Special Information for the Artist
She was born in Athens in 1937. She took her first art lessons with painter Orestis Kanellis in 1955 and the following year she enrolled in the Academie Julian in Paris, under professors A. Planson and R. Bezombes. In 1957 she was admitted to the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts with professor Souverbie, while attending classes at the Atelier de la Grande Chaumiere and the Ecole du Loyvre. In 1984 she co-founded D.A.N.A.E., an art-foundation in Puilly, France, organizing artistic events and exhibiting regularly. She lived and worked between Athens, Lausanne and Paris. She died in Paris in 2000.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1958: Kouros Gallery, Athens
1959: Galerie d 'Art Images, Lausanne
1962: New Forms Gallery, Athens
1965: Galerie du Croissant d 'Or, Liege
1978:
• Musee Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
• "Rencontre avec Daphne Embirikos-Costopoulos"
• Galerie du Croissant d'Or, Liege
1981:
• Studio Spazzapan Spazio Alternativo, Stresa
• Galerie Marie-Louise Jeanneret-Art Moderne, Geneva
• "Croisee-Recontre International avec Daphne Costopoulos"
1988:
• 3 Gallery, Athens
• «Paper traces"
1992:
• 3 Gallery, Athens
• «Looking again at the Myths"
2001: Eynard Building, National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation. Retrospective.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1957: Salon des Artistes Francais, Paris. With Honorable Mention.
1958:
• Salon des Artistes Francais, Paris
• Report: Exhibition of Women artists, Patra
1959: Greek Artists in Paris, Paris
1960:
• 6th Panhellenic Exhibition, Zappeion, Athens
• Plaka House, Athens
1961:
• A’ Panhellenic Exhibition, French Institute, Athens
• New Forms Gallery, Athens
• Biennale des Jeunes, Paris
• Salon des Artistes Libres, Paris
• Salon des Femmes Peintres, Musee d 'Art Moderne, Paris
• Group Exhibitions in Florence, London, Canada, Madrid
1962:
• Peace and Life, Zygos Exhibition Hall, Athens
• Greek Women Artists, Greek-Soviet Association, Athens
