Bio

Yorgos Kypris was born in Cyprus in 1954.He studied painting at the Sarafianos School of Art in Athens, Greece (1973-1975) and graduated from the Istituto Statale D’ Arte Per La Ceramica, Faenza, Italy (1975-1978).

Through his multi-media oeuvre he tends to highlight the egocentric and cruel aspects of the human race. The issues that mostly interest him are void, loneliness, sadness, vanity, immigration, religion and applied politics.

Kypris’ work has been presented in numerous solo exhibitions in Europe and the USA, while he has also participated in group exhibitions in museums and foundations internationally. His works and installations can be found in public and private collections in Europe, USA and Asia. Residing in Greece, his time is divided between Santorini and his studio in Athens.

2019
Collection
Outdoor Installation, Mary and Takis Christophides, private collection, Greece
2018
Commission
Indoor installation, Lanai Air Hanger Lounge, Hawaii
2017
Group exhibition
"PAFOS: MYTH, HISTORY, LANDSCAPE, En Plo Gallery, Pafos, Cyprus
Group exhibition
"ART ATHINA 2017", Technochoros Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
Group exhibition
"ART THESSALONIKI 2017", Technochoros Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Collection
Rethymnon Center for Contemporary Art, Municipal Gallery, “L. Kanakakis”, Rethymnon, Greece
Collection
Indoor Installation, Farkhad Akhmedov Collection, Luna Yacht, Russia
Commission
Indoor installation, Majestic Princess cruise ship, Italy
Commission
Indoor installation, MV ALEXANDER, Greece
2016
Group exhibition
" Τis POPis", My Art Box Gallery, Athens, Greece
Solo exhibition
"Iconoclastic Exercises", The House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece
2015
Group exhibition
“Tavola Imbandita/Tavola Bandita”, Scuderie di Palazzo Chigi Albani, Soriano nel Cimino (VT), Italy
2014
Collection
Indoor Installation, Farkhad Akhmedov Collection, Luna Yacht, Russia
2013
Solo exhibition
“30 years with Yorgos Kypris in Mykonos”, Scala Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Group exhibition
“Once Upon a time..game and Toy-II edition ”, MACRO TESTACCIO Museum, Rome, Italy
Group exhibition
2nd International Visual Art Festival “Re-culture 2”, Patra, Greece
Collection
Indoor Installation, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Commission
Indoor Installation, “The Mykonos”, Restaurant, Intercontinental Hotel, Doha, Qatar
2012
Solo exhibition
“Fish”, Technochoros Art Gallery, Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey
Solo exhibition
“Fish”, Naif Art Sign Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Group exhibition
“Freska kai Spartarista”, Technochoros Art Gallery and Iliahtina Art Space, Port of Aegina, Greece
Group exhibition
“European Glass Context”, Bornholm Art Museum, Denmark
Commission
Indoor Installation, Riza Sarraf Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
Commission
Indoor Installations, 60 years Yacht, Istanbul, Turkey
Collection
Fountain Installations, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Fahad Al Thani Collection, Doha, Qatar
Commission
Indoor Installation, Barriere Frères, Shanghai, China
Collection
Omer Sabanci Collection, Istanbul, Turkey
2011
Solo exhibition
“Vanity”, Scala Gallery, Mykonos, Greece
Group exhibition
“C’era una volta…”, MACRO La Pelanda Museum, Roma, Italy
Group exhibition
“The Object: Stories and Representations”, Evagoras Lanitis Foundation Centre, Carobmill, Limassol, Cyprus
Group exhibition
“Peri Mageirikis”, Technochoros Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
Collection
Indoor & Outdoor Installations, Marcus Newby Collection, London, UK
2010
Solo exhibition
“Vortex”, Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Commission
Indoor Installations, Intercontinental Hotel, Doha, Qatar
Collection
State Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
2009
Solo exhibition
“Vortex” Scala Gallery,Mykonos, Greece
Group exhibition
“The Story of a Workshop”, Athens Engraving Centre, Cultural Organization, Athens, Greece
Group exhibition
“No Man’s Land II”, Streets of Life,Cultural Center Melina Mercouri, Athens, Greece
Commission
Indoor Installation, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, UK
Commission
Indoor Installation, Barriere Freres, Medoc, France
2008
Group exhibition
“Where do we go from here?”,Nicos Patihis Collection, Municipal Centre of Arts, Nicosia, Cyprus
Commission
Indoor Installations, SETE, Athens, Greece
2007
Solo exhibition
“Emigration”,Hotel Heliotopos, Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece
Commission
Indoor Installations, Zeidoron, Athens, Greece
Commission
Indoor Installation, Georgio’s Residence / Melia Hotel, Athens, Greece
Collection
Indoor Installation, Novartis Foundation, Basel, Switzerland
2006
Collection
Outdoor Installation, Cyprus Olympic Committee collection, Nicosia, Cyprus
Competition
2nd prize - Competition for the Courthouse of Nicosia, Cyprus
2005
Group exhibition
“Accidental Meetings”, Nicosia, Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus
Commission
Indoor Installations, Zeidoron, Athens, Greece
2004
Solo exhibition
“Cuttings”, Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Group exhibition
“Glass with Glass” Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, USA
Group exhibition
Art Athina 2004, Argo Gallery, Contemporary Art Fair, Greece
Commission
Indoor & Outdoor Installations Georgio’s Residence/Melia, Athens, Greece
Collection
State Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
2003
Solo exhibition
“Fish”, Lovi Visual Art Gallery, Newtown, USA
Group exhibition
“The New Frontiers of the Europian Union”, Technopolis, Municipality of Athens, Greece
2002
Group exhibition
