Chara Thanou

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She was born in Athens. She graduated from the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA) (Division: Painting, Grade “Excellent”), while she received a grant from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) in the fourth year of her studies. At the same time, she took scenography courses given by the Professor Mr. G. Ziakas at the Laboratory of Scenography of the ASFA and she attended scenography and costume design seminars given by the scenographer M. Pantelidakis. She attended sculpture, construction and installation classes given by the professor Th. Panourgias at the Sculpture Workshop of the ASFA. Subsequently, she completed the Postgraduate Programme “Visual Arts” (grade “Excellent”) at the ASFA and she presented a unit of works concerning rhythm, timbre and relationship of visual arts and music. Moreover, she is a graduate of the School of Philology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.). She has 27 years of teaching experience in the public and private Secondary Education, Galleries, Art Workshops as well as in Post-secondary and Higher Education. She has organised many exhibitions, presentations, artistic activities, theatrical events in schools as well as educational programmes and guided tours in Galleries and the Ministry of Education. She participated in artistic projects and workshops, while in 2005 she represented Greece in Sweden by taking part in a project organised by the Chamber of Fine Arts of both countries. She worked for the construction and painting of theatrical scenes, costumes and objects. She presented her art work in solo and group exhibitions. She collaborated with the Pratt Institute professor Theodora Skipitares on the construction and presentation of Shadow Theater in 2022, as part of the Xenakis 22 Centenary International Symposium. In 2023, she curated student participation in the Prague Quadrenniale of Performance Design and Space 2023, with the (UN) Common Design Project. She is currently a member of the Special Educational Personnel of the Department of Performing and Digital Arts of the University of the Peloponnese.

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Studies

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