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BORN Athens, Greece

EDUCATION

MFA, Painting. Maryland Institute College of Art
Hoffberger School of Painting, Baltimore, MD. Studied with Grace Hartigan and Salvatore Scarpitta

BA cum laude, Studio Art, The University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Painting, Drawing Studied with Master Theodoros Drosos, Athens Greece

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023 Mapping Mnemosyne Invitational (catalog)
Julio Fine Arts Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
The Mnemosyne Project is an international art collaboration supported in part by the
Harvard Center of Hellenic Studies.
Curator: A. Herber

2022 Kallos, Solo Show (catalog)
The Katzen Museum, Washington D.C. Curators: Jack Rasmussen, Nancy Sausser
https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2022/kallos.cfm

2022 Art Communicating Conflict Resolution, International Invitational (catalog)
Casa Bianca Municipal Gallery of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.
Supported by the Mayor of Thessaloniki, in conjunction with the 2022 UNESCO conference,
Sponsored by the Chair of Intercultural Policy for and Active Citizenship and Solidarity.

2022 Forecast
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art, Signature Gallery, Reston, VA. Curator: S. Wrbican

2022 Continuum
Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA. Curator: Nancy Sausser

2022 Cast/Recast
Mason Exhibitions, Arlington,VA. Curator: Alissa Maru

2021 Put it to the Fire,
Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, Maryland. Juror: Sobia Ahmad

2021 Weaving Justice,
Shiva Gallery, New York, N.Y. Curator: Dr. T. Vrachopoulos

2021 Identity
Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, Selected by a Maryland State Arts Council panel
https://art.kunstmatrix.com/en/node/630040

2020 Pinned, Stitched and Glitzed
Art Appel Gallery, Athens, Greece. Curator: T. Vrachopoulos

2020 No Fabric, No Rules,
Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA. Curator: Trudi Van Dyke

2020 A Horse Walks into a Bar,
Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA

2019 Foodie Fever
Shiva Gallery, New York, N.Y. Curator: D. Dominick Lombardi

2019 Art: Key to Conflict Resolution International Invitational (catalog)
Serafio Cultural Center, Athens, Greece. Sponsored by the Cultural Office of the Mayor of Athens, and held under the
auspices of Athens Culture Net. Curator: V. Deliyanni

2019 Sculpture Now
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA. Juror: Nancy Sausser

2019 Inside, Outside, and Beyond Invitational (catalog)
Consul General of Greece, New York, N.Y. Curator: A. Papatzanaki

2019 To Eat or Not to Eat
Curator and exhibiting artist. Hisoaka Gallery, Washington, DC

2018 Paper Moon (catalog)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece. Curator: Maria Marangkou

2018 Cultural Transplants (catalog)
Shiva Gallery, New York, N.Y. Curator: T. Vrachopoulos,

2018 From Here to Elsewhere: Kindled by Things
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA. Curator: Nancy Sausser

2018 Nasty Women
District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC

2017 Gwanghwamun International Art Festival (catalog)
Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea. Curator: Suechung Koh

2017 Antidote Project, The Mykonos Biennial
Mykonos Island, Greece Curator: Lydia Venieri, New York, N.Y. / Athens, Greece

2017 Gateway to Freedom
Exarchia, Athens, Greece.
In conjunction with the Athens Festival and Back to Athens 5. Curators: Georg and Dimitris Georgakopoulos and Fotini
Kapiris
https://www.currentathens.gr/events/event/356-gateway-to-freedom-back-to-athens-2017

2017 Homeward Bound
Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia. Curator: Bradley Sumrall, Chief Curator, Ogden Museum of Southern Art,
New Orleans, Louisiana

2017 The Right to Be Human
State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece. Curator: Harry Savopoulos (catalog)
www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/right-to-be-human/20348480

2017 Selfie
Schelfhaudt Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Connecticut Curators: Peter Konsterlie and D. Dominick Lombardi

2017 Call and Response: Invisible,
A collaborative project between artists and writers presented in conjunction with the “Fall for the Book” festival.
Fenwick Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

2016 Pinned Stitched and Glitzed (catalog)
AsianArtWorks, 798 Art District, Beijing, China. Director: Cristal Kim

2016 Trans-Continental Nexus
Donopoulos International Fine Arts Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece

2015 EcoReflections International Exchange Project.
Developer and co-curator; in collaboration with G. Demir. Resim ve Heykel Müzesi Galerisi, Ankara, Turkey.

2015 Pinned, Stitched, and Glitzed
Shiva Gallery, New York, N.Y. Curator: Thalia Vrachopoulos (catalog)

2015 Vegoritis International Project
In collaboration with E. Kesisoglou Florina, Macedonia, N. Greece

2015 Wanderer: The Travel Journals - Solo Show
Mc Lean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

2015 Face and Reverse International Invitational (catalog)
Ayse Taki Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

2015 Transforming Hate: A Creative Process
Dennis R. Neill Gallery, OkEq, Tulsa, Oklahoma

2015 Group Show,
The C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bal-cool-exhibits-for-summer-viewing-at-mount-vernon-galleries-20150730-story.html

