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MARGARITA LYPIRIDOU
www.margaritalypiridou.com
e-mail: contact@margaritalypiridou.com
EDUCATION
2003 – Attending the BFA Print Media programme at the Studio Arts department of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1998 – 2000 Multimedia Application Systems. Institute of Vocational Qualification Evosmos, Thessaloniki, Greece.
1990 Six short courses on Photography. Polytechnic of Central London. School of Communication. London, England. (City and Guilds Certificate of the London Institute).
1989 - 1990 Graphic Design and Advertising. The School of Communication Arts. London, England.
1987 – 1989 Interior Design - Cultural Organization Dimitreli. Thessaloniki, Greece.
1986 – 1988 Graphic Design - Cultural Organization Dimitreli. Thessaloniki, Greece.
1987 – 1988 Seminar: “Design and Creative Drawing”. Thessaloniki, Greece.
1986 – 1988 Fashion Design - Cultural Organization Dimitreli. Thessaloniki, Greece.
1985 – 1987 Apprenticeship in drawing - painting - study of nude.
1980 – 1986 High School (Gymnasium and Lyceum) “Anatolia” American College of Thessaloniki, Greece. (Apolyterium).
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2004 Award and Scholarship: Friends of Concordia, Montreal, Qc, Canada
1999 – 2000 Scholarship: Institute of Vocational Qualification Evosmos, Thessaloniki, Greece
1989 Award for designing and decorating the interior of the building of the shipping company Cosmatos, Thessaloniki Greece.
1988 – 1989 Scholarship: Dimitrelis Institute of Applied Arts. Thessaloniki, Greece
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
September 2004 “Memory Traces”, Atrion Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
September 2003 “Entropy II”, Atrion Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
May 2003 “Entropy”, Gallery Gora, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
October 2002 “Entropy I”, Atrion Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
March 2001 “Windows - Recalling Times and Places”, Apogeio Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
April 2002 "Windos-Times-Places", Municipal Museum of Kavala, Kavala, Greece.
March 1995 “Aerografies I”, Kanavos Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
February 2006 “Album”, V.A.V. Gallery - Print Media Department of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
February 2006 Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (V.A.A.N.G.)
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. (Catalogue).
December 2005 “Artist’s Books”, Qbox Gallery. – Curator: Katerina Manolessou
Athens, Greece.
September 2005 Anatolia College Honors its Alumnaes Artists – 40th Demetria
Municipality of Thessaloniki – Art Gallery Villa Bianca.
Thessaloniki, Greece. (Catalogue).
April 2005 V.A.V. Gallery “Clean Hands” - annual print media student show – (juror: Matthew Letzelter) 2005, Print Media Department of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
January 2005 Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (V.A.A.N.G.)
39th Demetria Municipality of Thessaloniki – National Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. (Catalogue).
December 2004 Special Art Exhibition of Thessalonikian Artists for the Association Helping the Autistic Children of Northern Greece “The Beam”, Centre Beam, Thessaloniki, Greece.
October 2004 “La Nuit d’Autumne – Harvest Moon” Espace X , Arts N.D.G.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
September 2004 V.A.V. Gallery – annual print media student show – (juror: Ed Pien) 2004, Print Media Department of Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
December 2003 Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece (V.A.A.N.G.)
Twenty years of artistic creation – 38th Demetria
Municipality of Thessaloniki – Art Gallery of the Society for Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece. (Catalogue).
December 2003 “Woman”, Mylos ArtHouse Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
April 2003 “Inner Visions” A Collective Exhibition, Gabor Kolman – Wesley Rickert – Margarita Lypiridou, Agora Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
January 2003 Atrion Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
December 2002 1st Interbalcan Forum of Contemporary Miniature Art,
Warehouse B, State Museum of Contemporary Art
Thessaloniki, Greece. (Catalogue)
September 2002 Exhibition organized by Animal Rights Advocacy Group “Argos”, Thessaloniki, Greece.
March 2002 “Female Presence”, Epsilon Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
February 2002 Atrion Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
December 2001 1st Panhellenic Exhibition of Miniatures,
36th Demetria – Vaphopouleion Cultural Centre
Thessaloniki, Greece. (Catalogue)
December 2001 Atrion Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
August 2001 Galerie Idees Images Monnaies, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
November 1999 Mylos Arthouse, Thessaloniki, Greece.
May 1997 “Aerografies II”, Irene Marli Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
April 1997 Irene Marli Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece.
July 1996 “Aerografies I”, Sanders Meubelstat, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
COLLECTIONS
Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2005
Concordia University Print Media Collection, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2005
Art Gallery for the Society of Macedonian Studies, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2002
Municipal Museum of Kavala, Kavala, Greece, 2002
Vaphopouleion Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2001
Private Collections
CURRENT GALLERY REPRESENTATION
ATRION Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Margarita Lypiridou is a member of:
ARPRIM - Regroupement pour la promotion de l'art imprime
Association of Greek Engravers
Visual Artists Association of Northern Greece
Les Amis de la Reliure d'Art in Greece
Golden Key International Society