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Mary Louise is a printmaker, a Fellow of the Royal
Society of Printmakers, painter, and public artist.
Imagination, creativity, and design sense are central to
her work. This allows her to branch into many areas. Recently,
Greece has become a focus for her work helped by two Greek
Government scholarships, and she has shown at the Jill Yakas
Gallery,
Athens,
and the Hellenic Centre,
London
and in 2006 at the William James Gallery, Athens,
where her
work was reviewed in the National press. In October ’06 she had a
retrospective of her work in Printmaking at the Technohoros Gallery
Athens,
the gallery of the Greek Printmakers Association. Here she launched
her new work The Cyclops Series an artists book in the form of
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Some of Mary's work is conceptual in the true sense as in "Mozambique", where she extends the real event of people living in trees during the floods to make a comment on the basic human need to survive. Her motivation has consistently been social, with a recent developing passion for landscape. Her continuing figurative work has now turned to the field of sport, aerobics where she finds room for the expression of her quirky individual view of this human endeavour. She was born in New York, trained at the Slade School, London, and now lives in Scotland.
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Press Release
2009/Mary Louise Coulouris
“KEFI
KAI LOULOUDIA”
an exhibition of paintings by
Mary Louise Coulouris
will be at the Melina Mercouri Hall, HYDRA,
May22- June 1 , 2009.
VERNISSAGE Saturday 23 May 7.30pm
All welcome!
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Mary Louise runs a Public Art practice called COULOURIS ART AND DESIGN. Creativity, imagination and design sense are key concepts, which have fed and will feed many successful commissions.
Public Art Commission at the Royal Free Hospital,
London, 2008
Mary Louise Coulouris R E was
selected to produce seven watercolours inspired by the
work of 20th century British poets of her choice. This
was an open competition advertised by the hospital and
open to artists from any country. It was funded by the
Friends of the Royal Free Hospital.
Some of the poets she was inspired by are Betjeman,
Auden, Ted Hugh’s and Dylan Thomas. She has included
some words of the poems with the images.
The work will be in the permanent collection of the
hospital and displayed in various areas as they see fit. |
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Recent commissions have been:
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Circular mosaic seat for Skyros Holidays, Greece
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Three large artist designed rugs for the new Scottish Poetry Library.
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Two wine labels for Sainsburys (double first prize in open competition)
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Healthcare Arts commission for limited edition prints
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Main play area for Glasgow Garden Festival
A belief that design can be the core, spreading into many areas is central.
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