2011 – 2019 Speaking Volumes National Tour,
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana (2018); Springville Museum of Art, Utah (2018); Ogden Union Station Museums,
Utah (2018); Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn U., Topeka, Kansas (2017); Fort Collins Art Museum, Fort Collins, Colorado (2017); Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia (2016); Sechrest Gallery, Highpoint, North Carolina (2016); Shiva Gallery, New York, N.Y. (2016); Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, Connecticut (2015); Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa (2015); Living Arts Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma (2015); UC Gallery, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana (2014) (In conjunction with the travelling exhibition “Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings”, sponsored by the Holocaust Museum, Washington DC); Center for Art, Lewis-Clark College, Lewiston, Idaho (2013); Carr Gallery, Willard Art Center, Idaho Falls, Idaho (2011); Curator: Katie Knight, Holter Museum, Helena, Montana
http://www.speakingvolumes.net/maria-karametou

2014 Altered Ego
J. Hisoaka Gallery, Washington, DC
Curator: Brooke Seidelmann
https://smithcenter.org/smith_exhibition/altered-ego/https://vimeo.com/97865273

2013 Converging Parallels International Collaborative Project
Developer and co- curator; in collaboration with Biret Tavman, Istanbul, Turkey,
Atrium Gallery, GMU, Fairfax, VA, 2013 (second presentation of project)

2013 Portas Abertas
Forum Eugenio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal
Curator: Cláudia Gianneti. Project Director: Ana Cristina Baptista

2013 Art and Community Project
Decker Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, Maryland. Organized by the Art Connection of the Capital Region.
Curator: Julie Cavnor, Executive Director.

2012 Nordart International Exhibition (catalog)
Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany.
Organized by Kunst in der Carlshütte gGmbH, Büdelsdorf. Sponsored by the towns of Büseldorf and Rendsburg.
Head Curator: Wolfgang Gramm, Exhibitions Director

2012 The First International Biennale of Santorini
Santorini Island, Greece.
Curator of Works on Paper: Paola Gentili, Art Historian, Italy / UK

2012 Converging Parallels International Collaborative Project
Developer and co-curator; in collaboration with B. Tavman, Istanbul.
Ayşe Takı Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey (first presentation of project)

2011 Sofia International Paper Biennial (catalog)
National Gallery of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria
Curators: T. Vrachopoulos, New,York, N.Y.; D. Todorova, Director, the Amateras Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria;
Liisa Malkamo, Independent Curator, Finland.

2011 Drawing Connections
Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy

2011 Intersecting Cultures
Art Basel Miami 2011, Underground Gallery at the Betsy, Miami, Florida
Curators: L. King-Hammond, Founding Director, MICA / Center for Race and Culture; Lowery S. Sims, Curator,
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, N.Y.

2010 163: That Which Stays - Solo Show
Apartman Projesi, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 kitaplar (books)
Marmara Üniversitesi Güzel Sanatlar, Acibadem, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 MICA Takes Flight
Gallery Walk, Reagan National Airport, Washington DC

2010 Fulbright Honorees
International Terminal, Baltimore- Washington International Airport (BWI)
Sponsored by the Maryland State Aviation Administration and MICA
https://stuckattheairport.com/tag/bwi-airport/page/3/ (scroll down)
https://airportxnews.com/stories-of-home-exhibit-arrives-at-bwi/

2009 Stories of Home
International Pier, Baltimore- Washington International Airport
Sponsored by the Maryland State Aviation Administration and MICA.
Curator: Michelle Talibah Weatherly

2008 - 2010 Speaking Volumes Montana State Tour
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings (2010); Montana Museum of Arts and Culture, Missoula (2010); Emerson Center for Arts
and Culture and H. Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman (2010); MonDak Heritage Center, Sidney
(2009); Paris Gibson Art Museum, Great Falls (2009); Custer County Art and Heritage Center, Miles City (2009); Carbon
County Arts Gallery, Red Lodge, (2009); University of Montana –Western (2008); Copper Village Museum, Anaconda
(2008)

2008 Speaking Volumes, National Exhibition (catalog)
Holter Museum, Helena, Montana. Sponsored by the Montana Art Gallery Directors Association, The National Endowment
for the Arts, and the Montana Arts Council. Curator: Katie Knight, Holter Museum

2007 Imaging the Distance. (catalog)
Ludwig Museum for International Art, Aachen, Germany. Curator: Harald Kunde, Director, Ludwig Forum für Internationale
Kunst; Lehrauftrag am Institut für Kunstgeschichte an der RWTH, Aachen

2007 Women of Steel
Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, VA. Curator: T. Van Dyke

2007 Art Today in Words and Images (catalog)
Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD Curators: Eleanor Heartney, Art Critic, Author, New York, N.Y. and Irving Sandler, Art
Critic, Author, and Curator, New York, N.Y.

2007 Faculty Show
Fine Arts Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

2007 The Books I’d Write - Solo Show
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD

2007 40 Years
Maryland State Arts Council Invitational, James Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD. Curator: Oletha DeVane, Visual Arts
Programs Director, MSAC

2007 Sculpture Invitational
Washington Square, Washington DC

2007 Imaging the Distance
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

2007 Summer Abroad
Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece

2006 Photogenesis
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA Jurors: Steven Bennett Phillips, Curator, The Phillips Collection // Claudia Bohn ,
Spector // Charles Brock, Assoc. Curator, National Gallery

2006 A Full Size Pseudo Magazine Stand Project: Spirituality, Religion and Related Images
Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore, MD. In Collaboration with Gary Kachadourian

2006 Sculpture Now
Washington Square, Washington, DC. Juror: Sarah Tanguy

2005 Le Cut La Curl - Solo Show
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

2005 Binding Lines
Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD Curator: Cristina Manuci, Director

2004 Shifting, International Collaborative Project (catalog)
Flashpoint, Washington, D.C.
Organized by the Olympic Arts Festival. Sponsored by the Hellenic Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Ministries of Culture
and Foreign Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg; Ministry of Flanders, Culture Administration, Visual Arts and
Museums Division.

