Opy Sarpaki Zouni was born in Cairo in 1941. She lived and worked in Athens since 1963. She has died after she lost her battle with cancer on 5th December 2008.
She has studied painting (1959-62) in Cairo and at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1963-68).
She has participated in more than 450 group exhibitions in Greece and abroad, including the Biennials of · Sao Paulo (79) · Alexandria (70) · Ljubljana (79,83,85,87) · Fredrikstad (80,82,84,86,90,92,95, 96) · Rijeka (82,84,88) · Baden Baden (83) · Krakow (86,88,91,95) · Bradford (84) · Tuzla (84) · Grenchen (85,88) · Chamalières (91) and international exhibitions in · Paris (73,74,75,77,78,90,91,93,94,95, 96) · Cagnes-s-mer (71) · Amsterdam (73,81) · Stuttgart (78) · Brussels (88,89,94) · Belgrad (80) · Skopje (78,81) · Taipei (83) · Biella (83, 87) · Warsaw (84) · Budapest (85,86,87) · Kyoto (85,86,87,88, 89) · Grenoble (89) · Wroclaw (92) · Cairo (93,97,99,03) · Bangkok (95), as well as in international meetings and congresses.
They have been edited: Monographs: A bilingual (Greek – English), concerning her work since 1964 (268 pages, 380 colored photos, Adam editions, Athens 1997) · “Course of idea – Course of form”, 1961-2003 (182 pages, 240 photos, ed. Paratiritis, Thessaloniki 2003) · “Itineraries through light and colour” (bilingual, 296 pages, 330 photos, ed. Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens 2006) · “Opy Zouni” (224 pages, 280 photos, K. Adam Publishing, Athens 2006) · Opy Zouni (144 pages, 150 photos,ed.Ta Nea, Athens 2007) · Opy Zouni – Ordo ab Chao (335 pages, 325 photos, ed. Benaki Museum, Alexandros Zounis, Athens 2016) and 20 catalogues of exhibitions. Well-known art critics have often written articles analysing her work in Greek and international specialized art journals and in the general press (Art Press, ± 0, Arte, Journal de Genève, La Suisse, Figaro, to name but a few). She has written articles which have been published in magazines and books, such as "Leonardo" (Vol 18, Nr 2, 1985) · the books: "Symmetry 2" (from the series "Computer and Mathematics", Pergamon Press) · “Arte e Tecnologia” (published by Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, 1993) · “Symmetry 2000” (ed. Portland Press, London, 2002).
Her work is in museums and private collections in Greece, Switzerland, France, Belgium, former Yugoslavia, USA and elsewhere, among them Athens National Gallery • Athens National Sculptures Gallery • Ministry of Culture, Athens • Beograd Contemporary Art Museum • Macedonian Museum of Modern Art, Thessaloniki • Cabinet des Estampes, Genève • B.& E. Goulandris ‘ Museum of Modern Art, Andros • Sztuki Museum, Lodz • Municipal Gallery of Rhodos • Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne • Ministerie Van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Brussels • Musum of Contemporary Art MUHKA, Antwerpen • Peter C. Ruppert collection in Museum im Kulturspreicher, Würtzburg • Athens Municipal Gallery • E. Averoff Art Gallery, Metsovo • Vorres’ Museum, Paiania, Athens etc.