She studied sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts and attended classes on art aesthetics at the University of Sorbonne, Paris.
Many of her big scale sculptural installations belong to private collections, municipalities and museums. She has been profoundly interested in kinetic sculpture since 2000, creating a number of kinetic artworks.
WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACES
1989 “Intervention”, Kifissias Avenue, Municipality of Athens, Greece
1993 “Cosmos”, Municipality of Peania, Attika, Greece
1995 “Monas”, Municipality of Calaf, Barcelona, Spain
1998 “Communication Transmission”, Municipality of Lipsi, Dodecanese, Greece
2000 “Links”, Greek Embassy, Hague, Netherlands
2000 “Family”, Ηerodion Hotel, Athens, Greece
2003 “Step”, Vas. Sofias Avenue, Kolonaki Business Center, Athens, Greece
2003 “Cosmos”, Elies Hotel, Sifnos, Greece
2004 Trilogy of Argonautic Expedition, “Athena, The Argonauts, The Argo, “ Installation, Port of Volos, Municipality of Volos, Olympic City, Greece
2008 “The city unites the diversity of people”, Ag. Ioannis Metro Station, Athens, Greece
2010 “Original Pair”, Installation, D. Kopelouzos Museum, Athens, Greece 2018 “Archiki Morfi”,Installation, Vineyard “Vivlia Chora”
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1993 “Unit”, Dacos Art Center, Athens
1996 Microsculpture, Vorres Museum, Athens
2001 “Connecting Worlds”, Contemporary Sculpture from the European Union, Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. USA
2003 The Chart of Athens – Identity, Art Athina, Ekfrasi Gallery
2003 Steps of Life, Pieridis Museum, Athens
2011 Kinetica Art Fair, London, UK
2013 Miami River Art Fair, Miami, FL, USA
2014 “ΧΩΡΙςΤΑ”Gallery Lola Nikolaou,Saloniκa,Greece
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1984 Contemporary Greek Sculpture, Athens 150 years, National Garden, Ministry of Culture
1986 Sculpture – Drawing, Athens Conservatory
1987 Panhellenic Exhibition, Ministry of Culture, Athens
1987 Contemporary sculpture in public spaces, Athens Conservatory
1987 Woman and Art, Secretariat General for Equality, Kostis Palamas Building, Athens
1987 “Art Gallery”, Athens
1987 Piraeus Electrical Train Station, “Articles”, Performance
1987 “Pleiades” gallery, Athens
1988 “Bullet-proof”, Polymorphy B’, “Aeolos” gallery, Athens
1988 “Contemporary Trends in Sculpture”, Athens Conservatory
1988 “Plastic Lineroutes”, Dromena ’88, Sculpture Installation with the sponsorship of the Municipality of Athens, Athens
1988 Municipality of Nauplia, Summer ’88, Nauplia
1988 Polymorphy D’, Elephtheria Park, “Bullet-proof”, Athens
1988 House of Cyprus, Athens
1988 “Opus 39” gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
1988 “Epoches” gallery, microsculpture ’88, Athens
1988 “Nauplia Art Gallery”, Nauplia
1989 “Sculptors, plastic metamorphosis”, Korais Street, Municipality of Athens
1989 Municipality of Nauplia, Nauplia
1990 “Postindustrial Environment”, Pierides Gallery, Collection, Lavrion, Attica
1990 “Pleiades” gallery, Athens
1991 Contemporary Greek Sculpture, Maison de l’ architecture, Paris, France
1991 Proposal regarding a contemporary collection, Vicky Drakos Contemporary Art Center, Athens
1991 “The female figure in Art”, Karavia Beach Hotel, Kos
1991 “Cities- Nations- Peoples”, Presentation at the French Embassy in Athens
1992 “Anomyomorphy”, Vicky Drakos Contemporary Art Center, Athens
1992 The Aluminum of Greece, Mediterranean Center, Athens
1992 “Visual Art puzzle”, 42 artists, Zappeion Megaron, organized by Vicky Drakos, Athens
1992 “Pleiades” gallery, Athens
