Maro Avrabou

Visual artist and light designer, was born in 1960, in Athens, Greece.
Her work deals with light and colour, as well as in theatre, dance, installations and gardens.
She lives in Paris since 1986 and works  on site-specific projects, indoors and outdoors in France and abroad

 

Exhibitions / Contemporary art/ Environmental Installations.

2008
Singapore Garden Festival, design of a garden in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis- Singapore

2007 
Le jardin de Rousseau - Light installation in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis - Arbres et Lumières: Geneva - Switzerland
Greenhouse Effect- Light installation in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis - Nuit Blanche: Paris - France      
" Le relais des petits soyeux " - Lyon - France
Commissioned permanent and luminescent artwork. In collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis.

2006              
Visions –
Installation in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis. Athens  Greece
The game of Venus and Chance -International Garden Festival - Chaumont sur Loire - France
Garden design in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis
Le fil du jardin - Street Garden Festival in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis. Lyon - France
Greenhouse Effect - Light installation in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis- Territoires occupés - Corbigny - France

2005              
Juxtassemblages et Stratificapositions
–Light Installation in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis- Aubervilliers - France
Nature détournée – Centre d’Art Contemporain du Luxembourg Belge - Belgique
Light Installation in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis
Superflux 2005 – Light Installation in collaboration with Dimitri Xénakis - Galery Roger Tator – Lyon - France

1994               
Tant de lieux, Temps d'art
– Montreuil - France
Light Installation incollaboration with Dimitri Xénakis

1993               
Grandeur Nature
– Epinay sous Sénart - France

1992               
Terra Amata
– Paris - France


Selected light designs in Theatre, Dance, Opera and Street Theatre.

2007               
Le Pic de Hubbert - Les Alama’s Givrés – Noisy le Sec - France
L'Echange
by P.Claudel - Directed by Sarah Sanders - Vingtième Theatre - Paris - France

2006               
Babas au rhum by M.Reppas - Th.Papathanassiou - Directed by Nikos Armaos – Kalamata Theatre- Greece

2005
Smam remixe l’Etranger (written by A.Camus)
–La Cave a Théâtre – Colombes - France
Bonne nuit, ça va ? – Compagnie d’ailleurs – Charleville Mézières - France

2004
Les Stupéfiantes Aventures de Don Quichoute & Fanjio Pancha
- Les Alama’s Givrés – Noisy le Sec - France
Les Mélodies du Bonheur – Trottoir Express – Saint Denis - France
Verbò by G. Testori - Directed by Jean-René Lemoine – Teatro Garibaldi – Palermo - Italy
The Cherry Orchard by A.Tchekov - Directed by Jean-René Lemoine – MC93 – Bobigny - France

2003
Zozzo Président  based on Pelton - Directed by Claude Bazin – Etoile du Nord – Paris - France

2002
L’adoration – Written and Directed by Jean-René Lemoine – TGP – Saint-Denis- France

2001
Le Voyage vers Grand-Rivière - Written and Directed by Jean-René Lemoine – Odyssées 78 – Sartrouville- France
Zap! Zap! Zap! - By Blanca Li – The Kitchen – New York - USA
Les Manèges d’aventures - Les Alama’s Givrés – Noisy le Sec - France
Olympiade by A. Vivaldi – Directed by Maria Gyparaki – Palia Ilectriki – Volos – Greece
Jardin de Femmes – Les Piétons – Théâtre Paul Eluard – Bezons- France

2000
Sarcelles sur mer
by J-P. Bisson – Directed by Stéphane Olivié–Bisson – Théâtre de la Tempête – Vincennes- France

1999
Butterfly Blues
– Compagnie Doriane Moretus – Centre d’Art et Essai – Mont Saint Aignan- France
Ecchymose – Written and Directed by Jean-René Lemoine – Petit Odéon – Paris- France
El cerco de Leningrado by J.S. Sinistera - Directed by Nikos Armaos – Théâtre Pireos 131 - Athens – Greece

1998
Blood Knot
by A. Fugard – Directed by Jean Michel Martial – L'Archipel - Guadeloupe
Givropolis - Les Alama’s Givrés – Vivacité – Sottevile les Rouen - France
Hedda Gabler by H. Ibsen – Directed by Takis Vouteris – Théâtre Exarchion – Athens - Greece

1997
Le Puits de Lumière
by S. Galeos – Directed by Nikos Armaos – Théâtre Athinon – Athens - Greece
L'Ode à Scarlett O'Hara – Written and Directed by Jean-René Lemoine – La Ferme du Buisson - Noisiel - France
The Alchimiste by B. Jonson – Directed by Nikos Armaos – Municipal Theatre of Patras - Greece

1996
Der Mugnog
by R. Hahfeld – Directed by Foulis Boudouroglou – Municipal Theatre of Patras - Greece
Othello by  W. Shakespeare – Directed by Nikos Armaos –Municipal Theatre of Patras– Greece

1995
La Ballade des Bigorneaux
– Compagnie Doriane Moretus – Théâtre de la Balsamine – Bruxelles- Belgium
Toubib or not toubib – Les Alama’s Givrés – Chalon dans la rue – Chalon sur Saône - France

1994
Raoul Moil Sel Cuisinier
– Les Alama’s Givrés – Festival Parades – Nanterre - France
Le Fonctionnaire Pékinois by A. Cohen – Directed by Nicolas Klotz – Théâtre "La Piscine" – Chatenay Malabry - France

1993               
La baraque Foraine
– Oposito Theater Company – Grains de folie – Brest - France

1992
Memoria insular: X. Fortuna – Directed by Michèle Lemoine – Pavillon des Amériques – Expo 92 – Sévilla- Spain

1991
Au pipirite chantant
by J. Metellus – Directed by Jean-René Lemoine – Brussels - Belgium

199094           
Street Theatre shows- Compagnie Oposito – France

1990
Hamlet machine by H. Muller – Directed by Safaa Fathy – Paris - France