Marina Olympios
She was born in 1968 in Nicosia. She studied in Paris at the Ecole Nationale Supérieuredes Beaux – Arts de Paris with a DSAP diploma in Sculpture – multimedia (avec les félicitations du Jury).In 1994 she received a grant for research and worked at the Institute des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiquesin Paris. In 1995 she received the prize for research in Visual Arts of the French Ministry of Culture FIACRE.In 1996 she worked in the International studio – Curator Programme in New York financed by the A.F.A.A. French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.She presented her work in 17 solo exhibitions.
Her art works are in the DakisJoannou Collection, Athens, theDaskalopoulos Collection Los Angeles, the Pierre Nouvion and Marzio Carver Collection, Monaco, the collection of the Cyprus Ministry of Education & Culture, the collections of the Central Bank Cyprus, Hellenic Bank of Cyprus, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Municipality of Larnaka, and the Electricity Authority of Cyprus.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
The Liquid Body, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Painting is my Resistance» Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Painting Testimony,DiatoposCenter for Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
Five Different Stones, Gallery KypriakiGoniaLarnaka, Cyprus
Day 3 Blue Pigs, LEHMANN – MAUPIN, Gallery New York, U.S.A.
Blue Pigs, INTERNATIONAL Studio Curator Program New York, USA
Lecture sur les Blue Pigs,MuseeGeo-Charles, Echirolles, France
I am Interested in Real Fiction, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux, France
Playing Parts, Galerie Pierre Nouvion, Monaco
Europa A Story of Art, PaassagesCenter for Contemporary Art, Troyes, France
The Travesty of Art, Ileana Tounta, Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece
Let Me Be Your Guide, Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris, France
Medals of Honour, Galerie OZ, Paris, France
Eating Philosophy, Galerie OZ, Paris, France
L’Art est Justice, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France