Olga Alexopoulou, [Athenian born 1980], graduate of the Ruskin School of Art of Oxford University. In the last years her works have appeared in walls, museums and galleries around the world.
Her works have been presented in solo exhibitions in museums in Greece like the Museum of Spyros Vassiliou, the Ethnological Museum of Thrace, Pinakothiki of Piraues but also in galleries in Greece and the UK. As far as group shows are concerned, her works have been exhibited in museums like Ningbo in China, in the National History Museum of Greece and the Bouziani Museum.
In 2017, she was included in the 50 best women street artists in the world in publications in London and Paris. Olga was chosen to represent Greece in the global graffiti event 'She's a Leader' by Women's Forum and was invited to the award winning Street Art Österlen festival, Sweden. In 2016 she was invited by the University of Michigan to do a mural for the Global Graffiti Project. More recently her work was featured in the Biennale Internationale d' Art Mural of France and in May 2018 she exhibited her work and created a mural in New York on behalf of the Bronx Art Space. At the end of August 2018 Olga completed her idea of making a new blue pigment, called Quantum Blue, created by a combination of art and nanotechnology, with a small team of scientists at the Berkeley Laboratory, California.
The historian Nikos Sigalas, Institut Français d'Etudes Anatoliennes, writes: The work on display constitutes nature's epic: austere in words (in the signs of men) yet powerful as the hour of the tempest or a summit's moment of illumined unconcealment. Olga Alexopoulou is sparing with words, her images speaking in silence, mute words in a language beyond the common sign, a turbulence of depth. How far beyond language reposes a summit, an arctic landscape, a thriving anemone, the sea itself. And how far beyond theatre; yet still a play, that does not limit itself to detailing complexes, but rejoices in song - not the wild bacchanal, but the serene, omnipotent eternal joy of nature, whose dominion we pretend in vain to have mastered. What is communicated through Olga's work is that art, mirroring nature, remains forever untamed, impossible to be exhausted by our ambitions. It lies exactly where those ambitions end, in the vast untamed dominions that life's communion with the imagination opens up before us; in the stars, the seas and summits that exist all around, while dwelling deep within.
Solo Exhibitions
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September 2019 Museum Herakleidon, Athens, Greece
Solo Exhibitions
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September 2019 Museum Herakleidon, Athens, Greece
March 2019 UltraSuperNew Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
February 2018 'Leaden Waters: How to be brave', Galata Rum Okulu, Istanbul, Turkey
November 2016 Pinakothiki of Piraeus, ‘Quickening’, Athens, Greece
September 2015 Museum of Spyros Vasiliou, 'Olga Alexopoulou - Paintings', Athens, Greece
September 2014 Tio Ilar, ‘Artist in Spotlight: Olga Alexopoulou’, Athens, Greece
May 2014 Ethnological Museum of Thrace, ‘Sketching the City’, Greece
August 2012 M-Art Space, ‘Cobalt + Porcelain’, Aegina, Greece
May 2012 Gallery Kourd, ‘Cobalt + Porcelain, Athens, Greece
April 2012 THAT Space, Caravansaray, Floating Projection, Istanbul, Turkey
June 2011 Artville Gallery, ‘Far from the cities’, Athens, Greece
November 2007 Artville Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Athens, Greece
