Biography

Irene Kana was born in Canea, Crete. She studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts under P.Tetsis, graduating in 1990 with distinction.

She has had 21 solo exhibitions in Greece, Germany, and Cyprus, and has participated in over 200 group exhibitions in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Australia, and China.

She has received distinctions in the Hellenic competitions of The Chamber of Fine Arts (1998) and BOSCH (1993) and received the Group of Ten Prize in 2006. The Municipality of Athens organised an exhibition of her works at the Melina centre in 2004. She has participated in Ministry of Tourism exhibitions in the Museums of Melbourne, Beijing, and Shanghai.

Her works hang in the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Greek Parliament, the Macedonian Museum of Modern Art, the Goulandris Museum on Andros, the Institute of Thracian Art and Tradition, the University of Nicosia, the Municipal Gallery of Canea, the Museum of Hydra, the National Bank of Greece, the Eurobank, AGET Iraklis, OPAP, Interamerican and several other collections in Greece and abroad.