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About Me:

Pelagia Angelopoulou, born in Athens, Greece, studied painting history of art and mosaics at the University of Fine
Arts in Athens.

1984 – 1993
Professor of Mosaics at the University of Fine Arts inAthens;

1991
Series of solo exhibitions in Japanese Museums; Tokyo, Osaka and Utsunomiya. (Organized by the major publishing
group the “Yomuri Shimbun” in collaboration with the Japanese Agency of Cultural Affairs);

1991
Received International acclaim of the quality and the originality of her work;

1992 – 2007
Solo exhibitions in Greece, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Pelagia’s works can be found in
Museums throughout the world and in historical monuments in Greece and Germany.
Museums and Private Collections UK and many other countries in Europe, Japan and USA.


Since 1995 Pelagia shares her working and living time between Brussels (Belgium) and Cologne (Germany).

- Pelagia Angelopoulou is one of the world’s most exciting contemporary mosaicists
(1991 Professor AOYAKI, Art history at the University of Tokyo; Catalogue of
Angelopoulou’s works. Published by Yomiurin SHIMBUN)

- In the mosaic compositions of Pelagia Angelopoulou the two trends are blended in an ideal expression.
She takes full advantage of her thorough knowledge of the main achievements that constitute landmarks in the
history of mosaics, while making the most of her remarkable technical skill and original inspiration.

- …..A really talented painter and mosaicist with an unusual mastery of the various techniques, of both elds.
Angelopoulou introduces a new concept and gives a new dimension to the art of mosaics…..-
(Dr.Dimitris PAPASTAMOS, Director of the national Gallery and Alexander Soutzos – Museum in Athens).

-….Angelopoulou transforms the mosaic art from an anonymous ritual kind of artto a famous artistic creation
she acts by dened choices, avoiding the danger of an easy “avant-garde” from a safe corner and
a rebellion well “managed” aesthetically and socially easy to adopt, trying to give modern pieces
of work based on tradition, without a museac character, and to produce synthesis without fear and
development of this kind of art to the modern requirements without falling in to the trap of imitation…
(Prof. Manos STEFANIDIS, Curator of Greek National Gallery (Catalogue published
by Yomiurin Shimbun for Angelopoulous exhibition in Japanese Museum)

-What makes the works of Pelagia Angelopoulou modern and far superior to thoseof others is her relentless drive
to make them sculptural. Individual elements arestepping out of the surface, joints and shadows become 3-dimensional,
hands andplant forms become tangible, small architectural forms are being created, and themosaic
receives a volume of its own. The image becomes an object whichbecomes credible
because it is visible and belongs to reality. This is achievedbecause the artist not only uses traditional materials like
marble, glass and coloredstones, but has a predilection for those which everyday life has left behind. Thus
window frames, beverage cans, bottles, broken glass and old picture frames become
welcome, contemporary, form-giving elements. They are all part of a decisionon form and aesthetics and conrm
the artist’s positioning in the present. PelagiaAngelopoulou thus connects the present with history.
She interweaves the twoand gives them a new, potential impact.
(Stefan SKOWRON – Art historian and Art critic Aachen, Germany)

Mail Address (City)

Brussels

Mail Address (State)

Brussels

Mail Address (country)

Belgium

Website:

http://pelagiaangelopoulou.net

Medium or Performance type

visual arts

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