Katerina Papazissi is an artist based in Athens, Greece. Her studio practice is rooted in painting and expands to sculptural forms and installative formations. It explores the image as a site of transformation, interconnectedness and the reclaiming of narratives.
Recent solo exhibitions include A Dancefloor of One’s Own at Ileana Tounta Contemporary Arts Center (2024) and But Today It Is Different at Athens Municipality Cultural Center (2022), curated by Christoforos Marinos. Notable group exhibitions include A Rave Down Below as part of 2023 Eleusis-European Capital of Culture, curated by Panos Giannikopoulos, and Lavreotiki Land at Lavrion Technological Park (2023).
In 2006, Papazissi co-curated Plastira 16 (Disposable Gallery), a collective project housed in her soon-to-be-demolished home, which represented Greece at the Biennale of Young Artists in Puglia (2008). She was a resident at Monson Arts, Maine, in November 2023 and participated with a scholarship in Oxbow School of Art's Conversations in Practice (2022). She will be a resident at Golden Artist Colors in March 2026.
Papazissi holds an Integrated BA-MA in Painting from the Athens School of Fine Arts, and an MA in Design Studies from Central Saint Martin’s College, London. Her early studies in Social Psychology (BSc) and Media and Communications (MSc), London School of Economics, and her long involvement with contemporary dance and other somatic practices significantly inform her artistic practice.