'MATAROA' Young Artists Exhibition & Award

The Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece and the 5th Art Thessaloniki International Contemporary Art Fair, commonly aiming to promote young artists, up to the age of 33, and to showcase their work to the Greek art sector, continue for the second time the thematic exhibition and corresponding award for young artists entitled ‘MATAROA’. Through an open call procedure, in which 120 young artists participated, all portfolio submissions were evaluated by a specialized committee, and ten young artists were selected to present their work at a specially designed exhibition space as part of the 5th Art Thessaloniki Fair.

EXHIBITION ARTISTS
Anastasiou Ioannis, Antonopoulou Elena, Gerontides Giorgos, Incarnato Paolo, Maipa Ilektra, Mavrokefalou Alkistis, Balas Fotios, Papageorgiou Alegia, Pavlidis-Elamin Konstantinos, Charalampidis Prodromos

EVALUATION COMMITTEE
Thouli Misirloglou, Historian of Art, Head of Collections - MOMus
Dimitris Xonoglou, Artist
Dr. Sania Papa, Historian of Art, Lecturer, School of Visual and Applied Arts, AUTH
Xenis Sahinis, Professor, School of Visual and Applied Arts, AUTH
George Skampardonis, ‘MATAROA’ Editorial Consultant

Following the final evaluation of the committee and the voting process of Art Thessaloniki visitors, the awards’ ocial announcement will take place on Saturday, November 27 at 18:30, featuring the most notable participation and awarding the monetary prizes respectively. The Awards’ Ceremony will be followed by an overall presentation of the ‘MATAROA’ project, the printed edition, the new web portal and dialogue platform, as well as by a discussion with the exhibiting artists regarding the challenges and prospects of the artistic creation in Greece in 2021. 

Moreover, the 10 exhibiting artists will be presented in the "New Creators" section of the website www.peebe.gr, in the web and printed edition of ‘MATAROA’ by the Cultural Society www.mataroa.gr, as well as in the Art Thessaloniki website (www. art-thessaloniki.gr), while there will be a special thematic feature for the award-winning creators.

More information: Cultural Society of Entrepreneurs of Northern Greece
T. 2310 551754 | E. mataroa@peebe.gr |
www.peebe.gr & www.mataroa.gr