Cypriot Artists

Yiota Ioannidou

To tell you the truth I can’t remember exactly when that happened. I can always remember myself painting. Maybe some inner need made things go towards this direction. You know, many people confuse their hobby with their job and a lot of people wait for their retirement to do their real job. Respectable scientists, doctors, lawyers have hobbies like gardening ... Read More

Yiannis Sakellis

I began painting at the age of 15, at two art workshops in Paphos. Under the guidance and advice of my art teachers at school, I went to study art at the Accademia di belle arti “Pietro Vannucci” di Perugia in Italy from 2003 until 2008. I’ve been living in Paphos since March of 2008. At the moment I’m using ... Read More

Xenia Panteli

She was born in Nicosia in November 1950. She grew up in Karavas, province of Kyrenia, until the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. She studied at the School of Fine Arts in Aix-en-Provence in France (1969 – 1973). She now lives and works as an art teacher in Secondary Education – Public Sector in Cyprus. In her tetraptych Untitled, ... Read More

Veronica Pluton

My love of fabric and threads has always been an important part of my life.  Going back to when I first started making my own clothes with a Singer hand machine.  I was forever scouring the markets in London and abroad for unusual fabrics and hidden treasures.  My collection grew and grew - never throwing anything away. When I left ... Read More

Susan Vargas Stefani

Panayiotis Vittis

Panayiotis Vittis was born in Ammohostos in 1974. In 1997 he entered the Athens School of Fine Arts with a Greek government scholarship for all the duration of his studies.He studied under the auspices of Demetres Mytaras. Parallel he attended courses of scene painting, Hagiography, sculpture and photography and he graduated with honors in 2003. In 2004, he won the ... Read More

Sasa Savic

The Serbian iconographer and fresco painter Sasa Savic, about whom the local Time Out Magazine in an issue on Foreign Artists - Cypriot Art has stated that ‘he has come to be regarded as one of the best icon painters on the island’, has completed a new fresco in Panagia Pantanassa church in Paphos. This being one of the many ... Read More

Rinos Stefani

Look, there are things that can influence you directly, and there are others that can affect you in a more mild way. Then there is the passing of time, that lets the memory unfold before you. So when you look back and remember something similar, or opposite from what you saw, or tasted back then, after some time, these experiences ... Read More

Nicos Moschatos

My name is Nicos Moschatos from Lefkosia but I live and work in Limassol, the birthplace of my mother. My inclination for art was confirmed by a slap from my mother when I was six years old because I had carved in the walls of our house a person. The slap my mother gave me to save me from the ... Read More

Miriam Mc Connon

There is a familiar quality to Miriam Mc Connon Papageorgiou ‘s recent work, like they communicate something that is personal to us. Her drawings, large or small are dependent on patient observational skills and an attention to detail. The work is hugely atmospheric and exudes a nostalgia that is both beautiful and sad. In this exhibition,” Traces of a life”, ... Read More

Michalis Charalambides

After finishing my Foundation course in Art in the UK, I studied Exhibition Design, which is the designing of exhibition areas. It’s a combination of Interior Design but specialising in Exhibits. For example, at museums you design the lighting of the exhibits, the area surrounding them, how they are to be displayed and so on. When I returned to Cyprus, ... Read More

Mattheos Christou

The predominant theme of his work is peace. Peace in its obvious sense – as opposed to war and aggression, but also the peace that brings calmness to our lives, and the peace to listen to peace, so that we can shut out the raucous soundtrack of the world. Mattheos Christou was born in Cyprus, in 1956. It was a ... Read More