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Lila Koufopoulou is a contemporary fine arts artist born in Athens-Greece.

Her life mission is to help people transform their lives and feel the beauty of wellbeing. By creating intuitive, colorful, healing paintings Lila reminds people of the importance of intuition, symbolism, and playfulness in their lives.

She studied classical painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts in Greece and received her Master in Fine Arts in art & technology (abstract video art) at TUFTS University & the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston-USA.

In 1992, her thesis had the honor to inaugurate the department of Arts & Technology at Tufts University.

Before being involved in the world of Arts professionally following her dream

Lila studied Marketing and Graphic Design and worked for many International advertising companies as both an Art Director and an Account Manager (BBDO, Saatchi &Saatchi, Ted Bates, Alector/Lowe), in Athens-GR.

Between 1990-1992, and during her graduate studies, Lila worked as a teaching assistant (TA) to the instructor Tom Norton, at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, at the course "Advanced Concepts in Graphic Communication."

Her life long project "TRILOGY ABOUT SOUL - Chaos & Psyche, Games of the Soul, Dreams" focuses on the soul’s journey and transformation over a woman’s life, the empowerment of her self-trust and self-respect through life’s trials, the joy to live life as a child again, and the value of dreams and dreaming.

COLLECTIONS/CLIENTS: Lila’s artworks are included in the art collection of Piraeus Bank, the Uni-Pharma Pharmaceutical Laboratories, the Adelco Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics, the private art collections of the former President & CEO of ADEL/Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Athens Mr. Takis Kiousopoulos, and the shipowner Mr. Thanos Laskarides, the FDO Construction, the Franco Compania Naviera S.A., and at the residencies of many entrepreneurs around the world.

A few of her art creations have been donated to special auctions for the new wing construction of the Franciscan Children Hospital in Boston and for the research of the Celiac disease at Columbia University, NY.

Three of her prints have also offered as farewell gifts to the former Canadian Ambassador Alexander Peck and his spouse, Canadian Ambassador Keith Morrill and his spouse, and Canadian Ambassador Mark Allen and Jeff Peet on the behalf of Friends of Canada in Greece.

A forth one was offered to the former American Ambassador Thomas Miller and his spouse, where they used it to decorate the VIP suite of the American Embassy in Greece.

Lila Koufopoulou is an International artist.

In 2017 she was voted as one of the 5 finalists - and the only visual arts artist - at the GREEK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN AWARDS 2017 in the "Arts & Design category" in London-UK.

She has also won honorary distinctions in Boston-USA, Athens-GR, Brussels-BE, and Paris-FR.

STUDIES

1990-1992

Master in Fine Arts - TUFTS UNIVERSITY & SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS in Boston, USA. Thesis in Abstract Video Art "Chaos & Psyche." Boston, MA, USA.

1990-1990

SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS in Boston, USA - Computer Painting, Computer Music, Video Art, Experimental Women Workshop. Boston, MA, USA.

1990-1990

TUFTS UNIVERSITY - Certificate, Summer Institute on American Language, Culture & University Life. Medford, MA, USA.

1987-1990

ATHENS SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS (ΑΣΚΤ) - Dept. of Classical Drawing & Painting and Mixed Media. Professor Nikos Kessanlis workshop, Athens, GR.

1985-1987

CAM Diploma in Marketing - THE COMMUNICATIONS ADVERTISING & MARKETING (CAM) FOUNDATION in Association with the Chartered Institute of Marketing, GR & the UK.

1978-1980

Graphic Design Diploma - PETRA School of Design, Athens, GR.

1976-1978

Classical drawing and painting at the studio of the artist Theodore Drossos, Athens, GR.

SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS

2023

KALOGERA ART GALLERY, Mykonos, GR.

2012 - 2022

LILA'S ART STUDIO, Private Presentations to Collectors, Athens, GR.

2017 - 2018

PALLAS ATHENA GRECOTEL, Luxury Boutique Hotel, Athens, GR.

2011

GRAND RESORT LAGONISSI – THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD, Attica, GR.

2011

ECALI VIP CLUB - Lecture and one day Art Exhibition, Ecali, GR.

2010

CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS G. KARIDIS, Filothei, GR.

2007

THE WESTIN, STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS - ASTIR PALACE Vouliagmeni,

Attica, GR.

2006

ECALI VIP CLUB, - Lecture and one day Art Exhibition, Ecali, GR.

2002

CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS G. KARIDIS, Filothei, GR.

2001

CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS G. KARIDIS, Filothei, GR.

1994

LILA'S ART STUDIO, Private Presentations to Collectors, Athens, GR.

1992

AIDEKMAN ARTS CENTER, Medford - Boston, MA, USA.

GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS

2022

2nd Pan Hellenic Festival for the Creative and Performing Arts, INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION PLATFORM, Melbourne, AU.

2022

ARTSY - INTERNATIONAL ART GALLERIES' EXHIBITION PLATFORM, NY, USA.

2022

ARTONIQUE - INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION PLATFORM, British Columbia, CA.

2020 - 2022

THE ARTLING - INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION PLATFORM, Singapore, Asia.

2019-2022

SINGULART - INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION PLATFORM, Paris, FR.

2016-2020

SAATCHI ART - INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION PLATFORM, CA, USA.

2018

CANAVES OIA EPITOME, Luxury Boutique Hotel, Santorini, GR.

2013

GRAND RESORT LAGONISSI – THE LEADING HOTELS OF THE WORLD, Attica, GR.

2012

MYi4D, Alexandra’s Koumba Gallery, Maroussi-Athens, GR

2007

RHYS GALLERY, supporting SMFA Students Scholarships, Boston, MA, USA.

2006

RHYS GALLERY, supporting SMFA Students Scholarships, Boston, MA, USA.

2003

20th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF DREAMS, Web Art Exhibition, International exposure, CA, USA.

2003