Katerina Barampouti

about

Κατερίνα Μπαραμπούτη

artist's statement:

Art is a powerful attribute of life. My work is concerned with consciousness and it transcends art forms. I use the human body, sound, colour, video, light and matter to share sacred and transformative experiences of the body-mind. I wish to research and generate authentic acts that may uncover, challenge or shift human perception. Let us start a conversation, rather than impose an idea. Ultimately, let us be inspired.

 
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biography:   

Katerina Barampouti - also known as: Katerina Barabouti, Aikaterini Barampouti and Κατερίνα Μπαραμπούτη

Greek award-winning Live artist, performer, musician, poet, curator and coach, living in Athens and London and working internationally. Designing and delivering transformational projects, performances, art shows, music shows, spoken word, video and site-specific installations. Leading art events and facilitating workshops on creativity, art, mindfulness & inclusive change management. She is also involved in research, commercial and community projects. Her portfolio includes five solo exhibitions, numerous collaborations with art foundations, participation in performances, short film projects, biennales, national and international festivals, and scenography design for theatre plays.

With degrees from Goldsmiths University of London (Master of Arts/Drama with Merit), and the the Athens School of Fine Arts University (BA hons in Art with Distinction), Katerina has also independently studied alongside the pioneer acting & voice coaches Mirka Yementzakis and Bernard Hiller. She holds a Music Certificate from Goldsmiths, University of London, and learned with Mike King’s Gospel Choir. In addition, she is an accredited Mindfulness Teacher, and professional member of the Mindfulness Association (UK), an NLP practitioner accredited by ITA Global, an accredited Healer Member of NFSH (UK) and a professional Member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece. Katerina has served on the Board of Directors of the Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos and the Athens International Comics Festival, and has received the ‘Russian Art-Critics Federation Diploma’ award and an UNER/UNESKO award. Her current project is ART DEFEATS FEAR.

further credits:

Numerous artworks belong to private collections in Europe, USA, Middle East and Asia. Many of her poems resulted in songwriting, in collaboration with experimental musicians. 
She has been commissioned to supervise - as researcher curator and concept designer - selected exhibitions and festivals such as The Cultural Year of Greece in China 2008/Labyrinths Exhibition. Also, worked creatively with the Kids Company (UK) and The Koppel Project (UK). She has curated the Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos and the Giannis Koutsoheras Foundation websites, and was writing about art & artists for the NEA SKEPSI magazine in Greece.

Her coaching and training client list includes multinational companies, cultural institutions and charities, the public sector as well as individual professionals of all levels of seniority.

in more detail: major past exhibitions, performances, collaborations & projects


solo

  • 2017, ELEFSIS: MINOTAUR ARRIVAL:  Site-specific image & sound installation of 300 sq meters & performance experience, at The Koppel Project Baker Street gallery, London City, UK. Conceived, designed, written and directed by Katerina Barampouti. Collaboration with 4 international artists & musicians. Audience participated as a key piece of the work. Performed by Katerina Barampouti, Juliana Yazbeck, Kyara Orlando, Olga Masleinnikova and Alexis Kraniou.

  • 2011, TRANSIT: Experimental performance/devised theatre, at Studio 3, Goldsmiths University, in the framework of THE WORKS: Final Shows Festival MA in Performance (June 2011), London, U.K. Conceived, designed, written, directed, and performed by Katerina Barampouti in collaboration with Sul Hui Lee and Mabel Aitken.

  • 2007, ROAD TO PALESTINE: Artworks showcase at the Βαβέλ / Babel gallery, Athens, Greece.

  • 2005, ΛΟΓΟΣ: REASON - PROPORTION: Sculpture & light installation and artworks showcase at the National Association of Greek Chemists (ΕΕΧ) at the EEX Main Conference Hall, Athens, Greece. An EEX commission.

  • 2003, JOURNEY INSIDE: Site-specific sculpture, light and painting installation for the Athens International Comics Festival, at “Technopolis” Municipal Gallery of Athens, Athens, Greece. Commissioned by the Athens International Comics Festival.

group (art & music) selection

  • 2021, BIG SNAKE ZIGGZAGGING IN ME exhibition: Curator of a series of events on Climate Change and a group exhibition featuring Brazilian artists and especially photographer and shaman Dan Ribeiro, and actress and shaman Kyara Mensie. Creator of THE BURIAL OF A SHAMAN, a main art, sound & video installation, at The Koppel Project Hive gallery, London City, UK.

  • 2018, DIORAMA IN ART (Το Διόραμα στην Τέχνη) exhibition: Artwork titled SAPIENS, at ‘Spiti Tis Kyprou’ / Embassy of Cyprus in Athens, Athens, Greece.

