Maria Ikonomopoulou was born in 1961 in Kalamata (GR). After finishing her studies in Economics at the University of Athens she moved to The Netherlands to study Arts in 1985. First, she attended the Free Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague for two years. In 1991 she graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam from the Sculpture and Monumental Art department.

She has created commissioned pieces for the public space in The Netherlands and her work has been exposed in Belgium, Greece and The Netherlands. Her work is included in the collection of the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST) in Athens, the State Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, Museum Meermanno in The Hague, public institutions in The Netherlands and numerous private collections in Europe.

Maria Ikonomopoulou is based in Rotterdam.