
CHRYSANTHE MAGGIDIS

I am an emerging female artist who was born in Greece and raised in the United States of America. Living and immersing in two distinct cultures and being educated in both countries has made me truly bicultural and bilingual.
​
As an undergraduate student I pursued a BA in Art, Archaeology, and Art History at Dickinson College (2012-2016). In my four years of studio practice I was trained in various mediums to advanced level, including drawing (charcoal, graphite, pastel, ink), painting (oil, acrylic, egg tempera), printmaking (etching, woodblock carving, lithography, monoprinting), sculpture (wood, metal/welding, plaster), and photography (film, digital photography, digital illustration, Lightroom Photoshop). My studio practice revolved around the figure rendered in charcoal.
I continued my studies by pursuing an MFA degree in drawing, painting, and printmaking at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia (2017-2019). These two years prepared me for reading, writing, and understanding the theoretical aspect of my sfield (art history), as well as challenging me in my studio practice which evolved into creating mixed media works using charcoal, pastel, fabric paper, and woodprint.
​
In 2019, I returned to Greece and earned a second MA degree in Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2020-2021). During my graduate studies in Greece, I expanded and deepened my knowledge in Prehistoric, Classical, and Eastern Mediterranean art and archaeology through challenging courses, seminars, lectures, class presentations, and further advanced my research methodology, academic writing and teaching. My thesis combined my knowledge of fine art, art history, and archaeology as it strove to find the prototype of the Classical Sculpture: the Athena Medici.
​
I am currently a PhD candidate for Classical Sculpture at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, an active archaeologist and, simultaneously, an active European artist. I work as a PR and Social Media Consultant at the Agora Gallery of New York, U.S.A. and as a Graphic Designer/Illustrator and Social Media Manager for the Mycenaean Foundation Inc.
EXHIBITIONS:
July 26 - July 30, 2023
“London Art Biennale 2023” Collective Exhibition
Chelsea Old Town Hall, King's Road, London UK
March 8 – March 21, 2023
December 5 - December 30, 2022
October 31 - November 6, 2022
September 7 - 31, 2022
September 10 - October 10, 2022
August 06 - 28, 2022
May 18 - June 29, 2022
May 10 - June 2, 2019
April 29 - May 21, 2016
“FEMININITY FROM ARCHAIC TO CONTEMPORARY” Collective Exhibition
Europe Art Gallery, Brasov, Romania
“Memory and Identity” Online Collective Exhibition and Magazine, Cista Art Gallery;
London, UNITED KINGDOM
“POLYPTYCHON” Solo Exhibition
Cultural Center of Iraklion Attica "VILLA STELLA." Athens, GREECE
“Life As A Poem” Online Collective Exhibition and Magazine, Cista Art Gallery;
London, UNITED KINGDOM
“COLORS” Online Collective Exhibition and Magazine,
Collect Art Gallery; Tbilisi, GEORGIA
“Biennale Chianciano 2022” Collective Exhibition
Museo D'Arte; Chianciano Terme, ITALY
“POLYPTYCHON” Solo Exhibition
Municipal Art Gallery "Alekos Kontopoulos;" Lamia, GREECE
“118th Annual Student Exhibition” Collective Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia, USA
“EIDOLON” Collective Exhibition
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia, USA
May 7 - May 31, 2023
“KALOPSIA” Solo Exhibition
Municipal Art Gallery of Corinth, GREECE
CATALOGUE PUBLICATIONS:
May 7, 2023
December 5, 2022
October 31, 2022
September 20, 2022
September 17, 2022
May 18 - June 29, 2022
April 29 - May 21, 2016
April 2016
“KALOPSIA” Catalogue,
Municipal Art Gallery of Corinth, GREECE
“Memory and Identity” Catalogue,
Cista Art Gallery; London, UNITED KINGDOM
“POLYPTYCHON” Catalogue
Cultural Center of Iraklion Attica "VILLA STELLA." Athens, GREECE
“Life As A Poem” Online Art Magazine,
Cista Art Gallery; London, UNITED KINGDOM
“COLOURS” Online Art Magazine Issue No. 12 (Special Edition)
Collect Art Gallery; Tbilisi, GEORGIA
“POLYPTYCHON” Catalogue
Municipal Art Gallery "Alekos Kontopoulos;" Lamia, GREECE
“EIDOLON” Catalogue
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Philadelphia, USA
“Renoartio April Art Contest ” Online Website Publication
RENOARTIO