Eva Persaki ( is a

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painter. She was born in

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and was raised in an artistic environment as she was the daughter of the painter Gianna Persaki and the Hungarian French sculptor László Szabó. Her stepfather was the Greek sculptor Costas Koulentianos and she was a student of painter Panos Sarafianos. Eva Persaki studied literature at the

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and graduated from the Greek Fine Arts School first as a student of the painter George Mavroidis and then of Kostas Xinopoulos professor of Vyzantine Hagiography. During her studies she was granted of a two-year scholarship from the Greek government. While in Paris, she did lessons with Hayter who was Pablo's Picasso teacher in engraving and then she also studied at the Academy of Grande Chaumiere. In 1978, under a scholarship of the Indian Embassy she went to Benares to study miniatures and following she studied Tibetan Painting lessons Tang-ka, in Nepal for three years. Her work is mainly diversified in portraits, landscapes and hagiography and can be recognised from the vibrant colours. Paintings are located in Paris, United States, England, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Ireland, Greece and in private collections including the Panayotis D. Cangelaris Painting Collection in Athens. She is a founding member of the Picturial Association in Syros island and lives and works between

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, Syros and

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Group exhibitions

2013 Syros Open Art Studios 2012 Municipal Art Gallery, Piraeus 2011 Scala Shop, Mykonos 2011 Art Centre, Vasilisis Sofias, Athens 2008 Gallery Cafe, Athens 2008 Culture Organisation Athens Town 2007 Milo Gallery, Athens 2007 Aenaon Gallery, Athens 2006 Centre of Arts and Human Rights, Athens 2005 Centre of Arts and Human Rights, Athens 2002 Gallery Skoufa, Athens 2001, Apothiki Gallery, Syros 1994 Epipeda Gallery, Athens 1993 Epipeda Gallery, Athens 1986 "Women Artists", Sillogi Gallery, Athens 1985 Art Organization of Greece, Athens 1977 Luxembourg Museum, Paris 1975 Library Plethron

Individual exhibitions

2010 Ermoupoleia 2010, Syros 2008 Ermoupoleia 2008, Syros 2007 Milo Gallery, Athens 2007 Pontoporos Gallery, Paros 2006 Pontoporos Gallery, Paros 2007 Christina Karela Gallery, Athens 2007 Cosmos Gallery, Hermoupolis, Syros 2005 Art Gallery Lavyrinth, Katerini 2003 Ermoupoleia 2003, Syros 1998 Culture Organisation, Athens Townhall 1997 Aenaon Gallery (Bulgarian Embassy) 1994 Epipeda Gallery, Athens 1990 Cultural Centre, Syros 1988 Loulaki Gallery, Hydra 1985 Artistic Centre Ora, Athens

References

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