MARIA GRIGORIADI was born in 1962 at Kalo Chorio, Heraklio, Crete 1979-82 Classes n painting under A. Apergis at the Petra school 1982-87 Studies at the Athens School of Fine Art, N. Kessanlis studio 1983-85 Courses in lithography with T. Exarchopoulos 1985-87 Courses in Set Design with V. Vasileiadis 1983-85 Scholarships for painting from the State Scholarship Foundation (IKY) 1987 Scholarship from IKY for Set Design 1991-94 IKY Scholarship for studies in Greece

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 1988 Bechrakis Gallery, Korinthos 1990 Chrysothemis Gallery, Athens 1994 Medusa Gallery, Athens 1996 Ariadni Gallery, Heraklio, Crete 1997 Medusa Gallery, Athens 2000 Medusa Gallery, Athens

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1980 Petra School exhibition, Hellenic-American Union, Athens 1981 Ora Gallery, exhibition of work by young artists, Athens 1982 Stavrakaks Gallery, Heraklio, Crete 1982 School of Fine Art exhibition, Athens Conservatoire 1986 Exhibition of work from Engraving studio of the School of Fine Art, Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus 1989 Unicef exhibition, Athens Conservatoire 1990 Adyto Gallery, Athens 1991 Mental Health Center, Athens 1991 Exhibition for the doctors without borders, Municipality of Athens Cultural Center 1991 Visual Arts '91, Municipality of Athens Cultural Center 1992  Aenaon Gallery, Athens 1992 Patsis Gallery, Ioannina 1992 26 Artists, Gallery 3, Athens 1993 Contemporary Greek Art, Lefkada 1993 Panhellenic Conference of the Mass Media, Zappeio, Athens 1994 Twelve years of work from the Engraving Studio, Kostis Palamas Building, Athens 1996 "Medusa Gallery", "Astir of Paros", Paros 1996 Triennale, Sofia '96, Bulgaria 1997 "Mediterranean Encounters", International of Fine Arts Exhibition, Dubrovnik 1997 In collaboration with the Vorres Museum under the auspices of the ministry of Culture 1997 "Lithography as a medium of visual expression '97" PERITEHNON, Athens.

Paintings by M. Grigoriadi are to be found at the Vorres Museum, in school of Fine Art Collection, Minoan Lines, embassies of Europe and Private Collections.