Your escape to the latest art and design news from Greece and Cyprus

Bilitsa was born in Gjirokastër, Albania and raised in Athens, Greece. Her contemporary artworks are decorated with intriguing narratives of everyday moments and balanced with surprises of comic relief and complexity.

Issa, an artist and creator based in Larnaca, Cyprus, acknowledges the responsibility of artists on the island

Theofanopoulou is an artist and architect from Athens, Greece with an eye for simple, smooth, and unobtrusive designs. She displays these qualities through the practice of one-line art. She gathers deep inspiration from ancient Greece and the Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy of the beauty in imperfection.

Mourellos is an artist based in Athens, Greece, who has a unique imagination that runs wild in each of his paintings. For him, the painting process is an intimate and vulnerable experience where he uses his full body and mind to create new shapes and compositions that can mirror iterations of dystopian worlds with scientific motifs.

Papaioannou’s art is obscure, challenging, and peculiar. She deconstructs shapes and forms to create contrasting worlds that allow for new perceptions of the materials and visuals she works with.

Morari practices one lie art. Her designs evoke simple, pure, and natural lines and forms, creating a serene and calming atmosphere for viewers.

Lappas traditionally structured his work on urbanity and Greek identity, but has evolved into more obscure and abstract ideas since his debut as a full-time artist. His immense growth and maturity as an artist is celebrated across Athens, where he lives and works.

Spurred by the pandemic, Simoni returned to Greece, her home country, following ten years working in the competitive and exhilarating art scene in London. Her move back home granted her time and space to reflect on her personal journey and start expressing herself through abstract art.

Eleni Odysseos is a Cypriot-born artist who splits her time between London and Nicosia. She analyzes themes of desire, power, and societal hierarchies in her paintings, creating captivating compositions that penetrate the status quo.

Mavropetros’s fashion and lifestyle platform is called Strictly Stylish, and has a growing fanbase on Instagram. It’s a platform where he explores his limitless fashion style and identity through cutting edge photoshoots and designer collaborations.

Parlarmas is a multi-dimensional painter who continuously aims to evolve his techniques and artworks to enchant audiences and make room for growth.

Charalambous is a leading force in fashion design hailing from Cyprus. While Cyprus may not initially be labeled as a fashion hub, Charalambous is certainly transforming the standards.

Kasinos is an artist and producer who was born in Cyprus and is currently based in Berlin. His latest documentary entitled Rêve shows a day in the life of his grandmother Chrystalla. It highlights how the passage of time and its distant memories affect and distort present perceptions and emotions.