{"id":3928,"date":"2024-07-03T04:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T01:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/drapaniotou-mirka\/"},"modified":"2024-07-26T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:04:49","slug":"drapaniotou-mirka","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/en\/art-lab\/drapaniotou-mirka\/","title":{"rendered":"Mirka Drapaniotou"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3928\" class=\"elementor elementor-3928 elementor-3763\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2185f29 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2185f29\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e39499 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e39499\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c9e008 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c9e008\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drapaniotou-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3915\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drapaniotou-2.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drapaniotou-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drapaniotou-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drapaniotou-2-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/drapaniotou-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f09759 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f09759\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0f98ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0f98ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cHive\u201d<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f3fcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17f3fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The project started with me having nothing specific in mind. I was kneading the clay with rocks from Avessalos Beach and I felt that I was holding the whole history of this land in my hands. Memories of the underground mining tunnels, the sunset in Koutalas, the scent of the phrygana and the human tales about their difficult survival on the barren rock unfolded in front of me. This piece is a prayer to those who were building their microcosm under very difficult conditions just like worker bees. &#8211; Mirka<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1842d1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-gallery\" data-id=\"1842d1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tTechnical description\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9f0130 elementor-align-left elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"b9f0130\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Dimension: 35cm x 16cm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">High Temperature Clay Stoneware<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Clay with mixed soil from Serifos fired 1220c<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4eea04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4eea04\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e86c03a elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"e86c03a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0014618 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0014618\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02a7244 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"02a7244\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mirka Drapaniotou<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44b62c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-uael-modal-popup\" data-id=\"44b62c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"uael-modal-popup.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"44b62c8-overlay\" data-trigger-on=\"button\" data-close-on-esc=\"yes\" data-close-on-overlay=\"yes\" data-exit-intent=\"\" data-after-sec=\"\" data-after-sec-val=\"\" data-cookies=\"\" data-cookies-days=\"\" data-cookies-type=\"default\" data-custom=\"\" data-custom-id=\"\" data-content=\"content\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-device=\"false\" data-async=\"\" class=\"uael-modal-parent-wrapper uael-module-content uamodal-44b62c8 uael-aspect-ratio-16_9 -popup\">\n\t<div id=\"modal-44b62c8\" class=\"uael-modal uael-center-modal uael-modal-custom uael-modal-content uael-effect-1   uael-aspect-ratio-16_9\">\n\t\t<div class=\"uael-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-modal-title-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"uael-modal-title elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"basic\">Mirka Drapaniotou<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-modal-text uael-modal-content-data clearfix\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-text-editor elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"ct_content\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"advanced\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3910\" src=\"https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image001-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image001-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image001-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image001-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image001-1228x1536.