2004 War / Peace
Warehouse Gallery, Washington D.C.
Juror: Judy Greenberg, Director, The Kreeger Museum

2003 Beyond Reading
Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia.
Curators: J. Morningstar, Director Lee Arts Center; T. Van Dyke, Director Ellipse Arts Center

2003 Small is Beautiful
Gallery K, Washington, DC

2003 Penelopeia: The Other Journey
International Collaborative Project. IMF Atrium Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by the Presidency of the European Union.

2003 Faculty Show
Mason Hall Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

2002 Greek Contributions to Mankind, Contemporary American Art; International Exhibition (catalog)
U.S Embassy, Athens, Greece

2001 Gallery Artists and Small Is Beautiful - annually from 1988 Gallery K, Washington, DC

2001 Findings
Skopelos Foundation For The Arts, Skopelos, Greece

2000 Not Your Momma’s Dolls
John Elder Gallery, New York, NY

2000 Identities — Solo Show
Gallery K, Washington, DC

1999 People And Places — Solo Show
The C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1999 There, Here, And In Between — Solo Show
Fine Arts Gallery and Johnson Center Gallery, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA

1999 Summer Summit Invitational
Links for International Promotion in the Arts, Washington, DC

1999 Artist Heraldry
McLean Project for the Arts, Emerson Gallery, McLean, VA Curator: Andrea Pollan

1999 Gallery Artists
The C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1999 Fast Forward; Auction Show
Washington Project for the Arts / Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC

1998 A Biennial View from Washington to Baltimore: 22 Dollhouses
Fine Arts Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, MD Curator: Gary Kachadourian, Mayor’s Advisory on Art
and Culture

1998 A Swinging Affair; Auction Show- annually from 1992 Washington Project for the Arts / Corcoran
Gallery, Washington DC

1997 Urban Tenants -- Solo Show
Gallery K, Washington, DC

1997 Baltimore- -Piraeus (Greece) -- Luxor (Egypt) Invitational
City Hall Galleries, Baltimore, MD

1997 Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition
Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC

1996 Housebound, ARTSITES ’96 Multi-site Regional Biennial (catalog)
Arlington Arts Center Site, Arlington, VA Curator: Lee Fleming, Art Critic

1996 Voices from the Heart
Harper Collins Exhibition Space, New York, NY. Curator: Lee Mamunes

1996 Such Stuff
Nancy Collery Gallery, Prince Frederick, MD

1995 Eight Paths to a Journey: Cultural Identity and the Immigration Experience (catalog)
Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, VA; Danville Museum of Fine Arts, Danville, VA. Sponsored by the Statewide
Affiliate Program of the Virginia Museum. Curator: Mel Watkin, Washington Project for the Arts.

1995 Washington – Moscow, International Invitational. Elite Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Sponsored by the Russian –American
Culture Centre “Patriarchi Dom,”and by the International Confederation of Theatre Associations. (catalog)

1995 Books as Objects, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida

1995 Promises to Keep, Women’s History Month, Federal Reserve Board, Washington DC

1995 Three Visions, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC

1995 Alumni: 9 From the Maryland Institute College of Art, Fine Arts Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

1995 Lotta Art, School 33, Baltimore, MD

1994 Reflections , Solo Show, Gallery K, Washington, DC

1994 Books as Objects National Exhibition, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

1994 Between the Sexes: How We Communicate Through The Art of Drawing, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD

1994 The Cutting Edge, Gallery 10, Washington, DC (catalog)

1994 Gallery Artists, Gallery K, Washington DC

1993 Reliefs and Books, Solo Show, Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson, VT

1993 Book As Art, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Curator: Krystyna Wasserman, NMWA ((catalog) http://www.philobiblon.com/idaho/karametou.shtml

1993 Layered Visions, Franklin Square Exhibition Space, Washington, DC In Conjunction with the Women and the Craft Arts Conference at the National Museum of Women in the Arts; Curator: Francoise Yohalem

1993 Books As Objects National Exhibition, Comus Gallery, Portland, Oregon. Catalog essays and Panel Moderator: Thomas Vogler, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz. Curator: Donald Vogler (catalog)

1993 Secret Pages, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD.

1993 Gallery Artists, Gallery K, Washington, DC

1992 Recent Works, Solo Show, Gallery K, Washington, DC

1992 Maria Karametou: A Decade of Mixed Media, Solo Show,Pavilion of Fine Arts, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD

1992 The Books I’d Write, Solo Show, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD

1992 Artscape: Painting, Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD Curator: Carol Wood

1992 Maryland On View, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD Curator: Charlotte Cohen, MAP Director of Exhibitions

1992 Artists and Patrons, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC

1992 Refiguring Invitational, Gallery 10, Washington DC

1992 Review - Preview: Gallery Artists -annually from 1987, Gallery K, Washington DC

1991 Micro / Macro, Helio Gallery, New York, NY

1991 Eight Paths to A Journey: Cultural Identity and the Immigration Experience, The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA Curator: Mel Watkin, Exhibitions Director, Wash. Project for the Arts (catalog)

