Curriculum Vitae

Irene Spyridaki was born in 1978 in Heraclion Crete , Greece . She studied Classic Literature at the University of Crete and Education at the Greek Open University. She has also attended classes on Modernism Art History. She has apprenticed at the painting workshop of Azarias Madanian , Lecturer of Esthetic Education at the University of Crete .

She has participated in many local and international group exhibitions and achieved 5 awards in art competitions. Her first individual exhibition , titled "Chromosphere" took place in St. George's Gate of Venetian Walls of Heraclion Crete.

Some of her artworks are included in public collections of Kazantzakis Museum , SOS Children Villages , Love Center of Elefsina and also in private collections.

She is a member of the French-Greek artists' association " NAUTE " ( New Artists ' Union Travelling Through Europe ) and the artists' group " Mediterranean Artists ". In parallel, she participates in the editorial team of the ARTmag.gr magazine.

A collection of her works is exposed in website www.spyridaki.gr

Artwave Athens Festival 2009

Painter

2^nd Price: Irene Spyridaki

Artist's statement

The expectation of a better tomorrow. The expectation of happiness which has the power to turn off the signs of the past. The illusion of bliss that she has believed that will become. The human body, the victim of a generous pledge, puts hope in oblivion. Oblivion which looks forward to the salvation of sinners torturous memories of a past. At present, she lives far away from life, involved in hidden desires of a hypocritical society. The same society that promises unfulfilled dreams, increasing the vanity of human beings.
As she lights an acrid cigarette she looks in the mirror, to see her true self. From within, however, what appears is only the fear...