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Polixeni Papapetrou

By philbanno

  • Birth

    Melbourne, Australia

  • University of Melbourne

    Wanting to train as a lawyer, she graduated from University of Melboune with a BA/LLB.
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    Practised as a lawyer

  • Began her Photography

    She started practising photography now, but it became her profession in the future.
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    First Photographic Series, 'Elvis Immortal'

  • Photographic Series, 'Curated Bodies'

  • Marriage

    Papapetrou married an art critic from 'The Age'.

  • RMIT University

    Graduated from RMIT University with a Master of Arts (Media Arts).
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    Photographic Series, 'Body/Building'

  • Battling the Tax Office

    Papapetrou fought the ATO due to her believing that the ATO only funded artists who were 'starving', and not those her weren't. She won this battle.

  • Photographic Series, 'Authority'

  • Photographic Series, 'Searching for Marilyn'

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    Shift to 'childhood'

    From 2002 onwards Papapetrou focused her work on 'childhood', using her 2 kids as the models.
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    Natural World

    From 2006 to now Papapetrou shifted her work from a fantasy scene to a more natural world, accompanying the age of her kids and the fact that they were growing up.

  • Monash University

    Received a PhD in Media Arts from Monash University.

  • Breast Cancer

    Breast cancer was discovered.

  • Cancer Returns

    The cancer returned 5 years later with it having a 1 in 1,000,000 chance in doing so.