Zoumboulakis Galleries presents the exhibition of Voula Karampatzaki entitled “Structures“, from 12 September to 5 October 2024.

This is her first solo exhibition at the gallery.

She will present her installation consisting of sculptures, paper constructions of various sizes and wall pieces.

The installation includes works that seem timeless and scattered in a non-place. Her buildings started in a “spontaneous and instinctive” way. But then the connection between human construction and one of the most basic human needs, the need for protection, was identified.

The buildings protect him from man himself, from nature, but they also protect nature (artificial lakes, dry stone walls), plants, animals and his gods. At the same time, through her works, Karampatzaki also highlights her wider concerns.

How traditional and folk arts evolve, what is the place of manual labour today, what changes are taking place due to artificial intelligence, what is the interaction of architecture with the natural environment, myths and religions, the aesthetic value of matter, collective memory – but above all, as she herself writes, “how all these unconsciously function as occasions for the discovery of our deeper self and our relationship with the world”.

The artist’s buildings (temples, altars, monasteries, lighthouses, columns, etc.) are in a constantly changing state that seems to lead sometimes to decay and sometimes to their erection.

The use of two kinds of cardboard becomes the vocabulary with which Karampatzaki articulates her above concerns. Matter is transmuted into something sacred-metaphysical.

A Short Bio:

Born in Crete, Voula Karampatzaki is an artist who shapes her work by conversing with contemporary reality and tradition. She lives and works in Athens. She studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts (2018-2024), at the B’ Sculpture Workshop with Professor Nikos Charalambidis and graduated from the H’ Painting Workshop with Professor Zafos Xagoraris. From 1999 to 2005 she studied art conservation, silversmithing and weaving. Since 2007 she participated in many group activities and exhibitions in Greece and abroad. Her works belong to permanent collections of museums – Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation (PLI), Elias Lalaounis Jewellery Museum (ILJM), Heraklion Museum of Fine Arts , Virtual Museum of the Branding Heritage Cultural Institution – as well as to private collections such as Romeo Gigli’s and others. Since 2006 she is a member of the project “Contemporary Amphiaraea” (spin-off of the University of Crete) which, among other things, promotes the synthesis of visual arts and sciences.

Structures,2024, at Zoumboulakis Galleries is her first solo exhibition.

Exhibition Duration: 12 September–5 October 2024

Zoumpoulakis Galleries, Kolonaki Square 20

Opening Hourds:Tue.,Thur.&Fri.11.00-20.00

Wed. & Sat.11.00–15.00

Sundays & Mondays closed