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| Clio Natsi |
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Painter
I.qousqoura 754622
Thessaloniki Greece
Telephone : (0030) 2310 223488
She was born in Thessaloniki. Her
father Dr Dimitriadis Alexandros, and her mother Maria Vakirtgi. She
married the mechanical engineer G. Natsi. She studied painting in
the school of Fine Atrs, at the atelier of G. Moralis (1948-1949)
and in Thessaloniki, near Pol. Regos. She is a member of the Artistic
Chamber of Athens, founding member of the Club of Artists of North
Greece and member of the Corporation of Artistic Exchanges and of the International Instructional Confederacy
of Women. She took part in the Conjectural Organization of the Ministry
of Culture in Romania in 1969, in the Biennale of Alexandria in 1972
and in Moscow in 1988. She took part in nine Panhellenic Exhibitions and in two Exhibitions
of the UNESCO, in Paris and London, in 1978.
In 1982 she participated in the "Salon de Comparaison Grand Palais"
in Paris and during the same year she represented our country with
a private exhibition in the Greek Month of Vienna, after being selected
by an Ausrtian Committee in the organization regarding the Greek Painting,
which was set up by the Popular University Winner Urania. She took
part in more than 100 Joint Exhibitions. She was awarded a price from
the Commercial Bank of Greece and two times from the Municipality
of Thessaloniki. In 1969 she won the Prize money in the "Salon de
L' Art Libre" and in 1973 the Silver Medal in the same Salon. During
the same year she was awarded the Silver Medal in Madrid.
In 1984 she was invited by the Institute of Joan. Vellidis and she
exhibited her works in the exhibition organized by it. In 1987-1988
the Vaphopoulio Cultural Centre presented her rétrospective exhibition.
In 1989 in the co-organization of the Municipality of Paris and the
D.M.O.G. for the comlpetion of 200 years
from the Conquest of Bastille, her work was chosen for the poster
of the exhibition and was awarded the Silver Medal of the City of
Paris.
She has been a member of the Administrative Board of the State Theatre
of North Greece for five years. She is a fellow of the Society of
Macedonic Studies and has written for the issue of the completion
of 40 years of the Company the background of the development of the
Conjecturale Arts in Thessaloniki, as well as order texts, such as
"6 American Women Artists", "Luiz Nevelson" (engraving), "G. Paralis"
, "Pol. Regos", "Theophilos" a.o. She illustrated the children's book
Paidikes Chares by Katina Tsemkentzi, the book I kritiki parousia
tou Petrou Spandonidi, the poetry collection by Marios Marinos Charalambous
entitled Odos Antheon, and the front cover of the literary work by
the same author entitled Treis mystikes istories. She was a mèmber
of the Supervisory Committee of the Municipal Picture Gallery and
Town Councillor of the Municipality of Thessaloniki. She is a member
of the Committee of the Picture Gallery of the Society of Macedonic
Studies.
Her works of art can be fould in the Municipal Picture Gallery of
Thessaloniki, the Municipal Picture Gallery of Athens, the Municipal
Picture Gallery of Rhodes, the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki, in Banks and Private Collections
in Greece and abroad.
Clio Natsi has always believed, that works of art shouldn't stand
on their own, but should always be compared to the works of her colleagues.
Thus, she has participated in numerous tmportant group exhibitions,
in Greece and abroad.
C.N.
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