BIOGRAPHY
I was born in Nicosia in 1961. I studied at Middlesex University in London (BA in Three Dimensional Design - Ceramics, 1981-1984). I set up a ceramics workshop and work in Nicosia.
I represented Cyprus at the Biennale New European Countries in Bologna in 1988, in Marseille in 1990 and in Cairo in 1998. I also participated in Modern Cypriot Art exhibitions organised by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Bagdad in 1988, in Kuwait and Bulgaria in 1990, at the Cyprus Cultural Centre in London in 1991, at the Cyprus House in Athens in 1994, in Salonica: Cultural Capital of Europe in 1997 and the Salonica Old Archaeological Museum in 2006, and in Mexico City in 2016. I participated in the exhibition "Paphos in Art" when Paphos was the European Capital of Culture in 2017. I received an award for artwork at Paphos International Airport.
I presented my work at individual and group exhibitions in Argo Gallery, in Nicosia, in Morphi Gallery in Limassol, in Marginalia Gallery, in A.C.K. Gallery and in Golden Gallery by Kapatays. I participated in many group exhibitions in Cyprus and abroad.
My art works are on display in private and public collections in Cyprus and abroad, such as the Ministry of Education and Culture, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Central Bank, Municipal Gallery of Limassol, Paphos Airport, Strovolos Municipality Building, Hilton Hotel, Nissi Beach Hotel and Limassol Parklane, in the Art Museum of Loukia and Michalakis Zambelas, and in the Cyprus Tourism Organisation in the United Kingdom.
INSPIRATION - PHILOSOPHY OF THE ARTIST
NATURE'S RHYTHM
Living with the images of Cyprus' nature and the images from archaeological sites and museums, consciously and subconsciously, I process and work with clay, creating my own forms, my own sculp- tures - symbols in formations inspired by the rhythms and patterns of nature and history.
Using clay as my medium, I create sculptures, forms and shapes, abstract and minimalistic, symbols of freedom, ascent and endless journey.
Handcrafted ceramic forms in white and blue. Forms that succeed each other, create relationships, cultivate tensions, play with their light and shadows, and create new formations.
Sculptures made of clay, ceramic forms, invoking the movement of waves in the sea, flocks of birds in the sky, the meander of fish in the sea. Sculptures inspired by the shape of fishtails and the flight of birds, symbols of ascent and freedom.
The material of the sculptures, clay, the most "Cypriot" material, ancient, traditional, and contempo- rary in the fine art of ceramics. Other materials coexist, such as glass, symbolizing water, and metal, symbolizing the earth.
In a series of works with prints, there are also the large "images," photos printed on plexi-glass, which transport us to "landscapes" with their own mental power.
My work consists of sculptures, symbols of eternal movement, humanity's need for freedom, harmony and balance.