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Maria Karametou is a mixed media artist, author and curator, who has exhibited nationally and
internationally including at the Ludwig Museum for International Art, Aachen, Germany; the
Vorres Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; the National Gallery of Art, Sofia,
Bulgaria; Apartman Projesi, Istanbul Turkey; the Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea;
Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany; Trito Mati Gallery, Athens, Greece; Elite Gallery,
Moscow, Russia; The State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece; A. Taki
Gallery Istanbul, Turkey; Asian ArtWorks, Beijing, China; among many others.
In the U.S. her work has been shown at The National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Washington, D.C.; The Holter Museum, Montana; The Baltimore Museum; The North Dakota
Museum; The Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.; The Montana Museum; The Danville
Museum (VA); The Portsmouth Museum (VA); The John Elder Gallery, New York, N.Y.; The
Shiva Gallery, New York, N.Y.; The Harper Collins Gallery, New York, N.Y; Comus Gallery,
Portland, Oregon; Selby Gallery, Sarasota, Florida; J. Scott Gallery, Johnson, Vermont, among
numerous others.
Her most recent solo show, “Kallos,” was at the Katzen Museum, Washington, D.C.
Karametou has also exhibited extensively in the Washington D.C. area, including at the C.
Grimaldis Gallery (Baltimore); the Ellipse Arts Center; the Arlington Arts Center; Flashpoint;
Washington Square; the McLean Project for the Arts; the Washington Project for the Arts;
Maryland Art Place; the Baltimore-Washington International Airport; School 33 Art Center;
Gallery 10, etc. She was represented by Gallery K from 1987 until its closing in 2003. Other
gallery representations include the C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD, and Trito Mati Gallery,
Athens, Greece.
International collaborative projects include “Penelopeia”, sponsored by the Presidency of the
European Union; being a visiting artist at the international symposium “Earth” (Skopelos
Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos Island, Greece); organizing and curating “Converging
Parallels” in collaboration with Turkish artist Biret Tavman (Ayse Taki Gallery, Istanbul);
“EcoReflections” in partnership with artist C. Demir, (Resim ve Heykel Müzesi Galerisi,
Ankara, Turkey); and the “Vegoritis” Project, Macedonia, Greece.
Karametou’s work is in permanent collections worldwide, including the Vorres Museum of
Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; the Baltimore Museum; the Sate Museum of Contemporary
Art, Thessaloniki, Greece; the Holter Museum, Helena, MT; the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Crete, Greece; the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; the Schar Cancer Institute,
Inova Hospital Group, McLean, VA; the Freddie Mac Corporation; and was in the collection of
His Excellency the U.S. Ambassador to Greece and Mrs. T. Miller during his tenure.
Numerous reviews include the Washington Post; the Baltimore Sun; the New Art Examiner; To
Vima; the Kathimerini; Epikera magazine; The Evening Sun; The Washington City Paper;
Baltimore City Paper; SMCK magazine, Germany; the Voice of America; the Washington
Review; The Alternative; Eikastika Magazine; National Herald; Hellenic News; Vogue
Magazine (Greek edition), as well as an “Antenna” Greek Television interview, and inclusion in
the book “The Power of Visual Logos” (ICAN 2003).
Karametou is the recipient of many awards, such as a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award
from the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, the First Prize in the Maryland
Biennial, and several Individual Artist Grants from the Maryland State Arts Council,
Montgomery County Arts Council, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She
served on the Board of Directors of the Arlington Arts Center from 2004 -2012 and is a juror and
curator of many shows.
As a writer, Karametou received the Second Prize in the Washington Metropolitan Area Short
Story Competition, and her story was published in Bethesda Magazine. Other publications
involve inclusion in poetry anthologies and literary journals.
Her fiction novel, “The Amalgam,” will be published in early 2026.
Karametou first studied painting and drawing in her native Greece under Theodore Drosos, and
immigrated to the U.S. after high school. She holds a BA from the University of Maryland (cum
laude) and an MFA from the Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute of Art,
Baltimore, where she studied with renowned artists Grace Hartigan and Salvatore Scarpitta.
She is an Associate Professor Emerita at the School of Art, �鶹��Ƶ, where she
used to head the Division of Drawing, prior to serving as the Director of Art International
Programs. Karametou has taught for a variety of other institutions, including the University of
LaVerne, the University of Maryland (European Division), and George Washington University.
Website: mariakarametou.com

• MFA, Hoffberger Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art