Research

My research follows concrete and proven aesthetic principles.

I was never interested in a theoritisation of my work. My aesthetics are built

from my works in an experiential way, that is selecting my materials and choosing my social comments I create works of art, I construct situations

and this possibility is my aesthetic choice. It is not about abstract compositions which may take individual interpretations.

My works are constructed within the frame of thematic units which govern my thoughts about art.

The largest number of my works uses rope as its main material. This work, which began in 1993 and continues until the present day, has the title “Keroskopos” (“Opportunist”) as a general, indicative title.It is a fundamental unit of my work.

I have the same obsession with another series of works in which money plays the dominant role; I have named this unit Y€$ from the symbols of the three most powerful currencies in the 90s (nineties), the yen, the euro and the dollar.

One characteristic of my work is this obsession; every speculation is examined thus creating a bulk of work which can be autonomised. It is a constant process of research. Many units have emerged from this procedure.

They are prominent and they struggle with the space like every piece of sculpture. However, they are designed to reveal a particular theme and content. One can form the picture which interests him/her although one usually tends to follow the title of the work.

FAR 100 _ Drawing Approaches: Observation and Representation

FAR 101 _ Mixed Media Approaches: Drawing, Painting and Collage

FAR 110 _ Painting Approaches: Fundamentals of Techniques and Media in Two-dimensional Creation

FAR 210 _ Painting, Drawing and Printmaking: Methods, Process-based approaches and techniques

FAR 211 _ Content and Context in 2d Visual Practices: Painting, Drawing and Printmaking

FAR 360 _ Creative Studio Art Practice Ι

FAR 361 _ Creative Studio Art Practice II

FAR 460 _ Creative Studio Art Practice III

FAR 461 _ Creative Studio Art Practice ΙV: Final Year Project and Exhibition

Solo Exhibitions

2017      What a wonderful, wonderful world…, Art Wall, Athens, Greece

2013      Sleep Sliding Away, EDW, ReMap4, Athens, Greece

2012      Martyrium, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Munich, Germany

2012      1000 meters of Protection, La Soiree de Votanique, Athens, Greece

2009      Kapsel, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Munich, Germany

2005      Kosmos, Cork Vision Centre, Cork, Ireland

2004      Smoking seriously damages the country, Diaspro Art Center, Nicosia, Cyprus

2004     The view that I love, Siakolas Tower, Nicosia, Cyprus

2002      ¥€$, gallery a.antonopoulou, Athens, Greece

2002      Occupied, gallery Mylos, Thessaloniki, Greece

2001      x365, (currency change), 365art project, Athens, Greece

1999      Space-Eater, Diaspro Art Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus

1996      Graduate Show, National School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece

Group Exhibitions

2018      Weaving Europe/Weaving Balkans, Biennale of West Balkans, Ioannina, Greece (cur.: Efi Kyprianidou)

2018       «DIE KUNST IST EIN AUSWEG BEI SEXUELLEN PROBLEMEN», Freud’s Dream Museum”, St. Petersburg, Russia (cur.: Efi Kyprianidou)

2018       10 Artists in the light of Caravaggio, Larnaka Municipal Art Gallery, Larnaka, Cyprus (cur.: Stratis Pantazis)

2018       Painting Notes, Art Seen, Nicosia, Cyprus (cur.: Maria Stathi)

2018       SHELL the politics of being, 15th high School, Kypseli, Athens, Greece  (cur.: Kostas Prapoglou)

2018       Portraits: Aura of Life and Death, Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus (cur.:Efi Kyprianidou)

2017       Fall 2017 Residency Exhibition, NARS Foundation, New York City, USA (cur.: Eriola Pira)

2017       So Close Yet So Far Away: Contemporary artists from Cyprus, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Israel (cur.: Yiannis Toumazis)

2017       Removement Athens 2017, Kairi Arcade, Athens, Greece (cur.: Maria Vasariotou)

2017       Imaginary Spaces, House of Cyprus, Athens Greece (cur.: Stratis Pantazis)

2017       7th edition of CONTEXTS International Festival of Ephemeral Art, Sokolovsko, Poland (cur.: Malgorzata Sady)

2017       [un]known destinations, Kypseli, Athens, Greece (cur.:  Kostas Prapoglou)

2017       2 decades +, Jannis Spyropoulos awards, Vorres Museum, Paiania, Attiki (cur.: Olga Daniylopoulou)

