MARGARITA LYPIRIDOU

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

2007 - 2009 Master’s Degree in the Fine Arts, Studio Arts Department of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2007 Apprenticeship in the Art of Fine Bookbinding at Atelier “La Tranchefille” , Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2003 – 2007 Bachelor’s Degree in the Fine Arts, Visual Arts (Print Media), Studio Arts Department of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (magna cum laude)

1998 – 2000 Diploma in Design and Multimedia, Institute of Professional Development of Evosmos. Thessaloniki, Greece.

1990 Certificate in Photography. School of Communication, University of Westminster. London, England. (Formerly Polytechnic of Central London).Certificate awarded with Distinction.

City and Guilds Certificate of the London Institute.

1989 – 1990 Professional Apprenticeship Program. Graphic Design and Advertising. The School of Communication Arts. London, England. (Member of team of art directors, copywriters and graphic designers.)

1986 – 1989 Diploma in Design: Interior, Graphic and Fashion, Dimitreli Institute of Professional Preparation-Applied Arts and Design. Thessaloniki, Greece.

1985 – 1987 Arts Institute: Apprenticeship in Drawing – Painting: Xenis Sachinis,

Studio Apprenticeship: Olga Anastasiadou. Thessaloniki, Greece.

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS

2011 First Prize: The Saint Laurent Artists’ Association [jury members: Andrée Desrochers, Bernard Marsy, Pierre Wilson] – Prize offered by the Caisse Populaire Desjardins de Saint Laurent , Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2010 First Prize: The Saint Laurent Artists’ Association [jury members: Claude Noël, Bernard Marsy, René Desmarais] – Prize offered by the Caisse Populaire Desjardins de Saint Laurent , Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2008 Bursary: The Generative Design Project, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Project funded by SSHRC, FQRSC, Hexagram (The Institute for Research/ Creation in Media Arts and Technology, Concordia University) and the departments of Engineering, Computer Science and Fine Arts, Concordia University (ENCSFA). Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2007 David J. Azrieli Graduate Fellowship, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2007 Concordia University Graduate Fellowship, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2007 Concordia University International Tuition Fee Remission Award, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2007 The Betty Goodwin Prize in Studio Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2006 Award: Professional documentation of artwork by photographer Daniel Roussel.

Award given by ARPRIM-Regroupement pour la Promotion de l’Art Imprimé, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2005 Prix Albert-Dûmouchel, ARPRIM-Regroupement pour la Promotion de l’Art Imprime. University student in print annual award, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Purchase prize and cash award.

2004 Concordia University: Award and Scholarship: Friends of Concordia, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2004 Awarded membership to Golden Key International Society.

1999 Institute of Professional Development: Evosmos: Scholarship: Full tuition for high GPA (1999-2000), Thessaloniki, Greece.

1989 Dimitreli Institute of Professional Preparation-Applied Arts and Design: Award for designing and decorating the interior of the building of the shipping company Cosmatos, Thessaloniki Greece.

1988 Dimitreli Institute of Professional Preparation-Applied Arts and Design: Scholarship: Full tuition for distinction (1988-1989), Thessaloniki, Greece.

EXHIBITIONS

2011 Blanche Galerie D'Art, Montreal, QC, Canada. Side By Side - Les Petits Formats.

2011 Saint-Laurent Artists’ Association, Centre des Loisirs, Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada. Exposition D’Autumn.

2011 Archaelogical Museum of Messenia, Kalamata, Greece. 1st Panhellenic Bookbinding Exhibition of Kalamata.

2011 Galerie d’Art r3 – Université du Québec à Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada. L’Âge De Raison.

2011 Kouros Gallery, New York, NY, USA. Accrochage.

2011 The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, USA. The (UN)framed Photograph.

2011 Beauchamp Gallery, Quebec City, QC, Canada. Permanent Group Show

2011 Centre des Metiers du Cuir de Montreal, Les Amis de la Reliure d’Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dires Érotiques.

2011 McGill Campus Community, Centennial Centre, McDonald Campus, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Artists Among Us.

2011 Charles-H. Blais Library, Les Amis de la Reliure d’Art, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Dires Érotiques.

2010 McGill Campus Community, Tanna Schulich Lobby, New Music Building, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Artists Among Us.

2010 Saint-Laurent Artists’ Association, Centre des Loisirs, Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada. Exposition D’Autumn.

2010 Dollard-Des-Ormeaux Civic Centre, Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, QC, Canada. Visual Arts Exhibition.

2010 Greek Artists’ Books: Contemporary Artworks and Editions - ART ATHINA, Athens, Greece.

2009 MFA Gallery – Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Layering of Time in the Unfolding of Memory. SOLO [MFA Thesis Exhibition]

2008 Warren G, Flowers Gallery – Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Book: Artwork - Le Livre: Oeuvre d’Art. (Mois de l’Art Imprimé 2008).

