MARIANNE STRAPATSAKIS 1947 Born in Athens 1967 Athens College of Technology: Diploma in Interior Decoration 1969 Academy of Athens, Grant for five years for further studies in painting, Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Beaux Arts - Paris 1972 Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts: diploma in Painting, course Pierre Matthey, Paris - Certificate in design, course M. Gili Ecole du Louvre: Certificate in History of Arts, PARIS 1979 Universite de Paris I, Sorbonne: Licence Arts Plastiques.

PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 1975 Gallery "Maison des Beaux Arts", oil on canvas, Paris 1977 Gallery "Magazi", oil pastels, Tinos 1978 Gallery "Magazi", watercolours, Tinos 1980 "ART STUDIO" acrylics, music of G. Couroupos, Athens 1981 French Institute of Salonica, acrilics 1984 "MEDUSE ART GALLERY" steel and oil pastel, Athens Goethe Institute of Athens, steel and oil pastels 1985 Goethe Institute of Athens, "PRAXIS 85" festival, Video-Installation music of Th. Zlatanos 1988 Southeastern's Metropolitan Center Athens Video art 1989 10th International Festival of video in Montpellier, Video-installation France Cave Dimiere, Guebwiller, Video installation 1990 "MEDUSE ART GALLERY" steel and oil pastel, Athens French Institut of Athens. Video installation French Institut of Salonica. Video installation Municipal Gallery of Rhodes, Video installation Musee d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Nice. Video installation 1991 "DIMITO" Gallery. Crete, Water colours 1993 "Auberge de France", Rhodes. Video installation-sculpture 1994 "BYZANTIUM". Corfu. Video installation 1995 "BYZANTIUM", Museum of Modern Art, San Diago, Chile 1997 "MEDUSE ART GALLERY", Athens. Video installation, Paintings Foundation of Greek Culture, Berlin. Video installation "BYZANTIUM", Le Canet, France. Video installation 1998 "BYZANTIUM", Salonika. Video installation EXPO '98, Video installation. The Council of Europe Pavilion. Lisbon. Portugal 1999 1st Biennale Electronic Media. Video installation. Rome International Festival of Patras. Video installation-Steel and oil pastel works. Patras 2000 Byzantine Museum of Salonika Video installation

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1971 Salon des artistes Francais, Paris 1972 Exposition du groupe e l'atelier de Pierre Matthey. Paris 1973 9eme Grand prix de Peinture de la Cote d'Azur. Special mention Salon international Paris-Sud, Paris 1975 Exposition du groupe des artistes Grecs in "Greek Education Center", Paris 1976 Exposition de cinq artistes contemporains a la "Cite Internationale des arts" Paris 1979 "FEMINIE DIALOGUE 1979" a l'UNESCO, Paris 1981 Four Greeks artists SYMVOLY gallery, Athens 1984 "ART FAIR 84" Athens "Analyses morphologiques, accumulation", French institut of Athens 1986 "Gallery F" '10 Document. Video-Art, Athens Studio Videograph, Video-Art, Salonica Foundation "Vafopoulio" Video-Art, Salonica 1987 28th Festival of Cinema and Video, Salonica "Art and environment" Heraklion "Festival of video" French Institute of Athens 1988 European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck "17+1" Municipal Gallery and MEDUSE ART GALLERY, Athens 1989 Center of Contemporary art Ileana Tounta. Athens. Contemporary Greek Art and Technology. Kalamata. 4th International Festival Art and Technology of Patras. Video Art Festival of Heraklion 1990 1st international Meeting Festivals of Video. Athens 2nd Biennal of Istanbul 1992 "Metamorphoses of the modern", National Gallery of Athens 1993 "Video Art" Heraklion Gallery of "ARIA" Cefallonia Panorama Europeo del Video arte, Madrid "Eurometriki", Athens 1997 Rethymnon Center for Contemporary Art 1998 "GREEK HORIZONS" York City Art Gallery. England "GREEK HORIZONS" Tullie House City Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle England 1999 "GREEK HORIZONS" London Institute Gallery. London. England "To the Cross-roads of Crete" Chania "GREEK HORIZONS" University of Kingston, England 3rd ESTET, 40th International Festival of Thessaloniki. Video installation 2000 Gallery "POLYGNOTOS", Iraklio. Video installation, Paintings