2017       Avlaia, Markideio Theatre, Pafos 2017 European Capital of Culture, Pafos, Cyprus (cur.: Yioula Hadjigeorgiou)

2016       Ars Moriendi, House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece (cur.: Niki Loizidi)

2016       Conjunctions, Peninsula Art Space, New York City, NY (cur.: Rachel Valinsky)

2016       Limassol, Post Growth and Development? Municipal social houses, Limassol,Cyprus (cur.: Maria Lianou, Alexandros Cristophinis)

2016       Scarecrow contemporary art exhibition, vineyard of Domaine Sigalas, Oia, Santorini, Greece (cur.: Maria Vasariotou)

2016       ‘3459’, Flux Factory, New York City, NY (cur.: Emireth Hererra)

2016       2016 Summer Exhibition, The Fields Sculpture Park, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York (cur.: Nicole Hayes)

2016       Art-Athina, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Athens

2016       Devalue/Value/Surplus Value; between “work” and “art”, Contemporary Greek Art Institute, Athens, Greece (cur.: Charis Kanellopoulou)

2015       Epitopou 2015, Livadia, Andros, Greece (cur.: Stratis Pantazis)

2015       Art-Athina, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Athens

2014       Art Omi 2014 Residents, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York (cur.: Moukhtar Kocache)

2014       Trauma and therapy, Cypriot antiquity and contemporary art, Paphos archaeological museum, Paphos (cur.: Niki Loizidi)

2013       No Words, Larnaca Municipal Gallery, Larnaca (cur.: Tonia Loizou)

2013       Medium as Narrative, CAMP Contemporary Art Meeting Point, Athens (cur.: Lina Tsikouta)

2013       Art-Athina, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Athens

2012       Terra Mediterranea – In Crisis, Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia (cur.: Yiannis Toumazis)

2012       Contemporary Cypriot Sculpture, DOM UMENIA, Bratislava (cur.: Tonia Loizou)

2012       Mapping Cyprus, Contemporary Views, Bozar, Brussels (cur.: Andri Michael)

2012       Plus One, Cultural Centre “Leonidas Kanellopoulos”, Elefsina, Greece (cur.: Maria Maragou)

2012       Without, Palaia Ilectriki, Pafos, Cyprus (cur.: Yioula Hadjigeorgiou)

2011       The Location of Culture, Pulchri Studio, The Hague, Netherlands (cur.: Pavlina Paraskevaidou)

2011       UNCOVERED, Nicosia International Airport, Ledra Street Buffer zone, Nicosia (cur.: Pavlina Paraskevaidou, Basak Senova)

2011       The Roads of Hereafter, Museum of Contemporary Art of Crete, Rethymno (cur.: Maria Maragou)

2011       The Little Land Fish, EMAA Capital Art Center, Nicosia (Cur.: Antonis Danos and Yasa Yaman)

2011       Art-Athina, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Athens

2010       Chypre 2010, Lárt au present, Espace Commines, Paris (cur.: Yiannis Toumazis, Andri Michael)

2010       20 Years of the Jannis Spyropoulos Foundation, Benaki museum, Athens (cur.: Olga Daniylopoulou)

2010       Mona Hatoum Art Workshop, Villa Iris, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain (cur.: Mona Hatoum)

2010       The Little Land Fish, Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, Antrepo Exhibition Venue, Istanbul, Turkey (Cur.: Antonis Danos and Yasa Yaman)

2010       Looking Awry: Views of an anniversary, Evagoras Lanitis Centre Limassol, Cyprus (Cur.: Antonis Danos)

2010       Art is…, Marfin Laiki Bank Cultural Centre, Nicosia (Cur.: Marina Vryonidou)

2010       1974 – Landmark in Politics and Art, Famagusta Gate, Nicosia (Cur.: Marina Sxiza)

2009       Open 12, International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice Lido, Italy (cur.: Olga Daniylopoulou)

2009       The Roads of Hereafter, European Cultural Centre of Delphi (cur.: Maria Maragou)

2009       Art-Athina, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Athens

2009       The Creation of the Image – The Consumption of Emotions // The Consumption of the Image – The Creation of Emotions, 10 years after, House of Cyprus, Athens (cur.: Lina Tsikouta)

 2008      Action Field Kodra, Artist in Residency programme of Forum European Cultural Exchanges, Thessalonica, Greece (cur.: Ruth Noack)

2008       Cypriots Contemporary Art, Paris & Action Field Kodra, Thessalonica (cur.: Andri Michael)

2008       No place – no space, zeon, Athens, & gallery Diatopos, Cyprus (cur.: Marilena Koskina)

2008       Waiting news from you, Gounaropoulos museum, Athens (cur.: Andri Michael)

2007       Grey (I had a dream Cyprus was a superpower), House of Cyprus, Athens & Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece (cur.: Maria Maragou)

