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MARIA LOIZIDOU

Born 1958, Limassol, Cyprus.
Lives and works in Nicosia.

 

Education
1976 - 1981
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Lyon FR

Awards - Scholarships
2009
1st Award, XVeme Biennale Internationale de la Céramique, Châteauroux FR
2005
3rd Award, Park of Peace, AA+U, Nicosia CY
1998
1st Award, Public works building, association Socratis Stratis, Nicosia CY
1996
2nd Award, Industrial developments building, Nicosia CY
1st Award Europan, Iraklion Crete, association Socratis Stratis, Akis Ioannides, Kiriakos Koundouros
1992
2nd Award, Fire service building, Nicosia CY
1987
Scholarship, Pratt Institute, New York US
1983
Leventis Foundation Scholarship, Paris FR
1981
Fondation de France Scholarship, Paris FR
Prix de Paris, villa Peyzieux, Paris FR
1980
Helene Linossieur School, Lyon FR

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009
Cartographies, AD Gallery, Athens GR
2008
Living small, Benaki Museum, Athens GR
2007
Self other, Argo Gallery, Nicosia CY
2003
AD Gallery, Athens GR
Dark Rooms, Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation, Nafplion GR
2002
The Wreck of Peace, Fortezza Castle, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Rethymnon, Crete GR
2001
Let's get lost, Diatopos Gallery, Nicosia CY
2000
Trauma, Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia CY
1997
In the Gardens of the Anastassios G. Leventis Foundation, Leventis Foundation, Nicosia CY
1995
Drawings, Gallery Schageshof, Willich DE
For an imaginary square, Argo Gallery, Nicosia CY
1994
House of Cyprus, Athens GR
AD Gallery, Athens GR
1993
Argo Gallery, Nicosia CY
1992
Gallery Schageshof, Willich DE
Leventis Municipal Museum, Nicosia CY
1991
Desmos Gallery, Athens GR
1990
Odos Athinon Gallery, Limassol CY
1989
Morphi Gallery, Limassol CY
Chrysaliniotissa, Nicosia CY
1987
Diaspro Gallery, Nicosia CY
1986
Galerie Conflluence, Paris FR
French Cultural Centre, Nicosia CY
1985
Caisse d' Epargne, Paris FR
1984
Famagusta Gate, Nicosia CY
Cite des Arts, Paris FR

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Anima - Animalia, XVeme Biennale Internationale de la Céramique, Châteauroux FR
Portraits de chaussures. Histoire de pieds, Sungkok Museum, Seoul KR
Metissage, Paris FR
Tenants, AD Gallery – Remap2, Parallel event to the 2nd Athens Biennial, Keramikos, Athens GR
Praxis: Art in times of uncertainty, , 2nd Thessaloniki Bienniale of Contemporary Art, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki GR
Art Athina 09, AD Gallery, Faliro Pavilion (TaeKwonDo), Athens GR
2006
Genin, Performance, Attis Theater, Athens GR
Porus Borders, 10th international architectural exhibition “La Biennale di Venezia”, Venice IT
Femmes d’Europe, Saint Tropez FR
Mémoires visuelles, Apollonia, Strasbourg FR
2005
Leaps of faith, Nicosia CY
Plus Jamais Seuls - L' autre ville #2, La BF15, Lyon FR
Accidental Meetings, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia CY
Going Public '05 - Communities and Territories, Larissa Contemporary Art Centre, Larissa GR
ArtStars, Abbaye de Neumunster, Luxembourg LU
Visions, A Contemporary Art Show, Kappatos Gallery, Athens Imperial Hotel, Athens & Makedonia Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki GR
2004
The New Ten, Kunstlerhaus Museum, Vienna AT & Museum Kuppersmuhle, Duisburgh DE
Paradigmata, Greek Pavillion, 9th international architectural exhibition “La Biennale di Venezia”, Venice IT
Art Athina 04, AD Gallery, Athens GR
The suffering body, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Rethymnon, Crete GR
Athens by Art, Municipality of Athens & AICA Hellas, various locations, Athens GR
Projecting the Other, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia CY
2003
Art Athina 03, AD Gallery, Athens GR
2002
People, faces, form, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Rethymnon, Crete GR
2001
Estate of Epi and Manos Pavlides, Paiania, Athens GR
Purple Earth, Sifnos GR
Mythologies of the book, Frankfurt DE
1999
P+P=D, New (Greek) Art from the 1970s and 1980s, From the Activities of the Desmos Gallery (1971-1993),
DESTE Foundation, Athens GR
1998
Mediterranea, Church of St. Catherine, Brussels BE
1996
Pro Patria, House of Cyprus, Athens GR
The guardian of our souls, Minos Beach Hotel, Agios Nikolaos, Crete GR
1995
Ephemera, House of Cyprus, Athens GR & Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki GR
Art Athina 95, Desmos Gallery, Athens GR
1994
Cyprus 1960-1994, Contemporary Quests: Re-Genesis, Art Athina 94, Athens GR
Art Athina 94, Desmos Gallery, Athens GR
Techne & Metis, Famagusta Gate, Nicosia CY (1994), House of Cyprus, Athens, GR (1995), Magasin, Grenoble FR (1995)
1993
Modern Greek Artists: Clay and Plastic Creation, European Cultural Center of Delphi, Delphi GR (1993), Pierides Foundation, Athens GR (1994), Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia CY (1994)
1991
Itineraires, Marpa, Lyon FR
1989
Mediterraneo, Bari IT
Municipal Arts Centre, Athens GR
1988
Municipal Cultural Centre, Athens GR
1987
Biennial of European Young Artists, Barcelona ES
1986
Laiki Bank Cultural Centre, Nicosia CY
Venice Biennale, official participation of Cyprus, Venice IT
Les Arts Plastiques, La Fondation de France, Brive FR
1985
Travaux sur papier, Villeparisis FR
Salon de Montrouge, Bessec, Montrouge FR
Une legerete monumentale, Paris FR
Biennial of Young European Artists, Marseille FR
1984
Psychoanalysis Symposium, Armando Verdiglione Foundation, Jerusalem IL
Psychoanalysis Conference, Armando Verdiglione Foundation, Tokyo JP
Sculpture Symposium, Park of Contemporary Sculpture, Nicosia CY
1983
Maison de l' UNESCO, Paris FR
Festival of Contemporary Art, Quartier d' horloge, Paris FR
Dedans - Dehors, Sculpture Symposium, Maison des Artists de la Fondation Hebert d' Uckermann, La Tronche FR
1982
Sculpture Symposium, Bron FR

Open-Air Installations/ Public or Private Commissions
2007
"L’apparition des anges", Fatima PT
2002
"AlphaFos", Alpha Bank, Nicosia CY
2000
"Landscape of the other", Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia CY
1999
"Acrobatics of vessels", Alexandros Tombazis' Architectural Office, Athens GR
"Like a tree", Public Works Building, in association with architect Socrates Tratis, Nicosia CY
1998
"Flight", I&A Philippou Architects' Office, Nicosia CY
1997
"With hands raised high", Garden of the Anastassios G. Leventis Foundation, Nicosia CY
1996
"Birds on tall feet", Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia CY
"The guardian of our soul", Minos Beach Hotel, Agios Nikolaos Crete GR
1993
"To Koinon ton Kyprion", Bank of Cyprus Head Offices, Nicosia CY
1991
"Plangona", Stathmos Children Museum, Naflpio GR (1990), Parc des Enfants, Futuroscope, Poitiers FR (1991)
1984
"Labyrinth", Sculpture park, Nicosia CY
1982
"The Myth of Sisyphus", Municipal Library, Bron FR