Born in Athens in 1964, Maria Filopoulou studied painting under L. Cremonini at the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris (1984-1988), where she continued with postgraduate studies on a French government scholarship (1988-1989). Her first solo exhibition was held at the Ora Gallery in Athens in 1990. Her representational painting usually appears on large canvases which underscore the feeling of space and light. She has had many solo exhibitions and participated in group shows in Greece and abroad, including “In arte veritas” at the Kydonieos Foundation (2005) and “Reflections from Greece” at The National Arts Club in New York (2006). In 2009 she presented a retrospective at the Cycladic Gallery in Hermoupolis, Syros. Her works can be found in the collections of the National Gallery and the Hellenic Parliament as well as in private museums and collections in Greece and abroad.