Christina Georgiou - Performance Art

Thu Mar 07, 2013

18:30

Location

University of Nicosia
46 Makedonitissas Avenue
Nicosia, Nicosia

Description

The Fine Art Programme which is offered at the University of Nicosia in collaboration with the University of Hertfordshire UK, invites you to a lecture by Christina Georgiou on Performance Art on Thursday 7 March 2013 – 18:30 at the Art and Design Studio, University of Nicosia.

The performance artist Christina Georgiou will talk about performance art, her artistic creation through this field and the 1st Cyprus International Performance Art Festival (CIPAF) as the founder, director and curator of this initiative. The festival will take place between 29th of May and 13th of June 2013 and brings established and emerging performance artists from around the globe in Cyprus while including a number of activities for both artists and the audience.

Christina Georgiou is a Cyprus-born visual and performance artist. She has exhibited and performed at international biennials, festivals, galleries, museums and theatres in Cyprus, Greece, U.K., Finland, Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Holland, Czech Republic, Russia, Mexico and Chile. She has received a ‘Special Prize’ for her performance ‘Eternal Return’ and she was selected as a finalist artist for the 6th Arte Laguna Art Prize at the Venice Arsenal in 2012.

Presentation in English