The Society of British Theatre Designers

Biography

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Born in Heraklion, Crete - Greece
Studies:
-Techn. Civil Engineer (BA)
-Music and Piano in Athens and Crete for 10 years
Master of Arts (MA) in Theatre Design – Scenography at the Wimbledon School of Art (WSA), London UK (1995)
Seminar: Theatre Design Summer School in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), London (1993)
Exhibitions:
• "Transformations in Theatre and Scenography" at the MA of Theatre Design Graduation Exhibition in Wimbledon School of Art, London, July 1995.
• "Images in the process of a Scenography" at "Stavlos" Gallery, Athens, March 1998.
• "Fairies" at "Androgeo" Town Hall Gallery, Heraclion - Crete, December 1998.
• "Crowd Images" at the "Doma" Gallery, Theatre of Neos Kosmos, Athens,
• November 1999. (Group Exhibition)
• "Mixed compositions" at "Monohoro" Art Gallery, Athens, November 2001.
• "Krinos and Anemoni" at "Technopolis – Gazi" (city of Athens), March 2002. (Group Exhibition)
• "Rainbow" at the "Art – Forum" Gallery, Thessaloniki, October 2002. (Group Exhibition)
• "Woman" at the "Art Center"Gallery of Athens, Athens, November 2003 (Group Exhibition)
• "Water Gems" at the "Monohoro" Art Gallery, Athens November 2004
• "Art and Theatre Design work" at the Basilica of Saint Mark Museum, Heraclion Crete, January - February 2011.
Books:
• "Fairies"
• "A Kite named Shark"
• "A Flower that wanted to become a butterfly"
Teaching Theatre Design and Art since 2000.In 2000 founded the "Laboratory of Scenography, Athens (LSA) - a Laboratory of Art".(Prague Quadrennial: http://www.pq.cz/en/scenography-education)
Performances:
"Thread", Performance - Installation by CMD Group at BIOS Athens, January - February 2008,(as Artistic Director)
"Inverted Thread - the fairy Tale" Dance Performance by CMD Group at ASKISI theatre Athens, 2009 - 2010,( as Artistic Director )
Founding member of the CMD group (2007).
Future work:
Books: "Τhe inverted Thread" (Fairy tale, text) and
"The Magic Scene – Transformation in Theatre and Scenography" (Essay Study)
Exhibition: "Shoe Box Art", 2012
Performance: A study on a novel of F. Pessoa
Member of:
The Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD),
International Institute of Theatre (IIT),
The Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (EETE)
She has worked as a professional Theatre and Costume Designer in Theatre and Dance performances since 1996.
(Theatre and Costume Design work)
• "MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM" by W. Shakespeare, at OMMA studio, Athens and at the Renaissance Theatre Festival, Rethymnon 1996
• "MEASURE FOR MEASURE" by W. Shakespeare, theatre VIVI, at the Renaissance Theatre Festival, Rethymnon 1997
• "CRUCIFIXION" by G. Boufidis, Byzantine Opera, Athens College Theatre, 1999
• "M. SAHTOURIS POETRY" by G. Magoulas, at Ilissia Theatre, 1999
• "STORY TELLING" by N.Govas at Theatre of Neos Kosmos, 2000
• "PERSEPHONE", Dance Performance at Open Theatre, 2000
• "BURNING PEOPLE", Dance Performance at Open Theatre, 2000
• "THE MOUNTAIN GIANTS" by L.Pirandello, Costumes, Crete 2001
• "THE HOUR WE KNEW NOTHING OF EACH OTHER" by Peter Handke at National Theatre of Greece, 2002
• "MARA SADE" by Peter Weiss at National Theatre of Greece, 2002
• "FOUR RAYS PLUS ONE" by Reggina Kapetanaki and Vassilis Risvas at Theatre of Neos Kosmos, 2003
• "PURE" by Annabel Knight, Athinais Cultural Center, Athens 2005
• "THE THREAD" by CMD group (Artistic Director: Maria Chaniotaki) at BIOS Athens, January - February 2008
• "HE WHO SAYS YES - HE WHO SAYS NO" by B. Brecht, 18 Beaufort group, Director: Olia Lazaridou, Athens Festival, 2008
• "ALBERT" by Vassilis Mavrogeorgiou at Theatre of Neos Kosmos, 2009
• "INVERTED THREAD - THE FAIRY TALE" by CMD Group (Artistic Director: Maria Chaniotaki), Askisi Theatre, Athens 2009 – 2010
• "LETTERS FROM THE EARTH - ADAM AND EVA" by M. Twain, Director: Pantelis Dentakis, at Theatre of Neos kosmos, 2010.
• "THE TROUL’S ENIGMA" by M. Papagianni, Director: P. Dentakis, at Theatre of Neos Kosmos, 2011
• "PLOUTOS" by Aristophanes, Vice Versa Group at Vrahon Theatre, 2011
• "TRAVELLING WITH MY DADDY" by Vassilis Mavrogeorgiou, Director: Vangelis Theodoropoulos at Theatre of Neos Kosmos, 2011
• "6 DEGREES BELOW THE HORIZON" by Rena Konstantaki and Yumiko Yoshioka, Dance Performance at M. Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens 2011 - Berlin 2012.
"FOUR RAYS PLUS ONE" by Reggina Kapetanaki and Vassilis Risvas at Theatre of Neos Kosmos, 2012