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Born in Athens, Greece. Professor of Printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts; Head of the A.S.F.A. Printmaking Studio B, 1989- 2016.

Education

Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy, BFA 1973; M.F.A in Printmaking , Slade School of Fine Arts, (U.C.L.) University College London, 1983; Art of Papermaking, London College of Printing, 1983; New Media, Advanced Printmaking and Digital Printing, Columbia College in Chicago, U.S.A. 2004; Eco-Printmaking, Edinburgh Printmakers Studio in Scotland, 2006.

Career

Her international artistic practice consists of expanded print, collaborative art projects, educational-collaborative work, followed by curated educational exhibitions.
She has presented as many as 35 solo exhibitions, several of which by honorary invitation, in museums, municipalities, universities and institutions in Greece and abroad.

Major Solo Exhibitions, invited artist (Selection)

Italian Institute of Culture, Berlin, 2014 – Athens, 2016; Mikloς Borsos Museum, Györ, Hungary, 2009; Municipal Museum of Arts, Gÿor, Hungary, 2007; National Gallery Villa Vermes, Dunajska Streda, Slovakia, 2008, in the context of the 9th Int. Biennial “The Masters of Graphic Arts”, Gor, Hungary, 2007, Slovakia, 2008; LELAC 18e Salon International de Printemps, Foires Internationales, Luxembourg, 2003; Chappelle du Rahm, Luxembourg, 2002; Bratislava City Gallery, Slovakia, 2002; solo exhibition at the 21st Alexandria Biennale , Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts, Egypt, 2001; Nadezda Petrovic Gallery, Čačak, Serbia, 2001; Galerija, FLU, Belgrade University, Serbia, 2001, in the context of her award at the 5th Int. Biennial of Belgrade, 1998; Stadthalle Deidesheim, Germany, 1994; Maliotis Cultural Center, Boston, U.S.A. 1990; etc.

She has been invited artist in numerous international Print Symposiums, Invited Curator and Jury member in numerous international print exhibitions, including Int. Biennale of Dry Point, Uzice, Serbia, 2005/ 5th & 6th Int. Biennale of Graphic Art, Municipal Museum of Arts Gÿor, Hungary, 1999, 2001.

Her work has been shown in over 100 invitational and juried International Biennials and Triennials, around the world; Numerous group exhibitions .

Prizes, Awards

Her work has been the recipient of major international awards, including the First Prize at the 1st Print Triennial, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2008; First Prize in Graphic Art, Municipality Serra San Quirico, Italy, 1980; First Printmaking Prize, House of Arts and Letters, Athens, Greece, 1985; The Award of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Belgrade, at the 5th Belgrade Print Biennial, Serbia, 1998; Awarded at the 18th Alexandria Biennial, in Egypt, 1994 (National participation of Greece); Artitudes Award, New York Fine Art Competition, N.Y. USA 1989. Her work has been awarded fifteen international distinctions.

Her works feature in important Collections (Selection)

The National Gallery of Athens, Alexander Soutsos Museum, Athens, (Greece); the Teloglion Foundation of Art, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – AUTh (Greece); the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, (Greece); the Municipal Gallery of Larissa – G.I. Katsigras Museum (Greece); the Sakima Art Museum Okinawa, (Japan); the Museum of Graphic Arts, Cairo, (Egypt); the Municipal Museum of Arts, Győr, (Hungary); the Florian Museum Baia-mare, (Romania); the Collection of the International Print Triennial Society Krakow, (Poland); the Warsaw Print Triennial Collection, (Poland); the Galerija, FLU of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Belgrade University, (Serbia); the Višegrad-Gradska Galerija, (Bosnia); The Exlibris, Stedelijk Museum, Sint Niklaas, Belgium.

Her biographical note is included in MARQUIS WHO IS WHO IN THE WORLD, U.S.A.

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