Press
Images of mine have been published in Razor Monkey Magazine, Artichoke Magazine, Seven Magazine, Philelefteros, Alithia, Politismos and The Cyprus Weekly.
Re: Aphrodite
Exhibiton October 1st 2011
Aphrodite, the Olympian goddess of love, beauty and dispute, has roots that can be traced to the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the Sumerian Inanna, the Phoenician Astarte (Ashtart), and even further. Her story and lineage are inextricably tied to the island's position and history, and reference to her in Cypriot culture is frequent and continuous throughout the ages. Her most recent incarnations include tourist-targeted marketing, and political metaphor.
This exhibition considers Cypriot femininities as they are embraced, denied, rejected, exposed, and as they allow insight on the way that Cypriot ethno-national identities and socio-political realities are shaped.
1 Οκτωβρίου, an exhibition falling under the Re Aphrodite project, attempts to look beyond prevalent representations and easy tropes to collect works which comment on unlikely, unsettling, controversial or empty Cypriot dualities, pretences and debates. Thus positioned within a blur of things gendered and things political, the exhibition aims to raise issues around art, heritage, nationhood, sexuality, traditionalism, and conflict. It draws upon unlikely visual plays on how the tourist culture and the souvenir image of Aphrodite become mixed up in art. On how femininity and womanhood are contested in Cyprus and how local artists interpret these ideas and thus expose the false fragility and pragmatic exploitation that affects not only the female in Cyprus but also the island as an entity.
The participants include Christos Avraam, Katerina Iacovides, Theopisti Stylianou-Lambert, Chrystalleni Loizidou, Constantinos Taliotis, Evi Tselika.
Visiting hours:
1 - 8 October 2011
17:00-20:00, Monday - Friday
11:00- 17:00, Saturday
Information
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Address: APOTHEKE, Κλεάνθη Χριστοφίδη 23, Λευκωσία, 1011
Show Case Exhibition 27th Jan 2011
Flying Away Arts and Music Festival March 2010
Exhibition 06.05.09-16.05.09
Pretty Skin Exhibition 28.12.08-31.01.09
AN EXHIBITION THAT EXPLORED FEMININITY AND FEMALE SEXUALITY
It is a common convention to associate women with voyeuristic desire. In the history of visual culture, the female body has usually been presented in such a way as to accommodate male lust. Objectified in this way, she becomes valued only for her exterior appearance in order to satisfy the male gaze. She becomes reduced to a pretty piece of skin. In this exhibition I alongside two other artists aimed to question the stereotyping associated with the female gender by exploring the many different aspects of being a woman.
My work is a playful attack on the passive female object.I feel that women are far too complex to simply be categorized as madonnas or whores. I like to stage extravagant allegories of the highly seductive female sexuality, which has for centuries been tamed by male artists.My women are daring and dominant. They are out to play. I personally believe that women should not be made to feel guilty about being sexual beings, that we should feel free and confident about exposing our sexuality.
Press arcticles about the Pretty Skin Exihibition
You can check out the other artists work online at: www.misschacha.com www.myseashellez.com
2007 New Tracks Exhibition
An image of mine called "Neon Lights" was selected by Art Below to be shown in the New Tracks Exhibition (Dec 2007). The image was put up at Tooting Broadway Station. The photo on the left shows my image between two adverts on the underground.
