ABOUT

Myrianthe Sozou Papageorgiou is a Fine Artist living and working between London, Limassol and Paphos, Cyprus. Born in the UK in 1987, she studied BA(Hons) Fine Art (2011) and MA Art and Science (2013), both at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

Sozou Papageorgiou has returned to Cyprus to launch Myrianthe Sozou Fine Art myrianthesozou.com. The artist has both a studio and a gallery space where she creates and exhibits her own art.

Working with a wide range of media, Sozou’s body of work is focused on a sculptural and spatial approach to art. In her site specific installations, she maintains the honesty and aesthetics of simple industrial mass materials and explores their ‘micro-macro’ elements, as well as their reflective, distortive and ultimately alienating qualities. As metaphors for the workings of the visual system, the works play with one’s vision and human perception whilst adhering to a somewhat minimal formal stringency.

As of 2015, MicroOptasia Copyright © (silver drawing pin fabric/ decorative pattern) and MicroOptasia Lighting Series Copyright © (lampshade) are both registered as industrial designs and patents under the OHIM-OFFICE FOR HARMONIZATION IN THE INTERNAL MARKET TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS.

She has exhibited in galleries and institutions such as the British Library and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London Science Festival, Patrick Heide Gallery and Hamni Gallery London and her works are on a permanent display at Foyles bookstore in Soho, London. The artist is represented by Morfi Gallery in Limassol, Cyprus and her art has been acquired by private collectors in the United Kingdom, Sweden and Cyprus.

MicroOptasia II (detail)

122,400 silver drawing pins on transparent PVC
300cm X 200cm
2013

Born 1987 U.K

Lives and works between London and Limassol, Cyprus.

EDUCATION

2011 – 2013
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London MA Art and Science.

2008 – 2011
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design BA(Hons)Fine Art Sculpture.

January – April 2010
Universita per Stranieri di Perugia, Italy Italian Language Course and History of Art.

2007 – 2008
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design Foundation Studies in Art and Design: Sculpture (DISTINCTION)

1999 – 2006
The American Academy (PRIVATE) Limassol, Cyprus Secondary School.

  • Freelance Fine Artist at Myrianthe Sozou
    2013 – Present

    Myrianthe Sozou (gallery/ exhibition space)
    65.1 Ellados street, Katholiki, 3041, Limassol,Cyprus

    Myrianthe Sozou (studio)

    Anthipolochagou Georgiou M. Savva 3, Geroskipou, 8201, Cyprus
  • Holder of an Industrial Design Patent
    European Union Intellectual Property Office EUIPO

    March 2015 – Present
    Materialising the MicroOptasia Lighting Series, a lamp shade concept originating from the seminal Art work MicroOptasia I, firstly created from March – May 2013.
  • Art Teacher (Full time)
    September 2015 – May 2020
    – Lower School Art, IGCSE, AS – Level and A – Level Art and Design.
    – Gymnasium & Lyceum Art (Ministry of Education syllabus), PASCAL ENGLISH SCHOOL LEMESOS.

  • House Coordinator
    PASCAL ENGLISH SCHOOL LEMESOS, CYPRUS.

    September 2018 – May 2020

2023

May
SUMMER 2023 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.

2022

May
SUMMER 2022 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.

2021

May
SUMMER 2021 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.

2020

May
SUMMER 2020 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.

2019

May
SUMMER 2019 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.

2018

May
SUMMER 2018 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.

2017

May
SUMMER 2017 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.

2016

May
SUMMER 2016 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.
November
– Optasies & Coloured Optasies exhibited at the Amathus Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus.
– MicroOptasia V & MicroOptasia Fluid Lighting exhibited at the Four Seasons Hotel, Limassol Cyprus.

2015

July
6PM Your Local Time Europe Live streaming of dis-LOCATE at the NeMe Arts Centre, Limassol Cyprus. The Castle of Brescia, Italy.
June
dis-LOCATE, a New Threads Project at the NeMe Arts Center, Limassol, Cyprus.
May
SUMMER 2015 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.
Autofotos group show, Irinarhos Boudaskas Warehouse, Limassol, Cyprus.

2014

November
Vanishing Entities: A Pandora’s box of happenings on life and death… London Science Festival 2014
October
Shortlisted for the South Place Hotel Art Prize 2014, London.
May
SUMMER 2014 group exhibition, Gallery Morfi, Limassol, Cyprus.
March
MicroOptasies Debut solo show at Morfi Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus.

2013

December
Rough around the Edges, Hanmi Gallery, London.
May
Reinoud Oudshoorn | Recent Sculptures, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London.
Show One MA Degree Show, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross.
– Panel Participant at the State of Matter: Collisions and Connections in Art and Science Symposium, Central Saint Martins, Kings Cross.
February
Encounters Between Art and Science group show, The British Library, London.

2012

May
Co-curated and participated at the Central Saint Martins MA Art and Science Experiments Interim Show, Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art.
October
Digital Futures group show, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
November
Fine Art Auction group show by Sotheby’s, Central Saint Martins, Lethaby Gallery.

2011

June
– BA Fine Art Degree Show group exhibition, Central Saint Martins, Charing Cross road.
– Work Lab 3 featured in the Guardian’s Culture Art and design: The best final degree shows from London’s art colleges – in pictures: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jun/25/art-degree-shows-london-college?intcmp=239#/?picture=376134277&index=5
March

Contributor in Serena Korda’s Laid to Rest installation during Dirt: The Filthy Reality of Everyday Life exhibition at The Wellcome Collection, London.

2010

November
– Attained 2nd place at the Montblanc Young Artist World Patronage exhibition, Gallery Omikron, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Montblanc Young Artist World Patronage group exhibition, Gallery Omikron, Nicosia Cyprus.

2009

May
– BA Fine Art, end of Year 1 group exhibition, Central Saint Martins, Trinity Buoy Wharf.
– A brief display of artwork at The Wellcome Collection, London.
– Current permanent display of artwork in FOYLES Bookstore Soho, London.
February
– Sponsored by BOSTIK UK for artwork.
– BA Fine Art, end of Spring Term Year 1 group exhibition, Central Saint Martins,Charing Cross road.

2008

May
End of Foundation, group exhibition, Central Saint Martins, Back Hill.

2013

– Reinoud Oudshoorn | Recent Sculptures, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London. Click here for the exhibition guide.

Encounters Between Art and Science group show at The British Library, map. Click here for the exhibition guide PDF.

– Central Saint Martins Show One MA Degree Show catalogue. Click here for the catalogue PDF.

State of Matter: Collisions and Connections in Art and Science Symposium, Central Saint Martins. Click here for the press release PDF.

 

2012

– Fine Art Auction group show by Sotheby’s, Central Saint Martins, Lethaby Gallery, online catalogue: http://www.csmartauction.org/gallery/2012-art-auction/

 

2011

– Central Saint Martins BA Fine Art Degree Show Paperback Catalogue.