Maria Stamati is a visual artist and poet. She was born in Amfilochia and she lives in Athens.
She studied privately next to Ryne Bergström (professor at the Gothenburg School of Fine Arts). She also apprenticed at Michalis Veloudios’ art studio and, for a short time, at Costas Niarchos’ atelier.
Her works are to be found in collections in Greece and abroad. She has created covers for many books. Her essays and texts on art have been published in various cultural and literary magazines.
Six poetry collections of hers have been published.
Her works are included in art publications outside of Greece and her poems in many contemporary anthologies.
She has received 6 awards for her work.
She is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, the National Society of Greek Authors and the Union of Etoloakarnanian Authors.
- 2024 (May – June) «The Transient nature of Life – La nature éphémère de la vie», curated by Efi Michalarou, Desmos Gallery, Paris, France
- 2023 (February – March) «Without Which, Not / Sine Qua Non», curated by Efi Michalarou, Ikastikos Kiklos DL, Athens
- 2022 (October – November) «PARADOXA / Act and individual starting point 2», curated by Anna Isopo and Martina Scavone, CROCETTI Museum, Rome, Italy
- 2022 (September – October) «Act and individual starting point 1», curated by Anna Isopo and Martina Scavone, Palazzo Pisani Revedin, Venice, Italy
- 2022 (September) «Art Athina 2022», Zappeion Mansion, Athens
- 2022 (March) «Assumption of Responsibility», Fondazione Luciana Matalon, Milan, Italy
- 2022 (January – February) «Present with Perspective of the Future», Diocesan Museum “Francesco Gonzaga”, Mantua, Italy
- 2021 (November) «Change in Completeness», Hellenic Foundation for Culture, 18th Thessaloniki Book Fair (18th TBF)
- 2021 (September) «When Phenomena could become Events», Hotel Arrahona de Sabadell, organized by Tandem Art, Barcelona, Spain
- 2021 (March) «Contemporary Elements», Arte Borgo Gallery, Rome, Italy
- 2019 (February – March) «With multifaceted shading», IANOS, Athens
- 2018 (May) «End of Thread, End of Meaning», Italian Cultural Institute of Athens
- 2016 (July) «Traces», Margari Gallery, Amfilochia
- 2015 «Wishes», Bookstore Euripidis, Chalandri
- 2014 «Here in the South…», TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, Athens
- 2012 «In the Middle of Night, In the Middle of Day», TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, Athens
- 2011 (April – May) «Art by Geneve», Switzerland Fair
- 2008 «Complex, Adjacent, Unique», TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, Athens
- 2005 art gallery EURYDIKI, Volos
- 2004 «All That Remains», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2002 «30 Works Out of the Museum», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2000 «COSMOS», ELEMENTS Gallery, Athens
- 2000 AETOPOULIO (curated by Christos Konstantopoulos)
- 2000 ERT – GALLERY ON LINE
- 1999 «Cosmogony», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 1997 «Cellular Memory», Poznan Congress Center, Poland
- 1996 «1994-1996», private coaching school THEMELIO, Athens
- 1996 «12 Women», THOLOS Gallery, Athens
- 1996 «Winds», Bouziani Hall Hall, Athens
- 1994 Old town hall of Chalandri, Athens
- 2024 (October) «PLATFORMS PROJECT 2024», Greek Public Tobacco Factory, Athens
- 2023 (September) «Borderless», curated by Monica Ferrarini, Europa Experience – David Sassoli, Rome, Italy
- 2024 (July) «Around Rome», curated by Anna Isopo, at art venues Arte Borgo Gallery, Palazzo Velli Expo, Biblioteca Angelica, Galleria La Pigna at the Palazzo Maffei Marescotti, and Ripa Grande, in Rome, Italy
- 2024 (June – October) «HUMAN RIGHTS? #DIGNITY», international exhibition of AIAPI – UNESCO, curated by Roberto Ronca, at the Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto, Italy
- 2024 (June) «Twoness» – The Creative Force and the Pathology of the Social Bond. Organized by Demou Ergia Koinsep, at Blank Wall Gallery, Athens
- 2024 (April – May) «Prospettiva… Futuro», curated by Anna Isopo and Martina Scavone, HUB/ART, Barcelona, Spain
- 2024 (March) «Transparent as a Dragonfly 2», curated by Anna Isopo, Martina Scavone, Rita Carta Manias, and Lesley Bunch, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK
- 2024 (February – March) «The Other Side of History», curated by Efi Michalarou, Cultural Venue of Islahane, Thessaloniki
