Maria X

Maria Chatzichristodoulou (born 1974), also known as Maria X, is a Greek cultural practitioner who has served as a curator, producer, painter, performer, writer, and community organizer.

Education She received her undergraduate degree in Theater Studies from the University of Patras, Greece, graduating with first class honors.

In 2009, she joined the School of Arts and New Media at the University of Hull Scarborough Campus where she currently serves as the Director of Postgraduate Studies and Lecturer in Theater and Performance.

Awards and recognition Chatzichristodoulou has won three teaching awards for her courses focusing mainly on theater, performance, and interdisciplinary modules. She earned her PhD in 2010 in Art and Computational Technologies from Goldsmiths, University of London with her dissertation entitled, "Cybertheatres: Emergent Networked Performance Practices."

Selected publications With Rachel Zerihan. (Eds) 2012. Intimacy Across Visceral and Digital Performance. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 'Presence, Pattern, and the Original Body in Networked Encounters' In Sunden, J. and Hughes, R. (Eds) 2011. Second Nature: Origins and Originality in Art, Science and New Media. Stockholm: Axl Books, pp 99–122.