Yota Argyropoulou

Yota Argyropoulou is an actress/performer, director and writer.

She was born in Αthens and studied Theatre and Performance at Goldsmiths, University of London, and History of Art at the University of East London. She has directed "ALEXA", with the support of Onassis Air and KAAITHEATRE, and "YOUTHQUAKE", which was presented at the Athens & Epidaurus Festival 2022.

Her first play “HOTEL” was selected among the 17 finalists in Berliner Festspiele 2017 at the Theatertreffen’s Stückemarkt. She has also written “Looking for Holden Caulfield,” a theatrical adaptation of “The Catcher in the Rye” by Salinger (Οnassis Youth Festival, 2016), the theatre performance "Blink,"(Ibsen Festival 2016/National Theatre of Oslo), and co-written an adaptation of “Ghosts” (Αthens & Epidaurus Festival, 2018). She has run workshops on theatre, performance, and poetry and she collaborates in designing artistic education programs with the art space TAVROS. She also participated in the on-line festival of Ars Electronica 2021, in MIRfestival 2021.

She created the solo long-durational performance "One Person at a Time" for the exhibition 'As One', organized by the Marina Abramovic Institute (MAI) and NEON at the Benaki Museum in Αthens, and she was invited to participate in the “watch & talk” residency at Zürcher Theater Spektakel.

Co-founder of blindspot theatre group, she has performed and contributed artistically in: “Hedda Gabler” (Οnassis Stegi, 2015), “HOTEL” (Αthens School of Fine Arts, 2015, and Dimitria Festival, 2016), "X-Tokio" (Apo Mixanis Theatre and Theaterlandschaft Südeuropa 2015 at Theatre an der Ruhr), among others. She has performed in theatrical productions in England, Spain, Italy, and Greece in plays such as Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" (Ophelia), Strindberg’s "The Storm" (Gerda), Martin Crimp’s "Attempts on Her Life," and in the performance "An Oak Tree" directed by Tim Crouch. She played in the feature films "Before Midnight" by Richard Linklater, "Luton" by Michalis Konstantatos, in the film installation "The Airport" by John Akomfrah, and in the film "All the Pretty Little Horses" by Michalis Konstantatos —all of which were screened in renounced international film festivals

Yota Argyropoulou is a participant of The Critical Practices Program of Οnassis AiR 2019-20 and of the Tailor-made Residencies program 2023-24.