MAGDALINI SAKELARIDI
Magdalini Sakellaridi was born in Pireus, but grew up in Volos. When she was 16, she received the first prize in a national student contest on her theme "The port of Volos".
Having her father and mother painters and violinsts she got her first lessons with them and late on she studied at the Chagivaggelis School of art at the department of design for 3 years.
At the age of 21 she finished her violin studies at the Athen`s Greek Music School, where her father, Pericles Sakellaridis, was a professor.
During her studies she painted a lot, but it was in 1996 when she finally decided to work exclusively with her passion, painting, opening an art school in VOlos, then on Scopelos island and during the last 5 years on Mykonos where she has organized the Art Studio Gallery at Goumenio Square, where she works and exhibits her paintings at the same time.
The Sea, pebbles, boat rust, reeds and nopals are her favorite themes. Her work also includes doors and canvas...
Her work can be found at Averof Museum, the folk museum on Sifnos, at the town halls of Syros and Mykonos, at the Greek Embassy in China, etc. Furthermore, in private collections in Greece and abroad.
Artists Exhibit for 2010
Klouvatos Nikolas / Birlis Thanasis/ Komninos Constantinos/ Helen Mudie Ioannidou/ Korovesi Aggelika/Angelos Perdikis/ Dimitris Korovesis
Art Studio Gallery
22 Ag. Saranta str. Goumeniou square - Mykonos Greece
