Despina has been a painter for all her adult life, with many international exhibitions to her credit. She was a gallery owner for many years, with the Omma Centers of Contemporary Art in Chania, Crete and Santa Barbara, California. Based now in Santa Barbara, she devotes herself primarily to World Wide Art Books, which brings Despina’s passion for presenting talented artists onto the printed page. With three titles published annually, WWAB provides a notable reference for great, emerging and established, contemporary art.  For six successive years, Despina organized an art festival in Chania, Crete, Greece with more than 150 participating international artists each year. She has organized exhibits in Romania, Turkey, London, New York and she annually directs a large show at the Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Arts in Las Vegas. Each year, she represents hundreds of artists in international events and art fairs. In 2014 she directed the organization of World Wide Art Los Angeles, an expo in California that included over 200 artists.

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