Maria Kentrota
kentrota@upatras.gr
Tel. : (+30) 2610 997 169
Sector : Division of Theoretical and Applied Pedagogy
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Maria Kentrota was born in Piraeus in 1972. In 1991, she excelled by taking first place in the entrance exams at the Athens School of Fine Arts.
She has taught in primary, secondary, and further education (Institute of Vocational Training), public and private education (2nd Institute of Vocational Training Patras, 2nd TEE Peramas, TEE & Institute of Vocational Training Omega Athens, P. Faliro Xenopoulou School, M. Lampiri Moschato Private Schools), as well as in the Municipal Enterprise of Culture Development of Rio in Patras.
Ιn 2003, she was appointed as Teaching Staff at the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education at the University of Patras. Her core teaching subject is "Teaching of Visual Arts".
Studies
She studied painting during 1991-1997 at the Laboratory of Professor D. Kokkinidis. Alongside her studies in painting, she studied Hagiography in the Laboratory of Professor K. Xynopoulos and Mosaic in the Laboratory of Professor G. Valavanidis. In addition, she studied Pedagogy and Psychology of Education with Professor A. Danassi and History of Art with Professor M.L. Plakas.
In the period 1997 – 1999, she attended the Sculpture course at the Athens School of Fine Arts, at the Workshop of Professor Th. Panouria and in 2002 she continued her studies at the Athens School of Fine Arts to obtain a second degree in the Department of Engraving at the Workshop of Professor V. Kazakou. Along with her studies in engraving, she attended the course Didactics in Art with Professor TS Doukoumetzidou and Scenography in the Laboratory of Professor G. Ziakas.
Seminars
March 2000 A. Ioannidis "The Teaching of Art History"
September 2000 "The Teaching of Art and Pedagogical Methods" at the National Research Foundation
October 2001 "The Teaching of Visual Arts in Primary and Secondary Education" PEK Piraeus
March 2002 M. Meraklis "Folk Art"
March 2002 Maro Loizou "One fairy tale one country"
February 2002 Zoi Valasi "The folk tale in the age of technology"
November 2005 2nd Art History Conference "Approaches to artistic creation from the Renaissance to the present day"
June 2007 Art Symposium School of Fine Arts
Exhibitions
Her work has been presented in group and individual exhibitions with the main ones being:
1997 "PICTURE MONEMVASIA II" at Monemvasia Castle
1998 "GRADUATES `97 of ASKT" NATIONAL ART GALLERY of Athens
1998 "CHILER ART HALL" in Salamina
1998 "ARTIST STATION A.S.K.T." in Rethymno, Crete
1998 "CHRYSANTHOS" Gallery in Mykonos
1998 "CHILER ART HALL" in Salamina
1999 BOSCH Gallery, Athens
1999 CHAMBER OF FINE ARTS GREECE "FOR THE CHILDREN OF YUGOSLAVIA"
1999 "LOGO TECHNIS" Municipal Gallery of Piraeus
2000 "1ⁿ TRIENNALE OF GREEK ENGRAVING" Pieridis Gallery Glyfada
2001 IOS "IMEROLOGIO" Gallery, Athens
2002 "HOTEL MARIS" Heraklion, Crete
2003 "GREECE- JAPAN A VISUAL MEETING OF TWO CULTURES" Spiritual Center of the Municipality of Athens
2003 "GREECE-JAPAN: A VISUAL MEETING OF TWO CULTURES" Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry
2008 ART SPACE "Thivoli"
1999 "BOSCH" Gallery Athens (individual exhibition)
2002 "EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL ASSOCIATION OF MILOS" in Milos (individual exhibition)
Ηonours – Awards – Grants or Scholarships
1991 Scholarship from A.E.E. SILVER ORES & GRITINE
1999 Award from the BOSCH company
Research interests