  • 2016-2017, 16 ARTISTS 16 DAYS exhibition: Sculpture & light installation and performance titled MINOTAUR BIRTH, at The Koppel Project Hive gallery, London City, UK. The performance was conceived, designed, directed, and performed by Katerina Barampouti.

  • 2015, CHILDHOOD THE REAL EVENT festival: Music installation and multimedia performance titled LIFE SNAP, at Kids Company & the Royal Academy Chapel, London, UK. Designed, directed, and performed by Katerina Barampouti. Based on a collaboration with young people, their poems were integral part of the work.

  • 2013, BAILED OUT exhibition: Multimedia performance titled INSOMNIA2, at the Vibe Gallery, London, UK. Conceived, designed, directed, and performed by Katerina Barampouti.

  • 2012, MATERIAL ENDURANCE, Athens International Comics Festival: Site-specific video & sound installation titled TRANSIT2, at the Diplarios School Building, Athens, Greece.

  • 2011, THE CRISIS AND BEYOND - Greek Emerging Artists exhibition: Artworks showcase and music performance titled BALKAN EXPRESS at The Hellenic Centre, London, U.K. Commissioned by the A.G. Leventis Foundation Scholars Association. The performance was conceived, designed, directed, and performed by Katerina Barampouti in collaboration with Solis Barki.

  • 2011, INCA festival: Music & art performance titled INSOMNIA, at the INCA ARTS SPACE, London, U.K. Supported by the British Council (May 2011). Also presented at The Flex Collective (venue The Others, June 2011). Conceived, designed, directed, and performed by Katerina Barampouti in collaboration with Carmen Zografou.

  • 2010, MED i KRV EXHIBITION 2: Artworks showcase at Booze Cooperativa, Athens, Greece. Under the auspices of the Embassy of Greece in Serbia, and Embassy of the Republic of Serbia in Greece.

  • 2009, RECYCLE INSTRUCTIONS exhibition: Sculpture & light installation at the Cultural Centre Melina Mercouri, Athens, Greece.  Organization: Cultural Department of the Municipality of Athens. Under the auspices of: the Municipality of Athens.

  • 2008, LABYRINTHS exhibition: Site-specific sculpture & light installation at 798 art space, Beijing, China / under the auspices of the Cultural Year of Greece in China /Beijing Olympic Year 2008.

  • 2008, IMAGE-SPACE-ACTION2 exhibition: Artworks showcase at Technopolis (Municipality of Athens), Athens, Greece. Organised/Curated/under the auspices of: the Commissariat of Fine Arts of Greece (ΕΕΤΕ). Supported by: Technopolis, the Municipality of Athens  and the Greek Parliament.

  • 2008, ART IN ART / ACTORS AND PAINTERS exhibition: Sculpture & light installation at the Cultural Center Melina Mercouri, Athens, Greece. Organization/under the auspices of: Actor’s House Foundation and the Cultural Department of the Municipality of Athens.

  • 2006, ALUMINIUM.ART and NEW TECHNOLOGIES, International Festival of Contemporary Art: Artworks showcase in Baku, Azerbaijan. Supported by UNESCO.

  • 2005, III TASHKENT BIENNALE – Saat: Myths of the East and the West: Site-specific video installation and performance titled FIREFLIES, at the Museum of Modern Art, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Received Distinction.

  • 2004, 38th PARALLEL – THE HORIZON, International Meeting of Young Artists for Athens 2004: Site-specific environmental installation titled VOWS and sculpture installation titled MEMORY, at Skironio Museum Polychronopoulos, in Athens and Megara, Greece.

  • 2003, COSMOS: 11th BIENNALE OF YOUNG ARTISTS OF EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN, BJCEM: Site- specific sculpture, painting & light installation & performance titled MEMORY

    collaborations, conferences, educational programmes, community work & commissions

  • 2025, GIANNIS KOUTSOHERAS INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION website: Curated the foundation’s new website including creating narratives, content & videos (https://www.yanniscoutsoheras.gr ).

  • 2022, SKIRONIO MUSEUM website: Curated the foundation’s new website including creating narratives, educational content & videos for children and young people. Collaboration with Film Director Meletis Miras, photographer Michael Xenikakis, artist Nikolas Klironomos, and the Museum’s President artist Mari Elleneca Polychronopoulos (www.skironio.gr ).

  • 2018, FOCUS INSIDE conference, 17-22 April, Westminster, London, UK / Speaker and panelist under the thematic ‘Understanding Creativity’. Presented her ‘Targeted Creativity: An effectiveness booster’ methodology on 20 April. (https://www.focus-inside.com/program.html)

  • 2012, KIDS COMPANY, London (Feb - June: series of workshops for teenagers and young people on art & performance under the title LIVING SCULPTURES and exhibition of the co-created visual & sound installation titled CARGO at the Royal Academy of Arts, during June-July 2012). Collaboration with Gabriela Brent.

