BIO
Marializa Kambi is a multidisciplinary artist and PhD candidate at the Athens School of Fine Arts and the University of Pireus. Her practice spans the realms of traditional art avant- garde digital art, with a keen interest in experimenting across diverse media, including fashion design. With an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Fine Arts in Athens and a Master in Fashion, Experience & Design Management from SDA Bocconi (Milan), combined with a strong foundation in graphic and media design from the University of the Arts London, Marializa’s work is characterized by the seamless blending of analog and digital techniques, as well as a focus on the experience of the viewer. Her projects are deeply transdisciplinary, exploring intersections between art, science, and technology, and incorporating elements like biology, music, and philosophy into her narratives. Marializa’s artistic practice includes creating immersive installations, experimental prints, and multimedia works, while also integrating fashion as a medium to explore cultural and aesthetic dialogues. She has exhibited internationally—from Athens to London, Washington DC, and Vienna—challenging conventional boundaries and provoking new conversations about the relationship between the digital and the tangible. Through a fusion of analog craftsmanship and digital innovation, her overall identity focuses on inviting audiences into a dynamic dialogue with the constantly shifting landscape of contemporary culture.
CV
Name: Marializa (Maria-Elisavet Dimitriou) Kampi
Phone: +30 6942 091 806
Email: marializa.cambi@gmail.com
Date/Place of Birth: August 19, 1992 / Athens, Greece
Academic Qualifications
2024–Present: PhD Candidate in Fine Arts, Athens School of Fine Arts (ASKT), Greece
2022–2023: Master in Fashion Experience & Design Management – First-Class Honours, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan, Italy
2015–2017: MFA in Fine Arts, Athens School of Fine Arts – GPA 9.09/10
2011–2014: BA (Hons) Graphic and Media Design – Upper Second Class, University of the Arts London, LCC
2010–2011: Foundation in Art & Design, Oxford Brookes University
2008–2009: Pre-Foundation, Central Saint Martins & Chelsea, UAL + UCL
2008–2010: IB Diploma, Moraitis School, Athens
Research Interests
Interdisciplinary artistic and design practices drawing on biology, music, technology, psychology, and philosophy.
Emphasis on experimental digital design and print, sustainability, and fashion as an agent in addressing the climate crisis.
Systematic questioning of the boundaries between science, art, and design.
Exploration of entrepreneurship within social capitalism, merging digital art, textile design, and fine art aesthetics.
Selected Research Projects
2023 – Curator of Default retrospective exhibition, Athens
2022 – Industry Project: Swarovski x Mattel (Barbie), SDA Bocconi
2022 – Fendi Milan flagship window redesign (SDA Bocconi project)
2019 – Paper at DCAC Conference (Ionian University): Matters of Space in Art {and Design} Practice
2016–2018 – Experimental Art & Design program “Post-Nostalgia” (Vakalo School)
2015 – Participation in “Thought Experiments in Graphic Design Education”, UAL
2014 – Presentation at Reading University (UK): Experimental Digital Print Practices
Exhibitions & Academic Presentations
2025
Aurora Art Space, Ekdores, drawings and prints solo pop-up showcase, Athens, Greece
International Group Exhibition, Athens Printmaking Art Center – ID-ENTITIES: Imprints of Personal Data, Athens, Greece
7th International Conference “Digital Culture & Audiovisual Challenges”, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
Presentation: Data Landscapes and the Body Silos
IISA Conference, Academic Participation, University of the Aegean, Mitilini, Greece
2016–2024 (Selected)
2024 - Solo Exhibition, Depo Darm Contemporary Art Space, Athens – Data Landscapes and the Body Silos, Athens, Greece
2024 – Escape Plan 1984/2024, Etch Ink Gallery, Athens, Greece
2023 – The Holy Art Fair, London, UK
2023 – Morphogenetic Fields, Solo Digital Installation, Athens, Greece
2021 – ZIG ZAG Festival, Tinos, Greece 2021 – Methexis of the Fire Tribe, Collaboration with Neda Studio
2020 – Participation in The Culture Channel (online art platform) – https://theculturechannel.com/about/
2019 – Post-Nostalgia, Group Show: 'Design meets Utopia', Romantzo Gallery, Athens, Greece – http://www.postnostalgia.eu/
2019 – CHEAPART ATHENS Gallery Fair – http://kromamagazine.com/event/artathina2019/
2019 – Retrospective of Greek Printmaking, Municipal Gallery of Corfu, Corfu, Greece https://enimerosi.com/details.php?id=37086
2018 - Transformer 15th Annual Silent Auction and Benefit Party, Washington DC, USA. Transformer 15th Annual Silent Auction and Benefit Party | Transformer (transformerdc.org)
2018 – Probably Wonderful?, Group Show, Athens, Greece (SNF, Athens Partnership) – https://www.currentathens.gr/events/event/1848probably-wonderful
2018 – 83rd Thessaloniki International Fair – https://www.cheapart.gr/product/415/archive-cheapart-|-83-deth-/
2018 – PARALLEL VIENNA 2018 – Vienna, Austria https://parallelvienna.com/artists-2018/
2018 – Art Athina Fair – https://www.cheapart.gr/product/428/archivecheapart-2018-/
2018 – Kappatos Gallery ROOMS 2018 – http://kappatosgallery.com/index.php/art-residency/
2018 – The Wrong Biennale – https://thewrong.org/
2017 – ART4MORE: Portraits: The Body and the City – https://art4more.org/2017/10/01/art4more-2017portraits-the-body-and-the-city/
2017 – Solo Show: Digital Play, SIX D.O.G.S Athens – https://marializakambi1.wixsite.com/mk1designs/about-gato
2016 – DEFAULT Collective Member: Exhibitions in Volos & Athens (Piraeus Bank Sponsorship)
2016 – Solo Exhibition, Fouar Art Space, Athens, Greece – https://fouar-athens.gr/gallery/
Professional & Entrepreneurial Activity
Founder of Digital Tribe: A fashion and art brand merging digital aesthetics, fine art, and luxury fashion design with sustainability and innovation at its core.
Digital Tribe emphasizes climate awareness and merges cutting edge visual language insular/urban identity into textile-based wearable art objects-artifacts.
Active as freelance graphic designer and multimedia artist in national and international contexts.
Languages & Skills
Languages: English (Fluent), French (Basic)
Software: Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino 3D, Blender, Ableton Live, Microsoft Office
Interests: Photography, Music, Interior Design, Travel, Ecology
Memberships
Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece
Chartered Society of Designers (UK)