1991 Global Color; An International Women’s Art Exhibition, Art Barn Gallery, Washington, DC

1991 Out of Bounds: Images of Exploration and Discovery, Arts 901, Washington DC. Curator: Sarah Tanguy, Director of Exhibitions, International Sculpture Center (catalog)

1991 Small is Beautiful, Gallery K, Washington DC

1990 Changing Chambers, International Sculpture Center, Washington DC Curator: Sarah Tanguy, Director of Exhibitions

1989 Painting and Drawing, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Rockville, MD Juror: Terrie Sultan, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC

1989 Works on Paper, Clock Tower Place, Annapolis, MD. Curator: Cindy Kelly (catalog)

1988 Recent Work, Solo Show, The C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1988 Creators and Collectors, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC

1988 New Works by Gallery Artists, Gallery K, Washington DC

1988 Maryland’s Best, Rockland Arts Center, Ellicott City, MD Juror: Ned Rifkin, Chief Curator for Exhibitions, Hirshhorn Museum

1988 Secrets, Gallery 10, Washington DC

1988 Studio Gallery, Washington DC

1987 Recent Works, Solo Show, Gallery K, Washington, DC

1987 Review / Preview, Gallery K, Washington, DC

1987 Maryland Artists Invitational, Maryland State Arts Council, Annapolis, MD

1987 Gallery Artists, The C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1987 Remains, Solo Show, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1986 Connections, Gallery F, Kolonaki, Athens, Greece

1986 Mail Art International, Tahydromos, Athens, Greece

1986 Art Aid, George Ciscle Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1986 Gallery 10 Presents, Gallery 10, Washington DC

1986 Elements of Style: Texture, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Curator: Januwa Moja

1985 Box Formations, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George’s College, Largo, MD

1984 Three Winners from the Maryland Biennial, The C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1984 Directions ‘84, Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD

1984 Box Formations, Foundry Gallery, Washington DC (catalog)

1984 Signs Of Our Times Invitational, Art Gallery, JCC of Greater Baltimore, Baltimore, MD Curator: Lori Greenfeld

1983 Recent Works, Solo Show, The C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1983 Works from the Museum’s Collection, The Vorres Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

1983 Recent Work, Solo Show, Trito Mati Gallery, Athens, Greece

1983 The Maryland Biennial Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, Juror: John Coplans; Former Editor, Artforum, N.Y., N.Y. (catalog)

1983 American Art National Exhibition, Art Center, Middletown, Ohio

1982 Gallery Artists, Trito Mati Gallery, Athens, Greece

1981 The Erotic Image, Trito Mati Gallery, Athens, Greece

1980 Recent Work, Solo Show,Trito Mati Gallery, Athens, Greece

1980 New Talent Show, The C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1978 The Maryland Biennial Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD Juror: James Melchert, Chairman of Visual Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts (catalog)

CREATIVE WRITING

2023 The Amalgam
Literary Fiction Book, 83,000 words
(unpublished)

2023 Poetry Presentation
Embassy of Greece, Washington, DC
Selected writers from the Hellenic Writers’ Center of Washington, DC invited to present some of their poems

2022 International Dylan Thomas Festival
Four Poems published in the Dylan Thomas Festive under the patronage of the the City of Torino, Italy

2021 The Song Between Our Stars: Firsthand Accounts of Twenty-twenty
Publication includes excerpts from the chapbook Like A Match in a Matchbox relating to the Corona Virus Pandemic
Pince Souchet Publisher
Alice Fritz, Editor in Chief

2020 Glimpses of Our World: A Billingual Anthology of Greek American Poetry
Hellenic Writers of Washington D.C. book publication

2020 Like A Match in a Matchbox
Chapbook of text and image, 20 pages
Navigation Press, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

2020 An Unusual Time
Chapbook of text and image, 20 pages
Navigation Press, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

2018 The First Few American Moons
Second Prize
Washington Metropolitan Area Short Story Competition
Bethesda Literary Festival
Published in the Bethesda Magazine
https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-magazine/the-first-few-american-moons/

AWARDS / SPECIAL PROJECTS

2022 Individual Artist Award
Arts Council of Montgomery County, Maryland

2015 Individual Artist Award
Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, Maryland

2010 Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award
Minar Sinan University of the Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey.
Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
https://cies.org/institution/mimar-sinan-fine-arts-university

2006 Featured artist
Department of State Regional Program Office, Vienna, Austria.
Official desk diary of U.S Embassies worldwide

2006 Artist Award, Photogenesis McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

2005 Advisory Review Panelist. Arts In Schools Grants, Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD

2003 Featured Artist, birds-i-view Public Project, MD National Parks and Planning Commission

2002 Semi Finalist, Maryland State Millennium Trail Project, Millennium Legacy Trails, B&A Trail Site.

2001 Resident Artist, International Symposium Earth; Skopelos Foundation For The Arts, Skopelos, Greece; Mayor’s Citation

1996 Artist Citation, Maryland Governor’s Citation for Excellence in the Arts

1996 Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD

1996 Individual Artist Award, Arts Council of Montgomery County, Rockville, MD

1994 Individual Artist Award, Arts Council of Montgomery County, Rockville, MD

1989 First Place Award, Painting and Drawing ‘89, Rockville, MD

1987 Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council

1983 First Prize, The Maryland Biennial, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

OTHER SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023 Work Presentation
Harvard Center of Hellenic Studies, Washington, D.C.
Invited Guest of the Mnemosyne Initiative

