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related press @ Behind The Whip.
Welcome to the artwork of Maria Coletsis.
Primarily using
photography, Maria is an artist who also incorporates in her diverse
works: painting, digital media and computer installations. She has
exhibited her work in galleries around the world and has had her work
published in many international magazines and newspapers.
Working from Vancouver, Maria continues to investigate and photograph
subculture themes. She has been documenting Vancouver's Burlesque
community for a decade and has exhibited that work internationally,
creating marijuana pin-ups for countless magazines and calendars and
exploring the fetish scene of London. She is currently
promoting her
photo book and
short filmentitled,Behind The Whip
: Dominatrix.
To view the Behind the Whip video trailerClick here.“Behind the
Whip” is a photography book of portraits and interviews taken on location,
in the city and dungeon of each participating global Dominatrix.
To do so, Mariatraveled
to the City'sofLondon, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo,
New York, San Francisco, Los
Angeles,
Las Vegas, Sidney, Hong Kong,.Bangkok, Montreal and Glasgow
to interview and photograph the Mistresses.
Maria’s Mistress photographs
have been featured in UK
magazine Bolz,
Skin Two magazine and appear on many Pro Dom websites.
Germany's Marquis magazine featured Maria's
interviews and portraits from London’s
annual Rubber Ball. Her inquiry into London’s fetish scene has resulted in
her providing most of the photos for a newly developed website dedicated to
the Hood Lovers community. She has exhibited her work in
galleries around the world (see bio) and has been selected to participate
in many of the Artropolis art exhibitions in Vancouver, Canada. The
various galleries on this website also feature her media work done for
international magazines, newspapers and book covers.
Such as
High Times magazineEditorial
photo
April 2011,
featured artist
in Bolz magazine UK and
is currently part of London’s AOP group exhibition touring England. Her
artwork has been profiled on CBC Radio 3 webzine.