Maria Coletsis
MARIA COLETSIS www.mariacoletsis.com maria@mariacoletsis.com 8580 Ryan Rd Richmond, BC Canada V7A-2E6 T: 604-719-5880
EDUCATIONMaster of Fine Arts Degree- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USABachelor of Fine Arts Degree- Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada SOLO EXHIBITIONSNovember 2012- Sh!Store London, UKNovember 2011- The Luxe, Photomonth London, UKMay 2011- De Luca Gallery multi-media exhibition and book launch Toronto, CanadaNovember 2010- Sh!Store London, UKOctober 2010- The Luxe London, UKMay 2007- Eros-zine.com Featured artist in webzine gallery.August 2004- Artist feature for BOLZ magazine artist gallery, London, UKMay 2003- CBC Canada Radio 3 internet gallery featured artist.March 2003- CBC Canada Radio 3 internet gallery featured artist.
GROUP EXHIBITIONSMarch 2025- RBSA Photography Prize 2025 Exhibition, Birmingham, UK February 2025- 3rd B&W Athens Photography Festival, Athens Greece January 2025- Forma Natura: Nature as Source, Arts Benicia, CA, USA January 2025- Monochromica, Journal of Monchrome Art, Featured Artist December 2024- Denizens of the Sky, View Arts Center, Old Forge, NY USANovember 2024- Black and White Spider Awards, Winner Selection for SkinOctober 2024- Featured Artist for LandEscape Magazine, 20 Page Interview and PortfolioSeptember 2024- Project H2O: Reviving Waters, Arts for Global Development WebinarAugust 2024- Drift WoodScapes, City of Richmond Public Art Program, Canada Line Aberdeen Station July 2024- CIP, International Photography Festival, Crete, GreeceJune 2024- Art That Matters, OCCCA Gallery, Orange County, USAJune 2024- WOMEN, B612 Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA May 2024- Black & White International Photography Exhibition, Independent & Image Art Space, Chongqing, China April 2024- Hanging by a Thread, Left of Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA March 2024- Hot Topics, LACA Gallery, Michigan, USAFebruary 2024- 2nd B&W Athens Photography Festival, Athens GreeceFebruary 2024- What Women are Thinking, Liz Long Gallery, Chicago Urban Retreat Center, USA February 2024- Nature, St. Louis Art Oxford, Online ExhibitionJanuary 2024- Open Photography, Stanislaus Arts Council, Mistlin Gallery, Modesto CA, USADecember 2023- Color Awards: Fine Art Photography NomineeNovember 2023- London Underground Art Innovations, Great Portland Station, London UKNovember 2023- Art Rich, Richmond Art Gallery, CanadaNovember 2023- Black and White Spider Awards SelectionNovember 2023- Perception, Florence Gallery Online ExhibitionSeptember 2023- Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Elena Curris Magic Silver Show Presidential Purchase Award Winner, Murry University Kentucky, USAAugust 2023- People and Planet, Touchstone Gallery Washington, DC USAAugust 2023- CIP Photography Festival, Crete, GreeceJuly 2023- ITTOCC Climate Change Exhibition, University of Hawaii Hilo, USAJune 2023- Thrive! University of Michigan Hospitals, USAMay 2023- Selected works for City of Richmond Art Wraps Public Art ProgramApril 2023- Exposed 2023 Marin Society of Artists, San Raphael, CA USAMarch 2023- D31 Winter Exhibition, Doncaster, UKFebruary 2023- Black and White Athens Photography Festival, Athens, GreeceDecember 2022- Nowadays, Florence Contemporary Gallery Online ExhibitionNovember 2022- 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennale, Barcelona, SpainOctober 2022- The Green Environment, SE Center for Photography, South Carolina, USAAugust 2022- BOTANICALS Art Room Gallery Online ExhibitionJuly 2022- Monovisions Award Black and White Photography, UKJuly 2022- STRATA Manifesting Through the Layers, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery.July 2022- - Chania International Photography Festival Crete, GreeceJuly 2022- Broken Mirrors, Culturally Arts Milostka Center for Exhibitions, USAJune 2022- Food for Thought, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, CA, USAMay 2022- Extinction-Save the Planet, Gallerium Biafarin Online ExhibitionApril 2022- Boomer Gallery, London, UKApril 2022- Color Awards: Fine Art Photography NomineeMarch 2022- London Creative Competition, London UKFebruary 2022- Migration, Biafarin Online ExhibitionJanuary 2022- Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, GreeceDecember 2021- Occhi Contemporary Arts, Online ExhibitionDecember 2021- Grey