Artists

Nikos Kouroussis was born in Mitsero in 1937 He studied art in London, at Saint Martin’s School of Art from 1960 until 1961 and at Horsney College of Art from 1961 until 1964. In 1977 he was awarded with a scholarship from the British Council and he took stage design lessons in London, while in […]

George Kotsonis was born in Palaechori in 1940. In 1958 he graduated from the Limassol School of Commerce. He went to England where he studied painting at Saint Martin’s School of Art in London. From 1960 until 1963 he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Peking under Professor Ai- Choun –Sin.

Rallis Kopsidis was born on the Island of Limnos. In 1949 he enrolled at The School of Fine Art, Athens. However he abandoned his studies in the fourth year and continued studying under Photis Kontoglou (1953-1959), who he later collaborated with in executing church frescos. He worked on an important number of church fresco commissions

Gabriele Koch was born in Germany and now lives and works in London. Her work has been shown by many galleries and museums in U.K and abroad. The Victoria & Albert Museum, the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, the Museum fur Kunsthandwerk in Frankfurt and the British Crafts Centre are amongst them. Gabriele Koch is

Ioannis Kissonerghis was born in Nicosia in 1889 and died in Johannesburg in 1963. After his graduation from the Pancyprian Gymnasium, he went to Athens where he studied medicine for tree years. He interrupted his studies to work as a volunteer doctor for the Greek Red Cross in Thessaloniki during the Balkan Wars (1912-13). After

John Kiki, born in Cyprus, studied at the Camberwell School of Art, and now still considers himself a “young” painter for whom financial necessity had dictated that he spent many years away from canvas, paint and gallery. For long years at a stretch, the world of the seaside restaurant precluded all thoughts of the world

Susan Kerr was born in London and studied painting, art history and graphics at The Bath Academy of Arts and continued her studies at Leicester University to study Art Education. In 1966 Kerr married Costas Joachim and moved to Cyprus where she settled in Bellapais, the birth place of Joachim. Together they established their working

The most renowned naïve artist of Cyprus, Kashalos or Kkashalos depicted the customs, traditions and rural life of the island through a unique and eloquent style. Michael Kashalos took up painting at a late stage in his life due to encouragement from the artist Adamantios Diamantis, who was impressed by his counterfeit antiquities. His work

Thalia Flora-Karavia graduated in 1888 from Zappio School for girls in Constantinople. At the time women were not allowed to study at The School of Fine Arts, Athens, so Flora-Karavia moved to Munich and for three years studied with the notable Greek artists Nikolaos Gysis and Georgios Jakobides.She simultaneously attended classes in drawing and colour

Tilemachos Kanthos was born in Alona and died in Nicosia. From an early age he was distinguished in drawing and painting. He studied at the Higher School of Fine Arts, Athens between 1929-1932 and 1934-1938. His teachers in drawing and painting were Umberto Argyros, Demetri Mbiskinis, Spyros Vikatos and Konstantinos Parthenis. He also studied printmaking