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.
Selection of works
The night is good for me, 2019, Mixed media on paper, 32x42 cm
Roses in the window, 2019, Mixed media on paper, 32x42 cm
Half and half, 2017, Charcoal pencil in Fabriano watercolor paper, 136x150 cm
Screaming Flowers (“…and what you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering”), charcoal pencil in Fabriano watercolor paper, 138x211 cm
New South China Mall (Dongguan) II, 2013, Pencil on paper, 11x15 cm
Xining shopping mall( China), 2013, Pencil on paper, 9x15 cm
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.