Nikolas Antoniou was born in Larnaca, Cyprus, in 1988. He graduated in 2012 from the University of Western Macedonia, Greece, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, where he worked closely with the professors (Artists) Harris Kondosphyris and Manolis Polymeri.
His paintings do not stem from a specific idea or theme. He consciously avoids focusing on specific questions or particular answers and instead, creates new pictures, which generate unknown questions. Thus without great thought, paints vague spaces, objects which appear to be misplaced, both through time and dimension, next to items disjoint, with figures lost in an intense painterly environment, but in the end coexist and interact, giving meaning to their existence, tell a story and express a sentiment.
Education:
* University of Western Macedonia, Department of fine and applied arts
Exhibitions:
Selected Solo Exhibitions
• 2022 - Pierides Museum - Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation - Larnaka, Cyprus
• 2021 - "Seasons Change" - Alpha C.K. Art Gallery - Nicosia, Cyprus
• 2019 - "The Great Escape” - Blue Iris Art Gallery - Paphos, Cyprus
• 2017 - “Nikolas Antoniou” – Budapest Art Factory Project Space, Budapest, Hungary
• 2016 - ‘’The Conservation of the Creative Process’’, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
• 2015 - ‘’For the Purposes of Imperfection’’, Technochoros Art Gallery, Athens, Greece
• 2014 - Nikolas Antoniou, Myro Gallery/Gallery Lola Nikolaou Art Gallery, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2013 - “Sanitizing Logic” part2 – Technohoros ArtGallery – Athens, Greece
Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2019 - "The New Portrait" - Stoerpunkt Gallery, Munich, Germany
• 2019 - "Between Flesh And Bones" - Fridge Project Space, Larnaka, Cyprus
• 2019 - “The Paper Salon” - Ambush Gallery, Sydney, Australia
• 2017 - Melenia Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania
• 2017 - “Reflecting Reality” – BLUE IRIS Art Gallery, Paphos, Cyprus
• 2017 - Budapest Art Factory, Project Space - Budapest, Hungary
• 2015 - “EMBODY” – The Collection Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
• 2015 - “Preadexhibition” – Technochoros ArtGallery Athens, Greece
• 2014 - “5 new and 3 younger artists” – IsNotGallery – Nicosia, Cyprus
• 2013 - “Ευφραίνει Καρδίαν ΙΙ - Rejoice my Heart II” Technohoros ArtGallery – Athens, Greece
• 2013 – Apothikes ArtGallery – Larnaka, Cyprus
• 2013 – “Art for Less” – Lola Nikolaou ArtGallery – Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2012 – “Glimpses of the future” – Myro Gallery - Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2012 - “Remember?” – Beton7 – Athens, Greece
• 2012 – “Pandora’s Box” – Action Field KODRA – Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2012 – “HR E MO project” – Lola Nikolaou Art Gallery – Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2012 – “Έυμορφος Άνθρωπος - Shapely Persons” Museum of Contemporary Art – Florina, Greece
• 2012 - “Έυμορφος Άνθρωπος - Shapely Persons” Gallery512 – Ptolemaida, Greece
• 2011 – “Έυμορφος Άνθρωπος - Shapely Persons” Technohoros ArtGallery – Athens, Greece
• 2011 – “6th Student Biennale” – Athens, Greece
Art Fairs:
• 2021 – Volta Basel - Nadia Arnold Art Gallery – Basel
• 2018 – Affordable Art Fair Milan - Technochoros Art Gallery – Milan, Italy
• 2016 – Art Athina - Technochoros Art Gallery – Athens, Greece
* Budapest Art Factory - International Artist Residency Program (managed by BAF)