FOUNDERS

The founders are committed to maintaining a presence on both sides of the globe, inviting international artists to participate in the Residency and collaborating with artist communities and universities in Greece and in the U.S. to bring the work of Mudhouse artists-in-residence into the public eye.

Jenny Carolin

Jenny Carolin received her Masters in Fine Arts with a concentration in Painting from Syracuse University, and her Bachelors in Fine Arts from the Columbus College of Art and Design. The desire to find movement and expression in two dimensional work led her to expand her practice to include performance, video, installation and filmmaking. In 2023 she was the Alpert Fellow for the School of Visual Arts at Syracuse University. Currently, she is a faculty member at Parsons New School in Manhattan, where she maintains her studio practice.- jennycarolinart.com

Varvara Liakounakou

Varvara Liakounakou was born in Athens, Greece. She received her diploma in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. Her paintings are based on her drawings, which begin as doodlings, inspired by human nature. To create atmosphere and expression around her abstraction of the figure, the drawings build upon themselves with layers and layers of line, and she uses many transparent layers of oil colors and oil pastels to translate a similar drawn quality to painting. She has taught painting and drawing in Athens, Greece at a private institute. Varvara has had solo and group shows in Greece and Europe, and her work is owned by the Vorres Museum in Greece and other private collections. http://www.liakounakou.gr