From Donna Tennant’s Review of Stay still. Smile! at Visual Art Source:

A sense of loss and separation permeates her work, bringing to it a feeling of melancholy. These haunting dresses convey the artist’s beliefs and wide range of experiences. There is history and tradition, ritual and remembrance in Mavromatis’s work, all of which lend it a powerful presence.


From Catherine D. Anspon’s Paper Dresses, Fabric Paintings at Paper City Houston, September 2021

Mavromatis employs an ephemeral substance for her sculptures, which are both feminine and feminist. Her inaugural show at Barbara Davis Gallery features ethereal paper dresses imprinted with images and text, a palimpsest of the past that speaks to us today.


Narrated through the blue and white colors of her homeland, Mavromatis expresses her emotional connection to photographs and mementos that she keeps. In her printmaking, cicada wings echo the shape of Byzantine ornamentation, creating a unique rhythm throughout the collection. When looking at these patterns, the viewer can almost hear the loud collective humming of the cicadas.

Kathryn Hall, Curatorial Fellow at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft


The materials price goes to Anna Mavromatis’ lyrical assemblage, or rather accordion-folded artist book, called Urban after hours. I think the materiality of this work, combining monotypes and collaged elements, also contributes to the very active presence of this object and displays a heightened emotive quality on a smaller scale. It also translated beautifully when seen on a large scale during the reviewing process.

Dena M. Woodall, Ph.D, Curator, Prints & Drawings at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston