Sofia Petropoulou

Sofia Petropoulou (Greek: Σοφία Πετροπούλου; born 1964 ) is a Greek painter based in Athens. She has been acknowledged for the merging of realism and abstraction in her paintings. and they belong to private and public collections such as the collection of the King George Hotel in Athens.

She is a member of Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece.

Art Petropoulou draws from both the natural elements and the urban landscapes, and her paintings remain close to real sources, but on the same time she permits color and gesture to dictate composition. With motion and lyricism, abstraction yet representation, Sofia Petropoulou through her paintings narrates, and it has been said by art critics (like Vasile Randu of Luxemburger Wort ) that she has personified landscapes, cities and even the Mediterranean sea with her brushstrokes.

Exhibitions (selected)

Individual Exhibitions Source: European Commission, Luxembourg (1999) European Commission, Luxembourg (2001) Masion de la Grece, Paris (2003) Espace ‘Orfeu’, Brussels (2003) ‘En Plo’ Gallery, Paphos (2004) ‘Theorema’ Gallery, Brussels (2005) Hellenic Centre of London (2005) ‘Metopi’ Gallery, Athens (2006) Tsichrintzis Foundation of the Visual Arts, Athens (2010)

Group exhibitions Source: (2008) Goulandris Museum, Athens (2008) Frieze Art Fair, London (2008) Athens War Museum (2009) Technopolis, Athens (2009)