ABOUT

Her artistic practice emerges from a multidisciplinary research approach focused on sites in transition — including industrial areas, sites affected by natural disasters, and archaeological excavations. She examines material culture in relation to living landscapes, creating works and installations she calls “material narratives.”

A key interest of hers is the use of archaeological methodology as a tool for artistic practice. Through the dynamic interaction between these fields, she explores issues related to different perceptions of the environment and aspects of the environmental crisis, through both present and hypothetical scenarios.

 

BIO

Athina Koumparouli (b.1983) is a visual artist based in Athens, Greece. She studied Conservation of Antiquities and Artworks, and holds a Master’s degree in Post-Industrial Design and Artistic Practices.

Her work has been featured in group exhibitions in Greece and internationally, including Manifesta 16 Ruhr (2026), Kochi Biennale (2025), Elefsina European Capital of Culture (2023), Intersections II at a.antonopoulou.art (2024, Athens) Paxos Biennale (2024), Dutch Design Week (2019), among others. Her first solo exhibition, This way, the traces never die, took place in 2025 at a.antonopoulou.art gallery in Athens.

Moreover, she has participated in artist residencies and programs in the Netherlands (BioArt Laboratories, Eindhoven), Italy (ECEc Laboratory, Rome), France (W Atelier, Paris), and Greece (G&A Mamidakis Foundation Research Residency 2025 / Mystery 19, V.A. Initiator, Elefsina 2023).

In 2022 and 2023, in collaboration with the University of Ferrara and supported by Culture Moves Europe, she developed an artistic project connected to an ongoing excavation on the Appian Way (Rome).

She also has been awarded by ARTWORKS (2022) and is a Fellow of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artists Support Program. In 2025, she was selected by the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Greece as a mentee for its mentorship program.