Cube Gallery, Grey Online ExhibitionNovember 2021- Black and White Spider Awards, Online ExhibitionJuly 2021- Observica, Art magazine, CanadaJuly 2021- - Chania International Photography Festival Crete, GreeceJune 2021- Photography without a Lens, RI Center for Photographic Arts, RI, USAJune 2021 Speechless, Albe Art Gallery, St. Petersburg RussiaMay 2021- Self Fulfilling Prophecy, Boomer Magazine, London, UKMay 2021- Delight and Disruption, Open Being Online ExhibitionApril 2021- Art Hole, Art Magazine Feature, London, UKApril 2021- All Planet Earth Photography OnLine ExhibitionMarch 2021- 14th International Color Awards: Fine Art Photography NomineeMarch 2021- Superpresent, Art Magazine Feature, USMarch 2021- Express Impress Arts Collective, Online ExhibitionFebruary 2021- Grayscale Wonderland, BG Bergamot Station Gallery, Santa Monica, USAFebruary 2021- Exit, Fang Arte, Torino, ItalyFebruary 2021- Windows into the Virtual, Loosen Art Gallery, Rome, ItalyFebruary 2021- ReInvent: InnerState, Gallery 118, Brooklyn, USAFebruary 2021- 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Fine Art Section, Barcelona, SpainJanuary 2021- Scapes , PH21 Gallery, Budapest, HungaryDecember 2020- Out of Body, Stoa Art Collective, Online ExhibitionDecember 2020- Photography, Las Laguna Gallery, Los Angeles, USANovember 2020- Black and White Spider Awards, Online ExhibitionAugust 2020- Chania International Photography Festival Crete, GreeceMarch 2020- 7th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography Barcelona, SpainJuly 2019- Monovisions Award Black and White Photography, UKJuly 2019- CICA Museum: Contemporary Photography, KoreaJune 2019- Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, USAApril 2019- Color Awards: Fine Art Photography NomineeDecember 2018- LACDA “Open Source” LA, USANovember 2018- Black and White Spider Awards, Online ExhibitionOctober 2018- 5th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography Barcelona, SpainMay 2018- All Botanical Photography and Digital Art, Online ExhibitionApril 2018- Women Seen by Women International Photography Exhibit Barcelona, SpainSeptember 2017- Songzhuang Photo Biennial Beijing, China For more extended history visit https://www.mariacoletsisarchive.com/bio
EDUCATIONMaster of Fine Arts Degree- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USABachelor of Fine Arts Degree- Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada SOLO EXHIBITIONSNovember 2012- Sh!Store London, UKNovember 2011- The Luxe, Photomonth London, UKMay 2011- De Luca Gallery multi-media exhibition and book launch Toronto, CanadaNovember 2010- Sh!Store London, UKOctober 2010- The Luxe London, UKMay 2007- Eros-zine.com Featured artist in webzine gallery.August 2004- Artist feature for BOLZ magazine artist gallery, London, UKMay 2003- CBC Canada Radio 3 internet gallery featured artist.March 2003- CBC Canada Radio 3 internet gallery featured artist.
GROUP EXHIBITIONSMarch 2025- RBSA Photography Prize 2025 Exhibition, Birmingham, UK February 2025- 3rd B&W Athens Photography Festival, Athens Greece January 2025- Forma Natura: Nature as Source, Arts Benicia, CA, USA January 2025- Monochromica, Journal of Monchrome Art, Featured Artist December 2024- Denizens of the Sky, View Arts Center, Old Forge, NY USANovember 2024- Black and White Spider Awards, Winner Selection for SkinOctober 2024- Featured Artist for LandEscape Magazine, 20 Page Interview and PortfolioSeptember 2024- Project H2O: Reviving Waters, Arts for Global Development WebinarAugust 2024- Drift WoodScapes, City of Richmond Public Art Program, Canada Line Aberdeen Station July 2024- CIP, International Photography Festival, Crete, GreeceJune 2024- Art That Matters, OCCCA Gallery, Orange County, USAJune 2024- WOMEN, B612 Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA May 2024- Black & White International Photography Exhibition, Independent & Image Art Space, Chongqing, China April 2024- Hanging by a Thread, Left of Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, USA March 2024- Hot Topics, LACA Gallery, Michigan, USAFebruary 2024- 2nd B&W Athens Photography Festival, Athens GreeceFebruary 2024- What Women are Thinking, Liz Long Gallery, Chicago Urban Retreat Center, USA February 2024- Nature, St. Louis Art Oxford, Online ExhibitionJanuary 2024- Open Photography, Stanislaus Arts Council, Mistlin Gallery, Modesto