Anna-Maria Potamiti

My favourite past time as a child was to sit absolutely still and look out the window. My fascination with 'looking' at things , and particularly people, continues to hold true. My goal is to put things down very simply, in bold colour, trying to balance between restraint and expressive exaggeration. I was born in Greece, graduated from the Ontario College of Art, in Toronto, Canada, and spent my last year off campus in Florence, Italy. Since then, I have lived both in Greece and Canada, and have raised four children. After working as an illustrator, and art teacher, while my children were small, I started showing, and selling my work again in 2007, mostly on line, within the format of a blog, and various other social media. My travels have now brought me to Scotland where my work is informed by the things I see in my daily walks. My work can now be found in private collections in eleven different countries over five continents.

1981-1985 : Diploma, Ontario College of Art
2005-2007 : Courses on Art History, Thompson River University , BC, Canada

Selected Group Shows

2018 : Pittori Unity per la Pittura, Gallery UNO Projektraum, Berlin, Germany
2016 : Pittori Unity per la Pittura, Gallery UNO Projektraum , Berlin , Germany
2011 : Women Painting Women, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver , Canada
2009: Small Pieces Show, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver, Canada
2008 : Small Pieces Show, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver , Canada
2007: Delta Arts Council, Juried Show, Vancouver, Canada

Solo Shows

2010 : Pencils and Fragments, Basic Inquiry, Vancouver, Canada
1987: Epohes Gallery, Athens, Greece