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Maria Gouveli

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Based in: Greece
Participated in: Evia Local Urban Lab

Maria Gouveli was born in Piraeus, Greece and grew up in Heidelberg (Germany) and Komotini (Greece). Maria holds an Intergrated Masters degree from the Department of Visual and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her work received the award of Excellence and Innovation by the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and became part of the permanent collection.

Maria studied at the Akademie der Bildende Künste in Munich (Erasmus) and in 2007, funded by the Greek State Scholarship Foundation, completed a Masters of Arts in Art, Design and Education at Norwich University of the Arts (UK). Maria was selected in artist residency programs in England, Bulgaria, Italy, Slovakia and Greece.

She co-curated with Andriani Ventouri Kimolos Visual Art Walk on Kimolos island (2015-2017). Maria’s art practice is concerned with relational aesthetics and participation. Her projects often reflect her interest in the relationship between the natural and the cultural, developing notions of “becoming” and integration.

Maria lives in Oropos, is married, has two children and works in primary education. She loves gardening and learning to grow food. She is a certified yoga instructor and member of Filhos de Angola capoeira group.