January 2002 X-Change Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Oxford, UK
November 2001 Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, Oxford, UK
Group Exhibitions
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September 2014 Tio Ilar, ‘Artist in Spotlight: Olga Alexopoulou’, Athens, Greece
May 2014 Ethnological Museum of Thrace, ‘Sketching the City’, Greece
August 2012 M-Art Space, ‘Cobalt + Porcelain’, Aegina, Greece
May 2012 Gallery Kourd, ‘Cobalt + Porcelain, Athens, Greece
April 2012 THAT Space, Caravansaray, Floating Projection, Istanbul, Turkey
June 2011 Artville Gallery, ‘Far from the cities’, Athens, Greece
November 2007 Artville Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Athens, Greece
January 2002 X-Change Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Oxford, UK
November 2001 Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Solo Exhibition, Oxford, UK
Group Exhibitions
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March 2023 Art Ankara, Art Fair, Turkey
February 2023 'Freedom is our character', Istanbul Concept, Turkey
August 2022 ‘Ar(t)chive’, Istanbul Concept, Istanbul, Turkey
November 2021 'Aura', Italian Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey
February 2021 360, 360 Istanbul, Turkey
August 2020 ‘Ar(t)chive’, Istanbul Concept, Istanbul, Turkey
February 2020 ‘Diachronies’, Foundation of Hellenic World, Athens, Greece
February 2020 ‘Walk in my shoes’, 360 Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
June 2019 ‘Ar(t)chive’, Istanbul Concept, Turkey
February 2019 ‘Kahraman Sensin’, Marmara Pera, Istanbul, Turkey
February 2019 ‘The beauties of Peran’, Foundation of Hellenic World, Athens, Greece
October 2018 ‘The beauties of Peran’, Foundation of Thracian Art and Tradition, Xanthi, Greece
May 2018 Museum of Larissa, ‘Diachronies’, Greece
May 2018 ‘Innocence: The Garden of the Beloved’, Istanbul Concept, Turkey
May 2018 ‘In broad daylight: Greek Women Street Artists’, AAA Gallery, New York, USA
March 2018 ‘The beauties of Peran’, Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, Turkey
January 2018 360, ‘Everyone is Equal’, curated by Isik Gencoglu, Istanbul, Turkey
December 2017 Municipal Gallery of Piraeus, ‘Topoi’, Athens, Greece
December 2017 Gennadius Library, ‘In my youth’, organised by Alpha Trust, Athens, Greece
November 2017 Ikastikos Kyklos Sianti Gallery, ‘Art on the streets of the world’, Athens, Greece
October 2017 Three Day World, Istanbul, Turkey
September 2017 Stavros Niarchos Foundation, ‘Remember’, Athens, Greece
September 2017 Istanbul Concept, ‘10x10’, Istanbul, Turkey
July 2017 Museum of History and Folkart, ‘Kazantzakis', Aegina Island, Greece
May 2017 Biennale Internationale d' Art Mural – BIAM, France
May 2017 ‘The Case for Kapodistrias’, Folk Historical Museum of Larissa, Greece
April 2017 Ianos, ‘The places of: Nikos Kazantzakis’, Athens, Greece
February 2017 Ianos, ‘Patari 5’, Athens, Greece
December 2016 Athineon, Dark, Athens, Greece October 2016 Art on a Card, CIRCUIT, Istanbul, Turkey October 2016 National Historical Museum, curated by Iris Kritikou, Athens, Greece
October 2016 Museum of Bouzianis, ‘Unconscious Playground’, Athens, Greece
August 2016 Municipal Gallery of Nafplio, curated by Iris Kritikou, Greece
December 2016 Athineon, Dark, Athens, Greece October 2016 Art on a Card, CIRCUIT, Istanbul, Turkey October 2016 National Historical Museum, curated by Iris Kritikou, Athens, Greece
October 2016 Museum of Bouzianis, ‘Unconscious Playground’, Athens, Greece