2022 Panelist
Art and Career Series: Fine Art Practices
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Reston, VA

2021 Fulbright Application Evaluator
Evaluation of Fulbright U.S. Scholar Applicants in Mixed Media, Photography, Illustration, Multimedia, Performance

2020 Juror, Studio Artist Selection Juror, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia

2019 Curator, To Eat or Not to Eat, Hisaoka Gallery, Washington, DC. Artists: Fabiola Alvarez, Elsabe Dixon, Maria Karametou

2017- Present, Editorial Board “Ergon: Greek American Arts and Letters” Peer reviewed journal that promotes the arts, letters and scholarship of Greek / America” http://ergon.scienzine.com

2014 Juror, Visiting Artist Program, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia

2013 Juror, Studio Artist Selection, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia

2012 Board of Directors, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia (since 2004)

2012 Juror, The Trawick Prize, Bethesda Painting Awards, Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District, Maryland

2012 Panel Chair, Art and Social Change in a Globalizing World. Arts After Atrocity; Global Human Rights and Local Representations of Violence and Resistance International Conference, George Mason University. Panelists: Bassam Haddad, Edgar Endress, Don Russell.

2011 Solo Shows, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia (also in 2009, 2008, and 2007)

2011 Juror, Revealing Exhibition, Gallery 123, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. (also in 2008 and 2009)

2010 Artist Lecture, Mixed and Experimental Media Work, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey http://msgsutextileandfashion.blogspot.com/2010/04/maria-karametou-seminerleri.html

2010 Artist Lecture, From Tradition to Innovation: Experimental Approaches to Drawing, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 Artist Lecture,Design Work, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 Panelist, Finding Locale: The Importance of Place in the Creative Process, Kadir Has Universitesi, Istanbul, Turkey Panelists: Maria Karametou and Sarah Zandieh, Filmmaker, Columbia University. Moderator: R. Bell, Rochester Institute of Technology

2010 Artist Lecture, Mixed Media Works, Marmara Universitesi, Kadikoy, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 Mini-Symposia 2010, Anatolian Culture and Civilization, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Arastirma Merkezi (Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations), Istanbul, Turkey

2010 Conference Participant, Fulbright Honorees Conference, Antalya, Turkey

2009 Curator, Solomon Wondimu; Skin: America in Black and White, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA

2009 Conference Participant, The Impact of Education and Culture in the U.S. – Greece Relations, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, International Trade Center, Washington, DC.

2009 Juror, Solo Shows, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia

2008 Artist Lecture, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece

2008 Artist Talk, Holter Museum, Helena, MT

2007 - 2009 Advisory Board Member Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA

2007 Panelist, Art Today Public Forum, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD Panelists: Eleanor Heartney, Art Critic; Irving Sandler, Art Critic. Artists: Alzaruba, Anne Chan, Breon Gilleran, Maren Hassinger, Maria Karametou, Ben Pinowar, Sofia Silva, Mary Walker. Moderator: Cornel Rubino

2007 Panelist, Lebenszeichen / Sign of Life Forum, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Moderator: Frank Day

2007 Artist Lecture, Women and Gender Studies, George Mason University. Organized by Dr Saida Hodzic.

2007 Artist Lecture, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece

2006 Focus Group Member/ Artist Representative, Strategic Development, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County

2005 Organizer, Juror, Looking At / Through Gender. In conjunction with the Gendered Visualities Visual Culture Symposium, George Mason University

2005 Advisory Review Panelist, Arts In Schools Grants, Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD

2004 Artist Talk, Shifting, Flashpoint, Washington, DC

2003 Panelist, Mapping the Routes International Art Panel sponsored by the Presidency of the European Union. IMF, Washington, DC. Panelists: D. Grigar (Texas Woman’s University), E. Karakantza (Hellenic Open University), M. Karametou (George Mason University), Christopher Merrill (The University of Iowa), G. Nagy (Harvard University)

2001 Presenter, International Art Symposium Earth, Museum of Traditional Greek Ceramics, Athens, Greece

2001 Advisory Review Panelist, Art Grants, Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD

1995 Facilitator, Washington metropolitan area art sessions for seniors with dementia, Arts for the Aging, Bethesda, MD

1995 Artist Lecture, Cultural Identity and the Immigration Experience, The Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, VA

1994 Artist Lecture, The Diversity of the Visual Arts in Montgomery County, Mondays at 101 Speakers Series, Montgomery College, Maryland

1994 Artist Lecture, Mixed Media In Contemporary Art, King Art Center, Abingdon, VA

1992 Artist Lecture,Out There, Mondays at 101 Speakers Series, Montgomery College, MD

1984 Washington DC Correspondent Eikastika Fine Arts Monthly Magazine, Athens, Greece (from 1982)

MUSEUM AND SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Freddie Mac, McLean, VA

Inova Hospital Group, Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA.