CA, USADecember 2023- Color Awards: Fine Art Photography NomineeNovember 2023- London Underground Art Innovations, Great Portland Station, London UKNovember 2023- Art Rich, Richmond Art Gallery, CanadaNovember 2023- Black and White Spider Awards SelectionNovember 2023- Perception, Florence Gallery Online ExhibitionSeptember 2023- Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Elena Curris Magic Silver Show Presidential Purchase Award Winner, Murry University Kentucky, USAAugust 2023- People and Planet, Touchstone Gallery Washington, DC USAAugust 2023- CIP Photography Festival, Crete, GreeceJuly 2023- ITTOCC Climate Change Exhibition, University of Hawaii Hilo, USAJune 2023- Thrive! University of Michigan Hospitals, USAMay 2023- Selected works for City of Richmond Art Wraps Public Art ProgramApril 2023- Exposed 2023 Marin Society of Artists, San Raphael, CA USAMarch 2023- D31 Winter Exhibition, Doncaster, UKFebruary 2023- Black and White Athens Photography Festival, Athens, GreeceDecember 2022- Nowadays, Florence Contemporary Gallery Online ExhibitionNovember 2022- 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennale, Barcelona, SpainOctober 2022- The Green Environment, SE Center for Photography, South Carolina, USAAugust 2022- BOTANICALS Art Room Gallery Online ExhibitionJuly 2022- Monovisions Award Black and White Photography, UKJuly 2022- STRATA Manifesting Through the Layers, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery.July 2022- - Chania International Photography Festival Crete, GreeceJuly 2022- Broken Mirrors, Culturally Arts Milostka Center for Exhibitions, USAJune 2022- Food for Thought, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, CA, USAMay 2022- Extinction-Save the Planet, Gallerium Biafarin Online ExhibitionApril 2022- Boomer Gallery, London, UKApril 2022- Color Awards: Fine Art Photography NomineeMarch 2022- London Creative Competition, London UKFebruary 2022- Migration, Biafarin Online ExhibitionJanuary 2022- Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, GreeceDecember 2021- Occhi Contemporary Arts, Online ExhibitionDecember 2021- Grey Cube Gallery, Grey Online ExhibitionNovember 2021- Black and White Spider Awards, Online ExhibitionJuly 2021- Observica, Art magazine, CanadaJuly 2021- - Chania International Photography Festival Crete, GreeceJune 2021- Photography without a Lens, RI Center for Photographic Arts, RI, USAJune 2021 Speechless, Albe Art Gallery, St. Petersburg RussiaMay 2021- Self Fulfilling Prophecy, Boomer Magazine, London, UKMay 2021- Delight and Disruption, Open Being Online ExhibitionApril 2021- Art Hole, Art Magazine Feature, London, UKApril 2021- All Planet Earth Photography OnLine ExhibitionMarch 2021- 14th International Color Awards: Fine Art Photography NomineeMarch 2021- Superpresent, Art Magazine Feature, USMarch 2021- Express Impress Arts Collective, Online ExhibitionFebruary 2021- Grayscale Wonderland, BG Bergamot Station Gallery, Santa Monica, USAFebruary 2021- Exit, Fang Arte, Torino, ItalyFebruary 2021- Windows into the Virtual, Loosen Art Gallery, Rome, ItalyFebruary 2021- ReInvent: InnerState, Gallery 118, Brooklyn, USAFebruary 2021- 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Fine Art Section, Barcelona, SpainJanuary 2021- Scapes , PH21 Gallery, Budapest, HungaryDecember 2020- Out of Body, Stoa Art Collective, Online ExhibitionDecember 2020- Photography, Las Laguna Gallery, Los Angeles, USANovember 2020- Black and White Spider Awards, Online ExhibitionAugust 2020- Chania International Photography Festival Crete, GreeceMarch 2020- 7th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography Barcelona, SpainJuly 2019- Monovisions Award Black and White Photography, UKJuly 2019- CICA Museum: Contemporary Photography, KoreaJune 2019- Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, USAApril 2019- Color Awards: Fine Art Photography NomineeDecember 2018- LACDA “Open Source” LA, USANovember 2018- Black and White Spider Awards, Online ExhibitionOctober 2018- 5th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography Barcelona, SpainMay 2018- All Botanical Photography and Digital Art, Online ExhibitionApril 2018- Women Seen by Women International Photography Exhibit Barcelona, SpainSeptember 2017- Songzhuang Photo Biennial Beijing, China For more extended history visit https://www.mariacoletsisarchive.com/bio