2007       Crossings: A Contemporary View, Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia (cur.: Yiannis Toumazis, Andri Michael)

2007       Meeting Europe – Cyprus, La Châtaigneraie – Centre Wallon d’ Art Contemporain, Liege, Belgium (cur.: Dimitri Konstantinidis)

 2006      The Scarecrow, E. Averoff Museum, Metsovo, Greece (cur.: Olga Daniylopoulou)

2006       Meeting Europe – Cyprus, Palais du Rhin, Strasbourg, France (cur.: Dimitri Konstantinidis)

2005       Treason of Sculpture, Gallery Mario Sequeira, Braga, Portugal (cur.: David Baro, Agar Ledo)

2005       Accidental Meetings, Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia (cur.: Yiannis Toumazis)

2005       Seducidos polo Accidente, Luis Seoane Foundation, Corunna, Spain (cur.: David Baro, Agar Ledo)

2004       Instant Europe, Villa Manin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Italy (cur.: Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto)

2004       The joy of my dreams, BIACS 1st international Biennale of Contemporary Art of Seville, Spain (cur.: Harald Szeeman)

2004       Athena by art, Athens (cur.: Christina Petrinou)

2004       Fair ARCO, Gallery a.antonopoulou, Madrid. Spain, (cur.: Α. Αntonopoulou)

2004       MadridTwelve Positions in Contemporary Greek Art, European Patent Office Munich, Germany (cur.: Françoise Heitsch)

2004       ausderferne, ausdernähe, ausdermitte, Galerie Françoise Heitsch, Munich, Germany (cur.: Françoise Heitsch)

2003       EUROPE EXIST, Macedonian museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (cur.: Rosa Martinez & Harald Szeeman)

2003       Sketching out Tomorrow and Yesterday, Young Greek artists, tribute to the region of Yiannena, Macedonian museum of Contemporary art, Thessaloniki & Gazi, Athens (cur.: Lina Tsikouta)

2002       La Belle et la Bête, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bruxelles (cur.: Marina Vryonidou, Dimitri Konstantinidis)

2002       Sketching out Tomorrow and Yesterday, Young Greek artists, tribute to the region of Yiannena, E. Averoff museum, Metsovo (cur.: Lina Tsikouta)

2001       DestePrize 2001, Deste Foundation Center for Contemporary Art, Athens (cur.: Katerina Gregos)

2001       La Belle et la Bête, Macedonian museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (cur.: Marina Vryonidou, Dimitris Konstantinidis)

2001       Work - Matter, Matter - Work, Vafopoulion Cultural Centre, Thessaloniki
(cur.: Dorothea Konteletzidou)

2001       La Belle et la Bête, Palais du Rhin, DRAC Alsace, Strasbourg (cur.: Marina Vryonidou, Dimitris Konstantinidis)

2001       La Belle et la Bête, FRAC Corse, Corde, Corsica (cur.: Marina Vryonidou, Dimitris Konstantinidis)

2001       La Belle et la Bête, Casteliotissa, Nicosia (cur.: Marina Vryonidou, Dimitris Konstantinidis)

2000       From Chisel to Amber – 100 Years of Contemporary Sculpture in Cyprus, National Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art & Casteliotissa, Nicosia (cur.: Eleni Nikita)

2000       Artists of the Spyropoulos Museum, The Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens (cur.: Olga Daniylopoulou)

1999       Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Rome (cur.: Jannis Kounellis)

1998       Spyropoulos Foundation Awards, Jannis Spyropoulos Museum, Athens (cur.: Olga Daniylopoulou)

1998       Young Cypriot Artists, Palais des Nations, Geneva (cur.: Eleni Nikita)

1998       Time, House of Cyprus, Athens

1998       The Berlin Wall, Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia (cur.: Yiannis Toumazis)

1998       The Creation of the Image – The Consumption of Emotions/ / The Consumption of the Image – The Creation of Emotions, House of Cyprus, Athens (cur.: Lina Tsikouta)

1997       Class of ’96, the National Gallery, Athens (cur.: Lina Tsikouta & Triantafyllos Patraskidis)

1997       A Century of Visual Artistic Creation – Works from the National Collection of Contemporary Art, HELEXPO – Thessaloniki 1997 Cultural Capital of Europe, Thessaloniki (cur.: Eleni Nikita)

1997       advARTising – 50 Years of ADEL Saatchi & Saatchi, Pierides Gallery, Athens (cur.: Olga Daniylopoulou)