MARIA COLETSIS
www.mariacoletsis.com
maria@mariacoletsis.com
8580 Ryan Rd Richmond, BC Canada V7A-2E6
T: 604-719-5880
Master of Fine Arts Degree- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco,
California, USA
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree- Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver,
Canada
November 2012- Sh!Store London, UK
November 2011- The Luxe, Photomonth London, UK
May 2011- De Luca Gallery multi-media exhibition and book launch Toronto, Canada
November 2010- Sh!Store London, UK
October 2010- The Luxe London, UK
May 2007-
Eros-zine.com Featured artist in webzine gallery.
August 2004- Artist feature for BOLZ magazine artist gallery, London, UK
May 2003- CBC Canada Radio 3 internet gallery featured artist.
March 2003- CBC Canada Radio 3 internet gallery featured artist.
August 2023- CIP Photography Festival, Crete, Greece July 2023- ITTOCC Climate Change Exhibition, University of Hawaii Hilo, USA June 2023- Thrive! University of Michigan Hospitals, USA April 2023- Exposed 2023 Marin Society of Artists, San Raphael, CA USA March 2023- D31 Winter Exhibition, Doncaster, UK
February 2023- Black and White
Athens
Photography Festival, Athens, Greece
December 2022- Nowadays, Florence Contemporary Gallery Online Exhibition
November 2022- 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennale, Barcelona, Spain
October 2022- The Green Environment, SE Center for Photography, South Carolina,
USA
October- Plantarium, Gallerium Biafarin Online Exhibition
August 2022- BOTANICALS Artroom Gallery Online Exhibition
July 2022- Monovisions Award Black and White Photography, UK
July 2022- STRATA Manifesting Through the Layers, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery.com
July 2022- - Chania International Photography Festival Crete, Greece
July 2022- Broken Mirrors, Culturally Arts Milostka Center for Exhibitions, USA
June 2022- Food for Thought, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, CA, USA
May 2022- Extinction-Save the Planet, Gallerium Biafarin Online Exhibition
April 2022- Boomer Gallery, London, UK
April 2022- Color Awards: Fine Art Photography Nominee
March 2022- London Creative Competition, London UK
February 2022- Migration, Biafarin Online Exhibition
January 2022- Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
December 2021- Occhi Contemporary Arts, Online Exhibition
December 2021- Grey Cube Gallery, Grey Online Exhibition
November 2021- Black and White Spider Awards, Online Exhibition
July 2021- Observica, Art magazine, Canada
July 2021- - Chania International Photography Festival Crete, Greece
June 2021- Photography without a Lens, RI Center for Photographic Arts, RI, USA
June 2021 Speechless, Albe Art Gallery, St. Petersburg Russia
May 2021- Self Fulfilling Prophecy, Boomer Magazine, London, UK
May 2021- Delight and Disruption, Open Being Online Exhibition
April 2021- Art Hole, Art Magazine Feature, London, UK
April 2021- All Planet Earth Photography OnLine Exhibition
March 2021- 14th International Color Awards: Fine Art Photography Nominee
March 2021- Superpresent, Art Magazine Feature, US
March 2021- Express Impress Arts Collective, Online Exhibition
February 2021- Grayscale Wonderland, BG Bergamot Station Gallery, Santa Monica,
USA
February 2021- Exit, Fang Arte, Torino, Italy
February 2021- Windows into the Virtual, Loosen Art Gallery, Rome, Italy
February 2021- ReInvent: InnerState, Gallery 118, Brooklyn, USA
February 2021- 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Fine Art Section, Barcelona,
Spain
January 2021- Scapes, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
December 2020- Out of Body, Stoa Art Collective, Online Exhibition
December 2020- Photography, Las Laguna Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
November 2020- Black and White Spider Awards, Online Exhibition
August 2020- Chania International Photography Festival Crete, Greece
March 2020- 7th Biennial of Fine Art &
Documentary Photography Barcelona, Spain
July 2019- Monovisions Award Black and White Photography, UK
