Born 1994 in Thessaloniki, Greece. She lives and works in Hamburg since 2014.



EDUCATION

2019-2021 MFA, HFBK Hamburg, Prof. Werner Büttner & Prof. Andrew Gilbert
2018-2019 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Prof. Daniel Richter
2014-2019 BFA, HFBK Hamburg, Prof. Werner Büttner



AWARDS/GRANTS

2022 Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), Athens, GR
2022 Fellowship, Trittauer Wassermühle der Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Stormarn, Trittau, DE
2022 Artist Grant, NEUSTART KULTUR: Kickstarter-Zuschuss für Absolvent*innen 
2020 Encouraging New Talent Grant by Schües Art Foundation, Hamburg, DE
2020 Artist travel grant, exhibition exchange project, Goldsmiths University of London, UK
2019 Artist travel grant, exhibition exchange project, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FRA



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2024 Fäden ziehen, Hinterconti, Hamburg, DE (upcoming)
2024 Kunsthalle Niendorf - Everyone but Caspar!, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg, DE (upcoming)
2024 The place to be, Käferklause, Dresden, DE

2023 hellblau, Lycra, Hamburg, DE
2023 Framed, Galerie Wassermühle Trittau, DE (solo)
2023 Paper Jam II, Gallery OKNAF, New Delhi, IND
2023 Home Sweet Home II, Ingeborg Wiensowski, Hamburg, DE
2022 La Jalousie, Lycra, Hamburg, DE
2022 The light burns blue, Atelierhaus Trittau, Trittau, DE
2022 Eb-Dietzsch-Kunstpreis für Malerei 2022, Gera-Greiz, DE
2022 Hiscox Kunstpreis Art Award, HFBK Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
2021 Inside my foggy mind, the world is tiny, Galerie 21, Hamburg, DE
2021 Graduate Show, HFBK Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
2021 Hamburg Bananas on Holiday in Slovakia, Faculty of Fine Arts, Technical University, Košice, Slovakia, SK
2021 Grüße aus Rothenburgort, Galerie Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, DE
2021 Annual exhibition, HFBK Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
2021 DirecTV21, Kanister, Hamburg, DE
2020 Poster Wall, Other types studio, Marie-Jonas-Platz Eppendorf, Hamburg, DE
2020 Kaufhaus im Kunsthaus, Oel-Früh Galerie at Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
2020 Paper Jam, FRISE Künstlerhaus, Hamburg, DE
2020 Annual exhibition, HFBK Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
2020 Softly Creased, c/o Schocke, Hamburg, DE (solo)
2020 Home Sweet Home, Ingeborg Wiensowski, Hamburg, DE
2019 They put it together, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2019 Echte Unmöglichkeit, Kunstraum R25L, Berlin, DE
2019 Graduate Show, HFBK, Hamburg, DE
2019 La Main Gauche du Manchot, 8. Salon, Hamburg, DE
2019 Ne désespère pas, aie confiance., École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FRA
2019 Annual exhibition class of W. Büttner, HFBK, Hamburg, DE
2019 Rundgang 2019, Expanded Pictorial Space, Akademie der bildende Künste Wien, Vienna, AUT
2019 #ausgangvienna, Dessous, Vienna, AUT
2018 Eviction Trail, Benzene, Hamburg, DE
2018 TOXIC BOOM ROOM, Benzene, Hamburg, DE
2018 Leicht. Sinn, Kunstverein Wesseling e.V., Wesseling, DE
2018 KDK Off Space, Überseecontainer Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, DE
2018 Miles and Bonus, Xyzzy, Thessaloniki, GR
2018 Annual exhibition class of W. Büttner, HFBK. Hamburg, DE





PUBLICATIONS / CATALOGUES

2022 Despoina Pagiota, Works 2020-2022, catalogue, Hamburg, DE
2022 Eb-Dietzsch-Kunstpreis für Malerei 2022, exhibition catalogue, Gera-Greiz, DE
2022 Hiscox Kunstpreis Art Award 2021, exhibition catalogue, Hamburg, DE
2021 The Flesh of Ensor is Devoured Upon a Lidl Hawaiian Pizza, Hamburg, DE
2021 Grüße aus Rothenburgsort, exhibition catalogue, Hamburg, DE
2019 Prothese Magazin, Unmöglichkeit #3, Hamburg, DE
2018 TOXIC BOOM ROOM, exhibition catalogue, Hamburg, DE
2018 Leicht. Sinn, exhibition catalogue, Wesseling, DE