MARIA FILOPOULOU

 

Filopoulou was born in Athens in 1964. She studied painting in Paris at the Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts under Leonardo Cremonini between 1984-1988. Filopoulou continued with postgraduate studies at the same school, with a schol­ar­ship of the French Government, during the period 1988-1989 (lithography under Αbraham Hadad). Her works are to be found in the National Gallery, in the Greek Parliament, and in private museums and collections in Greece and abroad. Filopoulou's works are primarily based on Greece where she lives and works. Maria's works can be found in collection worldwide including London, Paris, New York, Florida, Beijing, Melbourne, Istanbul, Berlin and Nicosia. It remains consistent with the values ​​of figurative painting, focusing on people and the landscape.