Magda Dimoudi

Painter | Greece

Magda Dimoudi was born in Thessaloniki. She apprenticed in Byzantine iconography with the teacher Ioannis Vranos from 1982 to 1984. Subsequently, until September 1986, she engaged in preliminary courses and painting at the ‘Praxis’ workshop of Kostas Xanthopoulos and, in the same year, with Vangelis Dimitreas. Since 1986, she has permanently resided in Corfu, where she continues art lessons with Nikos Zervos, a student of Konstantinos Parthenis, and later at the Corfu School of Fine Arts with Spyros Alamanos. She has presented her work from 1985 to the present in 8 solo and 50 group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. She has designed covers and books for “Epsilon” publications. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Corfu Artistic Union. Her works are in the Municipality of Pylaia Thessaloniki, the Corfu Gallery, the Greek National Tourism Organization, and private collections.

STATEMENT

The courtesy of allegory. Describing the timeless poetic portrait of everyday life, through a personal visual perspective, the enduring relationship of the common man with nature, time, and ultimately life itself, in all its manifestations, is approached. There are two kinds of artists: those who, like mirrors, reflect their surroundings and those who use themselves as filters to present it with their own eyes. I belong to the second ones…

AT A GLANCE

Genre: Painting

Medium: Acrylics, iconography pigments, on canvas and objects, upcycled materials with mixed media.

Style: Magical realism, hyperrealism, with influences from Byzantine iconography.

Themes: Ηuman-centered

Workshop: Corfu island, Greece

Associations: Visual Arts Association of Corfu

Price Range: €250-1500

International Scale:
EMERGING | HIGH-POTENTIAL| MID-CAREER | ESTABLISHED

RECENT ARTWORKS

CAREER LANDMARKS

Solo Exhibitions

“Uncharted Surprises: Corfu“, Palette Café and Wine, Corfu 2023

“Eleven Medieval Portraits and a Sigh – Co-Curation“, Curated by Dr. Sassa Metallinou-Chaitow, The Attic Gallery by ICON, Corfu 2020

“A Wedding Journey into Lost Stories“, Curated by Maria Melenti, Art Hall of the Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu, Corfu 2006

“Mythical Landscapes“, Curated by Maria Melenti, Art Hall of the Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu, Corfu 2002

“Approaching the Menologion“, Curated by Thanos Christou, Art Hall of the Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu, Corfu 2000

“Iconography and Byzantine Painting“, Reading Society of Corfu, Corfu 1991

Painting Exhibition, Municipality of Pylaia, Thessaloniki 1987

Iconography and Painting, Municipality of Pylaia, Thessaloniki 1985

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Participation in Online Exhibitions

“Nature International Exhibition 2023”, Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation, Barcelona, Spain 2023

“Woman International Exhibition 2023”, Barbagelata Contemporary Art Foundation, Barcelona, Spain 2023

Group Exhibitions
(selection)

“Persistence“, Concept and Curation by Paris Kapralos, Chili art gallery, Athens 2023

“Dreams. Bargaining for a Happiness Still in a Dream“, Curated by Nikolena Kalaitzaki, “Adamantia” Art Space, Neiborio Andros 2023

“Infinite Forms“, Concept and Curation by Paris Kapralos, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023

“The Art of Portraiture vol III“, Curated by Nikolena Kalaitzaki, Govedarou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki 2023

“Terrain vague: Transitional Landscapes“, Concept and Curation by Paris Kapralos, Luminous Eye, Athens 2023

“What Confinement Brought Forth“, Organized by the Corfu Art Association under the auspices of the Municipality, at the “Thanos Christou” Art Hall of the Municipal Art Gallery of Central Corfu and Diapontian Islands, March 2023

“My poetry, My Legacy“, Curated by Nikolena Kalaitzaki, Tsichritzis Foundation of Arts, Athens 2022

“Panorama International Arts Festival (PIAF): War and Peace“, Organized by Writers Capital International Foundation in collaboration with the UNESCO Club, Helioupolis Exhibition Center, Athens 2022

“Ephemeral Homelands“, Concept and Curation by Paris Kapralos, Myro Gallery, Thessaloniki 2022

Participations Worldwide
(selection)

“The Museums of Corfu“, Organized by the Corfu Art Association, Foyer of the Municipal Theatre of Corfu, Corfu 2020

“27th Panionian Exhibition – Lefkada“, Organized by ORPHEUS 1937, on the occasion of the 152nd anniversary of the union of the Ionian Islands with Greece, under the auspices of the Regional Unit – Municipality of Lefkada, at the “Th. Stamou” Art Hall, Lefkada 2016

“Art (Re)volution – Art Exhibition“, Curated by Dr. Sassa Metallinou-Chaitow, Plous Bookstore, Corfu 2014

“Olive Tree – A Relationship of Life“, Organized by the Ionian University, Municipal and Corfu Art Gallery, Corfu 2014

“2nd Corfu Watercolor Festival” with the participation of the Sergey Andriaka School of Watercolor (Moscow), the Corfu School of Watercolor at the Korakiana Art Center, and the Corfu Art Association, under the auspices of the Municipality of Corfu and the organizing committee of the social forum “Russian Week in the Ionian Islands,” Ionian Parliament, Corfu 2013

“Exhibition of Painters from Naples and Corfu“, Co-organized by Associazione Culturale Etnia and the Korakiana Art Center, under the auspices of the Municipality of Naples (organizer Vincenzo Volpe) and the Municipality of Corfu, Art Hall of the Municipal Art Gallery of Corfu, curated and with introductory speech by Mr. Thanos Christou, Corfu 1998

“A Window On Contemporary Art“, Co-organized by MO.C.A Gallery & MEGA ART Gallery, Rome, Italy 2023

“All The Colors Of The World“, Organized by MEGA ART Gallery, Corchiano, Italy 2023

“Cosmos-Earth Heavens-No 5 Rendezvous in Paris“, Organized by Daniel Hanemian Gallery, Antiquaire du Village Saint-Honoré, Paris, France 2023

“Fluctuation Art Exhibition Venice 2021“, Ex Chiesa Santa Chiara Murano, Venice, Italy 2021

“Friendship – Peace of Nations – Troy“, Çanakkale Municipality, Turkey 2018

“Les Hommes de la Méditerranée“, Curated and Organized by Ece Demirkesen, Espace “Linda Farrell”, Paris, France 2016

“Arts Cultural Festival 2016“, Under the auspices of the Municipality of Edremit and the Union of Greek Arts, Edremit, Turkey 2016

“Dokunus 2016“, Organized by Nergis Orhon Soydaner and Ece Arman, Venus Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey 2016

Exhibition at Cultural Center “DE Bron”, Organized by the group of Dutch painters “Tangram” and the Korakiana Art Center of Corfu, with the support of the Cultural Center “De Bron” and the Greek National Tourist Organization-Board of the Netherlands, Rosmalen, the Netherlands , 1997