The Holter Museum, Helena, Montana

The Vorres Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

The State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece

Contemporary Art Museum of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, Greece https://cca.gr/k-199/articles/karametou-maria.html

Network for Victim Recovery of DC, Washington DC

Grassroots, Greater Washington DC area

Special Collections and Archives, Rare and Antiquarian Books, Artists’ Books, George Mason University Libraries, Fairfax, Virginia

Dr. Cyrus Katzen, Founder, The Katzen Museum, Washington, DC

Alice Denney, Founder, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC

Carolyn Alper, Washington, DC

Greek Orthodox Church, Baltimore, MD

Montgomery College, Fitzpatrick Collection, Takoma Park, MD

Dr. Frederick P. (Fred) Ognibene, Chairman, Board of Directors, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC. Director, Clinical Research Training and Medical Education, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

His Excellency the U.S. Ambassador to Greece and Mrs. Thomas Miller Ambassador’s Residence; Athens, Greece ( from 2002- 2005)

Office of the Chief of Information, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC

Sylmar Corporation, Annapolis, MD

Ignacio Duran, Minister of Cultural Affairs, Embassy of Mexico

Nikolas Petsalis, Gallery Director, Trito Mati, Athens, Greece

Anna Boutou, International Reporter, Antenna Television, Greece

Marc Moynes, Co-director, Gallery K, Washington DC

Mary Swift, Managing Editor, The Washington Review

Susan Firestone, Art Therapist, Psychotherapist, New York, N.Y.

Other private collections include:

New York, California, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, New Mexico, Virginia, Washington, Athens (Greece), London (UK)

PRESS / REVIEWS

2023 March. Editor’s Choice, “Maria Karametou’s Exploration of Beauty Exhibition” Issue No. 8: Rejected and Approved
SMCK Art Magazine, Munich, Germany

2022 April. “The Joy of Greek Embroidery” Artist Interview, Pages 17, 18
Issue No. 6: Munich Metamorphoses, SMCK Art Magazine, Munich, Germany
http://www.smck.org/mag06.html

2021 June “The Fabric of Migration, Mobility, and Displacement” Artist Interview. SMCK Magazine, Munich, Germany. Christoph Ziegler, Publisher, Loukia Richards, Editor-in-Chief www.smck.org
http://www.smck.org/mag04-flipbook/mobile/index.html
https://art.gmu.edu/2021/09/01/maria-karametou-faculty-featured-in-july-issue-of-german-magazine-smck/

2019 March 22 Mark Jenkins, “Karametou, Dixon and Alvarez.” Arts and Style, The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-printmakers-works-are-anything-but-two-dimensional/2019/03/22/791a51b4-4982-11e9-8cfc-2c5d0999c21e_story.html

2019 February 26 Dr. Claudia Rousseau, “To Eat or Not to Eat at Joan Hisaoka.” East City Art http://www.eastcityart.com/reviews/east-city-art-review-to-eat-or-not-t
to-eat-at-joan-hisaoka-healing-arts-gallery/?mc_cid=0855e5e739&mc_eid=73b70f0fd1

2019 Spring Eric Celarier, “To Eat or Not to Eat” The Washington Sculptor, Spring 2019

2017 December 11 Michaela Japac, “Maria Karametou: The Studio Visit”
http://thestudiovisit.com/maria-karametou/

2015 October 18 Mary Hrbacek, “My Gender-ation!” CultureCatch, N.Y, NY.
http://www.culturecatch.com/art/challenging-gender-stereotypes

2015 July 30 Smith, Tim. “Artsmash; Cool Exhibits for Summer Viewing at Mount Vernon Galleries” The Baltimore Sun http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/artsmash/bal-cool-exhibits-for-summer-viewing-at-mount-vernon-galleries-20150730-story.html

2014 June Seidelmann, Brooke. “Altered Ego”https://smithcenter.org/smith_exhibition/altered-ego/

2013 September 13, Lafreniere, Justin. “Converging Parallels” Crosses Borders and Gender Roles. Artist interview, George Mason University News https://www2.gmu.edu/news/436

2012 April 17 Harris Scott, Steven. “Global Profile: Maria Karametou, Associate Professor in Mason’s School of Art”. Artist interview. Office of Global and International Strategies, George Mason University http://masonglobal.gmu.edu/global-register-feature-article-maria- karametou-associate-professor-in-masons-school-of-art

2012 February e-flux, Agency of Unrealized Projects. “Spiti” http://e-flux.com/aup/tag/urban/

2011 February 21Ferraro, Catherine. “Art Professor Explores Textiles in Turkey as Fulbright Scholar”. Artist interview, George Mason University News http://news.gmu.edu/articles/5423

2010 July “163: That Which Stays”, Reset, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 July “163: That Which Stays”, Beyoglu Etkinlik Rehberi, Istanbul, Turkey

2010 July “163: That Which Stays”, Apartman Projesi, Istanbul, Turkey
http://www.apartmentproject.com/projects.asp?PROJE_ID=91

2010 June 13 x-op. eu http://www.x-op.eu/2010-06-13

2009 Karametou Maria, “Speaking Volumes, Transforming Hate” http://www.speakingvolumes.net/maria-karametou

2009 January 30- April 4, Karametou Maria. Curator’s Statement, “Solomon Wondimu: America in Black and White”

2007 November 9 Diels, Christina. Kunstvoller Brückenschlag von Aachen nach Arlington Aachener Zeitung

2007 May 30 McLeod, Deborah. “Critical Paths” The Baltimore City Paper

2007 May 16 Davis J., Sparrow R., and Ober C. “MAP Threeway”, BmoreArt
https://bmoreart.com/2007/05/map-threeway-jarrett-min-davis-rob_24.html

2007 May- August Planet Arlington. “International Exhibitions”

2007 April- June Miner, Al. “Art Today in Words and Images” Exhibition Catalog

2007 April- June Ren, Ding. “Repetition is Not a Sign of Stupidity”, Art Today in Words and Images Exhibition Catalog

2007 January 5 O' Sullivan, Michael. “Photogenesis”, The Washington Post

2007 November Karametou, Maria. “Imaging the Distance” Exhibition Catalog. Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Germany

