Lia Lapithi
Born
Lia Lapithi

1963 (age 60–61)
Nicosia, Cyprus
NationalityGreek Cypriot
Known forVisual Arts

Lia Lapithi (born Lia Lapithi, 1963)[1] is a Greek Cypriot artist specialising in multimedia[2] and visual art.[1] She currently resides in Nicosia.[3]

Early life and education

Lia Lapithi was born in Nicosia, Cyprus,[4] in 1963. She studied Art and Environmental Design at the University of California Santa Cruz, followed by a Master of Philosophy at Lancaster University.[3] After her studies she returned to Cyprus in 1984.[3] She continued her studies in 1989, obtaining a Master's degree in Architecture from the Kent Institute of Art and Design in 1991, followed by a Masters in Art Education from the University of Wales in 1994.[5]

Career

Her work focused initially on landscape and still-life painting through the use of technology,[6] followed by medical art,[3] evolving over time to also address environmental and political issues, including collective memory,[2] nationalist historiography[7] and the Cyprus Dispute.[8] She has been credited for creating the first Cypriot feminist art group in 2006, called "Washing-Up Ladies".[1] The group has addressed topics ranging from the relationship of women to contemporary Cypriot politics, to women's gender roles in Cypriot society.[9] Lapithi's work has also been hosted by various museums and galleries, while numerous of her pieces form part of permanent museum collections.[3] During her career she has exhibited her work in various locations, including in Athens, Alexandria, Paris, Vienna and Constantinople.[3]

Permanent museum collections

Works of Lia Lapithi held in permanent museum collections include:[10][11]

  • “Still-life III”, “Mechanical Billboard I”, “Blue Legs”, “Leg Operation video”, “Circulation Bed”, “Test Tube Bed”, “Olive-bread” “Defining Silence”, “Peace-Dinner” and "82,5km", held by the Cypriot State Collection of Contemporary Art in Nicosia, Cyprus.
  • "Marinated Crushed Olives" (video), held by Centre Pompidou in Paris, France.
  • "Marinated Crushed Olives" (video), held by the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations in Marseille, France.
  • "Requiem pour un oiseau rebelle" (installation), held by the Musées de la ville de Marseille in France.
  • "Defining Silence", held by the BPS22 Musee d’Art de la Provence de Hainut-Charlerois in Belgium.

Selected publications

  • 2011 Suspended Spaces #1 Famagusta - Blackjack editions (Montreuil, France) ISBN 978-2-918063-10-0.
  • 2012 Suspended Spaces #2 Blackjack editions (Paris) ISBN 978-2-918063-25-4.
  • 2012 Contre Nature, Musee Departemental de l’Oise-Beauvais, ISBN 978-2-901290-25-4.
  • 2014 Ethiques du gout, Editions L’ Harmattan, ISBN 978-2-343-03903-9.
  • 2014 Suspended Spaces #3, Les Editions de l’ Ecole des Beaux Arts.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Photiou, Maria (July 2012). "The Green Line: Greek Cypriot Women Artists' Politicised Practices Lia Lapithi and Marianna Christofides". N.paradoxa. 30: 83–90.
  2. 1 2 Socrates, Lisa (2015). The Time and Space of Greek-Cypriot Cinema: A Deleuzian Reading (PDF) (PhD). University College London. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Λαπίθη Λία (Lapithi, Lia)". Cypriot Encyclopedia Polignosi. Archived from the original on September 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ Antoniou, Klitsa (2014). Contemporary Cypriot Art: Loss, Trauma, Affect And The Material That Passes Into Sensation (PDF) (PhD). Cyprus University Of Technology Faculty Of Fine And Applied Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Lia Lapithi". Askart. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017.
  6. ↑ 20th International Biennale of Alexandria. Nicosia: Cypriot Ministry of Education and Culture - Cultural Services. 1999.
  7. ↑ Socrates, Lisa (September 2012). "Deterritorializing the Nation: Deleuzian Time, Space and Narrative in the Video Art of Lia Lapithi Shukuroglou" (PDF). Journal of Literature and Art Studies. 2 (9): 897–904. ISSN 2159-5836. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Lia Lapithi". Gallery Kypriaki Gonia. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021.
  9. ↑ Photiou, Maria (November 2012). "Who are We, Where do We Come From, Where are We Going to? Greek Cypriot Women Artists in Contemporary Cyprus". