MARIA COLETSIS

8580 Ryan Rd Richmond, BC Canada V7A-2E6  T:604-719-5880    www.mariacoletsis.com  maria@mariacoletsis.com 

EDUCATION

May 1995- Master of Fine Arts Degree - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

May 1990- Bachelor of Fine Arts - Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

July 2010- Viridian Artists Art Gallery, New York, USA

May 2010- Chico Art Gallery, Chico, CA, USA

August 2008- Upstream Gallery, Juried Online International Art Exhibition

September 2009- International Photographers Awards Juried Exhibition, London, UK

February 2009- The Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, USA

May 2007- Eros-zine.com- Featured artist in webzine gallery.

August 2006- AOP Open, AOP Gallery, London, UK

April 2004- CBC Radio 3 “Connect the Dots Tour”, Cross Canada Multi-Media Exhibition

May 2003- Artropolis- “ArtiPhycial Language”, CBC Studios, Vancouver, BC, Canada

October 2001-2002 "TeaTime"- House of Photographic Art, San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA

August 2001- "Don’t go to Work"- Rhodes and Mann Gallery London, England

April 2001- “Artropolis” Vancouver Exhibition, CBC Studios Vancouver, Canada

January 2000- ArtSmart Space- Vancouver, B.C.

January 1999- Richmond Gateway Theatre - Richmond, B.C. Canada 

November 1998- BGH Gallery – Santa Monica, U.S.A  

May 1998- Woman Made Gallery - Chicago, U.S.A 

January 1997- Apples and Oranges –  Atrium Gallery   Vancouver, Canada 

December- 1996 -Bellevue Art Museum - Bellevue, Washington 

December- 1996 “Stories from Her”-Texas Women’s University – Texas, USA 

November- 1996 Osaka Triennale Painting Exhibition – Osaka, Japan 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

April 2002: “Sub-Culture Portraits” – Kyla Gallery, Athens, Greece.

October 1999- Sinclair Center, Vancouver, Canada

July 1997- Paper Doll Dresses Community Arts Council, Vancouver, Canada

May 1995- MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition San Francisco, California 

May 1993- Titanium Gallery Athens, Greece 

December 1992- Antinor Gallery Athens, Greece 

October 1991- Exposure Gallery "Beltane Fires" Vancouver, Canada

February 1991- Lisa Marie Gallery  "Modern Primitives" Vancouver, Canada

PUBLICATIONS

September 2010- Editorial Photos, High Times Magazine, NY, USA 

March 2009- Editorial Photos, “Hoods” Bizarre magazine London, UK

April 2008- Editorial Photos, Naked Eye Magazine, Toronto, Canada

May 2007: Eros-zine.com- Featured artist in webzine gallery.

April 2007- Story Photos “Watermelon Profile”, Orato.com Internet Magazine, Canada

December- 2006 Cover photo and Story Photos, Skunk Magazine, Montreal, Canada

November- 2006 Story Photos “Hong Kong BDSM”, August Man magazine, Singapore

July 2006- Promotional Photos for music trio “Be Good Tanyas”, Vancouver, Canada

April 2006- Editorial Photos, “Beauty Pageants”, Vancouver Magazine, Canada

March 2006- Red Eye Glass Advertising Photo. Cannabis Culture magazine, Vancouver, Canada

February 2006- Editorial Photos “Burlesque”, Globe and Mail Newspaper, Canada

January 2006- 12 Calendar Photographs for 2006 Cannabis Pin-Up Calendar. London, UK

December 2005- Editorial Photos , “Chinese Pageant”, Globe and Mail Newspaper, Canada

September 2005- Editorial Photos “Cheer”, Globe and Mail Newspaper, Canada

June 2005- Story Photos “Softcho Man”, Tyee.com internet magazine, Canada

February 2005- Story Photos “100 Issues”, CBC Radio 3 internet magazine, Canada

January 2005- Interviews and Photo essay, SkinTwo magazine, London, UK

November 2004- Story Photos “Mirror, mirror”, CBC Radio 3 internet magazine, Canada

October 2004- Story and Photos “One that got away”, CBC Radio 3 internet magazine, Canada

October 2004- Story Photos “ESL”, CBC Radio 3 internet magazine, Canada

September 2004- Featured Artist Portfolio. Marquis Magazine, Germany

September 2004- Story and Photos “Bus Nuts”, CBC Radio 3 internet magazine, Canada

August 2004- 4 page artist feature for BOLZ magazine, London, UK

July 2004- Story Photographs “Fortune 468”. CBC Radio 3 internet magazine, Canada

June 2004- Book Cover photograph for Medusa Publishing, Greece

May 2003- CBC Radio 3 internet magazine featured artist. Vancouver, Canada

March 2003- CBC Radio 3 internet magazine featured artist portfolio. Vancouver, Canada

January 2003- Calendar Photographs for High Times Cannabis Canadian Calendar. NY, USA

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