‘In House’ exhibition

We are so excited that we have host the ‘In House’ unique solo exhibition by Mr. Giorgos Georgiades! This exhibition inlcudes the newest and freshest Artworks of the artist.

Giorgos Georgiades has studied Art in Athens and he is now based and working at his studio in Larnaca.  He has solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in Cyprus and Greece.

The artist’s artworks are characterized by extraordinary figures immersed in their own world. His artworks have both the form of paintings which are created on pieces of wood and canvases, as well as 3-dimensional forms of art. In addition, his artworks stand out by the bright colour’ palette the artist uses, as well as the enlarged and altered beyond normal features.

Art Curator: Evdokia Georgiou
Art Director: Sonia Photiou

It was our pleasure to host the artist Giorgos Mouzourides at our gallery.

He is a sculptor born in Limassol in 1962 in Limassol of Cyprus. He studied Architecture at the University of Rome in Italy and he owns a PhD too. He is working as a part-time architect and his creations are not limited in a form.

This exhibition is the 4th Solo Exhibition and it was consisted of stunning sculptures of various form and sizes. Mouzourides creates small and big sculptures of human silhouettes, as well as horses heads, birds, mermaids and many more!

Sneak Peak on that amazing night of ‘Black & White’ exhibition contest!!

Artworks from various mediums were hosted at our gallery and they were all remarkable.

The judges were the Art Curator of the gallery, Evdokia Georgiou and the President of Cyprus Society of Education through Arts – CySea, Phivi Antoniou. They judged with the criteria of technique and concept.

The winner of the exhibition is Christos Kakoulli with his artwork ‘Kahirapan’; spray on canvas!! Christos Kakoulli will soon exhibited out our Gallery! Stay tuned!

Participant artists: Mo Khatib, Angela Kyriakou, Sophie Adamou, Myk Turner, Andreas Kelpis, Anastasia Mina Fysa, Maria Siray, Stavri Pidia, Sheila Raven, Di Nai, Christos Kakoulli, Katie Sabry, Ludmila Ananieva

You could view the exhibition’s catalogue by clicking here.

A sneak peek of the amazing and cheerful evening here at Exhibit 8 Crafts & Heritage, at the opening of ‘The Garden’ Exhibition by Polina Isakharova. The exhibition was on the 1st of August and it was about a great collection of her interesting, romantic and bright artworks, which were all sold out.

Art does not judge nor does it see right or wrong.

Download the exhibition’s catalogue by clicking here.

Polina Isakharova is the artist of our upcoming exhibition “The Garden” and the opening will be on the 30th of August at 19:00.

The artist shares with us the following:

“I have just turned 30 years old.  I am an artist, a teacher, a director and most of all a human. I was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and emigrated to Toronto, Canada with my family in 1996. During my teenage years my visual art and drama teachers (Troy Fogg and Lazaros Geronikolos) inspired and nourished my creativity.  From age 15-18 my high school art teacher gave me extra time and freedom to explore in all my art projects and even let me borrow the grade 9 and 10 students to paint backdrops for the play I co-directed with Mr. Geronikolos. Laz and Troy set my artistic foundation. I flourished and gained confidence as an artist because of their inspiration and support. During my 20’s I discovered the art that I had learned about as a teen by visiting galleries around the world: New York, Seattle, Boston, London, Amsterdam, Nice, Barcelona, Prague, Athens, Vienna, Budapest and many more. The Renaissance is my favorite time period which is why visiting Rome and Florence was an absolute dream come true.

Throughout my twenties I took creative risks from having my own art shows, traveling around Europe, to living on two different islands. Becoming an adult gave me space to grow into the person I wished to be and not the person I was taught to be. It’s funny I should say that when I myself am a teacher. I love teaching. It’s why I became an artist. At the Rudolf Steiner Center, where I was studying to be a Waldorf Teacher, my professor said we needed to learn how to do chalk drawings on the chalkboard. These drawings were the means to connect the children to the subject being taught. When I started playing with chalk pastels on a chalk board the artist in me was born again. After studying Theater at York University for four years I had become a perfectionist and had no desire to paint. In front of a chalkboard I rediscovered the joy in drawing as everything could be easily erased, not like a white canvas. For the last seven years I have loved drawing on chalkboards in classrooms.

Just before my first teaching job on Vancouver Island I had a solo art exhibition “Happily Ever After”(July 2014) in downtown Toronto where I created my own chalk boards to draw on. The massive art piece “The Higher Self and the Body” from my first show, now hangs in the dance department in York University. In 2015 I started the riskier route of playing with oil paints, which taught me patience. My second solo exhibit in 2016, “Dancing with Divine” showcased my oil on canvas paintings of dancers.  After living in Duncan, British Columbia for three years I moved to Limassol, Cyprus to help open the first Waldorf School (Limassol Waldorf School).  Moving to Limassol and being a part of the school has been my greatest dream realized. However, it is now time for me to return back home to Canada but before I go I have two gifts of love for Cyprus: A Midsummer’s Night Dream at Curium (July 23-25) that I am directing and my art show “The Garden” (July 30-August 1). “