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Zenon JEPRAS
Ritual of power, 2009
signed and dated 09 lower right
126 x 101.5 cm
128 x 104 cm (with frame)
Provenance
private collection, Cyprus
Estimate
€ 1 500 – 2 500
Sold for € 1,881.30
The final sale price includes buyer's premium, VAT and artist's resale right (if applicable)
Notes
Zenon JEPRAS was born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1969, to Greek parents from Cyprus and Corfu.
He initially studied Physics at University College London before turning to painting. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art, where he graduated with honours, and later pursued studies in Cultural Theory at Goldsmiths College, London.
Jepras is a contemporary Welsh-Greek and Cypriot artist whose work is rooted in figurative and narrative painting. His compositions often bring together history, mythology, personal memory and contemporary social or political references, creating images that invite the viewer to read, decode and interpret their layered meanings.
His painting is characterised by vivid colour, expressive surfaces, symbolic imagery and a strong sense of storytelling. Through figures, gestures, theatrical settings and recurring motifs, Jepras creates works that move between humour, drama, autobiography and collective memory. His visual language combines emotional intensity with a playful and often ironic approach to history and human experience.
Jepras has presented his work in solo and group exhibitions in Cyprus, Greece, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Germany. Recent exhibitions include *Relocations*, presented in London and Cyprus, which explored themes of movement, displacement, memory and identity.
His works are held in important public and private collections, including the Cypriot State Collection of Contemporary Art, the Central Bank of Cyprus Collection, the Bank of Cyprus Collection, the Nikos Pattichis Collection and the Luciano Benetton Collection.
Zenon Jepras lives and works in London and remains recognised as a distinctive contemporary painter whose work combines narrative figuration, symbolic imagination and a strong connection to both Cypriot and wider European cultural experience.
