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Alexandros Yiorkadjis

Alexandros Yiorkadjis

He was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1981. He studied art at the Accademia di Belle Arti Pietro Vannicci in Perugia, Italy, at the École Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, France under the Erasmus project, and at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy, from where he graduated with distinction.

He was awarded the first prize in sculpture (Premio Nazionale delle Arti) in 2008 at the Italian Arts Competition.

His work is in the collections of the Italian Ministry of Culture, the Nicos Pattichis Collection, the CYTA Collection, the Central Bank of Cyprus Art Collection, the American Medical Center, and in numerous private collections in Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Romania.

Solo Exhibitions

2014
Harmony and Contrast, Museo Cassero della Scultura, Montevarchi, Italy
2013
Human…Being, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
2012
The Body, International Film Festival “Human Rights Nights XII Edition”, Cinema Lumiere, Bologna, Italy
2008
Alexandros Yiorkadjis, Artsinergy Gallery, Bologna, Italy

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2016
Minima Lab, Mimima Gallery, Mykonos,Greece
2016
Art Athina International Contemporary Art Fair, Athens, Greece
2015
Salone del Mobile di Milano, Fiera Internazionale di Design, Milan, Italy
2014
No Words, Larnaca Municipal Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus
2013
SetUp Contemporary Art, Arteesspressione Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2013
Tra l’Essere e Essere, SetUp Contemporary Artfair, Bologna, Italy
2012
Cui Bono Kuldfabrick, White Box Gallery, Munich, Germany
2012
Utopia, The Evagoras Lanitis Center, Limassol, Cyprus
2011
The State of Art, Padiglione Accademie–54, Arsenale-Tese di San Cristoforo, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2011
Corpi Esposti, Barbara Frigerio Gallery, Milan, Italy
2009
Stile Libero Italiano, Studio d’arte Cannaviello, Milan, Italia
2009
Umano, International Film Festival “Human Rights Nights IX Edition”, Bologna, Italy
2008
Immagina Arte, 10th Reggio Emilia Art Fair, Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, Italy
2008
Tina B, The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, Czech Republic