2008 SIGGRAPH 2008-The 35th International Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques – Los Angeles, CA, USA. African Kuba Textiles: Structural Inference and Contemporary Design Variations Using Shape Grammars. (Contributors: The Generative Design Team: Cheryl Kolak Dudek, Error! Contact not defined., Nasim Sedaghat, Sudhir Mudur, Fred Szabo, Lydia Sharman, Thomas Fevens, Concordia University).[11-15 August 2008]

2008 Espace ARTEFACTO, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Concordia University MFA Studio Arts. Strata.

2007 Atelier CIRCULAIRE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Le Silence Dans La Forêt: A collaborative print portfolio.

2007 Art Mûr, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Concordia University MFA Studio Arts. Compression.

2007 ATRION Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Taxidevontas.

2006 Atelier CIRCULAIRE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Print Media exhibition: La Classe de Madame Garfin.

2006 Atelier CIRCULAIRE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Print Media exhibition: First Prints (juried).

2006 V.A.V. Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Print Media exhibition: Album.

2006 Art Center–Cultural Organization Municipality of Athens. Visual Artists Associationof Northern Greece (V.A.A.N.G.), Thessaloniki, Greece. 111+1 Artists.

2005 Atelier CIRCULAIRE, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Prix Albert-Dûmouchel.

2005 Qbox Gallery, Athens, Greece. Artists’ Books (curated by Katerina Manolessou).

2005 Villa Bianca Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. 40th Demetria-Annual Municipal Art Festival. Anatolia College exhibition.

2005 V.A.V. Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Annual Print Media Show : Clean Hands (juried by Matthew Letzelter).

2005 Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies. Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (V.A.A.N.G.), Thessaloniki, Greece. 39th Demetria-Annual Municipal Art Festival.

2004 ATRION Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Memory Traces. SOLO

2004 Center BEAM, Thessaloniki, Greece. Special art exhibition of Thessalonikian artists for the Association Helping the Autistic Children of Northern Greece.

2004 Espace X, Arts N.D.G., Montreal, Quebec, Canada. La Nuit d’Autumne – Harvest Moon.

2004 V.A.V. Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Annual Print Media Show: Juried by Ed Pien.

2003 Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies. Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (V.A.A.N.G.), Thessaloniki, Greece. Twenty Years of Artistic Creation.38th Demetria-Annual Municipal Art Festival.

2003 Mylos Art House Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Woman.

2003 Agora Gallery, New York, U.S.A. Inner Visions: A Collective exhibition. Gabor Kolman, - Wesley Rickert – Margarita Lypiridou.

2003 ATRION Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Entropy II. SOLO

2003 Gallery GORA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Entropy. SOLO

2003 ATRION Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2002 State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1st Interbalcan Forum of Contemporary Minature Art.

2002 International Exhibition Center, Thessaloniki, Greece. Exhibition organized by Animal Rights Advocacy Group ‘Argos’.

2002 ATRION Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Entropy II. SOLO

2002 Municipal Museum of Kavala, Kavala, Greece. Windows – Recalling Times and Places. SOLO

2002 EPSILON Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Female Presence.

2002 ATRION Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2001 Vafopouleion Cultural Center, Thessaloniki, Greece. 1st Panhellenic Exhibition of Miniatures. 36th Demetria-Annual Municipal Art Festival.

2001 APOGEIO Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Letters Never Sent. SOLO

2001 ATRION Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2001 Galerie Idees Images Monnaies, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

1999 Mylos Art House Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.

1997 IRENE MARLI Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Pulsa Denura. SOLO

1997 IRENE MARLI Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.

1996 SANDERS MEUBELSTAT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Aerografies II. SOLO

1995 KANAVOS Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece. Aerografies. SOLO

COLLECTIONS - ARCHIVES

2011 The Center For Book Arts, New York City, NY, USA :

Artist’s Book: Subway, edition of 6, self-published (copy 6/6).

2009 Vast-Forward 1646 Art Video Archive, Den Haag, The Netherlands.

Video Works:

In Between 05:50;14 [2009]

Motion <Forward> 03:13;19 [2008]

Passing 03:02;18 [2008]

Untitled[Shadows] 03:50;16 [2008]

Scribing Dance 07:28;09[2008]

In Transit I 03:39;00 [2007]

In Transit II <In Circles> 05:48;00 [2007]

Remnants 03:08;29 [2007]

Home Within I 04:22;28 [2006]

Home Within II 04:07;17 [2006]

Home Within III 04:11;27 [2006]

2005 Bibliothêque Nationale du Quêbec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada:

Artist’s Book: Escapenot, edition of 5, self-published.

2004 Bibliothêque Nationale du Quêbec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada:

Artist’s Book: Memory Traces, unique, self-published.

2005 Concordia University Print Media Collection, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2002 Art Gallery for the Society of Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece.

2002 Municipal Museum of Kavala, Kavala, Greece.

2001 Vafopouleion Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Corporate Collections: Nendos S.A., Hellenic Catering inc.

Private Collections in Greece, Canada, The Netherlands, Germany and the U.S.A.

