Artist Statement
My recent art work consists of works on paper. I create my pieces by combining two layers of hand cut paper or by using one layer of hand cut paper combined with a second layer of acrylic painting on paper. Using pictures of my shadow as well as the idea of the web I design intricate, geometric motifs. Childhood memories of complex geometric patterns in crochets and embroideries, a common practice among the female members of my family, inform my work.
In my artwork I explore the multiple possibilities of different combinations generated by the use of a single geometric motif. Repetition, changes in shape and scale unveil abstract artworks.
Despina Myriokefalitaki-Zografos
Despina Zografos is a visual artist born and raised on the island of Crete, Greece. She works in a variety of mediums including hand cut paper, acrylic painting, cyanotype, photograph and video.Her artwork has been featured in various exhibits in Greece, The Netherlands, Scotland and most recently in New York where she currently lives and works.
One of her works received 2nd place at the exhibit “Art of Layering” at NAWA Gallery in NYC. In addition Despina’s work was selected by juror Ylinka Barotto, Assistant Curator at the Guggenheim Museum, to participate at the exhibit “Wide Open 10” at BWAC Gallery in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY. Her artwork has also been selected to be featured in an "Artist Showcase" article on Artsy Shark.
Despina received a BFA in Painting from the Athens School of Fine Arts in Greece, a BA in French Language and Literature from Kapodistrian University in Athens, Greece and her MSc in Art Therapy from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Education
2010 MSc in Art Therapy with distinction, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K
2005 BFA and MFA in Fine Arts, Degree in Painting with distinction, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece.
ERASMUS student. Audio-Visual Studio, University of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal.
1996 Bachelor in Greek and French Language and Literature, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.
1991 Vacalo, Art & Design College, Athens, Greece.
Group Exhibitions
2021
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY ( Upcoming July 22-25 )
Patterns, curated by: Sarah E. Brook, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Up Close and Personal, youth curated with guest juror: Anna Conlan, Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Black Mountain College, online exhibit at ivyleaguegallery.com
2020
Renewal, Small works show, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY
Early Winter 2020 Artist Showcase Artsyshark.com,
2019
Off the Wall II, The Plaxall Gallery, LIC, NY
Clio Art Fair, New York, NY
Wide Open 10, Juror: Ylinka Barotto, Assistant Curator at the Guggenheim Museum, BWAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Made in 2019, Jurors: Anne Novado and Maria Via, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY.
Art of Layering, received 2nd place, NAWA gallery, NYC.
Pairings, curated by Nancy Gesimondo, Plaxall Gallery, LIC, NY.
Small Works Winter 2019, NAWA Gallery NYC.
2018
Transformation, MC Gallery New York, NY
Exhibit C, curated by Tessa Kennedy,Plaxall Gallery, LIC, NY
Artbox.Project New York 1.0, Stricoff Gallery, New York, NY
Hope, Mooney Cneter Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, NY
It's All About the light, curated by Karen Levitov, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY
2017
Relief, Silent Art Auction for Puerto Rico, Chinatown Soup Gallery, New York, NY
Paper Works, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
2011
Attraction of the Opposites + IFFR Video art project with contributions of 6 international video art festivals presented in the space of Artist Initiative CUCOSA. In collaboration with the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2010
Traces, An Exhibition of New Work by Graduating Art Therapists. Art’s Complex, St. Margaret’s House, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
2008
Figure-Action-Space II, Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Technopolis- Gazi, Athens, Greece.
2007
Independent Artists in Network, Mabrida Studio, Paiania, Attiki, Greece.
Fototherapy – Art Week, Renaissance Festival of Rethymno, Forteza, Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
2006
Graduates of the Athens School of Fine Arts, Exhibition Hall “Nikos Kessanlis”, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece.
2nd Athens Video Art Festival, “Angelon Vima” East-West Art Centre, Athens, Greece.