Myrto Papadopoulos

Myrto Papadopoulos

Myrto Papadopoulos

Athens, Greece

Myrto Papadopoulos’s artistic practice focuses on in-depth narratives that explore the limits of documentary photography and challenge viewers' perspectives. She continuously pushes the traditional 
boundaries of the medium, seeking to develop a new visual language that incorporates experimental tools and other forms of media. 

Originally from Athens, Greece, Papadopoulos studied painting and photography at the School of Fine Arts of Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. In 2006, she pursued a degree in documentary photography at the International Center of Photography in New York and was granted a scholarship. Over the course of her career, Papadopoulos has worked with high-profile organizations and media outlets including Dior, National 
Geographic, Smithsonian, The New York Times, and Time among others. 

She was an IMEDD fellow in 2019 – 2021, supported by the Niarchos Foundation, and has been nominated for the Prix Pictet and the Magnum Foundation Grant. Her work has been presented in solo and group 
exhibitions and it is part of private collections.

Selected solo and group exhibitions:
2024 -The Benaki Museum - Spirits Unseen - Upcoming solo exhibition, Athens, Greece
2023 - Foodprint EMST, Museum of Modern Art, Athens - upcoming
2023 - Art Residency Photoxenia, Crete - Mamidakis Foundation - upcoming
2023 - Villa Pérochon, Niort - Centre D’Art Photographique D’intérêt National, Niort, France
2022 - Athens Photo Festival- official section, The Benaki museum, Athens, Greece
2020 -Athens Photo Festival - curator of “The Journal Exhibition”, The Benaki museum.
2019 - Athens Photo Festival - official section, The Benaki museum, Athens, Greece
2019 - PHotoESPAÑA, Madrid - OFFLAND, official section, Madrid, Spain
2018 - TBLISI Photo Festival, Tbilisi, Georgia
2016- The Benaki Museum - People On The Move, Athens, Greece
2016 - MedPhoto Festival, Crete, Greece
2015 - Tositsa Foundation, Athens - Solo exhibition - Athens, Greece
2015 - Lishui Photography Festival, China
2014 - EU Parliament - Speaker & Solo exhibition, Bruxelles, Belgium
2013 - Flash Forward Exhibition, Toronto & Washington DC
2011 - Athens Photo Festival - Solo exhibition - Athens, Greece
2010 - LOOK3 Between Festival, Virginia, USA
2010 - Cedefop Photo Museum International Award - Archeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece 
2010 - DUMBO Arts Festival, New York, USA
2009 - Festival Circulation(s) - Festival de la Jeune Photographie Européenne, Paris, France
2009 - PHOTOQUAI Museé Quai Branly, Paris, France