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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=82 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Pierre Petraki</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pierre Petraki"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PAINTINGS"><U>PAINTINGS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SCULPTURE"><U>SCULPTURE</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="STAINED GLASS"><U>STAINED GLASS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Japanese NOH masks"><U> Japanese NOH  masks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Comedia dellArte (masks)"><U>Comedia dell'Arte (masks)</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Warriors masks"><U>Warriors masks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONTACT US"><U>CONTACT US</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Still life Photos"><U>Still life Photos</U></A>   |   <B>Bio(english)</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Bio(english)</B></div> <div> <B>Pierre Petraki</B></div> <bR> <div> Born in Alexandria(Egypt) june  28th 1944</div> <div> 1949-62 Study at St Marc College(Alexandria)</div> <div> 1962-64 Work with my father as press photographer</div> <div> 1964 Arrive at  Montreal</div> <div> 1964-65 work for G.Guardo statuary  (religious art) </div> <div>                Learn various techniques as,moldmaking ,</div> <div>                Modeling with clay, woodcarving &fiberglass.</div> <div>                </div> <div> 1966-67 photographer for Keystone press agency </div> <bR> <div> 1967-73 Assistant to René Delbuguet, advertising photography</div> <div> 1973-74 freelance photographer for various Montreal newspapers.</div> <div> 1975-76photographer for `" Penthouse Studios"</div> <div>          (Advertising photography, not the magazine ! :-))</div> <div> 1977 open my own studio. Advertising , & industrial photography</div> <div> 1978 First exhibition solo photography "Still lives"</div> <div>           at Westmount Library.</div> <div> 1979 Exhibition of photo etchings : Houses of Westmount</div> <div>             at Westmount Library.</div> <div> 1980 Exhibition  of  new series of still lives  at Westmount Gallery</div> <div> 1982 Participation at " Arts Westmount"</div> <div>            Photo series titled: "Doors"</div> <div> 1988  Masks  exhibition at" Mardi-Gras" restaurant </div> <div> 1990-92 Ceramic courses at "poterie Bonsecours"</div> <div> 1993-94 Learn  glass techniques at Espace Verre school.</div> <div> 1994 &95 Participation at "Morgan Arboretum" exhibition </div> <div>         (photos & stained glass )</div> <div> 1995 Technical course of " pate de verre" at the" New York glass institute"</div> <div>            .</div> <div> 1996 Start a  series of large abstract  paintings in acrylic </div> <div> 1999 exhibit with the group"Art NDG"( paintings)</div> <div> 2000 exhibition of  old and recent work at L'Embuscade  (Trois Rivières)</div> <div> 2001 work on movie productions</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>