- 2024 (February) DIPOLA, «New World», curated by Dimitris Lamprou and Dimitris Karatzas, Arte Borgo Gallery, Rome, Italy
- 2023 (December) «nature, nature, nature Vol. 3», curated by Efi Michalarou, Desmos Gallery, Platanias, Paris, France
- 2023 (November – December) «Unseen Reality», curated by Monica Ferrarini, Museo di Villa Paolina, Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy
- 2023 (November – December) «Parallel Lives», curated by Artemis Potamianou, Kalamata Dance Megaron, Kalamata, Greece
- 2023 (October) «PLATFORMS PROJECT 2023», Technopolis City of Athens
- 2023 (October) «Transparent as a Dragonfly», curated by Anna Isopo, Martina Scavone, Rita Carta Manias, and Lesley Bunch, Arte Borgo Gallery, Rome, Italy
- 2023 (October) «Quintessenza», ROME ART WEEK, curated by Anna Isopo, Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana, Vatican, Rome, Italy
- 2023 (September) «Overview», curated by Monica Ferrarini, Galleria della Biblioteca Angelica, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy
- 2023 (July) «I viosi tis anemelis ammou», Old Mill and Theater of Pirgi Thermis, Lesvos, Greece. Organized by: University of the Aegean, Demou Ergia Koinsep, Dreamideamachine resident-Athens
- 2023 (July) DIPOLA, «Labyrinth», curated by Efthimis Lazogas, Red House, Chalkida, Greece
- 2023 (July – August) «nature, nature, nature Vol. 2», curated by Efi Michalarou, Match More Art Gallery, Platanias, Chania, Crete
- 2023 (June – November) «HUMAN RIGHTS? #HOPE», international exhibition of AIAPI – UNESCO, curated by Roberto Ronca, at the Opera Campana dei Caduti, at the Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, and at the Urban Center, Rovereto, Italy
- 2023 (June – October) «The Other Side of History», curated by Efi Michalarou, Lazaros Koundouriotis Historical Mansion, Hydra, Greece
- 2023 (June) «SOLILOQUIO», curated by Anna Isopo and Martina Scavone, Tempio di Pomona, Salerno, Italy
- 2023 (May – June) «Interspaces: Beyond the Tangible», curated by Monica Ferrarini, Galleria La Pigna at the Palazzo Maffei Marescotti, Rome, Italy
- 2023 (May – June) «Paper», curated by Fiona Mouzakitis, THE EUROPEAN CENTRE/Contemporary Space Athens, Athens
- 2023 (May) «nature, nature, nature Vol. 1», curated by Efi Michalarou, Dreamideamachine resident-Athens, Athens
- 2023 (May) «Cries for Help», curated by Louiza Karapidaki, MELINA Cultural Center, Athens
- 2023 (April – May) «Gestural Symbolism», curated by Paris Capralos, Luminous Eye, Athens
- 2023 (March) «Invisible Threads», curated by Anna Isopo, Arte Borgo Gallery, Rome, Italy
- 2023 (March) «Ink on Paper 7», curated by Paris Capralos, Myró Gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2023 (March) DIPOLA, «Eternal Womb», Heraklion Art Gallery, Heraklion, Crete
- 2023 (January – February) «International Contemporary Art», Hotel Arrahona de Sabadell, organized by Tandem Art, Barcelona, Spain
- 2022 (December) «Weaving the Future VI», curated by Efi Michalarou, Municipality of Salamina Folk Art and History Museum, Greece
- 2022 (November) «Unforgotten Homelands: Symbols and Memories», Remezzo Art Center, Kalamaria, Thessaloniki
- 2022 (October) «PLATFORMS PROJECT 2021», curated by Louiza Karapidaki, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens
- 2022 (September – December) International exhibition by MAMAG Modern Art Museum at the Villa am Kaiserweg, Persenbeug, Austria
- 2022 (August) «Aegean Blue», curated by Georgia Trouli, Oasis Gallery, Bodrum, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2022 (August) «Weaving the Future V», curated by Efi Michalarou, Old Municipal Market of Hydra, Greece
- 2022 (June – October) «HUMAN RIGHTS? #NO-GAP», international exhibition of AIAPI – UNESCO, curated by Roberto Ronca, at the Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto, Italy
- 2022 (July) «Future-Nature», curated by Efi Michalarou, Isternia, Tinos
- 2022 (June – July) «Back to Athens 9», curated by Efi Michalarou, Isaiah Mansion, Athens
- 2022 (June) «Capsule Art Collection», curated by Monica Ferrarini, Gangemi Editore, Rome, Italy
- 2022 (June) «Ink on Paper 3», curated by Paris Capralos, Myró Gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2022 (May – June) «Sublimina», curated by Anna Isopo, Museo Diocesano San Matteo, Salerno, Italy
