Cypriot Artists

This page is dedicated to Art. Cypriot artists, as well as non-Cypriots that reside and work in Cyprus are invited to join. Beach News welcomes you to exhibit in its website at no cost. Apart from your work, you might as well include a biographical note, contact details and anything relevant.

Marios Chistophi

I have always loved photography. I’ve started from a young age as an amateur. Year after year, and with a lot of encouragement from family and friends, I’ve followed numerous seminars on photography; additionally, I’ve done two circles of classes that enriched my knowledge. As a result, I am now fully dedicated in photography. I have cooperation with Savvides Sports ... Read More

Katerina Foukara

Tell us about your work… My work is the continuance of my academic studies along with my family’s influence. I create based on many of my own speculations, aiming to project the space in which I live and work in, meaning the Cypriot landscape, nature and surrounding objects. I try to solve numerous visual problems in art and bring out ... Read More

Joep Klinkenbijl

My career has always been within the music and film environment, in The Netherlands as well as abroad. I owned a music and video store, worked as a DJ and presenter in various clubs in The Netherlands and organised a variety of large-scale musical events. I am interested in all kinds of subjects, such as culture, history, theatre and art. ... Read More

Haris Paspallis

Born in Paphos in 1977. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts (1997-2002), in Athens, Greece, under the supervision of T. Patraskides and D. Mitaras. September 2008 - Breaking the Mould, Panicos Mavrellis Art Center, Limassol, Cyprus. May 2008 - Ficciones (de)construidas, Zona del Museo del centro cultural Tomas y valiente FUENLABRADA, Madrid, Spain.January-February 2008 - Eikona - Xwros- ... Read More

George Kotsonis

From the time I was a small boy, from elementary school I used to like pictures. I remember once I was looking at a book we had in the house, in which there were pictures of animals. One neighbour came and borrowed the book, in order to copy something. When the book was returned, the page with the animal, which ... Read More

Ewa Szumilas

Ewa Szumilas Photo Gallery

Elpida Kyriakou

I was born in Greece and grew up in Nicosia. Both my parents come from occupied Cyprus. I studied in Canterbury, UK where I got my Fine Arts Degree and now I live in Paphos where I work as an art teacher and paint. Cyprus might be a small Island but it has a remarkable tradition in Arts and culture. ... Read More

David Lester

David Lester’s modern style of painting appeals to a young audience as well as an established following. His paintings are held in collections across Europe. I have always enjoyed art. Sadly, I was denied the opportunity to study the subject at school, which probably made me even more determined to draw and paint in my spare time. After I left ... Read More

Dafni Mavrovouniotis-Trimikliniotis

She was born in Limassol, Cyprus 1945. She emigrated to London in 1959, where she lived for 35 years. She studied Art at HORNSEY COLLEGE OF ART, Middlesex University, London. She developed significant artistic and social activity in London, something she continues in Cyprus with the same zeal and love.She became well known amongst the Cypriot Community there, through the ... Read More

Costas Economou

I would say that though my family lived in the agricultural area of Kissonerga village in Paphos, the atmosphere in our house was very influential for spiritual and artistic quests. My father, Nicolas Economou, had an extensive and voluminous library at home and used to read a lot of literature, history, philosophy, as well as agronomy, which was also his ... Read More

Clara Zacharaki – Georgiou

The Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974, after the treason of the Greek Junta that tormented the Greek people for seven years, came as a knife that ripped open the heart of Hellenism of Cyprus. Being from the mainland of Greece and having lived the suffering of its people, the pain was heavier and the sense of shame for ... Read More

Christos Foukaras

I began drawing for as long as I remember, since I was two years old. There was a traditional shadow puppeteer (Karagiozis) from my village, Kissonerga, and I remember that as my first contact with art. It was the only form of entertainment in those days, there was no theatre. This puppeteer had an immense influence on the village and ... Read More

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