Maria Thoukydidou

I am an  artist and I also work in art education in public schools. I have participated in various group exhibitions from 2007 until today, including the exhibition of my Graduation Artwork Installation/Performance/Video, Title “Katharsis”, presented during the 15th Biennale, Thessaloniki. My artworks’ expressive techniques vary, including painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video, digital arts and performance. In 2014 I curated and co-organized with the Municipality of Pylaia – Chortiati – Thessaloniki and the Euro-Mediterranean Institute and participated in an exhibition by the title “Extrospective” at the cultural center “Petrino”. During the years 2016-2019 I co-organized the cultural events “Maniaria” (“Μανιάρεια” – length of the events 3-10 days) in Ambelakia village. In 2019 I curated a Poetry Event in Ambelakia Village at the duration of an EU program in cooperation with the Thessaly Region Administration and the poetry magazine “Thraka’. I am a member of the “TECHNO-LOGIA Hub, Dissemination of Research on Art in a Technological Society” with participation in in the research team that presented the TECHNO-LOGIA hub and its contribution to the research around AI and Art in the on-line conference: Artificial Intelligence in Sciences and Arts -Chances and Dangers, an event held by the POLISH UNIVERSITY ABROAD (PUNO) on June 2023 and also I participated in the creation of the AI-Horde project, https://github.com/Haidra-Org/AI-Horde/blob/main/FAQ.md, in the domain of artistic design and theory.