Zenon Jepras
Hewas born in 1969 in Cardiff, Wales.He studied painting at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland from where he graduated with Honors.
A genuine figurative artist, Jepras’ work focuses strongly on the tradition of narrative painting and telling stories through the using the language of painting – colour, texture, emotion and symbolism. Mythology and history blend with current social and political trends to produce powerful and vivid that create a narrative for the viewer to decode and unravel.
He presented his work in many solo and group exhibitions in Cyprus, Greece, the UK, Portugal, and Germany. His work is in the permanent collections of the Cypriot State Collection of Contemporary Art, the Central Bank of Cyprus Collection, the Bank of Cyprus Collection, the Nikos Pattichis Collection, the Luciano Benetton Collection and in numerous private collections in Cyprus, Greece, the US and the UK. He is the 1993 winner of the “Liquitex International Painting Prize”, awarded by the American Art Council, New York.
Solo Exhibitions
How to Be Happy, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia
Killing Time, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia
Zenon Jepras: Painting, Morfi Gallery, Limassol
Playgrounds of Forgetting, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia
Not Exactly Memory, Alpha Gallery, Nicosia
Personal Moments, DP Gallery, Limassol
Out of the Sand, Alpha Gallery, Nicosia
Gorilla, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia
Lost Heritage, Gallery K, London
Deconstructing Troy, Royal Commonwealth Society Club, London
Recent Work, C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia
Small Rooms, Morfi Gallery, Limassol
Cacophony, Gallery K, London
Short Stories, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia
Maternity, GalleryK, Nicosia
Kiss, Gallery K, London
The Colour of Memory, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia
Angelopathia, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia
Secrets from the Salon, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia
The Minautaur’s Dream, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia
Oedipus’ Gaze, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia
Odyssey, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia
Group Exhibitions (selection)
The Lovely Gallery, London
Art-Athina International Contemporary Art Fair, Athens
Aarte do previsίvel, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon
1960-2010: Glances at Cyprus Art, Gallery Hotel de Sauroy, Paris
Visual Rhythms, Municipal Cultural Centre-Melina Mercouri, Nicosia
Five Cypriot Artists, Brom Gallery, Helsinki
Where Do We Go From Here?, Municipal Arts Centre, Nicosia
Municipal Gallery, Thessaloniki
Kulturaljahr der Zehn, Gallery Tammen& Busch, Berlin
Twelve Cypriot Artists, Ioannina City Hall, Ioannina