Biography

 

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Irma Voulgari was born in 1972 in Larnaka, Cyprus.

 

She studied Fine Arts at the School of Visual and Applied Arts of Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), in Greece, at the studio of Professor Makis Theofilaktopoulos and she graduated with distinction. She attended theoretical classes in history of art and architecture, in philosophy of art and psychology of education. She also studied photography at the studio of Professor George Katsaggelos and engraving with Professor George Milios. She was awarded the Melina Merkouri Foundation scholarship and she continued her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf, Germany, with Professor Jannis Kounellis.

 

Since the year 2000, she lives and works in Larnaka where she runs her own studio of Fine Arts, preparing students to enter Greek Universities.

 

Irma Voulgari presented 2 solo exhibitions: “Microcosms”, in December 2008 at Pantheon Gallery, in Nicosia, and “Overexposure”, in December 2013 at multifunctional space Apothikes, in Larnaka.

 

She was a member of the visual arts group Noise of Coincidence and in 2003 she participated in public exhibitions and activities the group organized at the Old City of Nicosia. As a member of the group Ars Longa, she also participated in the series of exhibitions under the title ‘En plein air’, in Larnaka and Nicosia in 2002-2005. 

 

She also participated in several group exhibitions in Cyprus, Greece and Germany and her work can be viewed in public and private collections in Cyprus and abroad.