  • 2011, ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTRE - Στέγη Γραμμάτων και Τεχνών, Athens, Greece: THE SOUND OF IMAGES workshops for teenagers on art, digital media and music in collaboration with Tim Ward and Lorenda Ramou.

  • 2010-2008, GIANNIS KOUTSOHERAS FOUNDATION - supported by YOU.CI
    THE SONG OF THE SUN: a play/musical for children by the internationally acclaimed Greek poet Leta Koutsohera, linked to art workshops in Athens – Historical Building of Athens University (Plaka), and in various regions in Greece.

  • Part of: the Greek art movement Cheap Art , the BABEL arts & comics magazine, and DRYOS TOPOI: The Experimental Theatre Group of the Department of Philosophy of the University of Athens (director Dr. Anna Lazou).

    collaborations on theatre and film

  • 2021, Participated in PARODOS, a research initiative at the Small Epidaurus Theatre, under the auspices of the Athens & Epidaurus Festival. Collaborated with Director Vicky Kyriakoulakou on research on sound, voice, acoustics. Play “Trojan Women”.

  • 2011, PERSEPHONE: a short film by Carmen Zographou.

  • 2010, SONGS FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA: Musical for children played at various venues and schools in Athens and around Greece: was presented at the Museum of Popular Music Instruments in Plaka/Acropolis area, at the Municipality of Edessa, Greece, at the Municipality of Kozani.
    Producer: Kate Koullia. Written and directed by Ourania Anagnostou.

  • 2008 -2007, MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE  of Alan Rickman and  Katherine Viner: A Brokenchair Theatre Company  production at Fournos  theatre, Athens and Festival of Greek Theatre 2008, Lamia, Greece. Directed by Theodoros Tsapakidis.       

  • 2008, THE CROCODILE  of  F. Dostoyeufski (interpreted for theatre by Th. Tsapakidis) at Alekton theatre, Athens, Greece. Directed by Babis Kalatzis.

    co-producer and curator of selected art festivals and exhibitions

  • 2013-2004, ATHENS INTERNATIONAL COMICS FESTIVAL ,  Athens, Greece. Design and curating of exhibitions, Member of Board (November 2012 Most recent Festival: Katerina was the Curator of David Lloyd's 'V for Vendetta' retrospective exhibition). Under the auspices of: Ministry of Culture of Greece, Municipality of Athens.

  • 2008 -2007, LABYRINTHS - COMICS AND CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ARTS  / Cultural Year of Greece in China, Beijing  2008- Olympic Year: Hosted at the 798art space, Beijing, China. Designed and curated an exhibition of 30 contemporary Greek artists, in collaboration with the architect/curator Niki Tzouda and the curator/art historian Christopher Marinos. Under the auspices of: Ministry of Culture of Greece & The Cultural Year of  Greece in China and Beijing Cultural Olympics.

  • 2004, CARTE BLANCHE: Designed, organized and curated the first Carte Blanche event-exhibition for BoozeCooperativa in Athens, in cooperation with Nikos Louvros and Lia Stamopoulou. This event is taking place every year since then.                  

  • 1999, IT HAPPENED TOMORROW, International Comics Exhibition, under the auspices of the Municipality of Patras, Greece. Curator, in cooperation with the architect Niki Tzouda.

  • 1998, 1st FESTIVAL OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN CHALKIDIKI , Greece. Member of the Organization Committee - member of PANASERIA group.

  • 1997, PROJECT CAROLINA TRIBAL HOTEL, Athens, Greece. Organised and curated, in cooperation with Nikos Louvros and Lia Stamopoulou, the first exhibition of visual arts in Athens that took place in an entire hotel, in the centre of the city. The hotel was transformed into an Art-Project: 30 Greek artists intervened in 30 rooms. 

    commercial music performances

  • 2010, 4LIZARDS
    World jazz - Athens, Greece.  
    Booze Cooperativa theatre stage, To Baraki music stage. 
    In collaboration with Solis Barki.                               

  • 2010, SWING ON THE MUSIC vol2
    Jazz/blues/rock concerts (Jan to May), Athens, Greece.  
    Almaz music stage, Booze Cooperativa music stage.  
    Collaboration with the pianist Ruben Satian.

  • 2009, SWING ON THE MUSIC vol1
    Jazz/blues/rock concerts (Jan to May), Athens, Greece.  
    Almaz music stage, Booze Cooperativa music stage, To Baraki music stage.  
    Collaboration with the pianist Asteris Papastamatakis.

