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Martha Zmpounou is a London based figurative artist exploring themes of reverie, love, loss and memory.
Martha Zmpounou is a Greek visual artist known for her exploration of the human figure as a space for expression and transformation. Raised near the sea in Greece, Zmpounou was drawn to art from a young age, spending her childhood painting and drawing. Her journey as an artist solidified during her studies at fine art school, where she began to view herself as a lifelong practitioner of her craft.
Zmpounou’s work delves into the complexities of the human body, portraying it as a fragmented, multifaceted entity that evolves through layering. She is particularly interested in the interplay between abstraction and representation, often working at the periphery of the figurative. Her mixed-media approach blends diverse techniques, resulting in pieces that capture the fluid nature of identity and the fragmented self.
Her influences range from renowned painters like Lucian Freud, David Hockney, and Marlene Dumas, to unexpected figures like filmmaker David Lynch, whose narrative quality and atmosphere resonate deeply with her work. Zmpounou's art seeks to balance seduction and repulsion, often invoking a sense of incomplete or cryptic forms. She embraces chance and surprise in her creative process, allowing accidents to inform her work and create unexpected outcomes.
Having relocated to London in 2009, Zmpounou has pushed her creative boundaries, often experimenting with new themes and media. After years of working on paper, she is now returning to canvas, exploring narrative environments shaped by the human body.
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ORIGINS 2.0
Group Exhibition 29 Nov - 21 Dec 2024From its humble beginnings as a simple, utilitarian material, paper has evolved into a powerful conduit for artistic expression, allowing for an infinite range of possibilities in form, texture, and...Read more -
Project Room: Imprint
Group Exhibition 11 Oct - 2 Nov 2024This exhibition celebrates the spontaneity, immediacy, and textural richness of these printmaking techniques, where each work is a singular, unrepeatable expression—an imprint of a moment in time. Monotypes and monoprints...Read more
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Q&A With Martha Zmpounou
Martha Zmpounou talks to RHODES about her monoprinting process November 9, 2024Martha Zmpounou is a London-based figurative artist who has joined the RHODES roster. Her works vary in medium but always aim to incite emotional and...Read more -
Project Room: Imprint
Celebrating the personal and fleeting medium of monoprinting September 28, 2024We are excited to present our new Project Room exhibition, 'Imprint ', curated by RHODES Editions. 'Imprint ' celebrates the rich possibilities of monotypes and...Read more