Maria Lalaouni
Maria Stavros Lalaouni (b.1957, Xanthi, Greece) grew up in Athens where she studied Film Direction at the Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos. She has been involved with the ceramic art since 1981. In 1985 she left Athens and established her first workshop in Promiri, Pelion. She chose to establish her creative research as closer to nature and its beneficial wisdom as possible. In 1991, she relocated to Volos where she intensified her artistic activity: carvings, wall compositions and clay sculptures made of stoneware combined with ceramic colors and glazes in a strongly personal way. Her studies in Film Direction have affected strongly the character of her work:
“The figures, sculptures and objects I make are the heroes of a motion picture in progress, always claiming their position in the frame.” ML
- 1985 National Ceramics Exhibition, Marousi
- 1987 Gallery Psichoulis, Volos
- 1988 Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi
- 1989 Gallery 4 Volos
- 1992 Cultural Association “Orminio”, Portaria
- 1992 Union of Ceramic Artists Greece, Cultural Center of Athens
- 1993 Community of Agios Ioannis, Pelion
- 1993 Chamber of Magnesia, Twinning Exhibition, Le Mans, France
- 1996 Spirer Building, Volos
- 1997 Cultural Events Portaria “Theoxenia”, Pelion
- 2002 Anetopoulos Museum, Pelion
- 2004 “Visual Routes” Metaksourgio, Nea Ionia, Volos
- 2006 Auction of Works and Objects of Art, “Art Ciborium” Kallitechnoupoli, Penteli
- 2008 Anetopoulos Museum, Pelion
- 2010 “Angels and Colors”, Vallis Resort, Agria, Volos
- 2011 Guesthouse “Mira Mare”, Damouhari, Pelion
- 2012 “Carvings in Real Time”, Fine Arts Hall, Cultural Center, Skiathos
- 2013 “Acts of Gracefulness,” Palia, Volos
- 2013 “South Orientation”, Little Art and Culture Gallery, Skiathos
- 2017 “Transition”, The Rooftile and Brickworks Museum N.&S. Tsalapatas, Volos