- 2022 (May) «Personal Data», curated by Georgia Trouli, at Myró Gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2022 (April) «The SKG Bazaart», Myró Gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2022 (March – November) «Art between thoughts and spontaneity», PAKS Gallery, Munich, Germany
- 2022 (March) «Weaving the Future IV», curated by Efi Michalarou, Maison de la Grèce, Paris, France
- 2022 (February – March) «Tatavla», Greek Primary School in Tatavla, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2022 (January – March) «New Contemporary. The Unique World», PAKS Gallery, Vienna, Austria
- 2022 (January – February) «State of the Art», Galleria La Pigna at the Palazzo Maffei Marescotti, Rome, Italy
- 2021-2022 (December 2021 – January 2022) «Exposición colectiva de Navidad», Hotel Arrahona de Sabadell, organized by Tandem Art, Barcelona, Spain
- 2021-2022 (December 2021 – January 2022) «Natale in Arte 2021», Galleria Spazio Porpora, Milan, Italy
- 2021 (November) «I Segnalati», international exhibition curated by Salvatore Russo, at Pinter Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
- 2021 (November) «New Normal», Chili Art Gallery, curated by Paris Capralos, organized by ARTgrID, Thiseio, Athens
- 2021 (November) «Art Athina 2021», ART ZONE 42 Gallery, Athens
- 2021 (October – November) «New Visions», Hotel Arrahona de Sabadell, organized by Tandem Art, Barcelona, Spain
- 2021 (October) «PLATFORMS PROJECT 2021» (Platforms 48 & 23), Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens
- 2021 (September – …) «Discovery of Urban Sites», ad – Arte in Dimora, from September 18 on
- 2021 (September – October) «I was a child in ’21», Bouziani Museum, under the auspices of the Committee “Greece 2021”, Athens
- 2021 (September – October) «Lifeline», Biblioteca Angelica, Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy
- 2021 (September) «Before the Kingfisher Days are Over», Chili Art Gallery, Thiseio, Athens
- 2021 (September) «Lisbona Contemporanea», Atelier Natália Gromicho Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2021 (August – October) «Meet our spirit», The Royal Blue Resort and Spa, Panormos, Crete
- 2021 (August – September) «Crete in recent years», The Royal Senses Hotel, Rethymnon, Crete
- 2021 (August – September) «BORDERS | FUTURE LANDSCAPES», Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice, Italy
- 2021 (August) «Ink on Paper 2», The Attic Gallery, Corfu
- 2021 (July) «Infinity Art», Sala Prado, Ateneo de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- 2021 (July) «Saló d’ estiu», Hotel Arrahona de Sabadell, organized by Tandem Art, Barcelona, Spain
- 2021 (June – October) «HUMAN RIGHTS? @WORK», international exhibition of AIAPI – UNESCO, curated by Roberto Ronca, at the Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto, Italy
- 2021 (June – October) «Explore your senses», The Royal Senses Hotel, Rethymnon, Crete
- 2021 (June – July) «Go with the Flow», Medina Gallery, Rome, Italy
- 2021 (June – July) «I was a child in ’21», European Cultural Center of Delphi, under the auspices of the Committee “Greece 2021”, Delphi
- 2021 (June – July) «Dialogue Among the Antitheses», CROCETTI Museum, Rome, Italy
- 2021 (June) «In Contemporanea Arte tra Sperimentazione e Ricerca», Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Department of Culture and Education, international exhibition curated by Anna Isopo, Rome, Italy
- 2021 (June) «BARCELONA CONTEMPORARY 2021», Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- 2021 (May – June) «PLATFORMS PROJECT NET 2021»
- 2021 (May – June) «VENICE International ART FAIR 2021», Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice, Italy
- 2021 (May) «Ink on Paper», Chili Art Gallery, Thiseio, Athens
- 2021 (May) «Trame Contemporanee» (Contemporary Plots), Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana, Vatican, Rome, Italy
- 2021 (April – May) «Canvas | Mixing Identities», THE LINE Gallery, London, UK
- 2021 (April) «Daydreaming», Galleria Ess&rrE, Lido di Ostia, Rome, Italy
- 2021 (April) «PLATFORMS PROJECT NET 2021 Teaser»
- 2021 (March) «THE BODY LANGUAGE – ITSLIQUID International Art Exhibition 2021», THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy
- 2021 (February) «Something Beautiful», Galleria La Pigna, Palazzo Maffei Marescotti, Rome, Italy
- 2021 (February) «CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2021», THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, St. Mark’s Square, Venice, Italy
