Biography

1958Born in Tala, Paphos, Cyprus
1978-80Studies Art at Kingsway College, London
1980-84Continues his studies in Art at Byam Shaw School of Art, London
1983Granham Hamilton Prize
1985-86Continues his studies in Berlin
1988-89Continues his studies in Barcelona
1990Started his "Praxis" (Happenings and Installations)
1991Founds the “Kathodos” group with Susan Vargas and other artists
19952nd prize in the national competition (monument at Green Line, Nicosia)
1995Documentary film about his work (Mega TV, direction Paschalis Papapetrou)
19961st prize in the national competition of painting (British Council & Ministry of Culture)
1999He represented Cyprus in Thessaloniki Exhibition with his installation "Man-Target"
2000-06Member of the Board of Directors of Cyprus Union of Artists (EKATE)
2006-2008Film “Three omega” Kostas Montis (poetry) Rinos Stefani (painting) Zinon Sierepeklis (architecture)
*Lives and works in Tala, Paphos, Cyprus

Main Solo Exhibitions

1984Cyprus High Commision, London
1986Gloria gallery, Nicosia
1987Kyklos gallery, Paphos
1988Municipal gallery, Larnaca
1989Crypt gallery, London (20+9 with S.Erek)
1989Gloria gallery, Nicosia "Spanish"
1990Apocalypse gallery, Nicosia "Praxis with earth"
1992Coral Bay, Paphos "Praxis Maa-Mannequins"
1992Apocalypse gallery, Nicosia "Ultra-marina"
1993Kyklos gallery, Paphos "Ultra-Marina"
1995Coral Bay, Paphos "Praxis Soldiers – targets"
1996Kyklos gallery, Paphos
1998Kypriaki Gonia gallery, Larnaca
1999Opus gallery, Nicosia "Erotic"
1999Heliotropion gallery, Larnaka "Erotic"
2003Heliotropion gallery, Larnaka
2006-2008Gloria gallery, Nicosia "Amacayacu"

Main Group Exhibitions

1983Peoples gallery, London, UK
1987House of the artist, Sofia, Bulgaria "Four Cypriot artists"
1987House K.Palamas, Athens, Greece
1988Peoples gallery, London, UK
1989Moscow, Russia "Cypriot artists"
1989Crypt Gallery, London, UK
1989Famagusta Gate, Nicosia "Cypriot artists of UK"
1989Cultural centre Popular Bank, Paphos, Cyprus "Paphian artists"
1989Morphi gallery, Limassol, Cyprus "Stefani, Vargas, Hall"
1990Akamas peninsula "Land marks" with Susan Vargas
1990Apocalypse gallery, Nicosia "Young Cypriot artists"
1990The House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece "Young Cypriot artists"
1990The house of the artist, Sofia, Bulgaria "Cypriot artists"
1991State Gallery, Kuwait "Cypriot artists"
1991Tombs of the Kings, Paphos, Cathodes group. Installation "Mannequins"
19924th International Art Biennale of Cairo, Egypt
1993Famagusta Gate, Nicosia "Brushstrokes across cultures - Traps"
1993Osoguaico, San Agustin, Colombia "Praxis Marks on Land"
1994Agios Georgios, Peyia, Paphos, Cyprus. Kathodos group, Installation "Soldiers-Targets"
1994Famagusta Gate, Nicosia, Cyprus. Pan-Hellenic Art Symposium, Installation "Soldiers-Targets"
1995Apocalypse gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus. "Ecotopia" Kathodos group
1995Agiou Andrea’s Market, Nicosia, Cyprus "Visual itinerary-European cultural month"
1996Municipal gallery, Limassol, Cyprus "Mediterranean sea"
1998Akamas peninsula, Cyprus, "Sphere" installation with S.Vargas, S.Savic, E.Doering
1999Samos island , Greece "Sail-Colony - Target" Sculpture in Marathokampos High school
1999Municipal gallery Xanthi, Thrace, Greece "Thrace, Aegean, Cyprus"
1999Municipal gallery Thessalonica, Greece "Target"
2000Monagri Foundation, Cyprus, Buto performance with B.J.Constanzo & T.White
2000Akamas peninsula, Cyprus "Seanet", Installation, with S.Vargas, S.Savic, E.Doering
2000Kasteliotissa exhibition space, Nicosia, Cyprus "From the chisel to the amber - contemporary Cypriot sculpture"
2005Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia, Cyprus "Accidental Meetings"
2005Leticia–Tapatinga, Amazon river. Tropical forest of Colombia, Brazil and Peru "Praxis Ama-zon"
20052nd International Biennale of Beijing, China