CV
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.
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
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)
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)