- 2021 (January – April) «ARTBOX.PROJECT World 1.0», ARTBOX Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2021 (January – February) «La obra y su autor – International Abstract Exhibition II», Hotel Arrahona de Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
- 2020 (October) «No Instructions For Use», Palazzo della Cancelleria Vaticana, Vatican, Rome, Italy
- 2020 (October) «Human Perceptions», coGalleries, Berlin, Germany
- 2020 (September – November) «I Can’t Breathe», on the website of EETE
- 2020 (September) «Chromatic Harmonies», CROCETTI Museum, Rome, Italy
- 2020 (September) «GENESIS», BELLINI Museum, Florence, Italy
- 2020 (August – October) «HUMAN RIGHTS? #THE FUTURE’S SHAPE | WOMEN CAN SAVE THE WORLD», international exhibition of AIAPI – UNESCO, curated by Roberto Ronca, at the Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto, Italy
- 2020 (August – October) «Summerize», The Royal Blue Resort, Rethymnon, Crete
- 2020 (August – September) «Element – Environment – Energy», Industrial Museum D. Nomikos, Santorini
- 2020 (July) «Summer is Art», Arte Borgo Gallery, Rome, Italy
- 2020 (July) «What will the world say?», Art Revisited Collective (ARC), Myrό Gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2020 (June – August) «Greece: “Field of War” or Sea of Peace», on the website of EETE
- 2020 (June – August) «We Stay Strong», on the website of EETE (Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece)
- 2020 (June – July) «Pitch and Feathers», Greek-French Association, Kolonaki, Athens
- 2020 (June – July) «S(tr)ay a little payer for me», Tsichritzis Foundation for Fine Arts, Kifissia
- 2020 (May) «PLATFORMS PROJECT NET 2020» (Platforms 52 & 26)
- 2020 (February – March) TRINIT art, Prato, Tuscany, Italy
- 2020 (February) Parallax Art Fair, Kensington Town Hall, London, UK
- 2020 (February) «Love @ first sight», Blank Wall Gallery, Athens
- 2020 (January – February) «20/20 High Vision», ART ZONE 42 Gallery, Athens
- 2019-2020 (December 2019 – January 2020) 3rd ArtExpo «Opportunity4all», Govedarou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2019 (December) «Little Paris (Koukaki) – Untouched by Time», TRII ART HUB Gallery, Athens
- 2019 (December) «Representation and Subtraction: Selective Affinities», ArteVisione, Athens
- 2019 (December) «Feelings without Place», Myró Gallery, Thessaloniki
- 2019 (November) «Exposing Violence», Tsichritzis Foundation for Fine Arts, Kifissia
- 2019 (October – November) «Artists like cats, Soldiers like dogs», ART ZONE 42 Gallery, Athens
- 2019 (October) «Exhibition of applications of the visual arts, part A», Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, MELINA Cultural Center, Athens
- 2019 (September – December) «HUMAN RIGHTS? #CLIMA», international exhibition of AIAPI – UNESCO, curated by Roberto Ronca, at the Opera Campana dei Caduti, Rovereto, Italy
- 2019 (September – October) «Sin as a Portait», Chili Art Gallery, Athens
- 2019 (July) «Dream Big Too», ART ZONE 42 Gallery, Athens
- 2019 (June) «La Vie En Rose», Piraeus Bank Conference Center, Thessaloniki
- 2019 (May) «PLATFORMS PROJECT 2019», Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens
- 2019 (May) «8th DESIGN FOR LIFE», Italian Cultural Institute of Athens
- 2018-2019 (December 2018 – January 2019) «Three Generations of Greek Painting-Engraving-Sculpture, 2nd cycle», Collection of Contemporary Art of Ch. & S. Moschandreou, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens
- 2018 (November) «Black in white: The book in art» at the PIOP Historical Archive (Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation), in the context of the celebration Athens 2018 – World Book Capital
- 2018 (September – October) Project 2 Team, «The Book as an Artform – Contemporary Artists’ Books 2», Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens
- 2018 (March) «Three Generations of Greek Painting-Engraving-Sculpture, 2nd cycle», Collection of Contemporary Art of Ch. & S. Moschandreou, Agrinio
- 2017 (October) «6th DESIGN FOR LIFE», Italian Cultural Institute of Athens
- 2016 (October) «5th DESIGN FOR LIFE», Italian Cultural Institute of Athens
- 2016 (September) «Contemporary Artists’ Books», Gallery MANIFACTURA
- 2015 (December) Greek Committee for International Détente and Peace, MELINA Cultural Center, Athens
- 2014 «Ships», TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, Athens
