Members

Mary Shina was born in Serres, Greece. She studied Printmaking at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1966-1973), at the Εcole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris (1976-1981), at New York University, N.Y (1996-1997). She is Associate Professor of the Printmaking Dept. of the Athens School of Fine Arts. Her work has been shown in 30 solo exhibitions and in over 100 group shows and international Biennale and Triennial in Greece and abroad. She was awarded two prizes, 2003 in Kyoto and 2009 in Krakow. She has been participated in the exhibition of the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the European Union in Brussels 2014, with the Installation ‘‘Aegean Odes’’ and a special stamp (40,5 x 40 mm) issued, featuring a detail of her woodcut ‘‘Aegean Odes’’ (2006). M.Schina’s works are in Museums, Galleries and Private Collections in Greece and abroad. She lives and works in Athens.

She was born in Trikala, Greece. She educated in the School of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of West Macedonia (Greece), with main tutors Y. Ziogas in Painting and D. Siaterli in Engraving (BFA 2014). She spent as an Erasmus student one semester in a NHL Hogeschool (The Netherlands 2014). She continued her studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts, where she had tutors such as B. Tsalamata and M. Arfaras in Engraving(BFA 2018). In 2017 she graduated from her MFA Fine Arts of Slade School of Fine Arts, University College of London,UCL ( with distinction) with main tutors Ad Allington and Jo Volley.

Visual artist. Studied painting and design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologne (1971-1977). In 1977, she founded with Pino Pandolfini the Athens Engraving Workshop, an open studio that collaborates with artists, organizations, galleries and museums in art publications, printing, seminars and engraving exhibitions. She is involved in all forms of art and experiments with materials, techniques and new technologies. . Her activity also concerns indoor-outdoor installations and performances in cooperation with other forms of art (music, dance, poetry). She is a founding member of the Engraving Centre Group (1989) and member of the Greek Engravers Association. Her works are found in Greek and international collections and museums.