Location: Greece
Lila Koufopoulou was born in Athens-Greece.
She studied classical painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts in Greece and received her Master in Fine Arts in abstract video art at TUFTS University & the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston-USA.
In 1992, her dissertation had the honor to inaugurate the department of Arts, Sciences, and Technology at Tufts University. That dissertation was exhibited in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 1992.
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.
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 dreaming.
Lila’s artworks are included in the art collection of Piraeus Bank, the Uni-Pharma Pharmaceutical Laboratories, the Adelco Pharmaceuticals & Cosmetics, the private art collection of the former President & CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Athens, the FDO Construction, the Franco Compania Naviera S.A. and at the residencies of many entrepreneurs around the world and Greek ship owners.
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 in Columbia University, NY.
Two of her prints have also offered as the farewell gifts to the former Canadian Ambassador Alexander Peck and his spouse, and Canadian Ambassador Keith Morrill and his spouse, on the behalf of Friends of Canada in Greece. A third 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 Arts & Design category, in London.
She has also won many 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
2012 - 2019
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
2019
SINGULART, Permanent Web Art Exhibition, International exposure, Paris, FR.
2014-2019
SAATCHI ART, Permanent Web Art Exhibition, International exposure, 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
GROSSMAN GALLERY, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, USA.
2002
GROSSMAN GALLERY, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, USA.
2002
ELOUNDA MARE HOTEL & RESORTS - RELAIS & CHATEAUX, GALLERY L-S, Crete, GR.
2001
GROSSMAN GALLERY, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, USA.
2000
GROSSMAN GALLERY, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, USA.
1992
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS in Boston, SMFA-MFA Students' Art Exhibition, MA, USA.
1991
GROSSMAN GALLERY, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA, USA.
HONORS & AWARDS
2017
Finalist to the GREEK INTERNATIONAL WOMEN AWARDS - Arts & Design Category, London, UK.
1990-1992
1st MFA Thesis Art Exhibition in Arts & Technology (Dept of Arts & Arts and Sciences) at TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Medford, MA-USA.
1990-1992
Five Scholarships from TUFTS University, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Gerondelis Foundation, MA, USA.
1985
MEDAL of HONORS, from the President of the Council of Manche and Vice President of the General Council of France Mr. J. Marigné, Paris, FR.
1985
The representative of Greece in the "EUROPEAN YOUTH WEEK" in Paris, organized by the "Association des Jeunes pour l' Education, la Culture & Les Loisirs," Paris, FR.
1985
National Prize for Greece at the European Poster Competition "EUROPE AND MY FUTURE," organized by the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY and THE INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING ASSOCIATION, Brussels, BE.
1st Prize and 2 Praises at the “Fashion Design Competition," by the Athenee Stores & Tachydromos Magazine, Athens, GR.
2-year Scholarship at the Fashion Design School YANNIS TSOPANELLIS, Athens, GR.
Symbols are the language of dreams.
YOUR DREAM IS BORN (from my series DREAMS) is a dynamic painting bringing to mind the magical moment that your baby dream is conceived.
To see a baby in your dream signifies innocence, warmth and new beginnings. Babies symbolize something in your own inner nature that is pure, vulnerable, helpless and beautiful. They also symbolize a new beginning and that you have acknowledged your hidden potential.
You have the choice to grace the walls of your 5* luxury hotels & suites, villas or residences by hung the most of our fine arts canvasses DREAMS both horizontally and vertically, due to a very special technique we use.
Symbols are the language of Dreams.
To see foams in your dream signifies light heartedness and pleasure. The painting is inspired by the joyful swirls and turns that take place in our unconscious while dreaming.
Symbols are the language of Dreams.
To see the moon in your dream represents some hidden, mysterious aspect of yourself, often associated with the feminine mystique and intuition. A full moon signifies completion and wholeness, while a new moon symbolizes new beginnings.
FULL MOON MAGIC is a painting inspired by the beauty of the full moon that is able to create real magic in our life.
Symbols are the language of Dreams.
A heart as a symbol of love, a cross as a symbol of triumph and colorful flowers as symbols of kindness, compassion, gentleness, pleasure, beauty, and gain.
LOVE & GRACE is a wish for you to have always a life full of beauty, love, happiness and divine protection.
“YOUR DREAM IS BORN.”
“SWIRLING FOAMS.”
“FULL MOON MAGIC.”
“LOVE & GRACE.”