1993 “Bridge – Greek and American Contemporary Artists”, CITIBANK, Athens
1993 “Greece in Antwerpen”, Vorres Museum, Ministry of Culture, Antwerpen, Belgium
1994 “Elements of contacts”, CITIBANK, Athens
1994 Special event at the Italian Consulate in Kos, Sculptures of Christina Saradopoulou are offered to ATH. P the Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios B on the occasion of his formal visit to Dodecanese
1994 “The Syndrome of Odysseus”, COMMERCIAL BANK, Vorres Museum collection, Nicosia, Cyprus
1995 Sculpture outdoor exhibition, Municipality of Ag.Anargyron, Athens
1995 “The box”, “24 Art Gallery”, Athens
1995 Sculpture outdoor exhibition, “Ygeia” Hospital, Athens
1996 “Investing in Art”, CITIBANK, N.Psychiko, Athens
1996 “One-act play”, Santa Marina Hotel, Mykonos
1996 Creation of the UNESCO Award by the Dodecanese UNESCO Club
1997 Exhibition of the work “Unit”, Zappeion Megaron, Athens, Ministry of Public Works
1999 Creation of the EURO-AMERICAN WOMEN’S COUNCIL Award, 4th Annual global women’s Forum, GRANDE BRETAGNE, Athens
2004 Art Athina, SKENDI Gallery
2004 “Sculpture and painting on the 20th century”, Art City MIHALARIAS
2005 Exhibition of Greek contemporary painting and sculpture, Collection of Georges Kostopoulos, Municipality of Zakynthos
2009 Stamatis Polenakis – Christina Saradopoulou, “Giomisti Kefali”, Sifnos
2009 “35 Artists for Democracy”, Jappeion Megaron, Athens
2009 “With Red or White”, G. Olympios collection, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2011 Greek Art, “Sem–Art” gallery, Monaco
AWARDS
1985 Award “National Resistance Monument” by the Municipality of Korydallos, Athens
1985 Award “Nationale Premio Arte e Sport”, Rome, Italy
1993 Award “Art and Culture”, Region of Rome, 1993, Rome, Italy
1995 1st Sculpture Award, International Fine Arts Competition in Barcelona, Municipality of Calaf, Barcelona, Spain
1998 Second Prize in the contest for monumental sculpture from the Ministry of Culture and Education, Nicosia, Cyprus
1999 Honorary award of sculpture from the Euro- American women’s council
2003 Award in the competition of ATTIKO METRO for five projects
ACTIVITIES
Participation in International Organizations: UNESCO, UNICEF, Maison d’ Europe.
1995: Founding member and General Secretary of CLUB UNESCO DODECANESE. Non-profit work fro UNESCO and the United Nations on culture and peace matters, as well as educational and scientific programs.
Organizing events in Greece and abroad with the participation of many important international personalities. Creation of micro sculptures for honorary awards and memorial diplomas for personalities who have been internationally distinguished.
BIBLIOGRAPHY(selections)
2014 :IMANGO MUNDI,Luciano Benetton Collection 2009: Katerina Koskina, Art Paths at the Attiko Metro, Publisehd by Attiko Metro S.A., Athens, Greece
2009: Giorgos Olympios, With Red or White, Published by the Macedonia Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2008: Giannis Kolokotronis, Neo-Hellenic Art, Published by the Thrace Foundation, Thrace, Greece
2005: Takis Mavrotas, Artistic Recordings, Kastaniotis Publications, Athens, Greece
2003: Zoe Kosmidou, The Power of Visual, Greek Women Artists, Militos Publications, Athens, Greece
2001: Marilena Karra, Connecting Worlds, Christina Saradopoulou, Athens, Greece
1999: Areti Adamopoulou, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
1997: Giorgos Vergitsakis, Christina Sarantopoulou,article, magazine : 70×100
1995: Manos Stefanidis, Christina Saradopoulou , article, magazine : ARTI # 23
1993: Giorgos Veltsos, ‘Monas’ Christina Saradopoulou, Kostopoulos Publications
