{"id":26,"date":"2012-03-12T05:25:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-11T22:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.colorlabsproject.com\/parasol\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2024-07-23T15:01:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T15:01:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maniaefstathiou.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;About&#8221; title_align=&#8221;separator_align_left&#8221; align=&#8221;align_left&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maniaefstathiou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/maniaphoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1816 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maniaefstathiou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/maniaphoto.jpg\" alt=\"maniaphoto\" width=\"948\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maniaefstathiou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/maniaphoto.jpg 948w, https:\/\/www.maniaefstathiou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/maniaphoto-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mania Efstathiou was born in Athens, Greece in 1962. She studied Medicine and specialized in Nuclear Medicine in Thessaloniki and worked in hospitals and medical laboratories in Greece. In 2013 she graduated from the University of Fine Arts in Thessaloniki, Greece and ever since she is working as a full-time artist in Greece and abroad. Her works have been acquired by the National Museum, Beijing, Consulate General of Greece in New York, Museum of Byzantine Culture, Thessaloniki, Municipal Culture Center of Corinth, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Dentistry, Vogiatzoglou Art space, Athens and private collections in Greece and USA.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SOLO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>POST &#8211; TRUTH , <\/strong>UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, LOS ANGELES, 2022 &#8211; 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>MONITORING SOLITUDE 2.0&nbsp; ,&nbsp;<\/strong>CONSULATE GENERAL OF GREECE IN NEW YORK, 2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MONITORING SOLITUDE &#8211; INSTALLATION,<\/strong>&nbsp; ART WINDOWS OTE,&nbsp; THESSALONIKI, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>MONITORING SOLITUDE, <\/strong>&nbsp;\u03a4ECHNOHOROS ART GALLERY, ATHENS, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON PLEXI, <\/strong>FORMER BUILDING OF THE SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRAIN- SCAPES, <\/strong>BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK<strong>,&nbsp;<\/strong> IANOS ART GALLERY, THESSALONIKI, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCHARGE,<\/strong>&nbsp; MUNICIPAL CULTURE CENTRE OF KORINTH, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Participation in<strong><em>&nbsp; INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EN ROUTE- FROM THESSALONIKI TO BELGRADE<\/strong>, Princess Ljubica&#8217;s Residence, Serbia, 2024&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SILK ROAD: ARTIST&#8217;S RENDEZVOUS<\/strong>, National Art Museum of China, 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>INFINITIVE DREAMS,&nbsp;<\/strong>online exhibition, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ARTBOX.PROJECTS WORLD 1.0<\/strong> , Artbox Gallery, Switzerland ,&nbsp; 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>INSIDER\/OUTSIDER<\/strong>,&nbsp;Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, USA, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>SYMBIATRIC.EMPOWERING ART TROUGH SCIENCE,&nbsp;<\/strong>SOFIA, BULGARIA, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ARTBOX.PROJECTS NEW YORK 1.0<\/strong> , USA, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ARTBOX.PROJECTS BASEL 1.0<\/strong> , Switzerland,&nbsp; 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>6TH BEIJING INTERNATIONAL ART BIENNALE<\/strong> , CHINA, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHEMCRAFT<\/strong>, ESPACIO GALLERY, LONDON, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>TRANSFORM 2012, PANDORA &#8216;S BOX\/HOPE<\/strong>. STATE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART. THESSALONIKI, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>11 INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF MINATURE ART,<\/strong> GORNJI MILANOVAC. SERBIA, 2012<\/p>\n<p>She has participated in