come true, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Artists’ short films, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland.
Dreams come true, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2007
The Gold Epoque (...), Art space Ermoupolis, Siros, Greece.
Synch Festival (screening program), Technopolis-Gazi, Athens, Greece.
Public screening, in Gothenburg city airport waiting room, by students of the GSA and the Valand school of Fine Arts, Sweden.
Furthermore, Artnews projects, Berlin.
And the he likes the me, annual members show, Transmission gallery, Glasgow.
Furthermore, MFA graduates show, Tramway, Glasgow.
The Gold Epoque (...), a show of the drawings from the book by Kormoranos , Antonopoulou art, Athens, Greece.
Small Paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Synch Festival (screening program), Technopolis-Gazi, Athens, Greece.
Public screening, in Gothenburg city airport waiting room, by students of the GSA and the Valand school of Fine Arts, Sweden.
Furthermore, Artnews projects, Berlin.
And the he likes the me, annual members show, Transmission gallery, Glasgow.
Furthermore, MFA graduates show, Tramway, Glasgow.
The Gold Epoque (...), a show of the drawings from the book by Kormoranos , Antonopoulou art, Athens, Greece.
Small Paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2006
Outvideo, international video festival, Russia (video screenings in public spaces in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, St.Petersburg and other cities in Russia).
Video killed the painting Star (curated by Alhena Katsof) projections in CCA cinema, Glasgow.
Radiations (curated by Rallou Panagiotou) Video killed the painting Star, projections in CCA cinema, Glasgow.
Video Festival, Independent Space, Setubal, Portugal.
Hiscox MFA Interim show, Newberry Gallery, Glasgow.
Kunstvlaai 4, Kunstpark Gasfabriek, Amsterdam.
Her Shorts, International Women's Video Festival, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
Small Paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Video killed the painting Star (curated by Alhena Katsof) projections in CCA cinema, Glasgow.
Radiations (curated by Rallou Panagiotou) Video killed the painting Star, projections in CCA cinema, Glasgow.
Video Festival, Independent Space, Setubal, Portugal.
Hiscox MFA Interim show, Newberry Gallery, Glasgow.
Kunstvlaai 4, Kunstpark Gasfabriek, Amsterdam.
Her Shorts, International Women's Video Festival, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
Small Paintings, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2005
Russian Dolls, Assembly Gallery, GSA, Glasgow.
Small Paintings, Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens, Greece.
Small Paintings, Zoumboulakis gallery, Athens, Greece.
2004
Greek Contemporaries, To Milo gallery, Athens, Greece.
Strictly Unclassified, Cinema Club in Patras, and Byzantine Museum, Athens, Greece.
Strictly Unclassified, Cinema Club in Patras, and Byzantine Museum, Athens, Greece.
2003
3, Lentzou gallery, Athens, Greece.
The graduates of 2002, Ergostasion, Athens, Greece.
2002 Biennial of the Fine Art students of Greece, First prize, Creta Maris Galleries, Heraklion, Krete, Greece.
The 6th Studio, Old Kapodistria Quarters, Argos, Greece.
Time exercise, IME foundation, Athens.
The graduates of 2002, Ergostasion, Athens, Greece.
2002 Biennial of the Fine Art students of Greece, First prize, Creta Maris Galleries, Heraklion, Krete, Greece.
The 6th Studio, Old Kapodistria Quarters, Argos, Greece.
Time exercise, IME foundation, Athens.
Theatre.Design.Artistic.direction
2017
Not to be unpleasant be we need to have a serious talk, art direction and set design for feature length film, direction Giorgos Georgopoulos
2013
Über Tiere, from the play of Elfriede Jelinek, directed by Eugenia Tzirtzilaki, set-costumes, Epi Kolono theater, Athens, Greece.
2012
Page 31, directed by Eugenia Tzirtzilaki, set-costumes and project development for devised performance piece presented in CAMP art gallery, Athens, Greece.
2011
Battery-girl (recharged), theatre production directed by Euripides Laskaridis, set design-costumes, presented at the independent space “PROSORINOS”, Athens, Greece.
2010
Battery-girl (Koritsi-bataria), theatre production directed by Euripides Laskaridis, set design and costumes, presented at the Low Budget Festival, Kakogiannis Foundation, Athens, Greece.
2009
Tungsten, set design-costumes and art direction for feature length film directed by Giorgos Georgopoulos.
2008
Won’t pay, adaptation from Dario Fo’s original play, set design-costumes and project development, co-written with director Eleni Boza, Thessaliko Theatre, Larissa, Greece.
2006
S. Serefas' Mum, directed by Eleni Boza, set design and costumes, Notos Theatre Company, Athens, Greece.
2005
Apropos of the melting snow, an adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground, directed by Eleni Boza, set design and costumes, National theatre of Greece, Experimental Stage, Athens, Greece.
Nameless, an adaptation from Sophocles' Electra, directed by Eleni Boza, set design and costumes, National theatre of Macedonia (MNT), Skopje, Macedonia (FYROM).
Nameless, an adaptation from Sophocles' Electra, directed by Eleni Boza, set design and costumes, National theatre of Macedonia (MNT), Skopje, Macedonia (FYROM).
2004
Euripides' Orestes, directed by Eugenia Tzirtzilaki, set design and costumes, National theatre of Greece, Experimental Stage, Athens, Greece.
Awards
2007
Creative and Professional development award, Scottish Arts Council.
2005-07
Full Scholarship for postgraduate studies, Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), first prize.
2006
Outvideo festival, best videos.
2003
Erasmus scholarship to UDK Berlin.
2002
Biennial of the Fine Art students of Greece, First prize.
Residency
2018
Obvia residency, Setubal, Πορτογαλία.