  • 2009, LET’S JAZZ! 
    More than 40 concerts/shows, one-year contract (Nov 2008 to May 2009)
    Hilton Hotel / Byzantine restaurant, Athens, Greece.
    Collaboration with amuse concept events and the pianists: Kostas Yaxoglou, Stavros Linos,  
    Marios Saridakis.

  • 2009, WOMAN’S DAY
    World ethnic concert on 9/03/2009 for ATTIKO METRO/AMEL Company, Athens, Greece.
    at the Conference Hall of the central Metro station Syntagma. 
    Collaboration with the musicians: Kostas Yaxoglou & Nikos Psarianos.

  • 2008, CABARET GRIQUELLE
    Musical , Athens, Greece.  
    Cabaret Voltaire music stage, To Baraki music stage. 
    Collaboration with the musicians: Kostas Yaxoglou & Philippe Robert.                         

  • 2008, CABARET CLARION
    Musical, Athens, Greece.
    Cabaret Voltaire music stage, To Baraki music stage, Booze Cooperativa theatre stage. 
    Based on poems of Dirk Polak (Mecano)
    Directed by Dirk Polak - collaboration with Philippe Robert.

  • 2008, DREAMCOLOR
    Music & storytelling, Athens, Greece. 
    Foundation/Museum Atelier Spyrou Vassiliou
    Collaboration with Solis Barki.studies & training

    higher education:
    Master of Arts Degree with Merit (MA in Performance Making). Goldsmiths University of London/Department of Drama, U.K., 2010 – 2011. Disciplines: Contemporary Performance Practice, Theatre/Performance Art History and Theory, Stage and Costume Design, Digital Media/Video, Lighting, Archiving Management, Festival Production Management.
    NOCN Level 2 QCF* in Music Studies, U.K. (*comparable to working at NVQ2, GNVQ, GCSE). Goldsmiths University of London, 2010 – 2011. Disciplines: Musicianship, Composition, Vocals.
    Erasmus scholarship - University of Barcelona (UB) –Faculty of Fine Arts, Spain, 2001 – 2002. Courses/training: Digital Image, Video Editing, Visual Narration, Photography.
    BA Hons with Distinction in Fine Arts. Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), 1993 – 1999, Greece. Disciplines: Painting, Installations, Stage and Costume Design, Aesthetic Philosophy, Art History and Theory, Architecture, Photography.
    Certificate of studies in Philosophy and Social Politics. Free University of Piraeus (EL.DI.PA.), 1989-1990, Greece. 

    further training/vocation:
    Research on Behavioural Change, Perceptual Systems and Linguistics:

    - Certificate in Coaching by EKPA (National Kapodistrian University of Athens) and AC (Association for Coaching) / Athens, 2023-2024
    - ITA NLP Certified Practitioner / London, 2015-2016
    - The Mindfulness Association, Certified Mindfulness Teacher / London, 2015-2017
    - The Oxford Mindfulness Centre, Masterclass / Oxford, 2016
    - CIPD Certified / Advanced Facilitation Masterclass / London 2016

    Acting:
    Bernard Hiller Materclasses / London and Rome, 2012 - 2013
    Acting, theatre, vocals: Mirka Yementzakis Training System / Greece, 1998 – 2003
    (Prof. Mirka Yementzakis – main assistant of P. Stein, assistant of P. Brook).

    Movement:
    Current Tai Qi Chuan practitioner & member athlete of Aetos Exarchion Martial Arts School (SiFu Angeliki Salomidou), and ZYQ Qi Gong (SiFu Lydia Tyllianaki) (Athens, 2023 - present)

    Movement Toolbox (Choreology) with Olga Masleinnikova / London, 2014 -2016
    Butoh dance with Marie Gabrielle-Rotie / London 2012
    Body contact & physical expression: Kinisis Dance School / Athens, 1998 - 2006 (teacher: Susana Abigador)
    Oriental, African and Latin dance and percussion (various teachers, 1997 - 2010)
    Tae Kwon Do, Red belt (Stefanos Dovas Training System / 1984 – 1992
    Lilly Law Eagle Claw Kung Fu (1993 – 1999)

    Red Dragon Shaolin Kung Fu Training System (Athens, 2008 – 2010)

    Voice/Music:
    Student of Mike King (London, 2010 - 2013)
    Jazz and Latin singing techniques: with Sofia Noiti and Marta Moreleon (Greece 1998 - 2006)
    Classical vocals: Meandrio Conservatory (Athens, 2002 - 2003)
    Music (theory/piano): National Conservatory, Athens, 1983 - 1989