Maria Panagiotou was born in Larissa in 1974. She studied at the Art & Applied Arts Department of the School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

She studied in the workshop of Giorgos Tsakiris and Vasilis Vasilakakis, in the direction of painting and engraving as a course of choice, in Xeni Sahini’s workshop.

She has conducted 3 solo exhibitions and has participated in more than 60 groups in Greece and abroad  and is a member of the Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece