Maria Marinou was born in Athens, Greece, in 1986.
Education
2017-2019
The University of Sheffield – MA Cultural Materials (Material Culture studies) Taught Masters focussing on archaeological material analysis and cultural materials theory and culminating in an extensive original experimental research project.
2007-2012
Athens School of Fine Arts – BFA/MFA (Distinction) 8.87/10 Five-year study with a focus on painting and specialising in Didactics of History of Art.
2015
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Two-month course in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management.
2004-2007
Grigoris Kolizeras Drawing and Painting Studio – Intensive three-year study in the fundamentals of academic classical drawing and painting, composition, and colour theory.
2004-2007
Technological Educational Institute of Athens – Attended a course in Photography and Audio-visual Arts, specialising in black and white photography.
Awards and additional qualifications
2016 Florence Academy of Art Summer Scholarship – Finalist
