The sculptor Maria Ledaki-Emmanouilidou, originally from Chania, was born in Athens in 1932. She is married to the printmaker and painter Manolis Emmanouilidis. She lives and works in Ano Ilioupoli.
From a young age, she engaged in drawing at the studio of the painter Vasos Germenis and later in sculpture as a student of the sculptor Thanasis Apartis. She studied at the School of Fine Arts under Michalis Tombros. She taught as an art teacher in secondary education starting in 1958.
She was a member of the International Federation for Women’s Education, which honored her with a medal in 1980. In 1978, the Municipality of Athens awarded her a medal of honor for her artistic contributions.
Her works can be found in the Art Gallery of Ancona, in France, Germany, Athens, Ilioupoli (“Peace Monument”), and in private collections.
She held solo exhibitions in Athens and participated in group exhibitions (e.g., Panhellenic Exhibitions 1957, 1961, 1962, 1972, Filothei Biennale 1966 – honorary medal, International Exhibition of Young Artists in Moscow 1960 – honorable mention, International Sculpture Exhibition 1973 – medal, International Marble Exhibition of Thessaloniki 1976 – distinction, International Exhibition of Women of Greece in Patras 1976, Cologne, Paris, and Rome).