[2] In 1936 she was admitted to the Athens School of Fine Arts where she studied painting under Konstantinos Parthenis and engraving under Giannis Kefallinos.

During World War II (1939–45) she was involved in the National Liberation Front (EAM) resistance movement opposed to the German occupiers of Greece.

[1] Vaso Katraki and her husband moved to Piraeus in 1946, where they lived for several years with Nikiforos Vrettakos.

[1] Under the Greek military junta (1967–74) Vaso Katraki was arrested on 21 April 1967, the first day of the coup, and exiled to the barren island of Gioura.

[3] She spent nine and a half months on the island, where the exiles suffered from hunger, thirst and beatings.

[2] Her socially and politically charged paintings and engravings document the intense difficulties of the Greek people in the postwar period.

[1] She also participated in international exhibitions in São Paulo, Tokyo and Leipzig, earning significant recognition.