International Academy of Ceramics, School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece
Group exhibition
“Fete Ses Dix Ans", Krisal Galerie, Geneve, Switzerland
Commission
Outdoor Installations, Fabrica Shopping Center Square, Fira, Santorini, Greece
2001
Solo exhibition
“Parallel Notions”, Krisal Galerie, Genève, Switzerland
Solo exhibition
“Parallel Notions”, Art forum Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
Commission
Indoor Installation, Maui Marriott Resort, Hawaii, USA
Collection
Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2000
Solo exhibition
“Fish”, Cultural Centrum Covalenco, Heldrop, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Group exhibition
“From the Chisel to the Electron”, National Gallery of Contemporary Cypriot Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
Commission
Indoor Installation, Caesars’ Palace, Las Vegas, USA
1999
Group exhibition
“Approaching the Greek Identity, Generations of the‘80s and the ‘90s” Athens Municipal Gallery, Athens, Greece Dalarna Museum, Falun, Sweden Greek Cultural House, Stockholm, Sweden Chateau De Vianden, Luxemburg
Group exhibition
“Greek Artists: Quests 1950-2000”, Rethymnon Center for Contemporary Art, Municipal Gallery, “L. Kanakakis”, Rethymnon, Greece
Group exhibition
“Ceramic Art, Greek-Italian Symposium”, Rocca Paolina, Perugia, Italy
Collection
Rethymnon Center for Contemporary Art, Municipal Gallery, Rethymnon, Greece
1998
Solo exhibition
“About Cages and Flights”, Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Group exhibition
Art Athina 6, ’98, 7 Gallery, Exhibition Center, Athens, Greece
Competition
1st Prize, Competition for Installation of a sculpture at St. Paul High School, Pafos, Cyprus
Collection
Cyprus Bank Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus
Collection
Nikos Pattihis Collection, Nicosia, Cyprus
1997
Group exhibition
“Memories and Contemporary Roads of Cypriot Plastic Arts”, Thessaloniki ’97 Cultural Capital of Europe, Alaja Imaret Monument, Thessaloniki, Greece
Group exhibition
“Travelling”, Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Collection
Indoor Installation, the World Bank, Washington DC, USA
1996
Solo exhibition
“Fish Conditions”, Argo Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Group exhibition
“Fish”, Municipal Art Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
Competition
1st Prize, International Competition for artwork to be donated by The Cyprus Government, Human Rights New Building, Strasburg, France (Non constructed work)
Symposium
“Kyprion Plus”, 4th International Symposium of Sculpture, G&A. Mamidakis Foundation, Ag. Nikolas, Greece
1995
Solo exhibition
“Fish Conditions”, 7 Gallery, Athens, Greece
Group exhibition
“Cyprus Contemporary Art, An Itinerary”, European Cultural Month, State Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Design
Designs jewels for Metallon, Kavala, Greece
1994
Group exhibition
“Cyprus 1960-1994: Contemporary Quests”, Art Athina2 ’94 Athens, Greece
1989
Group exhibition
“L’ Europe des ceramists”, Auxerre, France
Group exhibition
“Contemporary Art Ceramics” Municipal Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
1987-92
Design
Designs ceramics for “Keramiki” Athens, Greece
1987
Group exhibition
House of Cyprus, Athens, Greece
Group exhibition
Astrolavos Art Gallery, Piraeus, Greece
1986
Group exhibition
“Three Sculptors”, Athenaeum Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
Collection
D. Pierides Foundation, Athens, Greece
Collection
Venetsianos Foundation, Athens, Greece
1985
Group exhibition
“The painting space-theatricity”, Benaki Museum, V. Kouloura Palace, N.Faliro, Greece
Group exhibition
Municipal Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
Group exhibition
18 Cypriot Contemporary Artists”, Athenaeum Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
Seminar
Lectures Ceramic design for Eommex, Hania, Greece
1984
Group exhibition
“Ceramists x 27”, Budapest Galleria Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Group exhibition
“Three Ceramists”, TerraCotta Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
1983
Group exhibition
Exostis Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
1982
Solo exhibition
Gloria Gallery, Ministry of Education and Culture, Nicosia, Cyprus
Competition
1st Prize, National exhibition of Art Ceramics, Marousi, Attiki Greece
Group exhibition
International Biennale for Ceramics, Vallauris, France
Group exhibition
International Ceramic exhibition, Faenza, Italy
Group exhibition
Athenaeum Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
Group exhibition
Athenaeum Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
1981
Group exhibition
Municipal Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
Group exhibition
Athens Conservatory, Athens, Greece
1980
Seminar
Lectures Ceramic Technology for Eommex, Athens, Greece
Group exhibition
Greek Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
1978
Group exhibition
International Ceramic exhibition, Faenza, Italy
Group exhibition
International Biennale for Ceramics, Vallauris, France
1977
Group exhibition
Rifugio Gualdo, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
Group exhibition
International Ceramic exhibition, Faenza, Italy
Competition
3rd prize, International competition of Mediterranean Ceramics, Grottaglie, Italy
1976
Solo exhibition
Bottega D’Arte Ceramica, Forli, Italy
Group exhibition
Mostra Nazionale Di Ceramica, Castelamonte, Italy
Group exhibition
International Ceramic exhibition, Faenza, Italy
PUBLICATIONS
“Fish”, Mati Publications, Santorini, 2008
“Symbolic Allusions”, Keramiki Tehni,
Athens, May 1989. Pages 20-25
“Art & Crafts Manship”, Keramiki Tehni.
Athens, December 1989. Pages 26, 27
“Majolica-Brief” Keramiki Tehni
Athens, December 1987. Pages 25-28.