MARIA MARINOU
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Maria Marinou was born in Athens, Greece, in 1986.
Education:
2017-2019: The University of Sheffield – MA Cultural Materials (Distinction)
Taught Masters focusing on archaeological material analysis and cultural materials theory.
2007-2012: Athens School of Fine Arts – BFA/MFA (Distinction)
Five-year study (10 semesters) with a focus on painting, and specialising in Didactics of History of Art.
2015: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Two-month course in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management.
2004-2007: Grigoris Kolizeras Drawing and Painting Studio
Intensive three-year study in the fundamentals of academic classical drawing and painting.
2004-2007: Technological Educational Institute of Athens
Three year study on B&W photography
Awards and additional qualifications
2019: Fronteer Art Exhibition, People’s Choice Award, 2nd Place
2016: Florence Academy of Art Summer Scholarship – Finalist
Project Partnerships
2021-2023: Resident artist with the program “Finds Stories: Addressing Mobility through Object and People Biographies”. This is a collaboration between the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, five European research institutions, from Croatia, Greece, Serbia, and the United Kingdom, who were awarded a prestigious Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Research Grant to study mobility in South-East Europe through object biographies.
Publications
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Marinou, M. (2023). Creative Biography - A Note from the Artist. Finds Stories - Addressing Mobility through People and Object Biographies, 89 -90. (I. Drnić, K. P. Trimmis, & K. Brkić Drnić, Eds.) Zagreb, Croatia: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb.
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Marinou, M. (2023). Creative Biography - A Note from the Artist. Finds Stories - Addressing Mobility through People and Object Biographies, 130. (I. Drnić, K. P. Trimmis, & K. Brkić Drnić, Eds.) Zagreb, Croatia: Archaeological Museum in Zagreb.
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Trimmis, Konstantinos P., Christina Marini, Zoe Katsilerou, Maria Marinou, Konstantza Kapsali, Melpomeni Perdikopoulou, Valentina Soumintoub, et al. “A Study on Creative Object Biographies. Can Creative Arts Be a Medium for Understanding Object–Human Interaction?” Archaeological Dialogues, 2024, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1380203824000023.
Published Illustrations
2021: Illustrations featured in: Moudopoulos-Athanasiou, F. 2021. Εν Αρτσίστη τη...Μια ορεινή κοινότητα ανάμεσα σε παρελθόν και μέλλον, In Moudopoulos-Athanasiou, F. (eds). Αθήνα: Εταιρεία Σύγχρονης Ιστορίας
2020: Feature in the first edition of The Indie Guide, a UK magazine for creative small businesses.
2019: Archaeological illustrations featured in: Gawlinski, L. 2019. A Religion without Priests?: Dressing the Dynamic Identities of Greek Religious Personnel, In Hallman, A. (eds). Outward Appearance vs. Inward Significance: Addressing Identities through Attire in the Ancient World. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
2016-2017-2018: Provided archaeological illustrations for official merchandise associated with excavations at the Athenian Agora.
2016: Archaeological illustrations “Priest and Priestess” featured in: Gawlinski, L. 2017. Towards a Theory of Religious Dress. In Cifarelli, M & Gawlinski, L (eds). What Shall I Say of Clothes? Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Dress in Antiquity. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America.
2013: Provided multiple illustration, including front and back cover images, for publication in: Kouratou, H. 2013. Katharsis. Athens: Ocelotos Publications.
Selected Exhibitions
2024: "Meet the Locals" Fronteer Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2023: "Maria Marinou: Artwork from the Last Five Years", Gills&Co, Sheffield, UK
2023: "Classical Poses, Gods and Monsters", Maria Marinou, Loukas Georgiou, David Jones, Paul Sellers, Matilda Meanwhile Space, Sheffield, UK
2023: "Maria Marinou @Trippets", Sheffield, UK
2022: "The Fronteer Open", Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield, UK
2022: Maria Marinou & Loukas Georgiou @Trippets Lounge Bar, Sheffield, UK
2021: "The Fronteer Open", Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield, UK
2021: "Abstract", Fronteer Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2021: "1821, Οπτική μιας Επανάστασης - 1821, Perspective of a Revolution", Imagine Gallery, Athens, Greece
2021: "1821, Οπτική μιας Επανάστασης - 1821, Perspective of a Revolution", National War Museum of Athens, Athens, Greece
2020: "Meet the Locals", Fronteer Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2020: Portraits from S1, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
2019: The Fronteer Art, 35 Chapel Walk Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2019: Open up Sheffield (Artists’ Open Studios Sheffield and South Yorkshire), Sheffield, UK
2019: Solo exhibition at Trippets Jazz Bar, Sheffield, UK
2018: The Great Sheffield Art Show, Sheffield, UK
2018: Open up Sheffield (Artists’ Open Studios Sheffield and South Yorkshire), Sheffield, UK
2018: Solo exhibition at Trippets Jazz Bar, Sheffield, UK
2018: Portraits of Sheffield Archaeologists, at The Red Deer, solo exhibition, Sheffield, UK
2017: Painting Now, Studio One Gallery, London, UK
2016: “2nd Fine and Applied Arts Exhibition – Collage Art Lab” – Athens, Greece
2015: "Sphinx 2015 - The Hidden Thebes Festival, International Art Exhibition" -City of Thebes, Greece
2015: "Δεξαμενή Ονείρων", "Dream Tank" - City of Eleusis, Greece
2015: " 2011- 2012 Graduating Class" - Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2014-2015: “Painting#1: From Realism to Abstraction” - Chili Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
2014: “Images of the sea” - exhibition in collaboration with Greek Centre for Marine Research and
PERSEUS scientific program, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2012: Graduation Exhibition Show - Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2012: Engraving Workshop Exhibition - Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2010: “A3-Sharing clouds” - Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2010: “Art and Bipolarity” - Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2010: 7th Painting Workshop Exhibition - Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2009: “A3”- Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
2009: “Why cinema now? 50th Thessaloniki Film Festival” - Thessaloniki Cultural Centre of the
Educational Foundation of the National Bank, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008: “Fire Diaries: exhibition with the 7th Painting Workshop” - Melina Merkouri Cultural Centre,
Athens, Greece
2008: Group Exhibition, Pontoporos Gallery, Paros, Greece