Maria Dossi born in Greece. During her basic studies at the gymnasium she was studding artistic sketch at the school of the famous Greek cartoonist Antonis Theofilopoulos and painting at the school of the Greek painter Vassos Spiliotopoulos. Since 1981 Maria leaves and works in Nicosia, Cyprus. After a long time of inactivity, she started studding painting further, by following special lessons at the studio of Nicholas Panayi. In 1991 she participated in a team art exhibition in OPUS Gallery, Nicosia.

Maria followed art and painting lessons at the studio of the Russian professor and painter Alexander Safarov and she participated to several team exhibitions at Safarov’s studio, Philoxenia Hotel and Mea Culpa art gallery in Nicosia. The last few years the Cypriot painter Yiorgos Georgiou, taught Maria new techniques nad gave her new ideas for painting. In 2006 Maria participated in a team exhibition organised by Anglangia Municipality and it took place at Skali Cultural Centre, Anglangia. During the last few years, Maria Dossi occasionally worked as assistant of the renovator Mrs Machi Lidi, who renovates neoclassic and other buildings and mansions, mainly in Greece.