2007 November Around Town, WETA Television “Best Bets: Imaging the Distance”

2004 November Koroxenidis, Alexandra “Homer’s Odyssey is the Basis for a Varied Art Project. The Kathimerini Newspaper, Greece

2004 March Kosmidou, Zoe. “Penelopeia: The Other Journey”

2004 March Kotrotsios, Paul. Artist Interview. Antenna National Television Station, Athens, Greece

2003 Kosmidou, Zoe. “The Power Of Visual Logos: Greek Women Artists” International Center for Arts and Culture (ICAN), Athens, Greece (Hardbound book)

2003 September Koroxenidis, Alexandra. “Penelope’s Web”, Vogue Magazine, Greek Edition

2002 December Halatsis, Vassiliki. “Two Great Dames Excel In The Fine Arts”, Neraida Chronicle, Greece

2002 Blume, Martha. “Marylanders in Motion”, Bay Weekly, Vol.10, No.9

2000 March 23 Protzman, Ferdinand. “Karametou .. at Gallery K”, The Washington Post

2000 Bookmaker Network University of Idaho Bookarts web http://www.philobiblon.com/idaho/karametou.shtml

1999 November 17- 23 Jiuliano, Mike. “Peace and Plenty; Paintings by Henry Coe, Mixed Media work by Maria Karametou, The Baltimore City Paper.

1999 November 4 Leoudakis, Zoe. Artist Interview, The Voice of America International Radio Broadcast

1999 June 10 Lewis, Nicole. “For Their Ties The Perfect Coat”, The Washington Post

1998 July - August Lerner, Adam J. “Dollhouses”, The New Art Examiner

1998 February 18 Dorsey, John. “Creating Big Impact On A Small Scale”, The Baltimore Sun.

1996 June 9 O’ Sullivan, Michael. “Sites For Sore Feet”, The Washington Post

1996 June- July Fleming, Lee. “Housebound”, The Washington Review

1995 October 3 Redecker, Cynthia. “Washington Moscow Artists Stage a Different Kind of Summit”, The Moscow Times

1995 May 15 Mc Fadden, L. “Museum Exhibit A Melting Pot Of Art”, The Danville Register, Danville, VA

1994 October 29 Fleming, Lee. “A Matter of Life and Depth”, The Washington Post

1994 October Ken Oda. “Maria Karametou: Reflections at Gallery K”, KOAN magazine

1994 May 12 Skenderis, Despina. “Maria Karametou’s Exhibition In Washington”, The National Herald, New York, N.Y.

1994 April - May Joselow, Beth. “The Book As Art”, The Washington Review

1994 March 10 McCoy, Mary. ” Books, A New Meaning”, The Washington Post

1994 February - March Miller, Lenore D. “Layered Visions”, The Washington Review

1993 December 6- May 20, 1994 Krystyna Wasserman. “Personal Explorations” Book as Art Exhibition Catalog, National Museum of Women in the Arts

1993 July 17 Fleming, Lee. “At Gallery K Letting It All Hang Out”, Washington Post

1993 January Valakos, Dorothy. “Diverse Personal Visions”, The Alternative, Baltimore, MD

1992 December 25 Jiuliano, Mike. “Galleries”, The Baltimore City Paper

1992 December 15 Dorsey, John. “Maryland On View: Strong Show Covers A Lot”, The Baltimore Sun

1992 June 12 Skenderis, Despina. “Omogenia”, The National Herald, New York, NY

1992 June Johnson, B. “Maria Karametou: Recent Works”, EyeWash

1992 February Clements, Paul “Cultural Identity And The Immigration Experience”, Washington Review

1991 December Kotrotsios, Paul. “Maria Karametou Presents: The Garden of Wonders”, The Hellenic News of America, Havertown, PA

1991 December James, Curtia. “Eight Paths to a Journey”, The New Art Examiner

1988 August 6 Kessler, Pamela. “Secrets”, The Washington Post

1988 March 19 Skenderis, D. Artist Interview, The Voice of America International Radio Broadcast

1988 March 17 Purchase, Steve. “Art Review”, The Baltimore Evening Sun

1988 March 3 Dorsey, John. “Grand Allusions”, The Baltimore Sun

1986 May 21Levantis, Alex. “The Work of Maria Karametou : Remains”, The Hellenic Star, Chicago, IL

1986 May 21 Boutou, Anna. Artist Interview. The Voice of America International Radio Broadcast

1986 May 8 Stevens, Elizabeth. “Karametou: Relief Works At Grimaldis”, The Baltimore Sun

1986 June Eikastika Nea, “Maria Karametou Crowder”

1986 May 9 Weisser, Tom. “Maria Karametou Crowder: Remains”, The Baltimore City Paper

1985 September Rost, Kerstin. “Boxformations”, The New Art Examiner

1983 March 10 Purchase, Steve. “Art Seen”, The Baltimore Evening Sun

1980 October 19 Andreadi, Efi. “Art Reviews”, To Vima newspaper, Athens, Greece

1980 October 16- 23 Ioannou, Olga. “Maria Karametou: Collage Paintings and Constructions”, Epikera Magazine, Greece

1980 October 5 Iliopoulou-Rogan, Dora. “Current Exhibitions: Karametou”, Kathimerini Newspaper, Greece

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2013 - Present Associate Professor, Division of Painting and Drawing (Tenured), Director, Division of Drawing School of Art, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA https://art.gmu.edu/faculty-staff/maria-karametou/

