SCHINA Mary

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Schina Mary

Schina Mary

Schina Mary

Schina Mary

Schina Mary

Schina Mary

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Mary Schina was born in Serres, Greece. She studied printmaking (1966 – 1971) and typography-graphic de-sign (1971 – 1973) at the Athens School of Fine Arts on a Greek Government scholarship, and lithography at the École National Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris (1976 – 1981) on a French Government scholarship.
She taught plastic arts at the Psychiko College in Athens (1981 – 1993). Since 1993 she has been teaching in the Printmaking Department of the Athens School of Fine Arts.
She attended Advanced Printmaking at New York University, NY, as a visiting scholar on sabbatical (1996 – 1997), and Advanced Printmaking and Digital Prints at Columbia College Chicago, Chicago (2004) as a visiting lecturer.
Mary Schina has participated in international seminars in Norway, France, Holland, and Lebanon.
Today she is Assistant Professor at the Printmaking Department of the Athens School of Fine Arts.

Her work has been shown in over 100 group shows and international biennials in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, France, Austria, Luxembourg, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland, Rumania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Lebanon, Egypt, China, Japan, and Istanbul.

Awards
2003 Dr Iwasaki Prize, 4th Kyoto International Woodprint Exhibition, Japan
2009 Award of the Rector of the Szczecin Academy of Applied Art, International Print Triennial Krakow 2009, Poland

Her works can be found at: the National Gallery, Alexander Soutzos Museum in Athens, the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki, the Ministry of Culture in Athens, Cabinet des Estampes of the National Library in Paris, the Modern Greek Art Museum in Rhodes, the Museum of the City of Athens – Vouros-Eutaxias Foundation, the Vorres Museum in Paiania, the Shanghai Museum of Art in China, the Museum of Graphic Arts in Cairo, Egypt, the International Graphic Art Society in New York, the E. Averoff Gallery in Metsovo, the Gallery of the Friends of the People's Association in Athens, the Moschandreou Gallery in Messolonghi, the Constantine Karamanlis Foundation in Athens, the Alpha Bank Collection in Greece, the Contemporary Art Gallery in Chamalières, France, the University of Wisconsin River Falls Permanent Art Collection, USA; also in many private collections in Greece, France, Germany, England, India, Japan, and the USA.

exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
1976 "Woodcut", Frankfurt, Germany
1981 Lithography, Contemporary Printmaking Gallery,
Athens
1984 Woodcut – Lithography, Psychoulis Gallery, Volos
1985 Woodcut and Lithography, Triveni Gallery
New Delhi, India
1986 Woodcut and Lithography, Zita-Mi Gallery, Thessaloniki
1997 Reflections, painting, M. S. Lee Gallery, New York

Greecescapes, printmaking, Alexandros Onassis
Center of Hellenic Studies, New York
1998 Reflections, painting, Athens Art Gallery
Reflections, printmaking and painting,
Cité Internationale des Αrts, under the auspices
of Centre Culturel Hellénique, Paris, France
1999 Urbanscape, painting and printmaking,
Selini Gallery, Kifissia, Athens
2000 Greecescapes, printmaking,
Scorpios Art Gallery, Trikala
Urbanscape, painting and printmaking,
Zita-Mi Gallery, Thessaloniki
2001 Fine Art Realities, printmaking,
Astrolavos Art Gallery, Piraeus
Urbanscape, painting and printmaking,
Amymoni Art Gallery, Ioannina

2004 Aegaeis, printmaking and painting,
Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Aegaeis, painting and printmaking,
Maison de la Grèce, organized by the Centre
Culturel Hellénique, under the auspices of the
Greek Embassy, Paris, France
Aegaeis, printmaking and painting,
Skoufa Gallery, Athens
2005 Printmaking – Retrospective, Kounalis Studio,
Chania, Crete
2007 Aegean Sea – Sunlight and Colours, installation,
(33 digital prints on China silk, phototransfer
from woodcuts), Macedonian Museum
of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2008 Aegean Sea – Sunlight and Colours, installation,
Gallery 101, University of Wisconsin – River Falls, USA
2009 Aegean Sea – Sunlight and Colours, installation,
1st Rhodes Art Festival,
Modern Greek Art Museum, Rhodes
2010 Retrospections, painting and printmaking,
Gaea Gallery, Piraeus

Aegean Sea Odes, installation,
TAF (The Art Foundation), Athens
2012 Fire and Water, photoetching,
Quincy Art Center, Quincy IL, USA

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