August 2016 Municipal Gallery of Nafplio, curated by Iris Kritikou, Greece
March 2016 Abteilung für Alles Andere, Berlin-Mitte, Germany
March 2016 Artshot Gallery, ‘Little things’, Athens, Greece
November 2015 CI: Contemporary Istanbul, Berlin Istanbul Quartier, Istanbul, Turkey
August 2015 Museum of History and Folkart, 'The Kapodistria Case', Aegina Island, Greece
August 2015 Poseidonion, 'L'Heure Bleue', Spetses Island, Greece
June 2015 Artshot Gallery, Athens, Greece
May 2015 Ulaşılabilir Sanat, ‘In the search of...Ararken...Arayış...’, Istanbul, Turkey
February 2015 Genesis Gallery, ‘Invitation to Dinner’, Curated by Iris Kritikou, Athens, Greece
February 2015 Ianos Art Space, ‘Art upstairs’, Athens, Greece
October 2014 Women’s Forum Street Art Project: She’s a Leader, global event
September 2014 Casa Bianca – Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, Greece
May 2014 Giorgio de Chirico Art Space, ‘I heart Caprice’, Volos, Greece
April 2014 Tio Ilar 7, International Art Exhibition, Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, Turkey
April 2014 Ianos Art Space, ‘Maping the City: Olga Alexopoulou – Alex Massavetas’, Athens
February 2014 M Art, ‘I heart Caprice’, Juried exhibition, Athens, Greece
December 2013 Ash in Art, ‘Polis – Metropolis’, Athens, Greece
November 2013 Ningbo Museum, ‘Dazibao’, Ningbo, China
November 2013 ARTE Gallery, ‘Art has wings’, Istanbul, Turkey
October 2013 Ianos Art Space, ‘Pencil and Paper’, Athens, Greece
October 2013 Austro Sino Arts Program and Embassy of the Arts, Organhaus, Chongqing, China
Septmber 2013 Istanbul Graffiti Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
July 2013 Graffiti project, Zero Station, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
June 2013 Tio Ilar 6, Athens, Greece
May 2013 Auction for charity, St. Peter’s College Chapel, Oxford, UK
April 2013 ‘Tio Ilar 6’, Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, Turkey
December 2012 Art Suites, ‘Nature’s Object of Desire’, Istanbul, Turkey
December 2012 Katakouzinos Foundation, ‘A House for the ‘30s generation’, Athens, Greece
September 2012 Street Art Istanbul, ‘Renovation – Tarlabaşı’, Istanbul, Turkey
December 2011 M-Art Space, Athens, Greece
November 2011 Gallery Kourd, Athens, Greece
September 2011 What if Artist Group, CWB, Hong Kong
November 2010 M-Art Space, Athens, Greece
November 2010 Give Hope, ‘Helona’, Athens, Greece
August 2010 Gallery KG52, ‘Spectacular Sights’, Stockholm, Sweden
July 2010 Booze Cooperativa, ‘Carte Blanche VIII’, Athens, Greece
May 2010 Pontigny Room, Artweek exhibition, Oxford, UK
February 2010 AVA gallery, ‘Take Art/Leave Art, Tennessee, USA
February 2010 M-Art Space, ‘Love me’, Athens, Greece
November 2009 M-Art Space, Athens, Greece
October 2009 Elder Street Gallery, ‘Communications’, Houston, Texas, USA
May 2009 Booze Cooperativa, ‘Urban Forest: Prologue’, Athens, Greece
May 2009 Centre d'art la Real, ‘Five Points’, Spain
December 2008 Badehane, Istanbul, Turkey
June 2008 Synch Festival, part of the Festival of Athens, Greece
May 2008 314 Gallery, ‘Pharmacolagnia’, Athens, Greece
February 2008 G.I. Katsigras Museum, ‘Public Screen’, from the Thessaloniki Center of
Contemporary Art
December 2007 Artville Gallery, ‘Advent’, Athens, Greece
September 2007 Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, ‘Public Screen’, Greece
August 2007 FU Studiobühne, ‘Ladyfest International Video Festival’, Berlin, Germany
July 2007 Rethimno Cultural Events, Public Space Video Exhibition, Crete, Greece
