Kostas Karakitsos - "Women" Myrό Success story 2014

Kostas Karakitsos is one of the most prominent Greek ceramists who honoured us with his trust and partnership this year. His latest series consisted mostly of lifesize female figures belonging to his newest series “Women” gained admiration from a wide spec of visitors in Myrό Gallery. In addition, the exhibition has been a major success; at its conclusion, no piece remained unsold to return to the artist. Two collectors acquired all the exhibited works, and left us with the promise to be notified for any potential show of the artist.

The depicted works belong to the series "Women" of Kostas Karakitsos sold through Myrό Gallery of Contemporary Art, in Thessaloniki, Greece. View all of his works created within or for Greek Marble Initiative, with full details HERE.

-Paris Kapralos 

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Ciprian Hopirtean 2014 success story

Ciprian Hopirtean came to us early, and started working by the middle of June. He was one of the longest remaining sculptors who extended their stay even after the end of the Symposium. Always smiling and a very enthousiastic person with everyone, the most common of the phrases you’ll hear from him is “No problem”. He uses this common phrase in such an extent that it is said among the sculptors that when Ciprian recognises a problem in a situation the world will end!  Handling volumes of marble extremely hard to work, and delivering excellent pieces out of them can be mentioned as one of his  talents. As most of the sculptors we worked with, so is Ciprian good in a variety of arts apart from sculpture; he produces very interesting expressionistic sketches, miniature terracotta statues, and he is particularly keen on canvas restoration.


A brand new series was inspired by the symposium shown in a solo exhibition in Myrό Gallery of Contemporary Arts in November 2014. The exhibition has been a major success; they were acquired by a single collector, and the exhibition  hit the roof in terms of visitors, who vastly left excellent comments on the new series.

Ciprian Hopirtean is also one of the first sculptors to embrace and participate in the Greek Marble Initiative platform and projects. And in the Initiative we have every reason to be proud for this. Ciprian is now at work on  his latest sculptrure. In addition we are excited for the acquisition of  Ciprian's latest series of sculptures. As  the historian and theoretic of Arts Thouli Misirloglou writes in an article, “Hopirtean's sculpture manage volume in a rhythmic manner, followed by form, lines and a harmonious juxtaposition of binary formats”.

Ciprian Hopirtean born in 1977 in Aiud of Romania. In 2008 he graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the School of Fine Arts in Oradea, Romania. His expertise covers two fields: painting and restoration of paintings. He is a member of the Association of Visual Artists of Northern Greece (SKETVE). He has shown his works in 10 personal exhibitions. He also took part in many group exhibitions both in Greece and abroad. He lives and works in Thessaloniki.

The depicted works are the ones sold through Myrό Gallery of Contemporary Art, in Thessaloniki, Greece. View all of his works created within or for Greek Marble Initiative, with full details HERE.

-Paris Kapralos 

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Michalis Vouzounerakis' Myrό Success story 2013

I believe Michalis Vouzounerakis is truly on of the best next-generation marble sculptors born in Greece. He experimentation is constant and all his series from the first to the last piece are sound and  constant. Due his obligation to attend many international symposia , he came somewhat late during the first symposium of the Greek Marble Initiative, at Myrό Antiques House premises, where the symposia of the Intiative take place, in August 2013. Cheerfull, hardworking, inventinve, he produced quality sculptures in a suprisingly little time. His way to make marble seem like fluidic lava is incomparable, while his graffitti-like sketches he designed on the initial volumes, before cutting them became something of a legend.

Due to a partnership that followed our initial contact, Michalis produced a new series of works “Osteones” to show in Myrό Gallery, consisted of small sculptures, inspired by his participation in the Initiative. They have been showed in a solo exhibition and demonstrate the new style and form adopted by the artist. Osteones -they are called “Osteons” in English medicine terminology- is the fundamental functional unit of much compact bone. Osteons are roughly cylindrical structures that are typically several millimeters long and around 0.2mm in diameter, who function as a creation and resorption method for the bone in mammals and the humans.

The show was a major success. A sold out was accomplished in the opening night, for all the pieces shown in the exhibition. The comments about his new work were enthusiastic, and there are many people looking forward to his newer exhibition, with the same series developed more in terms of form, on April 2015.

Michael Vouzounerakis born in Heraklion, Crete in 1980. He lived and grew up in Ierapetra. He left Ierapetra after High School to study marble sculpture in the school at the Tower of Tinos with teachers the sculptor G.Maniatako and the painter D.Mpeza, G.Syliko at marble sculturing, and G.Roukouni-Maniatakou architectural design. During these three years (1998-2001) in the school of Tinos he was also awarded three times with a prize from the Ministry of the Aegean. There are several of his works in private collections, cemeteries, churches, etc. in Greece and abroad. He has participated in several international sculpture symposiums in Lebanon, Russia, Romania, Turkey and Egypt.

The depicted works are the ones sold through Myrό Gallery of Contemporary Art, in Thessaloniki, Greece. View all of his works created within or for Greek Marble Initiative, with full details HERE.

-Paris Kapralos 

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