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

2013 “GARDEN”, CAN Gallery, 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 “Labyrinth”, Brussels

2017 “Landscape Revisited”, Elika Gallery, Athens, Greece “Vassilis Michaelides”, Limassol Public Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus “Livres d’Artistes”, Zampellas Art Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus “Labyrinth”, 2nd Biennalle Tinos, Moundados, Tinos “Planetes”, Paphos Municipal Gallery, Paphos, Cyprus Curated by Elena Parpa

2016 “Hommage to Nikos Alexiou”, CAN Gallery, Athens, Greece

2015 “Kenophobia”, CAN Gallery, Athens, Greece “At Kolossi and at the Castles | Contemporary Visual Narratives”, curated by Natia Anaxagora, Kolossi Castle, Cyprus “Unbound”, The Collection Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus “Multiplicities”, Art Seen, Nicosia, Cyprus “Recto-Verso”, Evagoras Lanitis center, Limassol, Cyprus

2014 “Nyctophilia”, CAN Gallery, Athens, Greece “Touch me not”, curated by Natia Anaxagora, Medieval churches of the Holy Cross and Panagia Katholiki, Pelendri, Cyprus

2013 “What Lies Hidden Remains Unfamiliar”, curated by Christina Androulidaki / CAN Gallery, ReMAP 4, Athens, Greece

2012 “Maniera Cypria”, Evagoras Lanitis Center, Limassol, Cyprus, curated by Natia Anaxagora “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 “Imago Mundi” | Cyprus, Luciano Benetton Collection

2017 “”, Leventis 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