Maria Fragoudaki (born Athens, Greece, 1983) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work engages a variety of visual languages such as painting, art installations and performance, to create narratives that are brought to life using materials that include fabric, gypsum and paint. Inspired by the art movement of the 1960’s known as Process Art, her focus has gradually shifted from the use of paint to the material itself and how it interacts with space as well as with other materials. In her work, she explores themes of freedom, human connection, identity, and the relationship between motherhood and Mother Nature.
Maria Fragoudaki has presented her work in numerous group and solo shows throughout the US, Europe and Japan including the Summer Exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts in London, the Jewish Museum of Greece, the Pinacotheque of Cyclades, Scope Miami, and Scope Basel.
She holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree of Science in Chemistry from the University of London, where she specialized in the physical properties of materials, and completed residencies at the School of Visual Arts, New York, in painting and mixed media. She has studied under the tutelage of Donald Sheridan, Andy Warhol’s master printer, and Andrew Ginzel, a contemporary artist known for his large scale public art and installation pieces. Her works has been acquired by private and corporate collections around the world including the Jewish Museum of Greece.
