Savvas Cristodoulides
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design at Frederick University, Cyprus

Born in Pafos (Cyprus) in 1961
Lives and works in Nicosia

   
   
Studies
2000-06 University of Provence, PhD, Lettres et Arts
1999-00 University of Provence, D.E.A Lettres et Arts
1989-90 National School of Decorative Arts, Paris
1986-87 National School of Fine Arts, Paris
1981-86 School of Fine Arts, Toulouse
 


Seminars

1985 Instituto per l’Arte et il Restauro, Palazzo Spinelli, Florence
1983 Centro Internazionale per l’Insegnamento del Mosaico (CISIM), Ravenna
   

Residences

2003 APEXART Residency programme, Visitor / Lecturer, New York
   
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Elementary Devices, Omikron Gallery, Nicosia
2009 2009 Tsatsis Projects / ArtForum, Thessaloniki
2008 2008 AD Gallery, Athens
2002 2002 AD Gallery, Athens
  Tsatsis Projects / ArtForum, Thessaloniki
1999 AD Gallery, Athens
1998 Smooth, Diaspro Art Centre, Nicosia
1996 Diaspro Art Centre, Nicosia
  Visual Objects, Bodo Niemann Gallery, Berlin
1995 AD Gallery, Athens
1993 Diaspro Art Centre, Nicosia
1988 French Cultural Centre, Nicosia
1987 Gloria Gallery, Nicosia
   
Group Exhibitions
2010 Cyprus 2010, Art in Present Tense, Espace Commines, Paris
Cyprus in Venice, 1968-2009, Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia Taster Choice, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Away and Boil your Head, Puglisi Cosentino Foundation, Palazzio Valle, Catania Museum of Contemporary Art, Palazzo Riso, Palermo
2009 Heaven, 2nd Athens Biennale, Athens Residents, part of the parallel programme Remap of the 2nd Biennial of Athens, AD Gallery, Athens Common View, Contemporary Art at the National Theatre – Theatre Rex, Athens
2008 Where do we go from here?, Nicos Pattichis Collection, Municipal Art Centre,
Nicosia What is New and Interesting?, AD Gallery, Athens
2007 The City: From Adaptation to Transcendence, part of Remap KM project, AD Gallery, Athens DESTE prize 2007, DESTE Foundation, Athens Recreation – Maid in Greece, 1st Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2006 Masquerades: Femininity, Masculinity and Other Such Certainties, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki What Remains is Future, Arsakios School, Patra An Outing, Beltsios Collection, Trikala
2005 Accidental Meetings, Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia ArtStars, Abbaye de Neumünster, Luxembourg Visions, Kappatos Gallery / Athens Imperial, Athens Areas – Communities, 12th International Month of Photography, Π37 Art Gallery, Athens
2003 Belief System, AD Gallery, Athens
Free Transit (?), Zappeion Megaron, Athens
2001 Spirits of Christmas, Omonia Square, Athens
2000 Attitudes, Centre for Photography, Skopelos
Hostia-Pa d’Angel, Hellenic American Union, Athens
1999 Hellenic Contemporary Photography, Galerie du Château d’Eau, Toulouse, touring exhibition at the Contemporary Art Centre, Larisa, 2000, and at Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art / Spirer Building, Volos, 2001 Minus-Plus, Hellenic American Union, Athens
1998 Intimacies, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete
1997 XLVII Venice Biennale, Palazzo Gustinian Lolin, Fondazione Levi, Venice
Stich-Unstich, “X” Gallery, Athens
1996 Greek Realities, im Marstall Gallery, Berlin, touring exhibition at Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark, 1997 IVth Art Symposium, Mamidakis Foundation, Ayios Nicolaos, Crete
1994 Cyprus 1960-1994, Contemporary Pursuits: Re-Genesis, Art Athina ’94, Athens
1992 Biennale of European Young Artists, Tinglado del Puerto, Valencia
Mail Art, French Ministry of Culture, Paris
Jeune Peinture 92, Grand Palais, Paris
1991 Young Cypriot Artists, Galley K, London
1987 Cultural Centre Jean Marchant, Limoges
1st Biennale of European Fine Art Schools, Parc des Expositions, Toulouse
1986 D.N.S.E.P. Art 86, Palais des Arts, Toulouse
10th Biennale of Mediterranean Countries, Nice
   
