Antonia Papatzanaki Figurative Paintings

Antonia Papatzanaki is a renowned international artist from Greece. She was educated in Athens School of Fine Arts (G. Nikolaidi’s Workshop), in Vienna Hochschule für Angenwandte Kunst (W. Bertoni’s Workshop) and in New York, Pratt Institute, where she acquired her master of fine arts degree. She is the recipient of many prestigious awards (F.V.S. zu Hamburg Foundation, Hellenic State Scholarship Foundation, Gerondelis Foundation, Lynn, MA, Foundation for Hellenic Culture, Hellenic Ministry of Culture\ and Katonah Museum of Art, NY) and has gained first prizes from PanHellenic and international Competitions for public art work installations. Papatzanaki has had 15 solo exhibitions including “Athens 2013”, “Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete”, Rethymnon (2010), “Tsatsis Projects / Artforum”, Thessaloniki (2008), “Chashama” and many international group exhibitions including the Vorres Museum, Chosunilbo Museum and the Katonah Museum of Art. Critical essays analyze Papatzanaki’s work in six solo exhibition catalogs, several group show catalogs and two art books. More than 100 articles and reviews of Papatzanaki’s works have been published in art periodicals, newspapers and magazines in Greece and in New York.