- 2014 «Art goes to… Islands – Papagalos Hydra», curated by Efi Michalarou
- 2014 «Landscape in Thunderstorm – A tribute to El Greco», TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, Athens, 25/6/2014 – 19/7/2014
- 2013 «Summer Ascent», 2013 TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, Athens
- 2013 (summer) Santorini ART SPACE
- 2012 (September) «Open workshop», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2012 (April – October) «Santorini I Dreamed», ART SPACE – Santorini
- 2011 (January) «With One Drachma In Art», TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, Athens
- 2010 (November) «We walk with lyrics and colours», exhibition on Greek-Japanese Friendship, Cultural Center of Athens, Akadimias 50
- 2010 (October) «Open Workshop – Nikos Kavvadias», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2009-2010 «THE HUMAN FORM IN ART», with EETE, Technopolis, Athens
- 2009 (December) «Bearing Gifts», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2009 (February) «Open Workshop», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2008 (September) «Visual artists exhibit for peace», Parko Eleftherias «Arts Center»
- 2008 (February) «Open Workshop II», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2007 (February) «19 years», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2006-2007 «Bearing Art Gifts», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2006 «Open Workshop», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2005 «Visual Panorama», AENAON GALLERY – LAVRIO
- 2005 «3rd ART FESTIVAL», OMMA-NEORIA-CHANIA gallery
- 2005 «26+4=30», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2004 ART TOWER gallery, Athens
- 2004 «…and all the best», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2003 ART SPACE gallery, Santorini
- 2002 «Media and Spectacle», Old slaughterhouses, Patras
- 2002 «Exhibition of young artists», EETE, Technopolis, Athens
- 2001 Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
- 2001 «Month of Visual Arts 2001», EETE, Technopolis, Athens
- 2001 Group exhibition of collaborators, ELEMENTS gallery, Vembo theater, Voula
- 2001 Group exhibition of collaborators, ELEMENTS gallery, Kamena Vourla
- 2001 «Summer Ascent», TITANIUM YIAYIANNOS GALLERY, Athens
- 2001 Cultural center, Amfilochia
- 2001 Group exhibition of collaborators, ELEMENTS gallery, Athens
- 2001 «Visual Panorama», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2001 With the Group THEASIS, Old Hospital of Patras
- 2000 Group exhibition of collaborators, ELEMENTS gallery
- 2000 «The child in visual arts», Patras – Amaliada – Pyrgos, organized by the National Gallery
- 2000 Group exhibition of collaborators, ELEMENTS gallery
- 2000 «Visual Panorama», AENAON GALLERY, Athens
- 2000 «Face to Face», Istanbul (17 Greek and 17 Turkish visual artists)
- 2000 CHRYSOTHEMIS Gallery
- 1998 «Visual artists exhibit for peace», with EETE at M.Mercouri Cultural Centre
- 1997 Cultural Center of Melissia, Athens
- 1996 Cultural center, Evritania
- 1995 «MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE», Nicosia, Cyprus
- 1995 «Creators of Aitoloakarnania», Nafpaktos
- 2020 «Artist of the Month – December 2020» by the international organization ITSLIQUID
- 2018 Honorary Distinction in the «7th DESIGN FOR LIFE»
- 2005 Praise «1st Thessaloniki Poetry Festival»
- 2003 «Literature and Arts Award 2003», «Award of 10»
- 1997 Honorary praise of «Periplanitis» magazine
- 1979 Panhellenic student poetry competition, University of Athens
«Night Song» has been translated and is published in Polish. Poems were translated into German, English, Czech and Bulgarian.
Anthologies of poems have been published in Australia, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Canada, Bulgaria.
Poems are included in many contemporary anthologies.
- 2022 «Capsule Art Collection», Gangemi Publications, Curator Monica Ferrarini
- 2021 «Artists of Today and Tomorrow», Gangemi Publications, Curator Monica Ferrarini
- 2021 «Segnalati Budapest 2021», Curator Salvatore Russo
- 2017 Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature Harry Patsis
- 2003 launch of the poetic work at ANNUS ANBARUTHENICUS BELARUS
- 2002 6th poetry symposium, launch by Dimitris Kranis
- 1998 2nd poetry symposium, launch by Dinos Taxiarchis
- 1997 (November) Participation in an international poetry symposium, Poland