numerous<em><strong> GROUP EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/em> in Greece, including:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHILE YOU&#8217;RE HERE, <\/strong>POSEIDON ART GALLERY, LEMNOS, GREECE, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>SYMBOLS OF&nbsp; THE GREEK REVOLUTION-<\/strong> TOPOS II<strong>, <\/strong>NUMISMATIC MUSEUM, ATHENS, 2021 &#8211; 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPRING TOPOS-<\/strong>TOPOS I<strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;GATTO PERSO, THESSALONIKI,&nbsp; 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE BREATH OF NATURE, <\/strong>\u03a4ECHNOHOROS ART GALLERY ATHENS, 2020<\/p>\n<p><strong>GREEK ARTISTS&#8217; TRIPS,&nbsp;<\/strong>AQUA GALLERY,&nbsp; SANTORINI, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>POSSIBILITY OF DIALOGUES ,<\/strong> VOGIATZOGLOU ART SPACE , 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>ATHENS SCIENCE FESTIVAL , <\/strong>MEDinART EXHIBITION , TECHNOPOLIS, ATHENS CITY, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEMORY &amp; OBLIVION , <\/strong>POSEIDON ART GALLERY, LEMNOS, GREECE, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>INITIAL , <\/strong>POSEIDON ART GALLERY, LEMNOS, GREECE, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>CHANIA ART, POLIS(IN)VISIBLE, <\/strong>CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM CHANIA-OLIVEPRESS, 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>INDUCTIONS &amp; METABOLISMS,<\/strong> CHOROS 18, THESSALONIKI, 2015<br \/>\n<strong>LAW AND ART,<\/strong> GOETHE INSTITUTE THESSALONIKI, 2014<br \/>\n<strong>OUR OWN (?) BYZANTIUM,<\/strong> MUSEUM OF BYZANTINE CULTURE,2014 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>PARALIART<\/strong>, THESSALONIKI SEAFRONT, 2014<br \/>\n<strong>LACHESIS<\/strong>, GALLERY 7, ATHENS, 2013<br \/>\n<strong>ANTI-MACHIES,<\/strong> CHOROS 18, THESSALONIKI, 2013<br \/>\n<strong>FRAMES OF MIND<\/strong>, BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK, ALATZA IMARET, 2013<br \/>\n<strong>ATHENS PRINT FEST\/SECOND EDITION<\/strong>, NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE CULTURAL FOUNDATION, ATHENS, 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANAKATA VOL. 3<\/strong>, FORMER \u2018PAVLOS MELAS\u2019 MILITARY CAMP, 2011<br \/>\n<strong>40,65\u03bf \u039d 22,09\u03bf \u0395.<\/strong>, \u03a4ECHNOHOROS ART GALLERY ATHENS, 2011<br \/>\n<strong>GALLERY PAPATZIKOU,<\/strong> VERIA, 2010<br \/>\n<strong>ENGRAVING,<\/strong> FLORINA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 2009<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>BOOK COVERS : <\/em>\u0397 \u0396\u03ce\u03bd\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u039b\u03c5\u03ba\u03cc\u03c6\u03c9\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2&nbsp;<\/strong> (La dimension desconocida), Nona Fern\u00e1ndez Silanes, Gutenberg publications<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<strong>&nbsp; &nbsp;\u0397 \u039c\u03bd\u03ae\u03bc\u03b7&nbsp; \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u0394\u03c1\u03cc\u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/strong>, (Memory of the road), Nikolas Kamtsis, OTAN publications<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LINKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sus95ovNXW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medinart.eu\/works\/mania-efstathiou\/\">Mania Efstathiou<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Mania Efstathiou&#8221; &#8212; Med in Art\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medinart.eu\/works\/mania-efstathiou\/embed\/#?secret=sus95ovNXW\" data-secret=\"sus95ovNXW\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>MEDinART<\/strong> is global network of 130 artists inspired by bio-medical sciences Unique in its content and character, MEDinART, aims&nbsp;to link biomedical-inspired artists, trigger and inspire both biomedical scientists and artists, familiarise the general public with a novel form of art and globalise the biomedical inspired art movement .&nbsp;MEDinART&nbsp;is a&nbsp;continuously&nbsp;growing global art network with informative, educational and non-profit character<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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She studied Medicine and specialized in Nuclear Medicine in Thessaloniki and worked in hospitals and medical laboratories in Greece. 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