EVA MELA

BIOGRAPHY

Eva Mela was born in Athens, Greece, in 1956. 1974-1980: studied Engraving Arts at the High School of Fine Arts of Greece, under the Teachers Lefteris Kanakakis and Kostas Grammatopoulos. 1979-1981: studied Book’ s Art, at the High School of Fine Arts, under Yiannis Papadakis. 1981-1982: studied Drawing and Painting at the National High School of Fine Arts in Paris, by the chance of a scholarship in Bookbinding Arts. 1985-1988: followed a Scholarship for Engraving Arts, by the State Foundation for Scholarships of Greece. For three years, she studied Engraving Arts and Book’s Art, beside Giorgis Varlamos. 1984: she wins the one of the two First Prizes at the Competition of the Greek Post, on the theme ‘’Athens, 150 years as a Capital ‘’. 1990: she wins the Prize for designing the Book with theme ‘’Hymn to Freedom’’ poem of Dionisios Solomos (the National Hymn of Greece), at the Competition by the Greek Ministry of Culture. 2000: she wins the prize 2000 from the “‘Greek children’ s Books Circle’’ for the Illustrations of ‘‘One Goldfinch’s Adventure’’, written by Georgia Anesini-Leraki. 2000: she wins the ’’State Prize 2000 for Children’s Books Illustrations’’ from the Greek Ministry of Culture for the Illustrations of ‘‘One Goldfinch’s Adventure’’, written by Georgia Anesini-Leraki. 1985: ‘’Adinor" Gallery, Athens. 1986; ‘’Chrisothemis‘’ Gallery, Chalandri 1991; ‘’Maria Papadopoulos Exhibition Hall’’, Athens 1992; ‘’Europakademie Weissenfels’’, Germany 1995; ‘’Books’ Art’’ at the exhibition hall of the Graduated Artists of Greece, Plaka, Athens 1996; ‘’Terracotta’ Gallery, Thessalonica 1997; ‘’Amimoni" Gallery, Ioannina 1998; ‘’Exhibition Hall of Nafplion’’, Nafplion. 1998; ‘’Chrisothemis‘’ Gallery, Chalandri 1999; ‘’Lavirinthos’’ Gallery, Katerini 2001, ‘’Maria Platania’’ Gallery, Zakynthos 2002, ‘’Ekfrasi" Gianna Grammatopoulou, Athens 2002, ‘’Polyedro’’, Patra 1984; Triennalle ‘’INTERGRAFIK 84’’, East Berlin, Germany 1985; ‘’ Triennial of Realistic Art’’, Sofia, Bulgaria 1987 ‘’Contemporary Greek Paintings’’ Sofia, Bulgaria 1988; ‘’Greek Days in East Berlin’’, With the Pan Hellenic Cultural Movement, East Berlin, DDR 1988; ‘’The Greek Engraving Arts after the 2nd World War’’, National Art Gallery Athens 1988; ‘’Le Génie de la Bastille’’, Paris, France 1988; "Mediterranean Graphic Art’s Biennale", Mirabello, Crete 1988; ‘’Contemporary Greek Graphic Arts", Warsaw, Poland 1989; ‘’Biennale of Engraving Arts’’, Juliana, Yugoslavia 1989; ‘’Biennale of Engraving Arts", Varna, Bulgaria 1989; International Book’s Art Exhibition, Leipzig, Germany 1989; ‘’Contemporary Greek Graphic Arts", Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1990; Triennale "INTERGRAFIK 90", Berlin, Germanny 1992. “Contemporary Greek Graphic Arts”, Bratislava, Tchechoslovakia 1994; "Biennale of Graphic Arts", Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1995; Exhibition of European Posters for Bosnia’’, Angeres Library, France 1999; "For the Yugoslavian Children", with the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece Athens,’’ Kostis Palamas Exhibition Hall’’ 1999; With ‘’Chrisothemis’’ Gallery at the Contemporary Art Fair ‘’ART ATHINA 7’99’’. 2000; ‘’Athina-Istanbul, Face to Face", with the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, Istanbul, Turkey 2000; With "Chrisothemis" Gallery at the Contemporary Art Fair "ART ATHINA 8’ 2000”. 2000: "International Art Studio Radovan Trnavac Mica", Valievo, Yugoslavia. 2000: Gallery ULUS, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, organised by the Union of Serbian Artists. 2000: Triennial of Greek Engraving Arts, organised by the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece and the Cultural Organisation of the Municipality of Glyfada. She has also participated many group exhibitions in Greece, with movements, with groups, with the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece, exhibitions for Peace, etc. She Illustrates Books for Children, she designs books and she has participated in many exhibitions with the ‘Greek Illustrators’ Society "AESOPOS". 1. Chatoglou Froso, "For the First Time", Athens, editions Sygchroni Epochi, 1988 , ISBN: 960-224-112-8, 40 pages 2. Kamaratou -Gialousi Irini, "The travel of the Smart and the Wicked" Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 1992 ISBN: 960-224-654-5, 24 pages 3. "For Children and not only for them", Book Catalogue, Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 1993, 16 pages 4. Chatoglou Froso, "PEACE, Good Morning!“, Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 1994, ISBN: 960-224-688-X, 48 pages 5. Karabourni-Karalazou Mimika, ”I Play, I Write, I Paint”, Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 1994, ISBN: 960-224-698-8, 52 pages 6. Valasi Zoi, ”The Wind’s Presents”, Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 1995, ISBN: 960-224-741-X, 48 pages 7. Manthopoulos Dimitris,” My Grandfather the Papu-a”, Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 1997, ISBN: 960-224-790-8, 100 pages 8. Nikolaou Thomas,”The Rider of the Night”, Athens, editions Ellinika Grammata, 1998, ISBN: 960-344-581-9, 102 pages 9. Papakou-Lagou Afgi, ”The Kiss of Life”, Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 1998, ISBN: 960-224-841-6, 112 pages 10. Anezini-Leraki Georgia, ”One Goldfinch’s Adventure”, Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 1999, ISBN: 960-224-845-9, 64 pages 11. Molyviatis Nikos, ”The Castle which flew away”, Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 1999, ISBN: 960-224-858-0, 48 pages 12. Hatzigianni Marouska,”An old, a very old Little Train”, Athens, editions Synchroni Epochi, 2000, ISBN: 960-224-880-7, 32 pages