Through the use of photographs, sometimes personal or family-owned, archival or found, I use methods of layering, collage, and still-life photography. My work is concerned with identity politics in a post-colonial world, as well as the notion of history and what is perceived as ‘truth’.
More specifically, my current research is based on education and the use of curriculum and other means of disseminating information; to educate and be educated. How does the information we receive or consume inform our identity-building and understanding of others?
My current ongoing body of work uses archival photographs from schools and pupils in Cyprus during the British rule of the island (1914-1960). Silhouettes from the photographs are often traced and abstracted, and are then filled with different photographic content, usually ‘empty’ backgrounds and backdrops of editorial photography. The backdrops, normally secondary to a composition, then become primary, as these silhouettes take center stage and are re-arranged in a 3d format.
Group Shows
2024, Aug. Locality, Blue Gates, London
2021, Nov. SolidAir, No Format Gallery, London
2021, April. Lush Art in Difficult times, IsNotGallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2021, March. Seeking Roots, NiMac (Nicosia Municipal Arts Center), Nicosia, Cyprus
2020, Jul. MA Fine Art: A selection of work by graduating students, Camberwell student gallery UAL, London
2019, Dec. MA pop-up show, Camberwell college of arts, London
2017, Jul. Twofold, Bargehouse, OxoTower, London
2017, Jun. Graphics/Illustration graduate show, University of Brighton, Brighton
Features/ Collaborations
2023, Dec. Fabrica, In Between Gallery 2023 Open Call, Shortlisted artist
2023, July. LaMalditaEstampa Barcelona Printmaking Artist-In-Residence
2021, May. Cluster Print and Photography Artist-in-Residence program, Featured artist
2020, Oct. Postcards for Beirut, Contributing Artist
2020, Oct. UAL Online Graduate Showcase, Online showcase of graduate project
2020, Sept. Brenda Mag, Issue 6- Memoir, Contributing Artist
2018, Oct. Livia Rita at GROW hackney, Contributing Set Artist
2018, March. Brenda Mag, Issue 1- Scars, Contributing artist
Talks
2021, May. NiMac Online Event: Seeking Roots in wilting soil: Struggles for fluid identities in contemporary artistic practises. Panel included researcher Àger Pérez Casanovas, curator Ioulita Toumazi and exhibiting artists.
2020, Oct. Camberwell UAL Graduate show, Online talk: Photography as Material: Artist Talk/ Roundtable discussion, invited artist: Odette England, panel: Boglarka Eliz Varga, Silje Ree, Nicoleta Papaxenophontos.
Education
PGCE Art and Design, Goldsmiths University of London, 2021-2022
MA Fine Art Printmaking, Camberwell College of Art UAL, 2020
BA Illustration, University of Brighton, 2017