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MÁTI GREY is an Athens-based studio that envisions pioneering collaborations and projects to amplify cross-cultural narratives. Translated to ‘grey eye’, our studio infuses vernacular principles into contemporary design thinking through research-based consulting, curated exhibitions, creative productions, cultural programming, and brand development. We serve clients across private, corporate, and cultural institutions and offer bespoke art and antique advisory services upon request.

Select Clients:

Ace Hotel (Research and Narrative Building), Shasha Movies (Collaboration Placement), Katharina Maria Raab (Curatorial Research), The Alekos Fassianos Estate (Programming/Press), Salma Tuqan (Curatorial Research)

ATHENS DESIGN FORUM

  • CONCEPT IDEATION

  • FUNDRAISING

  • COLLABORATIONS (Les Ateliers Courbet, The Design Release, Collectible Design Fair, 5VIE Design Week)

  • PRODUCTION LOGISTICS & SERVICES

  • PHOTOPRODUCTION

  • PRESS TRIP PLANNING

  • ARCHIVAL AND MARKET RESEARCH

  • PRESS WRITING AND PLACEMENTS

  • NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT

  • ARTIST MANAGEMENT

  • LOCATION SCOUTING

VISIT

MILAN DESIGN WEEK

ROUTE-IN by Tbilisi-based Rooms Studio curated and commissioned by Katerina Papanikolopoulos for Athens Design Forum and Milan Design Week | 5VIE District

FILM CURATION

Introducing film programming within Athens Design Forum’s 2023-24 season, titles and collaborations include:

Menelaos Karamaghiolis (Gloria Olivae)

Yungatar Collective – Deepa Dhanraj (Sudesha, Tobacco Embers)

Shasha Movies

Martá Rodriguez (Chircales)

Mohamed Khan (El Batikha)

Hicham Gardaf (In Praise of Slowness)

Izza Genini (Aïta)

Syros International Film Festival

SHASHA MOVIES

Consulted Shasha Movies head of programming, Bella Barkett, to collaborate with Syros International Film Festival - Topos 2022 in Greece

Shasha Movies is the independent streaming service for South-West Asian and North African cinema

Presenting:

Talking about Trees
Suhaib Gasmelbari, Sudan, 2019, 93′

PHOTOGRAPHY

To request a portfolio, kindly email info@matigrey.com.

Image: Isla Negra, Chile, 2016. © Katerina Papanikolopoulos

 
Thedore Psychoyos Butterfly Library

EXHIBITIONS

Units of Infrastructure curated by Katerina Papanikolopoulos for Athens Design Forum

Sourcing local and rare marbles, Papanikolopoulos presented and developed alongside artist Theodore Psychoyos the “Butterfly Library” and marble constructions later acquired by Carwan Gallery for his first formal showcase of collectible design, titled “Raw Objects”

ANDRÉS ALTAMIRANO X UNSUNG WEAVERS

  • CONCEPT IDEATION

  • COLLABORATIONS

  • PHOTOGRAPHER PLACEMENT

  • PRODUCTION & LOGISTICS

  • PRESS

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ANDRÉS ALTAMIRANO X SERA STUDIO

  • PHOTOGRAPHER PLACEMENT

NEIGE THEBAULT X ROSIE ASSOULIN

  • PHOTOGRAPHER PLACEMENT OF PARIS-BASED NEIGE THEBAULT FOR DAYTONA WILLIAM’S GARDEN SOIREE ORGANIZED FOR ROSIE ASSOULIN

ARCHIVAL RESEARCH

  • CRAFT/ARCHITECTURE

  • TEXTILES

  • ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH

  • MIGRATION

  • DESIGN/OBJECTS

  • DANCE/PERFORMANCE

  • PHOTOGRAPHY

CLIENTS:
SALMA TUQAN / KATHARINA MARIA RAAB

New Images of Man - Blum & Poe

PUBLICATIONS

Contributed to New Images of Man catalogue through writing thirty-five artist biographies, including Ibrahim El Salahi, Agustín Càrdenas, and Miriam Cahn.

This catalogue was published alongside the exhibition New Images of Man curated by Alison M. Gingeras, on view at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles February-March 2020.

Self cover, 68 pages
Los Angeles: Blum & Poe, 2020
11 x 14 inches
Weight: 1.2 lbs

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