Foteini Palpana (1984) is a visual artist and art educator living in Athens. She holds a a BFA and MFA from the Athens School of Fine Arts with a scholarship by the Onassis Foundation. She is a recipient of the 1st ARTWORKS SNF Artist Fellowship Program 2018-2019.
Ηer work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in art galleries, museums and project spaces (Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Archaeological Museum of Paros, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Talc Studio, Eight Athens, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, ACG Art Gallery-The American College of Greece etc.).”View of Us” curated by Dimitris Foutris at Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Space is her first solo show in an art gallery. She has participated in artist-in-residence programs (Ios Art Resicency, Skaftfell Art Center IS, Institut für Alles Mögliche DE). She has been a founding member of the artist group Campus Novel (2011-2020) with artistic and curatorial activity, workshops and collaborations (Athens Biennale, Syros Institute, SNEHTA Residency, PlatformsProjectetc.)
In her works she has often adopted the characteristics of the map, the model, the index or the archive, gradually opting for sculptural environments of geological or even bodily formations. In her performances for the camera she portrays minimal actions putting herself in contact with the natural element while also focusing on the interaction between the artist’s body and the sculptural object. In her latest “soft sculptures” and “soft drawings” she explores the properties of textiles and their several possibilities as sculpture material.