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/thinkofserifos.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image001.jpg 1586w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mirka Drapaniotou was born in Athens-Greece in 1971.<br \/>She studied fashion and costume design and worked in the fashion industry from 1992 to 2000.<br \/>She attended free-hand drawing and chromatics courses from 2012 to 2017 with the painter,<br \/>Irene Koutridou, and from 2018 to2019 with the visual artist, Stavros Bonatsos.<br \/>She started taking ceramics lessons from 2013 to2017 by art teacher and ceramist, Marilena<br \/>Michopoulou, and Menandros Papadopoulos and continued her studies in M. Michopoulou\u2019s art<br \/>school, Clay Form Sculpture\u2018 Keramikes Morfes\u2019. From 2014 to 2016 she attended classic<br \/>sculpture lessons organised by Altin Patselis. Between 2015 - 2017 she attended lessons in<br \/>form design by visual artist \u2013 ceramist, Nikos Sklavenitis.<br \/>Today she is teaching in the school Clay Form Sculpture \u2018Keramikes Morfes\u2019 and has her own<br \/>studio. Since 2020 she is collaborating as exclusive partner with Greek fashion brand Zeus &amp;<br \/>\u0394ione, designing utilitarian household items.<br \/>She is a founding member of the art group TERRACTIVA.<\/p>\n<p>She has taken part in various group exhibitions:<br \/>\uf0a7 MELANITRHOS Gallery, \u201cClay Stories I\u201d, Athens, 2016<br \/>\uf0a7 54th Panhellenic Ceramics Exhibition, Athens, 2016<br \/>\uf0a7 MELANITRHOS Gallery, \u201cClay Stories II \u2013 Containing Content\u201d, Athens, 2018<br \/>\uf0a7 Ceramics \u2013 Sculpture Exhibition, \u201cEquality of Sexes\u201d, with Ceramist Group Kerameon Ichni,<br \/>Kalamata, 2018<br \/>\uf0a7 Eleni Marneri Gallery, \u201cMetamorphosis\u201d, Athens, 2019<br \/>\uf0a7 5<br \/>th Ceramics Exhibition, with Ceramist Group Kerameon Ichni, Agora Argiri, Patras, 2019<br \/>\uf0a7 Ceramics Exhibition, 'Melana', Gallery of the Hellenic American Union 2021<br \/>\uf0a7 6th Ceramic Exhibition, with Ceramist Group Kerameon Ichni, Archaeological Museum of<br \/>Olympia, 2021<br \/>\uf0a7 Exhibition of Ceramics, 'Aegean', Mon Coin Studio Monastiraki, 2021<br \/>\uf0a7 Larnaca Biennale, 'Limitless limits', Cyprus, 2021<br \/>\uf0a7 Ceramic Exhibition, \u201cEast Meets West (Greek &amp; Catalan Ceramic Art in Paxos)\u201d, 2022<br \/>\uf0a7 Exhibition at the Ghika Gallery Shop at Benaki Museum, \u201cProject Mirror\u201d, Athens, 2022<br \/>\uf0a7 Ceramic Exhibition, Gallery 6 exi, Thessaloniki 2022.<\/p>\n<p>She has taken part in various seminars &amp; symposia:<br \/>\uf0a7 Ceramics decoration \u2013 History of Ceramics by Lia Papailia, at \u2018Keramikes Morfes\u2019, 2017<br \/>\uf0a7 Form development by Velimir Vukicevic, 2017<br \/>\uf0a7 Form development by Rafa Perez, 2018<br \/>\uf0a7 Raku in Aegina island by Theodora Chorafa, 2017<br \/>\uf0a7 Symposium in Kalamata with Ceramist Group Kerameon Ichni, 2018<br \/>\uf0a7 Alternative firings by Thodoris Galigalidis, 2018<br \/>\uf0a7 International Ceramics Symposium, Approaching Low Temperature, Aegina, 2021<br \/>\uf0a7 Archeological Museum of Syros, \u201c1st Symposium of Ceramics, Syros, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Mirka Drapaniotou<br \/>Date of Birth: 28-03-1971<br \/>Address: 60 Papagou str, Chalandri, Athens, Greece<br \/>Tel.: +30 6947686768<br \/>Email: mirkadrapanioutou@yahoo.gr<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t<span class=\"uael-modal-close uael-close-icon elementor-clickable uael-close-custom-top-right\" >\n\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-times\" viewBox=\"0 0 352 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M242.72 256l100.07-100.07c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48l-22.24-22.24c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L176 189.28 75.93 89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-overlay\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"uael-modal-action-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uael-button-wrapper elementor-button-wrapper elementor-align-left elementor-mobile-align-center\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" class=\"uael-trigger elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-clickable elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" data-modal=\"44b62c8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-align-icon- elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text elementor-inline-editing\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"btn_text\" data-elementor-inline-editing-toolbar=\"none\" >Artist Biography \u2192<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f15a799 elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f15a799\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/events\/omadiki-ekthesi-keramikis-lithosfaira\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Group Exhibition of Ceramics \u201cLITHOSPHERE\u201d \u2192<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHive\u201d The project started with me having nothing specific in mind. 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