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Antarctica is calling
An artist needs inspiration. Don’t we all? Living is creating, so we are all looking for the artist inside ourselves. And what better way to get inspired than leaving the old roads you have travelled already? Take the advice that Rabindranath Tagore gave us and don’t just look at the sea; cross it!
Poseidon Expeditions invited ...
Art at Trilogy, Limassol
Stratified Jewels are going higher! Today we hung Eye of Integrity III in the Trilogy show apartment. Thank you, Veronika Mourantian for showing us around and for taking us to the penthouse. Last time we were required to wear hardhats we were installing in the penthouse of a London skyscraper. I can see great opportunities ...
Another Award: finalist at the Larnaca Biennale
On 13th October 2021 the second edition of the Larnaca Biennale took off. From 340 applications submitted from around the world the organising committee selected 77 works of art. They were exhibited in three historic venues in the centre of Larnaca.
The year of the Larnaca Biennale was 2020, two years after the first edition. But ...
‘Ripples of Time’ 1st Prize at EGC 2021
It is with great pride and honour that we can announce that with his work ‘Ripples of Time’, Cypriot glass artist Yorgos Papadopoulos won the 1st prize at the 2021 edition of the prestigious European Glass Context. The jury was very much looking for both the personal and the beauty in the 62 exhibited ...
“Maculated Memory” – a new essay
Art theorist, Dr Niki Katsaouni, wrote a dissertation on Ripples of Time under the title "Maculated Memory". Yorgos commissioned Dr. Nikki to write the essay because she knows his work very well. In 2008, in the capacity of Cultural Counsellor of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Kingdom, she organised an exhibition of the ...
New Website
We updated the Yorgos Studio website. Although the previous one wasn't that old, it needed freshening up. We completely designed and implemented the previous website in-house. Therefore it suffered from some of the defects that usually come with learning a skill. We hope you will enjoy the new layout. Let us know if something is not ...
Radiant Dusk II installed in a garden
One of the star pieces of the solo show at Alpha C.K. Art Gallery found its way back to London. In September the work of contemporary glass art was installed in a lovely private garden. As the work is made with fluorescent pigments, Radiant Dusk II will look entirely different when at night it will ...
‘Celebrating Cyprus’ at Buckingham Palace
On the evening of 4th March 2019 HRH the Prince of Wales hosted a reception in the grand gallery of Buckingham palace to celebrate the Cypriot diaspora in the UK. 150 high profile and successful UK Cypriots were invited: scientist, academics, artists, business people... Yorgos was extremely honoured to be one of them.
In his speech ...
Open studio
“As you set out for hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery.” When in 1974 Yorgos set out on his journey he still had to discover Cavafy, art and life. His journey was long; took him across most of the continents. He held his thoughts raised high and ...
Pafos 2017 visit
On 30th September 2017 the studio and gallery of Yorgos Papadopoulos were featured in the official Pafos 2017 Capital of Culture programme. Part of "Routes and Tracks", more than 130 visitors enjoyed samples of the work and some explanations about the unique technique Yorgos has developed over the years.
Enjoying the success of his uniqueness, the ...