MYRTO XANTHOPOULOU WINS THE ART ATHINA YOUNG ARTIST AWARD

Myrto Xanthopoulou, represented by Citronne Gallery, is the recipient of the Art Athina Young Artist Award. Now in its fourth year, the award aims to support artistic creation as part of the fair’s institutional framework. The award, which includes a solo presentation of the artist’s work at MOMus–Alex Mylona Museum within 2026, was announced on Friday, September 19 2025, by jury member and MOMus representative, Yiannis Bolis.

According to the eligibility criteria, candidates for the Art Athina Young Artist Award must be artists up to 45 years old, living and working in Greece, and nominated by their representing gallery, in which they have held at least one solo exhibition. The award was established by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association, while Art Athina collaborates for the fourth time with MOMus–Alex Mylona Museum, one of the five museums of the Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMus).

After reviewing the 14 submitted nominations from artists and their representing galleries, the jury unanimously decided to present the award to Myrto Xanthopoulou.

The five-member jury consisted of:
Polyna Kosmadaki (Art Historian and Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Benaki Museum)
Christoforos Marinos (Art Historian and Curator)
Thoulis Misirloglou (Art Historian and Artistic Director of MOMus–Museum of Contemporary Art–Collections of the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art and the State Museum of Contemporary Art)
Yiannis Bolis (Art Historian and Head of the Department of Contemporary Sculpture at MOMus–Alex Mylona Museum)
Anna Mykoniati (Art Historian and Curator at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens–EMST)

Art Athina – Jury’s statement

According to the jury, Myrto Xanthopoulou’s work evolves with consistency and coherence, distinguished by the breadth and multiplicity of its artistic media—installations, constructions, drawings, video, performances. It demonstrates a particular interest in the use of language as an expressive tool, while disposable materials and everyday single-use objects form a fundamental element of her practice.

Art Athina is organized by the Hellenic Art Galleries Association and produced by BeBest. The event is part of the Regional Program “Attica 2021–2027.”

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