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
Harmony and Contrast, Museo Cassero della Scultura, Montevarchi, Italy
Human…Being, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
The Body, International Film Festival “Human Rights Nights XII Edition”, Cinema Lumiere, Bologna, Italy
Alexandros Yiorkadjis, Artsinergy Gallery, Bologna, Italy
Group Exhibitions (selection)
Minima Lab, Mimima Gallery, Mykonos,Greece
Art Athina International Contemporary Art Fair, Athens, Greece
Salone del Mobile di Milano, Fiera Internazionale di Design, Milan, Italy
No Words, Larnaca Municipal Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus
SetUp Contemporary Art, Arteesspressione Gallery, Bologna, Italy
Tra l’Essere e Essere, SetUp Contemporary Artfair, Bologna, Italy
Cui Bono Kuldfabrick, White Box Gallery, Munich, Germany
Utopia, The Evagoras Lanitis Center, Limassol, Cyprus
The State of Art, Padiglione Accademie–54, Arsenale-Tese di San Cristoforo, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Corpi Esposti, Barbara Frigerio Gallery, Milan, Italy
Stile Libero Italiano, Studio d’arte Cannaviello, Milan, Italia
Umano, International Film Festival “Human Rights Nights IX Edition”, Bologna, Italy
Immagina Arte, 10th Reggio Emilia Art Fair, Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna, Italy
Tina B, The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Prague, Czech Republic