Maria Vyrra was born in Athens, Greece in 1984. At 2013 she has graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts with a degree in Painting (professor Michalis Manousakis and Panos Charalampous), meanwhile she studied Sculpture with professors Nikos Tranos and Theodoros Papagiannis and Stage Design with Lily Pezanou, prior to Fine Arts she has studied Civil Engineering in the University of West Attica. She has participated in many group exhibitions in Greece, Italy, UK and Cyprus, her artworks can be found in public and private collections. She lives and works in Athens, Greece. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2023 Ninemia, Artzone42 gallery, Athens, Greece. 2017 Red Fields Float, Municipal Art Gallery, Mykonos, Greece. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 Eftychis Σynkyria, Vanguard festival, Romantzo, Athens, Greece. Exodos-Diexodos 1922-2022, chamber of fine arts, Kapnergostasio, Athens, Greece. 2022 To paidi, Pinaqothique of Cyclades, Syros, Greece. Organic proximities, G&E Vatti art hall- municipal gallery of Syros, Greece. 2021 200+ 1821-2021, Melina Merkouri Cultural Center, Athens, Greece. Krypton, Municipal art gallery of Chalkida, Greece. 200+ 1821-2021, Agora Argyri, Chamber of Fine Arts, Patra,Greece. Art and soul gallery, Mykonos, Greece. Faces, Happenstance art gallery, UK 2020 Art Athina, ArtZone42 gallery, Athens, Greece. Community Auction I, The Breeder gallery, Athens, Greece. Iconoclastic cosmo-idols III-Mythologies, (permanent collection),Contemporary art museum of Chania, Crete. 20/20 High vision, Artzone42 gallery, Athens, Greece. Energy Athens, European centre for architecture, art and design, Athens, Greece. 2019 Emerging Greek Artists, Presidential Maximos Mansion, Athens, Greece. 2018 Monitorfest 3,Herakleion, Crete, Greece Mesa sta matia sou, Tsihritzi Foundation of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece. Unique terrain, Municipal art Gallery, Mykonos, Greece. Underwater, Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy. Delphian opencall, Delphian Gallery, London, UK. 2017 Otherworlds.1, 5th Base Gallery,London, UK. Monitorfest 2, Herakleion, Crete, Greece. Surprise VIII, K44, ArtAz, Athens, Greece. Ysternia Edition, Artunexpected, Tinos, Greece. Rem-Brand Name, Lola Nikolaou Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece 2016 Graduates 2012-2013, Nikos Kessanlis Hall, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece. 2015 Bipolar, Municipal Gallery of Athens, Athens, Greece Aica Hellas, Zoumboulaki Gallery, Athens, Greece 2014 On the road, Municipal Gallery, Sarande, Albania 2013 Thesis exhibition, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens Art for all, Gyzi Mansion Santorini, Greece 2012 Trash Art, BIOS open studios, Athens, Greece Cheap Art, penintaplinena gallery, Limassol, Cyprus 2011 Etsi oloi mazi, Michalis Kakogiannis foundation, Athens, Greece 2010 Psyche, bipolarity and art, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece A3, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece 2009 React festival, University of Syros, Greece CURATED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2018 Unique terrain, Municipal art gallery, Mykonos, Greece 2020 Figura, Artzone42 gallery, Athens, Greece COMPETITIONS 2014 Future Genaration Art Prize, Victor Pinchuk Foundation Young Art, Moscow Biennale for young art, Moscow, Russia 2013 S.U.N.D Festival, Lisbon, Portugal 2012 Future artists, Skywards Emirates Love in the age of social media, Athens School of Fine Arts and Metropolis free press |