Fani Roumelioti – Margariti: Pioneering Professor of Dentistry And Prominent Artist
Born in Kalambaka. She studied at the University of Athens and London. Fani Roumelioti Margariti is a doctor at the Faculty of Dentistry of Athens, Professor Emeritus at the University of Bucharest in Romania, Deputy Professor at the University of Iasio, founder and president of the Hellenic Society of Implant Dentistry and the Society of Dental Research.
She spent her school years traveling from city to city, because of her father’s frequent transfers. He graduated from high school and university in Athens (Dentistry), where she received her PhD. She continued her postgraduate studies in the US and England.
As a writer, she is known abroad (1st Prize for Poetry, Paris) for her book “Vathylales Fones”. Gold medal and Silver Cup International Competition Academy A.I.L.
She studied painting at the School of Costas Iliadis 1953 – 1959. She is a member of the Artistic Chamber of Greece and the Society of French Artists and member of the Board of the Writers Physicians Association.
She has participated in many group and individual exhibitions. Horary distinctions: Grand Medal of the City of Orleans, Mension Onorable “Salon des Artistes Francais” Paris, Gold medal of Academy A.I.L. Paris, the Grand Medal of the City of Boston.
Her work is displayed in art galleries at the National Bank of Greece, Athens Municipality, the Municipality of Kalamata and F.D.I. in London and the United States.
Titles
- Surgeon-Dentist Professor at the University of Athens
- Honorary Professor at the University of Bucharest
- Associate Professor at the University of Iasi in Romania
- Founder and President of the Greek Society Dental implants since 1974
- President in Greece at the World Oral Implant Research Council (IRCOI-GREECE) based in Italy, from 1980 to 1989 and then was declared Honorary President
- Vice President, World Council of Oral Implantology (International Committee Opal Implantlogists) based in the USA
- Founder and President of the Greek Society Conservation of Traditional Architectural Heritage
- Honorary Member of the scientific societies of oral implants Italy, Denmark, Germany, France, India, Spain, Romania, Japan
- Founding member of the University Linkow University New York
Artistic achievements
She has organized dozens of individual exhibitions in Greece (Rotunda Gallery, Mouziani Hall, Cultural Center of Athens, in the Alatza mosque Imaret under the auspices of the Municipality of Thessaloniki) and abroad sponsored by the Embassies in Orleans, Paris, Boston, Bucharest, at the School of Fine Arts and with other important organizations, accompanied by discriminations. Fani has also participated in many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.
A world that leaves
The Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Athens and the Board of the Greek Conservation Company of Traditional Architectural Heritage displayed her paintings in the exhibition entitled “A world that goes.”
The exhibition, which features Manors of Athens, and was organized on 30-year anniversary, since the founding of the Greek Company Conservation of Traditional Architectural Heritage. The exhibition included 50 of her paintings, that were painted using the oil on canvas technique.
Chrysanthos D. Christou, Academic and Emeritus Professor of History and Art at the University of Athens, said of her work:
«What makes a unique impression in her work is her ability to purely convey on canvas descriptive elements, and give the buildings she paints the same internal atmosphere with deep affection. Her paintings are defined for their honesty, directness, spirituality and inner truth. Her work is characterized by deep love for tradition, coupled by a nostalgia, that do not leave audiences indifferent. »
