{"id":287,"count":9,"description":"Written by Ada Kapola &amp; Aggeliki Christodoulou\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\nVirgo Vasileiou (1925-2001) was a Greek artist and an important resistance fighter. Born in Athens, she lived and was educated in Syros and Santorini, forming her artistic inclinations. During World War II, she participated in resistance activities, aiding war victims and joining the Panhellenic Youth Organization (EPON). However, during both the Occupation and the Civil War she was arrested and imprisoned. Those years were marked by hardships and deeply influenced her artistic expression. Despite the adversity, she devoted much of her time to creating sketches of her fellow inmates and later publishing an album of drawings from her exile on the island of Trikeri. Upon her release, she returned to Athens, where she continued her artistic pursuits, collaborating with important personalities. During the April 21st dictatorship, she fled to Paris with her husband, from where they returned with its fall. Her later years were marked by health problems, which prompted her to publish her many painful memories. She died in Athens in 2001.","link":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/exhibition\/vasileiou\/","name":"Virgo Vasileiou (1925 \u2013 2001)","slug":"vasileiou","taxonomy":"exhibition","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/exhibition"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/aski.gr\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/panel?exhibition=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}