SCREENINGS

2009 Vast-Forward 1646, Den Haag, The Netherlands.

Video Screening : Scribing Dance 2008 [on December 3rd]

CONFERENCES

2008 SIGGRAPH 2008-The 35th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques – Los Angeles, CA, USA. African Kuba Textiles: Structural Inference and Contemporary Design Variations Using Shape Grammars. (Contributors: The Generative Design Team: Cheryl Kolak Dudek, Error! Contact not defined., Nasim Sedaghat, Sudhir Mudur, Fred Szabo, Lydia Sharman, Thomas Fevens, Concordia University). [11-15 August 2008]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011 Teaching Instructor: Initiation à la Collagraphie/Introduction to Collagraphy, Atelier de Gravure Claude-Langlois, Le Gesù, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2010 Teaching Assistant: PRIN371D Contemporary Relief & Woodcut, Fall Semester (professor Bonnie Baxter). Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2009 - Freelance Visual Artist. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2009 - Research Assistant for The Sense Lab (A Laboratory for Thought in Motion). Project funded by Hexagram (The Institute for Research/ Creation in Media Arts and Technology, Concordia University), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2008 Teaching Instructor: PRIN371C Photo-Digital-Intaglio, Fall Semester. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2008 Graduate Research Assistant, The Generative Design Project, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Project funded by SSHRC, FQRSC, Hexagram (The Institute for Research/ Creation in Media Arts and Technology, Concordia University) and the departments of Engineering, Computer Science and Fine Arts, Concordia University (ENCSFA).

2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant: PRIN311-411 Advanced Intaglio, Winter Semester (professor Cheryl K. Dudek ). Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2007 Teaching Instructor: PRIN371C Photo-Digital-Intaglio, Fall Semester. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2007 Graduate Teaching Assistant: PRIN311-411 Advanced Intaglio, Winter Semester (professor Cheryl K. Dudek ). Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

2006 – 2007 Research Assistant, The Generative Design Project, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Project funded by SSHRC, FQRSC, Hexagram (The Institute for Research/ Creation in Media Arts and Technology, Concordia University) and the departments of Engineering, Computer Science and Fine Arts, Concordia University (ENCSFA). Photo documentation of Alhambra and other historic towns of Southern Spain. Focus on 16th century Zillij Mosaics. Use of multimedia technologies to prepare images for database.

2005 Technical Assistant for professor Bonnie Baxter. Photographs and their digital imaging for the artist’s book ‘Rewind’ and the serial sequence ‘Baphomet’.

2001 – 2002 Instructor: Digital Imaging Art, ANAPTYXIS Institute of Multimedia Application Systems, Thessaloniki, Greece

1990 – 2001 Graphic Designer and Illustrator. One person agency: Margarita Lypiridou (Artworx). Thessaloniki, Greece. Freelance projects including contracts with Point Zero Advertising Agency, Apikyan Packaging S.A., Goody’s (National chain of restaurants in Greece), Center of Professional Formation MIT-Thessaloniki (In charge of designing all promotional material and relevant literature).

1999 – 2000 Instructor: Graphic design and new technologies, Center of Professional Formation M.I.T., Thessaloniki, Greece. (A Center financed by and operating under the auspices of the Regional Development Programs sector of the European Union).

1995 – Painter: Exhibitions and sales at various galleries in Greece. Gallery affiliation with Atrion Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece, established in 2002 – to present.

1991 – 1992 Instructor: Graphic design techniques , Dimitreli Institute of Professional Preparation-Applied Arts and Design. Thessaloniki, Greece.

1987 – 1989 Graphic Designer: for Advertising Companies in Greece. (Including Omnia Advertising and Dia Advertising).

BIBLIOGRAPHY/CATALOGUES

Dires Érotiques, ARA Canada, Quebec, 2010.

Book: Artwork - Le Livre: Oeuvre d’Art. Arsenault Claude ed., Montreal: Dawson College: 2008.

Strata. Montreal: Concordia University MFA Studio Arts 2008.

Compression. Montreal: Concordia University MFA Studio Arts 2007.

111+1 Artists Visual Artists of Northern Greece. Thessaloniki: ZitrosPublications, 2006.

VAANG-20 Years of Artistic Creation. Kiriakou Nikolas ed. Thessaloniki: Municipality of Thessaloniki, 2003.

1st Interbalcan Forum of Contemporary Miniature Art. Visual Artists of Northern Greece.. Thessaloniki: Hellenic Ministry of Culture, 2002.

1st Panhellenic Exhibition of Miniature Art. Panagiotakis Stavros ed. Thessaloniki: Municipality of Thessaloniki, 2001

Current Membership in PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

The Ville Saint-Laurent Artists’ Association

Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild [CBBAG], Canada.

The Center for Book Arts, USA.

Les Amis de la Reliure d’Art [ARA], Canada.

Guild of Bookworkers, USA.

ARPRIM - Regroupement pour la Promotion de l’Art Imprimé, Canada.

Association of Greek Engravers, Greece.

Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece, Greece.

Les Amis de la Reliure d’Art [ARA], Greece.

Golden Key International Society.