July 2019- CICA Museum: Contemporary Photography, Korea
June 2019- Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, USA
April 2019- Color Awards: Fine Art Photography Nominee
December 2018- LACDA “Open Source” LA, USA
November 2018- Black and White Spider Awards, Online Exhibition
October 2018- 5th Biennial of Fine Art and
Documentary Photography Barcelona, Spain
May 2018- All Botanical Photography and Digital Art, Online Exhibition
April 2018- Women Seen by Women International Photography Exhibit Barcelona,
Spain
September 2017- Songzhuang Photo Biennial Beijing, China
August 2017- Black Box Gallery Portland, USA
May 2017- Art Undressed, Florida, USA
March 2017- 10th Annual Color Awards Winner
February 2017- Time and Space, CICA Museum, Korea
December 2016- Gallery 50, Toronto, Canada
November 2016- Darkroom Gallery, VT, USA
October 2016- 4th Biennial of Fine Art &
Documentary Photography Berlin, Germany
April 2016- Seattle Erotic Art Festival Seattle, USA
August 2016- 4th
Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography Berlin, Germany
March 2016- 8th
Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards London, UK
December 2015- Darkroom
Gallery VT, USA
September 2015- Los
Angeles Center for Digital Art LA, USA
March 2015- 7th Edition of
the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards London, UK
February 2015- New York
Center for Photographic Art NY, USA
November 2014- Mulfaco
Photography International, Ecuador
June 2014-
LACDA "Electron Salon"
LA, USA
January 2014- Women in
Photography Faces Exhibition LA, USA
August 2013- Toronto
Fetish Film Festival Toronto, Canada
July 2012- Black Box
Gallery Portland, Oregon USA
July 2012- Films by
Photographers CineEast Programme London, UK
March 2012- LENS 2012 Perspective Gallery Chicago,
USA
October 2011- Behind the Whip film screening Kiel Fetish Film Festival, Kiel,
Germany
September 2010- Women in Photography Juried Exhibition LA, USA
July 2010- Viridian Artists Art Gallery New York, USA
May 2010- Chico Art Gallery Chico, CA, USA
September 2009- International Photographers Awards Juried Exhibition London, UK
February 2009- The Center for Fine Art Photography Colorado, USA
August 2008- Upstream Gallery, Juried Online International Art Exhibition
August 2006- AOP Open, AOP Gallery London, UK
April 2004- CBC Radio 3 “Connect the Dots Tour” Cross Canada Multi-Media
Exhibition
May 2003- Artropolis- “ArtiPhycial Language” CBC Studios Vancouver, BC, Canada
October 2001-2002 "TeaTime", House of Photographic Art San Juan Capistrano, CA,
USA
August 2001- "Don’t go to Work" Rhodes and Mann Gallery London, England
April 2001- “Artropolis” Vancouver Exhibition CBC Studios Vancouver, Canada
November 2021- Artist Profile, ArtFocus online magazine March 2021- NFT Article for Artist, Richmond News, Canada
January 2021- Artwork Article, Richmond News, Canada
March 2019- Editorial photos, Maxim magazine London, UK
April 2015- Editorial photos, Metro newspaper London, UK
April 2015- Editorial photos, Daily Mail London, UK
May 2013- Editorial photo, Canamo magazine Santiago, Chile
November 2012- Editorial photo, Canamo magazine Santiago, Chile
October 2011- Cover photo, Photomonth catalogue London, UK
September 2011- Cover photo and 6 page editorial, Canamo magazine Santiago,
Chile
May 2011- Artist profile in print and web interview, Georgia Straight newspaper
Vancouver, Canada
April 2011- Editorial Photos, High Times magazine NY, USA
January 2011- Published Behind the Whip Photography Book, Quattro Books Toronto,
Canada
September 2010- Editorial Photos, High Times magazine NY, USA
March 2009- Editorial Photos, “Hoods” Bizarre magazine London, UK
April 2008- Editorial Photos, Naked Eye magazine Toronto, Canada
April 2007- Editorial Photos, Orato.com Internet magazine Canada
December- 2006 Cover photo and Editorial Photos, Skunk magazine Montreal, Canada
November- 2006 Story Photos “Hong Kong BDSM” August Man magazine Singapore
February 2006- Editorial Photos “Burlesque” Globe and Mail Newspaper, Canada |