2004 - 2013 Assistant Professor, Division of Painting and Drawing, School of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Graduate Courses: Graduate Seminar; Mixed Media; Teaching Practicum; Drawing; Non- Traditional Approaches to Drawing; Painting; Independent Study.
Undergraduate Courses: Drawing I, II, III, IV, V, VI; Painting I, II, III, IV, V; Senior Project; Non -Traditional Approaches to Drawing; Mixed Media; Fundamentals I (2D); Fundamentals II (3D); Artist’s Studio; Independent Study.
New Courses developed for GMU: Non -Traditional Approaches to Drawing; Mixed Media; International Programs courses (listed below)
Summer Program Abroad Courses: Under A New Light: Experimental Drawing and Sculpture, Skopelos Island, Greece (w/ T. Ashcraft) //Informed By the Land: Experimental Media, Skopelos Island, Greece (w/ M. Cooley) // The Extended Image, Montorno Studios, Tuscany, Italy (w/ M. DelPopolo)

1999 - 2003 Adjunct Professor, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Courses: Fundamentals I; Fundamentals II; Drawing I, II, III, IV, V, VI; Artist’s Studio

1997 Adjunct Professor, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Courses: Fundamentals I

1996 - 1999 Adjunct Professor, George Washington University, Washington, DC Courses: 2D Design; 3D Design

1994 - 1995 Workshop Leader, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA Developed and taught workshops for the Virginia Museum’s affiliates statewide that related to my work. Title: Mixed Media Reliefs; A Workshop with Maria Karametou

1986 - 2002 Adjunct Professor, Montgomery College, Rockville / Takoma Park, MD Courses: Color; Drawing I, II; 2D Design; 3D Design; Art Appreciation

1984 - 1988 Adjunct Professor, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD Courses: Drawing I, II; Painting; 2D Design; 3D Design; Introduction to Art (lecture)

1984 - 1985 Instructor, Baltimore School for the Arts, Baltimore, MD Courses: Drawing

1984 - 1985 Visiting Artist, The University of La Verne European Division, Athens, Greece Courses: Painting; The Art Experience

1979 – 1982 Lecturer, The University of La Verne European Division, Athens, Greece Courses: Painting I, II; Landscape Painting; Drawing; Approaches to Drawing and Painting; Design; Drawing and Painting Workshop; The Art Experience; Survey of Western Art (Art History); Art and Literature: Quest for Values (Humanities)

1979 - 1982 Lecturer, The University of Maryland, European Division, Athens, Greece Courses: Painting; Drawing; Design

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

New courses developed and taught:

Mixed Media George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Course was adopted as part of the regular curriculum)

Non-Traditional Approaches to Drawing George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (Course was adopted as part of the regular curriculum)

Landscape Painting The University of La Verne, European Division, Athens, Greece

Art and Literature: Quest for Values The University of La Verne, European Division, Athens, Greece Interdisciplinary course co-developed and team-taught with Prof. E. Gross, Department of English (Course was adopted as part of the regular curriculum).

Informed by the Land: Experimental Media George Mason University Summer Program Abroad to Greece (In collaboration with Mark Cooley, Assistant Professor, Digital Arts)

Under a New Light: Experimental Drawing and Sculpture, George Mason University Summer Program Abroad to Greece (In collaboration with Tom Ashcraft, Associate Professor, Sculpture)

The Extended Image George Mason University Summer Program Abroad to Italy (In collaboration with M. Del Popolo, Assistant Professor, Art Education)

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

2006 / 2018 Summer Program Abroad, Italy and Summer Programs Abroad, Greece. School of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. In collaboration with the Center for Field Studies, George Mason Univ. and with the Center for Global Education, George Mason Univ.

TEACHING RELATED AWARDS and SPECIAL PROJECTS

2020 Purks Faculty Enrichment Award College of Visual and Performing Arts, George Mason University

2014 - 2022 Director, Division of Drawing, School of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

2007 - 2015 Director, International Programs, School of Art, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

2006 - 2018 Member Phi Beta Delta National Honor Society for International Scholars

2006 Faculty Award George Mason University Phi Beta Delta National Honor Society faculty award for International Achievement and Outstanding Contributions to International Education. Epsilon Delta Chapter faculty representative to the National Competition.

2005 - 2022 Faculty Affiliate, Women and Gender Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

2003 - 2005 Developer, Organizer and Moderator The Rewards and Consequences of an Art Career Panel George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Panelists: Andrea Pollan, Director, Curator’s Office; Claire Huschle, Executive Director, Arlington Arts Center; Jason Hughes, Artist and founding member of Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD; and George Mason University faculty

2002- 2007 Academic Advisor, Art and Visual Technology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, Interarts, Transfers, AVT Minors, Undecided, Extended Study

OTHER

Languages: Greek (fluent)

OTHER WEB LINKS

https://washingtonsculptors.org/membergallery/karametou/

https://mpaart.org/maria-karametou-2/

https://aup.e-flux.com/project/maria-karametou-spiti/

https://shivagallery.org/maria-karametou/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/423690277417238260/

https://procreateanthology.wordpress.com/2015/11/14/maria-karametou/

https://www.joanhisaokagallery.org/events/2019/2/16/curator-and-artists-talk

http://www.baltimorearts.org/around-town-msac-individual-artist-awards-announced/

https://www.gabymizes.com/art-gallery/mixed-media