Special Information for the Artist
Mariva Zacharof was born in Athens, Greece in 25/02/1978. Raised in Liege of Belgium and studied Fine Arts in Great Britain. Currently lives and works in Athens, Greece. She received B.A Hons in Fine Arts from the School of Art and Design of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK. She is a member of the Hellenic Art Chamber of Commerce, of “DESTE” Foundation and part of its Archive for the Contemporary Greek Artists, Athens, Greece. Her work is also part of the Archive of The Greek Artists of EMST (The National Museum of Contemporary Art), Athens, Greece. In 2010 her work was published in the annual book “Best of Worldwide Mixed Media Artists Volume I – K-Z”, by Kennedy Publishing US. In 2003 she got a Two-year Scholarship from the “Schilizzi” Foundation, UK and in 2004 an award followed by stipend for an Art Project from The Sidney Perry Foundation, UK. On November 2008 she had her first Solo exhibition “Childhood Dreams”. Since then she takes part in many group exhibitions in Greece. She also participates in group exhibitions in UK since 2001.
