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Christina Katrakis (December 16, 1980) is an American curator, writer, sculptor, painter, narrator of Ukrainian origin, and founder of International Academy of Arts in 2005〔 which is now based in Munich, Germany. ==Early life and education== Katrakis was born in 1980, December 16, in Kiev, in a family of Anatoliy Kushch-Katrakis and Helen Pilkevich-Kushch. Her father is Ukrainian sculptor, author of many historical monuments in Ukraine, United States, Iran, Lebanon and Poland,〔 residing in Kiev, Ukraine. Her mother is Ukrainian ethnographer and an art historian.〔 She officially took the double second name Katrakis-Kushch because of self-perception of Greek legacy of her ancestors, who were Ellinian Greeks, migrated long ago to Ukraine, according to her father.〔 Katrakis founded the International Academy of Arts in 2005〔 which is now based in Munich, Germany. In age of 12, Katrakis went to the USA with her parents, when her father received an order for a monument creation in Chicago. Her parents have returned to their homeland, but Christina stayed and went to English International institute for foreign languages in Washington (1992–1993). In 1993–1994 she studied at Catholic school of St. Nicholas in Chicago and in parallel – in a specialized school "Glenn Eco". In 1994–1998 she returned in Kiev, where she studied at the Schevchenko's Art school. In 1996–1998 she studied at courses of Arts, Art History and Anatomy in Italy and France (Lorenco di Medici' Academy in Florence and Sorbonne Academy in Paris). In 1998–2000 she studied at the National Academy of fine Arts and Architecture in Kiev. In 2000–2002 she studied at the Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, USA. She also studied at the renowned National Academy of Art of Ukraine, as well as in various art schools in Europe and in the USA. She passed a terminal MA degree from the University of Memphis, where she teaches drawing, figure structure, watercolor and oil painting.〔 She spent several years at the University of Memphis as a teacher and lecturer, and building a national reputation as an artist: her works are owned by Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Angelina Jolie, among others.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christina Katrakis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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