Bio
Thekla Papadopoulou was born in Limassol in 1978 and lives in Larnaca, Cyprus.
In 1997 she graduated from the American Academy Larnaca and was admitted in the Academy of Fine Arts “Raffaello” of Urbino, Italy, where she followed a four year program of study in Contemporary Art and Painting. She graduated in 2002 with distinction. She now lives in Larnaca where she works as an art teacher at the American Academy Larnaca.
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Solo Exhibitions
2019
“Ίχνη/Traces”, Alpha CK Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2018
“Traces”, OTE Centre of the Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Curated by Giannis Argyriadis and Miguel Fernandez Belmonte.
2016
“Fragments”, Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Curated by Margarita Kounnafi.
2013
“Mindscapes”, Kypriaki Gonia Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus.
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2019
Maison de la Grèce, Paris, France.
"Female pros", Municipal Arts Centre Leonidas Canellopoulos, Elefsina, Greece
"Perceptions of Self(ie)", Mosesian Centre of the Arts, Boston, USA
"Artifacts 2019", One Art Space Gallery, New York, USA
2018
"International Figurative Biennale", John Natsoulas Gallery, California, USA
"The Sea Within", Limassol Municipal Art Centre, Limassol, Cyprus
"Fine Art", Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College, Georgia, USA
2017
"SENDER/RECIPIENT", General Consulate of Cyprus, New York, USA.
2016
"Paradise", Skoufa Gallery, Mykonos, Greece.
"To Sum Degree", The HUD Gallery, Ventura, California, USA (curated by Dab Art)
Art Takes Manhattan "Extended Consciousness”, Caelum Gallery, New York, USA
2015
"Donkey Art Prize 3", Galley 76, Dubai International Art Center, Dubai, U.A.E
2014
"Contemporary Painting", The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK
2012
"Europe-Larnaca", Municipal Art Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus
Competitions- Publications
2019 March
Apero catalog, March issue, title “Contrast”
Winner First Place Cover Artist – Thekla Papadopoulou + Curator’s review + Cash Prize
2018 December
Thekla Papadopoulou interview, Art Reveal Magazine no.44, December 2018, pages:78- 83, ISBN 9780368032226
2017 September
The Painting “Fragments C’II” was selected, after an international competition, to be published in Circle Quarterly Magazine among other 49 upcoming artists to collect.
Membership of Professional Organisations
E.KA.TE The Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts. E.KA.TE is a member of the International Association of Art (IAA) and represents IAA in Cyprus.
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