Born: San Francisco CA USA
Lives: Athens, GR & New York, USA

Education

• New York University Doctoral Program; Expository Teaching Fellow
• Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford University, Oxford UK (MFA Oxon, Hons)
• Harvard University, Cambridge MA (BA in Comparative Literature, High Hons)
• Sorbonne, Université de Paris IV, Diploma; Paris Conservatory of Music

Exhibitions

• 2010 Temporary Contemporary, Kunstraum Stilwerk, Vienna AT
• 2010 New Work (...these are not real people) - Exhibition with Guy van Bossche, Phillip Akkerman and Christos Ponis, Siakos-Hanappe Gallery, Athens GR
• 2010 water's wet, video & Project Room installation, collaboration with composer Huang Ruo, Chelsea Art Museum, NY USA
• 2009 Inaugural Group Show, Siakos-Hanappe Gallery, Athens GR
• 2008 Silent Dialogues, Group Show, ACG Art, Athens GR
• 2007 Scape2007, Solo Painting/Installation Exhibition, Total Arts Space, Dubai UAE
• 2007 Mare Nostrum Solo Painting/Installation Exhibit, Pireaus Marine Club, Athens GR
• 2006 Mare Nostrum/ABSea Solo Coastal Installation/Painting Exhibition, Athens GR [Sponsors included Grecotel, Avra, US Embassy, UPS, EcoSmarte Hellas, Eltrak/CAT, Parthenon Trust]
• 2006 Group Show Xposure/Alpha Space, New York, NY USA
• 2004 Florestan and Eusebius 50 Sq Meter Commissioned Mural, Athens GR 
• 2002 Galini2002 Solo Painting/Installation Exhibit, Athens GR
• 2001 Colour Printmaking Exhibition, POV, New York University, New York USA

Residencies/Awards

• Vermont Studio Center (Artist's Grant), Johnson VT (March 2010)
• Kala Art Institute, Berkeley CA (Jan 2010)
  
• International OpenArt Residency, Euboia GR (Sept 2008)

Public Collections

• Royal Bank of Scotland, Pireaus GR
• Deutsche Bank, Dubai UAE
• Vorres Museum of Modern Art, Athens GR
• ACG Art Collection, Athens GR

Bibliography

• Girst, Thomas "The Rocks of Ages: Christina Mamakos and the Giant Boulders of Mykonos", NYArts Review Jan 2003
• Koroxenidis, Alexandra "An Imaginative combination of art and the decrepit urban environment" International Herald Tribune, Kathimerini, Dec 23 2002
• Glibert, Andrea "Catalogue Introduction" Scape2007, 2007
• Jaffry, Mubarik "Artist Profile" (Full Cover Spread), Liberty Magazine, Nov/Dec 2007 Dubai UAE
• Gulf News Art Review, Nov. 2007 Dubai UAE
• Bakola, Anna "In Search of Ancient Ideals" OdysseyMagazine Jan 2005
• "The...Galini of Art" Eleftheros Typos Dec 19 2002
• McAlpine, Alistair "Greek Revival" World of Interiors, Jan 2003
• Catling, Brian "Catalogue Introduction" Mare Nostrum ABSea Coastal Installation 2006
• Culture Guide, "Mare Nostrum 2006 – Christina Mamakos art show at the beach of Voula", Athens GR 2006
• Stara, Alexandra "On Christina Mamakos’ Work" Galini2002 Catalogue Introduction, 2002
• van Hal, Marieke "Portraits 2010" ...these are not real people... Catalogue Introduction 2010