VOULA
MASOURA
has studied graphics arts in Krefeld Germany under Pr. G. Muche and J.
Mitscherlich - both founders and major representatives of the BAUHAUS
movement - and in Austria under Pr. H. Troekes of the Berlin Academy. PERSONAL
EXHIBITIONS 1964 Zygos Gallery, Athens 1970
Chrysothemis Gallery, Athens 1975 Astor Gallery,
Athens 1979 Trito Mati Gallery, Athens 1980
Pansellinos Gallery, Retrospective 1970 - 1980,
Thessaloniki 1985 Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens
1986 French Institute, Thessaloniki 1986
Municipal Art Gallery, Katsygras Museum, Larissa Greece 1990
Medusa Art Gallery, Athens 1991 Goethe Institut,
Athens 1993 Famagusta Gate, Nicossia, Cyprus
1993 "Koule"- Medieval Castle of Heraclion, Crete, Greece 1995
Medusa Art Gallery, Athens 1996 Institute
of Byzantine and post - Byzantine studies, Venice, Italy 1996
Palazzo del Podesta, Faenza, Italy 1997 Terracotta
Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece 2000 Medusa
Art Gallery, Athens 2000 Municipal Gallery
"A. Kondopoulos" Retrospective 1990 - 2000,
Lamia, Greece GROUP
EXHIBITIONS 1963, 75, 87 Panhellenic Exhibitions,
Athens, Greece 1972 Academy of Fine Arts,
Honorary Award from the city Of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria 1974
Modern Greek Art, Chicago, USA 1975 Grand
Palais - "Salon d' Automne", Paris, France 1982
Biennale d' Alexandrie, Prix d' honneur, honorary award hors concours,
Alexandria, Egypt 1985 Athens Cultural capital
of Europe, National Gallery "Reminiscences - Transformations - Quests",
Athens, Greece 1988 Savaria Museum, 7th Minitextile
Biennale, Szombathely, Hungary 1988 Communaute
Europpeene, "Five Greek Artists", Brussels, Belgium 1989
Ancienne Laiterie, Strasburg, France 1992
Villefranche Castle, II Salon International du Petit Format Honorary Award,
Nice, France 1993 Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
1995 Internatinal Triennale - bronze medal,
Lodz, Poland 1995 Art Athina 5, Medusa Art
Gallery, Athens, Greece 1998 Building of
the Western European Union, Greek Presidency, "The focus of the gaze",
Brussels, Belgium 1999 Psychari 36 Gallery,
"A trip through plastis arts", Athens, Greece 1999
Psychari 36 Gallery, "Banner, Flag, Sign", Athens, Greece 1999
4th International Biennale of Arts, Sarjah, United Arab Emirates 1999
"Greece the Mediterranean", Cague - Sur - Mer, Nice, France 1999
"Living waters",Contemprarry European Fibre Art, Helsinki, Finland Works
by V. Massoura are found in public and private collections in Greece and
abroad.
1960 - 1964: she worked in Athens as a graphic
artist and illustrator for advertising firms, newspapers and periodicalls.
1964 - 1979: she focused on painting ad "assemblages".
1980 -1990: during this period she works
in the manner of Textile-Art, using mainly vegetable fibres and acrylics.
1990 - 1996: creation of a series of works
under the general title "BANNERS" where the main material used is tarpaper.
Since 1997 she has been working on a new
line of work "DECAY - REMINISCENCES".
