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Fiona Mouzakitis is an artist and curator based in Athens. She studied at the University of Reading in England, where she earned a BA (Hons) in History of Art and Architecture. She completed a Foundation course at Chelsea School of Art in London and also attended painting and printmaking classes at Camden Art Centre, London.
FOR MORE INFO ON EXHIBITIONS AND ARTWORKS PLEASE VISIT MY BLOG PAGE
Solo Exhibitions
1997 — The Mystique of a Woman, Gallery Contes d’Orient Ltd, Hong Kong, China
2001 — Subconscious, Statement Gallery, Athens
2009 — Inside, Cheap Art Gallery, Athens
2017 — 1 in 2, combined solo exhibitions by Fiona Mouzakitis and George Vlassopoulos, Hellenic American Union, Athens
2019 — The Mystery of Nature, Goulandris Natural History Museum, Athens
2022 — Gardens, Manifactura Gallery, Halandri, Athens
2023 — Circe’s Garden, a series of twelve animated digital collages, Evripides Art Gallery, Kolonaki, Athens
2026 — Botanical Memory, Aether Art Space, Glyfada, Athens
2026 — Nasioutzik Mansion, Grand Ballet Galla, design for 12 sets of scenery for excerpts from major works of the classical ballet repertoire, performed by dancers from the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Ballets, alongside distinguished dancers from the Estonian National Ballet and leading Greek soloists.
https://youtube.com/shorts/MvRfeltY2AE?si=Aut-krXo8sjkEvYU
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004 — CHEAP ART: 10 Years, Cheap Art Gallery, Athens
2006 — Art on the First Page 2, ATHENS VOICE, Benaki Museum, Athens
2007 — ARTmART / Cheap Art Vienna, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
2008 — Labyrinths, Cultural Year of Greece in China (Olympic Games), Beijing, China
2008 — ARTmART / Cheap Art Vienna 2008, Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
2008 — From F to F, Austrian Cultural Institute, Warsaw, Poland
2011 — Arteshop Project, Karagiorgis Servias, Athens (organized and curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou)
2013 — Behauptungen auf Papier – Nonchalant, en passant und absolut, Werkstadt Graz, Graz, Austria
2013 — Metabolism, Cheap Art Halandri Gallery, Athens (organized and curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou)
2013 — Imprint, printmaking exhibition with Anastasia Harokopou, Manifactura Gallery, Halandri, Athens
2014 — Animus Verde, Manifactura Gallery, Halandri, Athens (organized and curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou)
2015 — On Board: Researching the Multiple, Cheap Art Halandri Art Space, Athens (organized and curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and George Vlassopoulos)
2016 — Contemporary Artists’ Books, Association of Greek Archaeologists, Thissio, Athens (organized and curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou)
2017 — Aspects of Independent Artistic Creation in Greece Today, Orizontas Gegonoton Symposium, EMST, Athens
2018 — Back to Athens 6, Athens Commercial Triangle, The Emperor’s New Clothes, combined project with George Vlassopoulos
2018 (September) — The Book as an Art Form: Contemporary Artists’ Books 2, 100 artists / 400 books, Old Library, Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), Greece (organized and curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou)
2018 (October) — Athens Printfest 2018, exhibition Nostos, Athens Municipal Cultural Centre “Melina”, Greece
2018 (November) — Diorama in Art, The House of Cyprus Cultural Centre, Athens (organized and curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou)
2019 (May) — Sea Garden, print exhibition with George Vlassopoulos, Manifactura Gallery, Halandri, Athens
2019 (September) — Houses Out of Seawater, Municipal Mansion, Ermoupolis, Syros
2021 (October) — Platforms Project 2020–21, Athens School of Fine Arts, Project 2 Athens booth (curated by Fiona Mouzakitis)
2022 (May) — Digital Art: A New World, 27 artists, The European Centre / Contemporary Space Athens (curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou)
2022 (June) — Perseus, Archaeological Collection of Serifos, Serifos Island
2022 (October) — Platforms Project 2022 – Independent Art Fair, Athens School of Fine Arts, Booth 60 (curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou)
2022 (November) — Día de los Muertos – The Day of the Dead, European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design & Urban Studies, Athens
2022 (December) — Engraving from Prehistory to Present-Day Greece, Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA)
2022 (December) — CHEAPART 2022, Tribute to 10 CHEAPART Personalities (1995–Today), Athens
2023 (May) — Paper, 73 artists, 200 artworks, The European Centre / Contemporary Space Athens (curated by Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou)
2023 (May) — NutriDelicious Art, group exhibition, Harokopio University, Athens (curator: Nina Fragopoulou)
2023 (May–June) — Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Circe’s Garden, animated digital collages, Bath, UK
2024 (July) — What About Eve? – Women Talk About Women, Melina Cultural Centre, Athens
2025 (October–November) — BOOKMORPHS: Artists’ Books from Greece & the UK, 44 visual artists, curators, publishers, and theorists, The Hellenic Centre, London, UK (curated by Fiona Mouzakitis, Despina Stavrou, and Christina Mitrentse)
2026 (April) — ΙΣΤΟΣ / WEB – Contemporary Artist’s Books, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg.
Curatorial & Artistic Initiatives
Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou were the founders and owners of the online gallery Arteshop.
Art Athina International Art Fair
2009, 2010, 2011 — The Arteshop stand presented paintings and sculptures by various artists.
Fiona Mouzakitis and Despina Stavrou run the non-profit organization “Project 2 Athens”, which organizes exhibitions and art events.
For more information, including videos and photographs of curated exhibitions, please visit the Project 2 Athens Facebook page and instagram: project2athens.
ATHENS ART WALK – YouTube Channel
Fiona Mouzakitis and George Vlassopoulos jointly run the YouTube channel Athens Art Walk, featuring over 600 videos of exhibition openings, art events, and interviews with artists.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AthensArtWalk
Languages
English — Fluent
German — Fluent (Kleines Sprachdiplom)
Professional Experience
Lambrakis Research Foundation,
3 I. Paparigopoulou Street, Athens, Greece
1992 – July 2001
Project Coordinator, Educational Programs Department
– Production and distribution of educational material, primarily educational videos for secondary education
– Academic advisor and scriptwriter for the educational video Ancient Greek Art: Part 1, awarded the Grand Prize of the Jury, International Festival of Archaeological Film, Rovereto, Italy (October 1995)
– Market research for the E.E.C. Program PROMETHEUS (New Technologies in Culture)