Ioanna Papantoniou

Ioanna Papantoniou (Greek; Ιωάννα Παπαντωνίου, b. 1936) is a Greek author, scenic designer, costume designer and folklorist. She is the founder and president of the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation in Nafplio, winner of the 1981 European Museum of the Year Award.

Papantoniou was born in Athens in 1936. Her father was Vasilios Papantoniou, one of Kyknos Canning Company owners while her mother was descendant of a wealthy family. During the Axis occupation of Greece she lived with her family in Athens under difficult circumstances while her father was killed during Dekemvriana. During the 1950s she studied in a Finishing school in United Kingdom and later she got married at the age of 20 but she divorced in 1966. After that, she returned to United Kingdom where she studied scenic and costume design at Wimbledon College of Art.

Since 1971 Papantioniou made a notable professional career as a scenic and costume designer working along with Michael Elliott, Karolos Koun, Alexis Minotis, Katina Paxinou etc. She was the first female scenic designer of the National Theatre of Greece and Epidaurus' theatre. From 1992 until 1996 Papantoniou was professor at the universities of Athens and Peloponnese.

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