Marina Olympios Lycourgos

Marina Olympios Lycourgos was born in 1968 in Nicosia.  She studied in Paris where she graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux - Arts of Paris with a diploma in Sculpture -multimedia (avec les felicitations du Jury).  In 1994 she received a grant for research and worked at the Institute des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastigues in Paris.

She presented 14 solo exhibitions: in the Museum of Contemporary Art CAPC in Bordeaux, in the Museum of Modern Art GEO Charles, Echirolles, In the Gallery Renos Xippas in Paris and in the Gallery Lehmann - Maupin in New York.

In 1995 she received the price for research in Visual Arts of the French Ministry of Culture FIACRE.  In 1996 she worked in the International studio - Curator Programme in New York financed by the A.F.A.A French Ministry of foreign Affairs.

Works of Art of Marina Olympios belong to the following collections: Dakis Joannou collection Athens, the Daskalopoulos Collection Los Angeles, Pierre Nouvion Monaco and Marzio Carver Monaco.

Works of Art of Marina Olympios belong to the following collections in Cyprus:  Ministry of Education & Culture, Central Bank Cyprus, Hellenic Bank Cyprus, Laiki Bank Cyprus, Municipality of Larnaka, Electricity Authority of Cyprus.