maria ikonomopoulou

by Eric David for yatzer
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1/6 - 1/10 | artist in residence | TOT Art Project | Rotterdam (NL) Fascinated by the big question of how we share the public space in contemporary big cities I am observing since 2005, how citizens take care of plants on public sidewalks, through which they ‘donate’ greenery to the city on...

15/1 - 28/2 2026
solo show | Citronne gallery | Athens (GR)
Maria Ikonomopoulou's exhibition All Included is a collection of questions. Each room is a step in her ongoing search for balance in a world full of contradictions. From the familiar to the collective, from the personal to...

For some time now I try to cope with the overflow of information coming through the daily press. I tend to block out world news. In the rapidly changing world of the recent past, my interest in the concept of the boundary/ limit/ orio in het Grieks becomes more and more urgent.
In...

The shape of squares forming a net fascinates me.
This drawing was inspired by a piece of discarded fishing net picked up on the Belgian coast. I wanted to make it in blue, thinking of the wonderful blue of the Greek sea. For this I used the blue Bic pen of Stappers-lawyers, an office...

Complexity is a monumental braid made from hundreds of pieces of newspaper spun into yarn by using an excessively time-consuming procedure. The Greek word for braid -plexida- includes -plex- which appears also in the word com-plex-ity.
It is about the complexity of these times and a reference...