Bibliography
2010 Loizides Vakis, «Elementary devices », Phileleftheros, Nicosia, 19 December
Tsiamanta Xenia, “Omikron Gallery”, City Free Press, Nicosia, 26 November
Xenou Eleni, “Savvas Christodoulides’ world: The importance of familiar”, Ysterografo / Phileleftheros, Nicosia, December
Velonis Costis, “Cogito ornamentale”, Ysterografo / Phileleftheros, Nicosia, December
Stephanidou Thalia, “Collusive relationships”, Ysterografo / Phileleftheros, Debember
Xenou Eleni, “Our souls need beautification”, Phileleftheros, Nicosia, 21 November
Vasiliadis Ioannis, “The conceptual sculptor”, “Κ” / Kathimerini (Cyprus edition), Nicosia, 21 November
Moiseos Meropi, “500 words”, Politis, Nicosia, 21 November
Argyropoulou Nadia, “The vertigo of the hovering meaning”, Elementary Devices, catalogue, Omikron Gallery, Nicosia
Olympios Lefteris, “1997: Nicos Charalampides, Savvas Christodoulides, Theodoulos Gregoriou, Lefteris Olympios”, Ysterografo / Phileleftheros, Nicosia, November
Pierluigi Panza, “Turchi, marocchini et greci in Sicilia è la fiera delle Biennali del Mediterraneo”, Corriere de la Sera, Milano, 5 July
2009 Schiza Marina, “The work of art is located entirely in present tense”,
Phileleftheros, Nicosia, 1 November
Dal Maso Cinzia, “Il Paradiso sull’Egeo”, Il Sole 24 Ore, Milan, 2 August
Mparaka Fotini, “The whole of ‘Paradise’ in a difficult warehouse”, Eleftherotypia, Athens, 16 June
Dantan Ghislaine / Koukou Eleni, “Common view”, Common View, exhibition pamphlet, National Theatre, Athens, March
Loizides Vakis, “A fortunate receiver of signals”, Phileleftheros, Nicosia,
22 February
Paraskevaides Margarita, “Reconstructing new realities”, Phileleftheros, Nicosia, 11 January
Argyropoulou Nadia, “Hotel Paradies”, Heaven, 2nd Athens Biennale, catalogue, Athens
2008 Pampalli Ntina, “Remembrance yet wish”, Simerini, Nicosia, 21 December
Xenou Eleni, “The scent of familiar”, Ysterografo / Phileleftheros, Nicosia,
18 December
Savvinidis Giorgos, “Effortlessly in paradise”, Phileleftheros, Nicosia,
16 November
Zacharopoulou Katerina, “Curio – ‘pranks’”, Ethnos, Athens, November
Fokidi Marina, “Gesture of recomposing the psychic material”, LiFo, Athens, 25 October
Kampouridis Charis, “In and out of space”, Ta Nea, Athens, 15 October
Marangou Maria, “Processed memory”, Eleftherotypia, Athens, 13 October
Argyropoulou Nadia, “Savvas Christodoulides”, Athens Voice, Athens,
9 October
Parpa Elena, “Autumn in Athens”, Phileleftheros, Nicosia, 5 October
Fokidi Marina, “Familiar surrealistic inclinations”, LiFo, Athens, 2 September
Parpa Elena, “A monument in an idea”, Ysterografo / Phileleftheros, Nicosia,
22 June
Kataga Margarita, “Savvas Christodoulides”, Kaput. Art Magazine, Athens
2007 Fokidi Marina, “5th DESTE Prize: Images of familiar horror”, LiFo, Athens,
11 October
2006 Hatzithomas Andreas, “Elegiac fixes”, Nea Epochi, issue 288, Nicosia, Spring 2006
Bahtsetzis Sotiris, “Subjective outings”, An outing, catalogue, Futura / Beltsios Collection, Athens
Tsiara Syrago, “Savvas Christodoulides”, Masquerades: Femininity, masculinity and other certainties, catalogue, State Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2005 Argyropoulou Nadia, “My precious”, Visions, catalogue, Kappatos Gallery, Athens
2004 Strouza Efi, “Christodoulides Savvas”, Contemporary Greek Artists, Melissa Publishing House, Athens
2003 Argyropoulou Nadia, “Free Transit (?)”, Free Transit (?), catalogue, Zappeion Megaron, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens
2002 Zacharopoulou Katerina, “Art and design”, Ethnos, Athens, 10 February
Argyropoulou Nadia, “Art is love is God”, Hostia, catalogue, Hellenic American Union, Athens
Sarris Kyrillos, “The ambiguous object”, Savvas Christodoulides, catalogue, AD Gallery, Athens
Gogadis Thanasis, «The contingent familiar objects», Panselinos no. 147, Athens, 30 June
Xydakis Nikos, “Not only ideas”, Kathimerini, Athens, 20 February
2000 Ioakimidis Vangelis, “Savvas Christodoulides”, Territoires / Communautés, catalogue, Galerie Municipale du Château d’eau, Toulouse
1999 Strouza Efi, “Younger generations. A valuable reality”, Emfietzoglou Collection, catalogue, Athens
Toumazis Yiannis, “Story written in yarn”, Intimacies, catalogue, Rethymnon Contemporary Art Centre, Crete
Xydakis Nikos, “Paper Theatre”, Savvas Christodoulides, catalogue, AD Gallery, Athens
Stefanidis Manos, “What Metropolis?”, Minus / Plus, catalogue, Hellenic American Union, Athens
Argyropoulou Nadia, “Magic art”, Minima, Athens, April
1997 Tsingou Emily, “Savvas Christodoulides”, Greek Realities, catalogue, Galerie im Marstall, Berlin
Derou Agnes, “The history of Life and of Art is a history of initiation”, Stich-Unstich, catalogue, Art space “X”, Athens
Derou Agnes, “The recycling of magic”, Savvas Christodoulides, Venice Biennal, catalogue, Ministry of Education and Culture, Nicosia
1995 Tsingou Emily, “Feminist sketching”, Revmata magazine no. 26, Athens
Karaiskou Vicy, “Savvas Christodoulides”, Arti magazine no. 24, Athens
Perez Oramas Luis, “Savvas Christodoulides”, Savvas Christodoulides, catalogue, AD Gallery, Athens, February