May 2007 ‘Art Athina’, represented by Selini Gallery, Athens, Greece
February 2007 Bibliotheca Alexandrina, ‘Alexandria: The Routes of Memory’, Egypt
November 2006 Athens College Theatre, ‘Penelope Delta’, Athens, Greece
September 2006 Factory 798, ‘Field of Vision’, Beijing, China
May 2005 APT Gallery, ‘Creekside Open’ 35 short listed artists, London, UK
April 2005 SAKA, ‘SAKA and Art’, Athens, Greece
July 2004 Standpoint Gallery, ‘Inhibition’, London, UK
October 2002 Newlyn Gallery, ‘Videoteque 2’, Penzance, UK
October 2002 Cubitt Gallery, ‘Ruskin 02 MA Degree Show’, London, UK
September 2002 TEN Gallery, ‘Videoteque’ International Video Festival, St. Ives, UK
May 2002 St Edmund Hall, Artweek Exhibition, Oxford, UK
August 2000 Newtown Castle Gallery, International Group Exhibition, Ireland
May 2000 Warwick University, Group Exhibition, Coventry, UK
Public permanent Collections:
Bildwechse, Hamburg, Germany
St Edmund Hall, MCR, University of Oxford
Athens College U.S. Trustees Office, New York
March 2016 Artshot Gallery, ‘Little things’, Athens, Greece
November 2015 CI: Contemporary Istanbul, Berlin Istanbul Quartier, Istanbul, Turkey
August 2015 Museum of History and Folkart, 'The Kapodistria Case', Aegina Island, Greece
August 2015 Poseidonion, 'L'Heure Bleue', Spetses Island, Greece
June 2015 Artshot Gallery, Athens, Greece
May 2015 Ulaşılabilir Sanat, ‘In the search of...Ararken...Arayış...’, Istanbul, Turkey
February 2015 Genesis Gallery, ‘Invitation to Dinner’, Curated by Iris Kritikou, Athens, Greece
February 2015 Ianos Art Space, ‘Art upstairs’, Athens, Greece
October 2014 Women’s Forum Street Art Project: She’s a Leader, global event
September 2014 Casa Bianca – Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, Greece
May 2014 Giorgio de Chirico Art Space, ‘I heart Caprice’, Volos, Greece
April 2014 Tio Ilar 7, International Art Exhibition, Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, Turkey
April 2014 Ianos Art Space, ‘Maping the City: Olga Alexopoulou – Alex Massavetas’, Athens
February 2014 M Art, ‘I heart Caprice’, Juried exhibition, Athens, Greece
December 2013 Ash in Art, ‘Polis – Metropolis’, Athens, Greece
November 2013 Ningbo Museum, ‘Dazibao’, Ningbo, China
November 2013 ARTE Gallery, ‘Art has wings’, Istanbul, Turkey
October 2013 Ianos Art Space, ‘Pencil and Paper’, Athens, Greece
October 2013 Austro Sino Arts Program and Embassy of the Arts, Organhaus, Chongqing, China
Septmber 2013 Istanbul Graffiti Festival, Istanbul, Turkey
July 2013 Graffiti project, Zero Station, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
June 2013 Tio Ilar 6, Athens, Greece
May 2013 Auction for charity, St. Peter’s College Chapel, Oxford, UK
April 2013 ‘Tio Ilar 6’, Sismanoglio Megaro, Istanbul, Turkey
December 2012 Art Suites, ‘Nature’s Object of Desire’, Istanbul, Turkey
December 2012 Katakouzinos Foundation, ‘A House for the ‘30s generation’, Athens, Greece
September 2012 Street Art Istanbul, ‘Renovation – Tarlabaşı’, Istanbul, Turkey
December 2011 M-Art Space, Athens, Greece
November 2011 Gallery Kourd, Athens, Greece
September 2011 What if Artist Group, CWB, Hong Kong
November 2010 M-Art Space, Athens, Greece
November 2010 Give Hope, ‘Helona’, Athens, Greece
August 2010 Gallery KG52, ‘Spectacular Sights’, Stockholm, Sweden
July 2010 Booze Cooperativa, ‘Carte Blanche VIII’, Athens, Greece
May 2010 Pontigny Room, Artweek exhibition, Oxford, UK
February 2010 AVA gallery, ‘Take Art/Leave Art, Tennessee, USA
