Olga Barmazi

Olga Mpamazi is a painter and illustrator of children’s books, a graduate of the School of Fine and Decorative Arts of Katerina Rota and the School of Visual Jewelry Vortex. She has also studied Political Science at the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and is a graduate of the Master’s Program in Creative Writing. Alongside her artistic career, she has worked as an editor, proofreader, and translator for publishing houses in Athens. Since 1997, she has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad (Europe, USA, Japan, Australia) and has been awarded in international competitions. Since 2009, she has been teaching painting at the Warehouse of Arts AMKE, which she founded, and at the Kalogeropouleio Foundation of Arts and Culture in Corinth. She has designed sets for theater and dance performances and has created series of artistic jewelry exhibited in Greece and the USA. She has illustrated six children’s books, and her works are held in private collections. She collaborates with the artistic collective ARC – Art Revisited Collective.