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List Of Painters From Cyprus ...
This is a list of notable painters from, or associated with, Cyprus. A * Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) G * İsmet Güney (1932–2009) H * Xanthos Hadjisoteriou (1920–2003) * Mustafa Hulusi (born 1971) K * Telemachos Kanthos (1910–1993) L * Marios Loizides (1928–1988) M * Niki Marangou (1948–2013) N * Nicos Nicolaides (1884–1956) P * Stass Paraskos (1933–2014) S * Konstantia Sofokleous (born 1974) * Arestís Stasí (1940–2013) V * Stelios Votsis (1929–2012) References {{European painters Cypriot painters Cypriot Painters Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geographically in Western Asia, its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southern European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located north of Egypt, east of Greece, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is ''de facto'' governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which was established after the 1974 invasion and which is recognised as a country only by Turkey. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains include the well-preserved ruins from the Hellenistic period such as Salamis and Kourion, and Cypr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruzen Atakan
Ruzen Atakan (born 1966) in Akincilar is a Turkish-Cypriot painter and the daughter of a school teacher Kemal Atakan. She graduated from Gazi University Turkey, in 1988. She has had three solo shows and took part in mixed and group exhibitions in Cyprus as well as overseas. She teaches at Fine Arts Secondary School, Nicosia, Cyprus. Exhibitions Ruzen participated in the following exhibitions: * 1988 Group Exhibition in British Council, Ankara. * 1990 Group Exhibition at Fluxus Art Gallery, Nicosia. * 1991 1st Solo Exhibition at Fluxus Art Gallery, Nicosia. * 1991 Contemporary Turkish Cypriot Painting Exhibition, London. * 1994 2nd Solo Exhibition at Atatürk Cultural Center, Nicosia. * 1994 Namık Kemal Painting Prize, Famagusta. * 1997 3rd Solo Exhibition Atatürk Cultural Center, Nicosia. * 1977 State Art and Sculpture Prize, Nicosia. * 1999 Group Exhibition at Gotland University College, Gotland, * 1999 Namık Kemal Painting Prize, Famagusta. * 1999 Group Exhibition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
İsmet Güney
İsmet Vehit Güney (15 July 1923 – 23 June 2009) was a Turkish Cypriot artist, cartoonist, teacher and painter. He is best known as the designer of the modern flag of the Republic of Cyprus, the country's coat of arms and the original Cyprus lira in 1960. Güney's design was unique, as the Republic of Cyprus is the first country in the world to display a map on its flag. In 2008, Kosovo became the second country to adopt a national flag displaying a map. Biography Güney was born in 1923 in Limassol, Cyprus. He began painting while he was a student in high school. After graduating from the Teachers Training College, he started working as an arts teacher in 1948. From 1948 to 1977 he attended Lefkoşa Erkek Lisesi teaching Art and History. In 1956, he met artist Ibrahim Çallı and worked with him until 1960. In 1947, Güney became the first Turkish Cypriot painter to open a solo art exhibition. Güney had many solo exhibitions as well as participating in group exhibitio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xanthos Hadjisoteriou
Xanthos Hadjisoteriou (1920-2003) was an acclaimed Greek Cypriot painter and interior designer. Born in Famagusta in 1920 and studied business at University of Beirut (1938–1940). Later studied art at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London (1951–1953) and interior design at the Byam Shaw School of Art The Byam Shaw School of Art, often known simply as Byam Shaw, was an independent art school in London, England, which specialised in fine art and offered foundation and degree level courses. It was founded in 1910 by John Liston Byam Shaw and ... (1959). Xanthos Hadjisoteriou held many exhibitions in Cyprus and internationally. In Famagusta he presented his works permanently at the "Manastiri" and later at Peter's Gallery in Limassol, where he settled. He won many awards for his art internationally. The artist died at the age of 83 in 2003. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hadjisoteriou, Xanthos 1920 births 2003 deaths People from Famagusta Greek Cypriot artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mustafa Hulusi
Mustafa Hulusi (born in 1971, London, United Kingdom) is a British artist. His work is diverse and includes fields such as paintings, videos, installation and photography. Biography Hulusi was born in London to a Turkish Cypriot family. After graduating from Fine Art and Critical Studies at Goldsmiths College, Hulusi continued towards his master's degree at the Royal College of Art. He had his first group exhibition in 2004 called "New Contemporaries 04" and his first solo exhibition in 2005, called "The end of the West" at the Max Wigram Gallery. In 2007, Hulusi represented Cyprus at the 52nd International Exhibition of Contemporary Art of La Biennale di Venezia and had solo exhibitions at A-Foundation, Liverpool, and Max Wigram Gallery. More recently, in 2009, he has also exhibited his solo shows at Patrick Painter in Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telemachos Kanthos
Telemachos Kanthos (February 24, 1910 – November 18, 1993) was born in Alona, a village in the highland Pitsillia area of Cyprus. He was the son of Christodoulos E. Kanthos, a prominent local teacher, and his wife Evgenia Aravi. He is regarded generally as a father of modern Cypriot painting. His work is varied but his favorite subjects were the hills surrounding his village. Some of his most evocative work followed the Turkish invasion of Cyprus The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of Cypriot intercommunal violence, intercommunal violence between Greek Cypriots, Greek and Turkish ... in 1974, where he recorded some of the suffering of the displaced persons and particularly those who had lost loved ones. Sources * * Links * Greek Cypriot artists 1993 deaths 1910 births {{Cyprus-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marios Loizides
