Born in Cyprus in 1976, [Origin Famagusta]. Lives and works in Greece and Cyprus
Website – Email
www.marialianou.com / mail@marialianou.com / lianou_m@yahoo.gr
Education
2001 Athens School of Fine Arts (A.S.F.A.), Sculpture Department
1994-2000 Athens School of Fine Arts (A.S.F.A.), Painting Department, (BA Honors)
Scholarships
2001-2003 Fund Scholarship of the Bank of Cyprus
2001-2003 Scholarship of Paullina Paulidi Institution
1994-1999 Athenian Institution of State Scholarships
Awards
2006 Honorary Prize: 'Best Pavilion' 10th International Cairo Art Biennial 2006, Cairo, Egypt
1998 First Prize of the Olympic Painting Competition organized by Cyprus Olympic Committee
1994 Second Prize of the young Painters’ competition of Cyprus
Solo Show
2007 ‘Roman Charity’, Center of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus
Selected Group Shows
2008 ‘Isolomania’, Curator Helene Black, "Under Construction: Alternative Museum Spaces", Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus
2007 1st Thessalonica Biennale of Contemporary Art ‘Public Screen’, Thessalonica, Greece
2007 ‘Trauma Queen’, Curators Harris Kondosphyris - Zoi Pappa, Independent Exhibition Venue, “Mediterranean” Hotel, Athens, Greece
2006 10th International Cairo Art Biennial 2006, Cairo, Egypt
2006 'In Transition', exhibition concept Helene Black, Sheila Pinkel, Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
2006 'Majorities in Silence, Common Man', Bios, Athens
2006 ‘Temporary Identities’, Novosibirsk State Art Museum, Russia
2006 ‘Indiana International Video Art & Architecture Festival’, Indiana University Art Gallery, NY
2005 12th Biennale Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean, ‘Passion’, Naples, Italy
2005 ‘Unclaimed luggage’, Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Spain
2005 ‘Videoart’, Factory A.S.F.A. Athens, Greece
2003 ‘ANTIBODY’, Artower Agora, curator Marina Fokidi, Athens, Greece
2003 Film and New Media Festival, Lookout e-light, Athens, Greece
2002 ‘Young Artists’, Technopolis, Athens, Greece
2002 ‘In search of the Olympic Idea’, Municipal Gallery of Athens, Athens, Greece
2002 Private collection Michalaki Zampela, Gate of Famagusta, Nicosia, Cyprus
2000 Olympic Museum Lausanne, Switzerland
2000 ‘Medi@terra’, Festival of Art and Technology, Factory A.S.F.A. Athens, Greece
1999 Olympic Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus
Workshop
2006 ['The Origin of the World' - The Venus Mountain], Collaboration of A.S.F.A. and B' Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Athens Medical School, Areteion Hospital, Book Publication - Exhibition - Two-Day Forum, Athens
Projects
2004 [‘ET IN IRAQ EGO or the war goes on’], A-Station, Athens Center for Contemporary Art,
Book Publication - Exhibition - Two-Day Forum Athens, Greece
2002 [‘Suburbia’, the vast areas of Athenian suburbs], A-Station, Athens Center for Contemporary Art, Book Publication - Exhibition, Athens, Greece
Selected Bibliography/Publications
2007 Politis, The Sunday Paper, 21 Oct 2007, Art and Culture ‘Maria Lianou’: ‘Roman Charity’, pp.70
2007 Phileleftheros, 21 Oct 2007, Culture, Art, ‘Roman Charity’/ Maria Lianou’ pp. 41
2007 Phileleftheros, 10 Oct 2007, Culture - ‘Silicone Happiness’, pp. 35
2007 Politis, 10 Oct 2007, pp. 61
2007 Alithia, 10 Oct 2007, ‘In search of talents’, pp.28
2007 TimeOut Cyprus, Oct 2007, ‘Face of the month’, p.16, Art, ‘Maria Lianou’ pp.121
2007 Politis, The Sunday Paper, 7 Oct 2007, Agenda ‘Fulfilling desires’, pp.12
2007 Politis - Purple 84, 7 Oct 2007, ‘Roman Charity’, pp.62
2007 Phileleftheros, The Sunday Paper, 30 Sep 2007, ‘Roman Charity - Silicone... happiness’, pp. 38
2007 Simerini, 30 Sep 2007, ‘There was light and I stepped in - ‘New artistic proposition by Maria Lianou’, pp. 38
2007 Synthesis, 140 Sep 2007, pp. 74
2007 Synthesis, 141 Oct 2007, ‘Heaven made of silicone’ pp.62
2007 Ta Nea, 11 Sep 2007, ‘Holidays, Tourism and traumas in the blender - Pain/Misery becomes art’ pp.41
2007 Eleftherotypia, 14 Aug 2007, "Traumas need an appropriate sense of humor",pp.29
2006 10th International Cairo Art Biennial 2006, Cairo, Egypt, exhibition catalogue
2006 10th International Cairo Art Biennial 2006, Cairo, published by Ministry Of Education And Culture–Culture Services Cyprus, exhibition catalogue
2006 Phileleftheros, 16 Dec. 2006 'Reviewing Cyprus in Cairo Art Biennial' pp. 41.
2006 'Majorities in Silence, Common Man', exhibition catalogue
2006 'The Origin of the World' - The Venus Mountain, Book Publication
2005 Gap, Greek Art Projects, Issue#6, Nov-Dec 2005, ‘12th Biennial Of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean’, A brief correspondence. Maria Lianou’, pp. 26-27
2005 ‘12th Biennial Of Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean Countries’, exhibition catalogue, pp.12-13, 26-27
2005 Politis, 8 Nov 2005, ‘12th Biennale Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean’, pp. 55
2005 Simerini, 4 Oct 2005, ‘12th Biennale Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean’
2005 Phileleytheros, 4 Oct 2005, ‘12th Biennale Young Artists of Europe and the Mediterranean’
2005 La Repubblica, Affari&Finanza, 26 Settembre 2005, Multimedia, L’evento di Napoli, pp. 25
2004 ‘ET IN IRAQ EGO or the war goes on’, Book Publication pp. 180-195.
2002 ‘No Limits, the vast areas of Athenian suburbs’, Book Publication, pp. 205-10
2003 ‘Antibody’, exhibition catalogue, Athens
2002 ‘2004 In search of the Olympic Idea’, exhibition catalogue, Athens, pp. 36-37
2002 ‘Young Artists’, Technopolis, exhibition catalogue.
2004 ‘Cyprus Exhibition of Visual Arts’, exhibition catalogue, pp. 62
1999 ARTpages, 11, pp. 46-47
Collections – Archives
-State Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art, Cyprus
-Athens International Airport - Eleftherios Venizelos Collection, Greece
-Olympic Museum, Collection, Cyprus
-Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece
-Private Collections