February 2010 M-Art Space, ‘Love me’, Athens, Greece
November 2009 M-Art Space, Athens, Greece
October 2009 Elder Street Gallery, ‘Communications’, Houston, Texas, USA
May 2009 Booze Cooperativa, ‘Urban Forest: Prologue’, Athens, Greece
May 2009 Centre d'art la Real, ‘Five Points’, Spain
December 2008 Badehane, Istanbul, Turkey
June 2008 Synch Festival, part of the Festival of Athens, Greece
May 2008 314 Gallery, ‘Pharmacolagnia’, Athens, Greece
February 2008 G.I. Katsigras Museum, ‘Public Screen’, from the Thessaloniki Center of
Contemporary Art
December 2007 Artville Gallery, ‘Advent’, Athens, Greece
September 2007 Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, ‘Public Screen’, Greece
August 2007 FU Studiobühne, ‘Ladyfest International Video Festival’, Berlin, Germany
July 2007 Rethimno Cultural Events, Public Space Video Exhibition, Crete, Greece
May 2007 ‘Art Athina’, represented by Selini Gallery, Athens, Greece
February 2007 Bibliotheca Alexandrina, ‘Alexandria: The Routes of Memory’, Egypt
November 2006 Athens College Theatre, ‘Penelope Delta’, Athens, Greece
September 2006 Factory 798, ‘Field of Vision’, Beijing, China
May 2005 APT Gallery, ‘Creekside Open’ 35 short listed artists, London, UK
April 2005 SAKA, ‘SAKA and Art’, Athens, Greece
July 2004 Standpoint Gallery, ‘Inhibition’, London, UK
October 2002 Newlyn Gallery, ‘Videoteque 2’, Penzance, UK
October 2002 Cubitt Gallery, ‘Ruskin 02 MA Degree Show’, London, UK
September 2002 TEN Gallery, ‘Videoteque’ International Video Festival, St. Ives, UK
May 2002 St Edmund Hall, Artweek Exhibition, Oxford, UK
August 2000 Newtown Castle Gallery, International Group Exhibition, Ireland
May 2000 Warwick University, Group Exhibition, Coventry, UK
Public permanent Collections:
Bildwechse, Hamburg, Germany
St Edmund Hall, MCR, University of Oxford
Athens College U.S. Trustees Office, New York
Awards and Distinctions
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2016 Institute of Humanities: invited to the University of Michigan to paint a mural as artist in
residence.
2008 – 2009 Visiting Artist at Mimar Sinan University: teaching a series of seminars, Istanbul, Turkey
March 1998 First Prize of Attica Municipality in the Pan-Hellenic Drawing Competition for Students
held by UNIPEDE
Spring 1996 27th Annual Athenian Ball of the Athens College U.S Board of Trusties, New York City
May 1994 Selected Medal Prize of Drawing at the 25th World School-Children’s Art Exhibition held by the
Republic of China
Publications
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2021 Guide du street art à Lille Métropole, Collectif, Alternatives, Gallimard
2019 The Story of Quantum Blue - 量子青の物語, Istanbul Concept Publications
2019 Guide du street art en France, Collection Arts urbains - Alternatives, Gallimard
2018 Aspects of Independent Artistic Creation in today’s Greece, Conference at the
National Museum of Contemporary Art EMST, Orizontas Gegonoton
2018 Diachronies, Diachronic Museum of Larissa
2018 The Beauties of Pera, Elix Publications
2017 The Institute of the Humanities, Annual Report, The University of Michigan
2017 Art on the streets of the world, Manos Stefanidis and Thanasis Moutsopoulos, Metaixmio Publications
2017 Women Street Artists, The complete guide, Graffito Books
2017 Le street art au féminin, Xavier Tapies, Graffito Books
2017 The places of Nikos Kazantzakis, Ianos Publications
2016 The Case of Kapodistrias, National Historical Museum, Elix Publications
2013 Art has wings – Sotheby’s & International Organization for Migration