Marios Loizides (1928–1988) was a Greek Cypriot visual artist. Life Loizides was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. he studied painting and lithography at St. Martin's School of Art, London, between 1951-4, together with courses in stage and costume design. He later worked in London for a number of years as a graphic artist and designer. He moved to Greece in 1958 and, working exclusively as a painter, lived on the island of Hydra from 1961 until his death in 1988. Loizides held more than 10 solo exhibitions during his lifetime, notably in London, Brussels, Athens, and Nicosia., publisher=Nicosia: Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, 2002 http://www.lib.duth.gr/opacial/index.php?op=results&catalog=1&view=1&language=el&numhits=10&query=Art,%20Cypriot%20--%20Exhibitions%20--%2020th%20century&search_field=11&page=1 He also took part in a number of group exhibitions, including the Alexandria Biennale (1968). In 2002, a large retrospective exhibition o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niki Marangou
Niki Marangou (1948 – 7 February 2013) was a Greek Cypriot author, poet, and painter. Early life and education Marangou was born in Limassol, Cyprus, in 1948. She studied sociology in West Berlin, Germany, from 1965 to 1970. Career After graduation, Marangou worked as a dramaturge at the Cyprus Theatre Organisation. She also ran a bookshop in Nicosia. She was the author of books of prose, poetry and children’s fairy tales. She was also a painter and had seven solo exhibitions. Her first solo exhibition was in 1975. She was a member of the Hellenic Authors Society and the Cyprus Writers Association. Some of her books were translated into German and Spanish. Awards Marangou received different awards. In 1998, she was awarded the Cavafy prize for poetry in Alexandria. In 2006, she was awarded the poetry prize of the Athens Academy for her book ''Divan''. In 2007 her novel ''The Demon of Lust'' was described as one of the ten best Greek short story books by literature magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicos Nicolaides
Nicos Nicolaides ( el, Νίκος Νικολαΐδης) was a Greek Cypriot painter and writer. Early life Nicolaides was born the son of poor parents in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 3 April 1884. A sister, Maria, followed him two years later. He was only six or seven when their parents died, one after another. Their maternal aunt took charge of the two children. She, too, was not well off. When Nicos reached the fourth grade in the local primary school, he left to take a job in a bookbindery. But when the bookbinder dismissed him for spending more time reading the books than binding them, he took refuge with an icon-painter. Once he had learned the craft, his reputation spread throughout Cyprus as a professional painter of icons. Some paintings he did in 1904 still survive in the villages of the Pitsillia region. Athens In 1907 Nicolaides left Cyprus for Athens. In his baggage he took with him his first literary exercises (in poetry and prose) written in formal katharevousa Greek. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stass Paraskos
Stass Paraskos ( el, Στας Παράσκος; 17 March 1933 – 4 March 2014) was an artist from Cyprus, although much of his life was spent teaching and working in England. Early life Paraskos was born in Anaphotia, a village near the city of Larnaca, Cyprus in 1933, the second of six sons of an impoverished peasant farmer. He went to England in 1953, working first as a pot washer and waiter in the ABC Tearoom in London's Tottenham Court Road, and then moving to the city of Leeds, in the north of England to become a cook in his brother's newly opened Greek restaurant. The restaurant became a popular haunt of the local art students who encouraged Paraskos to enrol for classes at Leeds College of Art (later Leeds Arts University). Despite not having the usual entry qualifications to start a college course, Paraskos was spotted by the college's inspirational Head of Fine Art, Harry Thubron, who allowed Paraskos to enrol without the usual entry requirements. There he became clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantia Sofokleous
Konstantia Konstantina Sofokleous is a Cypriot artist working with video art, animation, drawing, and new technologies. Her work focuses on the violence in childhood tales, on tradition, rhythm, and materials, and has been exhibited, screened, and awarded at many International Exhibitions, Festivals, and Conferences around the world. In 2005 she represented Cyprus at the 51. Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition - 'Gravy Planet: A World Drawing' - Cyprus Pavilion curated by Chus Martínez, with her works 'Popular Children's Poem' and 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. She lives and works in |
Arestís Stasí
Arestís Stasí (Aristides Anastassiades also known as il cipriota) was born in 1940 in Limassol, Cyprus and died in 2013 in Stuttgart, Germany. He spent his first years in the village of Platres in the Troödos mountains. He studied monumental painting, sculpture and restoration in Florence and Rome. In the 1960s and 1970s he dedicated himself in the restoration of ancient monuments in Cyprus including the heavily damaged (due to fire) ikonostasis of the Saint Lazarus Cathedral in Larnaca. Arestís Stasí has exhibited his art works in more than ten personal exhibitions in Cyprus and abroad. Sculptures, mosaics, paintings and other works of art of Arestís Stasí can be seen in various places including the monastery of Machairas, Nicosia, Paphos, Limassol, the villages of Kyperounta and Omodhos. He recently installed a museum of ancient metallurgy in the village of Katydata in the Solea valley, close to the Skouriotissa (Foukasa) mine, entailing scenographic reproductions of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
