Thekla Papadopoulou was born in Limassol in 1978 and lives in Larnaca, Cyprus.

In 1997 she graduated from the American Academy Larnaca and was admitted in the Academy of Fine Arts “Raffaello” of Urbino, Italy, where she followed a four year program of study in Contemporary Art and Painting. She graduated in 2002 with distinction. She now lives in Larnaca where she works as an art teacher at the American Academy Larnaca.

Solo Exhibitions

2019       SOLO EXHIBITION

“Traces”, Alpha CK Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2018       SOLO EXHIBITION

“Traces”, OTE Centre of the Arts, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Curated by Giannis Argyriadis and Miguel Fernandez Belmonte.

2016       SOLO EXHIBITION

“Fragments”, Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2013       SOLO EXHIBITION

“Mindscapes”, Kypriaki Gonia Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus.

 

Selected Juried & Invited Exhibitions

2019       GROUP EXHIBITION

Maison de la Grèce, Paris, France.

2019      4 PERSON EXHIBITION

“Female pros”, Municipal Arts Centre Leonidas Canellopoulos, Elefsina, Greece.

2019       GROUP EXHIBITION

“Perceptions of Self(ie)”, Mosesian Centre of the Arts, Boston, USA

2019       GROUP EXHIBITION

“Artifacts 2019”, One Art Space Gallery, New York, USA.

2018       GROUP EXHIBITION

“International Figurative Biennale”, John Natsoulas Gallery, California, USA

2018       GROUP EXHIBITION

“The Sea Within”, Limassol Municipal Art Centre, Limassol, Cyprus.

2018     GROUP EXHIBITION

“Fine Art”, Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College, Georgia, USA.

2017       3 PERSON EXHIBITION

“SENDER/RECIPIENT”, General Consulate of Cyprus, New York, USA.

2017           GROUP EXHIBITION

“Colour Fields”, Gallery Skoufa, Mykonos, Greece.

2017           GROUP EXHIBITION

“SUMMER BREEZE”, Centre of Contemporary Art Diatopos, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2016            GROUP EXHIBITION

“From Mykonos to Athens”, Skoufa Gallery, Athens, Greece.

2016            GROUP EXHIBITION

“PARADISE”, SKOUFA Gallery, Mykonos, Greece.

2016             GROUP EXIBITION

“TO SUM DEGREE”, The HUD Gallery, Ventura, CA, USA

The works of nine artists reference natural and processual movements in elegantly controlled compositions.  The deconstruction of process and replication of inspiration is the enigma in which artists are bound by their own creativity. Curated by Dab Art.

2016             INTERNATIONAL JURIED COPETITION AND EXHIBITION

Art Takes Manhattan “Extended Consciousness”, Caelum Gallery, New York, USA

Twenty artists from countries around the world have been selected to be part of this prestigious exhibition in the heart of Manhattan.

2015             INTERNATIONAL JURIED COPETITION AND EXHIBITION

Donkey Art Prize 3, Galley 76, 3331 Chiyoda Art Centre, inside the Dubai International Art Center, Dubai, U.A.E.

 

Selected as a finalist by a jury of experts for a group exhibition (catalogue)

 

2014            INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION

 Contemporary Painting, Group exhibition, The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK

2014            GROUP EXHIBITION

«20x30x50», Cultural Foundation ARTOS, Nicosia, Cyprus.

2013              INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION

Cheapart 19 Athens, CAMP, Athens, Greece

2013               GROUP EXHIBITION

Not a single day without a line, Municipal Art Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus

2012                FOUR-PERSON EXHIBITION

4÷4, Peter’s Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus

2012                 GROUP EXHIBITION

Europe-Larnaca, Municipal Art Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus (catalogue)

2012                       FOUR-PERSON EXHIBITION

Witnesses, Kypriaki Gonia Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus

2005                       GROUP EXHIBITION

Mode of Expression, Iliotropio Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus (catalogue)

2004                       GROUP EXHIBITION

Equilibrio, Group Cerchio, Atelier di Pittura, Larnaca, Cyprus

 

Competitions- Publications

2019 March

Apero catalogue, March issue, title “Contrast”

Winner First Place Cover Artist – Thekla Papadopoulou + Curator’s review + Cash Prize

2019

OhhBanana Magazine

2018 December

Thekla Papadopoulou interview, Art Reveal Magazine no.44, December 2018, pages:78- 83, ISBN 9780368032226

https://www.artrevealmagazine.com/44th-issue/

2017 September

The Painting “Fragments C’II” was selected, after an international competition, to be published in Circle Quarterly Magazine among other 49 upcoming artists to collect.

 

 Commissions:

2012-2013            Private Art Commission, 350 paintings, mixed media on canvas (40cm x 30 cm), Faros Hotel, Ayia Napa, Cyprus.

2012                       Private Commission, 15 large scale paintings (mixed media on canvas), Eos Trust Ltd, Nicosia, Cyprus

 

Collections:

Public

Municipal Art Galley of Larnaca, Cyprus

Municipality of Larnaca, Cyprus

Paintings are also held in numerous private and corporate collections throughout Cyprus, Greece, Italy and the

United Kingdom.

 

Exhibitions Curated/ Curatorial Projects

2005                       Group Exhibition- Photography- Atelier di Pittura, Larnaca, Cyprus

www.atelier-di-pittura.com/studio/event_02.html

2004                       Group “Cerchio”- Art Exhibition Equilibrio –Atelier di pittura, Larnaca, Cyprus

 www.atelier-di-pittura.com/studio/event_01.html

 

Membership of Professional Organisations

E.KA.TE  The Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts. E.KA.TE is a member of the International Association of Art (IAA) and represents IAA in Cyprus.