Maria Genitsariou

Maria Genitsariou, born in 1966 in Piraeus, is a visual artist and calligrapher with a focus on the evolution of Greek calligraphy. Devoted to art since her youth, she has always sought new expressive possibilities through writing. In 1993, she discovered Greek calligraphy and decided to study it at the Palaeography Department of MIET under the guidance of Professor Agamemnon Tselikas. Her goal is to collect and study Greek scripts and reproduce their writing and illustration tools. Using writing as her primary artistic medium, she creates works that incorporate various scripts, transforming them into art.She has presented her works in numerous exhibitions and teaches calligraphy in seminars. Her works are found in private collections and collections of international institutions both within and outside Greece, including Vienna and the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople. Believing in the inexhaustible possibilities of calligraphy, she participates in programs promoting it in Greece and abroad, collaborating with the artistic collective ARC – Art Revisited Collective.