MARIA COLETSIS      www.mariacoletsis.com             maria@mariacoletsis.com        

8580 Ryan Rd Richmond, BC Canada V7A-2E6            T: 604-719-5880       

 EDUCATION

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

 SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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.

 GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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

 PUBLICATIONS

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