Margarita Petrova was born in 1979 in Athens. Studied at the School of Fine Arts (1999-2005) and
completed her MA in Fine Arts at the School of Fine Arts in 2008. She has held 8 solo exhibitions in
Greece, Austria and France. She has participated in many group exhibitions in Greece, France, Canada,
Albania, Israel and Kosovo. She has worked for stage sets in the theater. Since 2005 she has been
teaching the visual arts. Since 2015 she is a member of the art group “DIPOLA” while in 2018 she
founded the art group “penelope’s web”.
EDUCATION
2006 -2008 Master of Fine Arts. Athens School of Fine Arts
1999-2005 Visual Arts Department – Painting. Athens School of Fine Arts Athens.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/ PROJECTS/ INSTALLATIONS
2022 Gallery 7, Athens. “Wallen Lands”. Curator: Efi Michalarou
2019 Greek Historical Museum. «prikosimfono code» (video installation, performance). Athens Greece
2019 Lazaros Koundouriotis house. «prikosimfono code» (video,performance) Hydra Greece
- Piraeus Municipal Theater. “petheno san hora” directing: Roula Pateraki (theater installation,
costumes). Piraeus Greece
2014 Art hall Kanellopoulos ”the dollhouse, gender stories” Elefsina Greece
2012 Gallery Asrolavos Art Life, “the dollhouse” Athens Greece
2011 Gallery Couteron, “frames”. Paris France
2010 Center of mediterranean architecture. International tangoGreece festival, “Horografo”. Chania
Greece
2009 Art Hall «Melina Merkouri», “frames”. Hydra Greece.
2009 Studio Sylvie Proidl, “household-webs”. Vienna Austria.
2008 Gallery Asrolavos Dexameni, “household-webs”. Athens Greece.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 «weaving the future V». Old Municipal Market of Hydra, Hydra. organization: Hydras township,
curator: Efi Michalarou.
2022 Mykonos Art Festival, Mykonos. organization: Mykonos township, art diraction: Ilia Papaspyrou.
2022 Μunicipal Art Gallery of Piraeus , Stigma curator: Dimitris Lambrou, organization: DIPOLA ART
PLATFORMS.
2022 Isternia zig zag festival, Tinos, organization: George Georgakopoulos, curator: Efi Michalarou.
2022 back to Athens 9 Μansion Isaia. Organization: cheap art, Athens.
2022 La maison de la Grece. Paris. « Weaving the future ΙV» curator: Efi Michalarou.
2022 Michalis Kakogiannis foundation , Athens. « in the web of Penelope» curator: Efthimis Lazogas .
2021 Presidential palace of Albania. Tirana, Albania. «weaving the future ΙΙΙ» curator: Efi Michalarou.
(under the auspices of the Greek Embassy in Albania).
2021 platformproject 2021 A.Σ.Κ.Τ. (international art fair). Athens. participation with the art groups
DIPOLA and Penelope’s web.
2021 National Gallery of Skodra. Skodra, Albania. «weaving the future ΙΙΙ» curators: Efi Michalarou &
Beskida Kraja.
2021 Μunicipal Art Gallery of Chalikida «Dimitris Mitaras». Chalkida. KRYPTON. curator: Efthimis
Lazogas & Fay Tzanetoulakou.
2021 Μunicipal Art Gallery of Larisa, Larisa «Weaving the future ΙΙ» curator: Efi Michalarou.
2021 back to Athens ( international art fair ). Athens. curator: Efi Michalarou
2021 Culture foundation of Tinos. Tinos. «Εk-stasis» curator: Megaklis Rogakos.
2021 European culture center of Delfoi. Delphic Festival. Performance with the art group Penelope’s
web.
2020 Kosovo National Gallery . «Onufri remade». Curated by Ardian Isufi, Elton Koritari. Pristina Kosovo
2020 251 Today at ΓNA / # Hospital Art”, ΓΝΑ 251. Organization: George Kazazis, Curated by Louiza
Karapidaki, Athens Greece.
2019-2020 Maleviziou Municipal Gallery. “Generations” organization and participation with “DIPOLES”
Art Platform 2019. Curated by Efthimis Lazogas. Heraklio Creete Greece
2019 Gallery Lola Nikolaou. “affordable art” Thessaloniki Greece
2019 Gallery Artshot, «weaving the future» Curated by Efi Michalarou. Athens Greece
2019 Athens school of Fine Arts. Platformsproject 2019, art team penelopes’ webs. Athens Greece
2019 La maison de la Grece. «from matter to lumen». Curated by Efi Michalarou. Paris France
2016 Piree, “Αnti-risis” Curated by Labrini Markou. Piraeus Greece
- Municipal Gallery of the Municipality of Athens “DIPOLA’’ Curated by Efthimis Lazogas. Athens
Greece
2015 Platformprozect Art Athina 2015 art team “lustspiel” Faliro Greece.
2014 Platformprozect Art Athina 2014. Art team “lustspiel”.
2014 Gallery art Saranda. “on the road”. Agioi Saranda Albania.
2012 Salon d’ Automne 2012, Tel Aviv Israel.
2012 Galerie Couteron, Paris France.
2012 Toronto art fair, Torondo Affordable Art Fair, Participation with the galerie Hors-Champs, Paris.
Torondo Kanada
2011 Grand Palais. SALON DES ΑRTISTTES INDEPENDANTS, Curated by Emmy Varouxaki. Paris France
2011 Hall Nikos Kessanlis , Athens School of Fine Arts. ¨Μetatopisis¨ Athens Greece
2010 Sotiria Hospital, “Sotiria Project”, curated by Panagiotis Papadopoulos. Athens Greece
2008 -2009 Villa Kazouli “Art-Nature”. Curated by Iannis Bolis. Kifisia Greece
2008 -2009 American college of Greece «silent dialogues », Curated by Megaklis Rogakos. Athens
Greece
2007 Hellexpo, 13η Art Athina Booth c40, Astrolavos art gr. Marousi Greece
2005 Gallery Astolavos Dexameni « depictions of animals». Athens Greece.
2004 Byzantine Museum «artistic approaches to cinema», Athens Greece
2004 Municipal hospital patras , «artistic approaches to cinema», Patra Greece.
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