LEFTERIS TAPAS
(b. Famagusta, Cyprus, 1974)
Lives and works in Limassol, Cyprus.
Education
1998–1999 MA Fine Art, University of Kent, UK
1996–1998 BA(Hons) Fine Art, Kent Institute of Art & Design, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2018 “ARCHIPELAGO”, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens, Greece (upcoming)
2013 “GARDEN”, CAN Christina Androulidaki, Athens, Greece
2011 “KALEIDOSCOPE”, Omikron Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2004 “Neverland”, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2001 “Bedtime Stories”, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Group Exhibitions
2018 “The Sea Within”, Curated by Catherine Louis Nikita & Sylia Panayiotidou, Limassol Municipal Arts Centre, Limassol “Art Athina 2018”, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens Conservatoire “Labyrinthe”, Galerie Martine Ehmer, Brussels, Belgium “Don’t judge a cover by its artist”, Taf art foundation, Athens
2017 “Landscape Revisited”, Elika Gallery, Athens, Greece “Vassilis Michaelides”, Limassol Public Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus “Livres d’Artistes”, Zampellas Art Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus “Labyrinth”, 2nd Small Biennale Contemporary Art, Tinos “Planetes”, Curated by Elena Parpa, European Cultural Capital Pafos 2017, Old Powerhouse, Paphos, Cyprus
2016 “Hommage to Nikos Alexiou”, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens, Greece
2015 “Kenophobia”, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens, Greece “At Kolossi and at the Castles | Contemporary Visual Narratives”, Kolossi Castle, Cyprus “Unbound”, The Collection Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus “Multiplicities”, Art Seen, Nicosia, Cyprus “Recto-Verso”, Evagoras Lanitis center, Limassol, Cyprus
2014 “Nyctophilia”, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens, Greece “Touch me not”, Medieval churches of the Holy Cross and Panagia Katholiki, Pelendri, Cyprus
2013 “What Lies Hidden Remains Unfamiliar”, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, ReMAP 4, Athens, Greece
2012 “Maniera Cypria”, Evagoras Lanitis Center, Limassol, Cyprus, “UTOPIA”, Evagoras Lanitis Center, Limassol, Cyprus, curated by Elena Parpa and Maria Stathi “Drawing Room”, Omikron Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2011 “OCC one (Original Certified Copy one), TinT Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece & Penindaplinena Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus, curated by Eleni Riga “The Location of Culture”, Pulchri Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands, curated by Pavlina Paraskevaidou “Reveries of Will”, Vamiali’s, Athens, Greece, curated by Polys Peslikas “Art Athina 2011”, Faliro Pavilion, Athens, Greece “Between you and me and the wall”, Omikron Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus, curated by Maria Stathi and Polys Peslikas
2010 “Drawing Stories” Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece & Penindaplinena Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus, curated by mis(s) group
2008 “Where Do We Go From Here?”, Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
2007 “Supernova – Constellations”, Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
2006 “Young Art Europe”, MOYA, Vienna, Austria
2005 “Accidental Meetings”, Nicosia Municipal Arts Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
2004 “Hyperlinks” Evagoras Lanitis Center, Limassol, Cyprus, curated by Efi Strousa “Art Athina 2004”, Hellenic Airport, Athens, Greece “Summer in the City”, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2003 “Art Athina 2003”, Helexpo, Athens, Greece
2002 “Silicon Valley”, Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2001 “Chaos & Communication”, Young Artists Biennale, Sarajevo, Bosnia- Herzegovina
Art Projects
2018 “Art Athina 2018”, CAN Christina Androulidaki Gallery, Athens Conservatoire “Imago Mundi, Treasure Island” | Cyprus,Luciano Benetton Collection
2017 “Leventis Museum shop”, Leventis Municipal Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus
2015 ”Multiplied Art Fair 2015”, Art seen - Contemporary art projects editions, Christies, London, UK “Imago Mundi|Greece, Traces of today,”, Luciano Benetton Collection, Benaki Museum, Greece
2011 “Art Athina 2011”, Faliro Pavilion, Athens, Greece
2009 “Sense of Place”, Larnaca International Airport, Larnaca, Cyprus, curated by Yiannis Toumazis
2004 “Art Athina 2004”, Hellenic Airport, Athens, Greece
2003 “Art Athina 2003”, Helexpo, Athens, Greece