Aliki Roussin was born in Greece on 2nd November 1946, and is an Athenian who has been painting and writing since childhood. She came to England to study journalism and fell in love in London. After four years of extensive travelling in Asia, Africa and the Americas, Aliki finally settled in London in 1975 working as a journalist and photographer for various European publications.

While raising her twin daughters she lived a double life working as an Associate Producer in the making of more than thirty documentaries for the major British national television channels, including the documentary Island of Outcasts on mental health, which received the Royal Television Award for International Journalism.

It was her passion for photography however, coupled with a permanent quest for a deeper understanding of the interaction between painting and photography, which made her relinquish eventually her double life and devote herself to stucco painting full time.

The technique she uses is unusual as is the material itself. It incorporates resin glue mixed with ground limestone and marble – harking back to Greek geology and history – to create an organic, tactile surface. The works are finally sealed with bees wax and can be touched creating an energy flow between giver and receiver.

As she says: “In the remote control world I live in, I want people to touch and feel what I do.”

Aliki has a distinction from the Royal Photographic Society for her photographic work – An Afternoon at Daytona Beach – and the Pholoxenia Award from the Greek Tourism. She has appeared on BBC Radio 4 as a correspondent and guest and has written and presented a mini series on Greek Food for Carlton TV.

A volume of her poetry entitled – Between Zero and a Star – was published in 1998. She has also written and illustrated children’s stories. In 2001 she obtained an MA in the History of Film and Visual Media from London University.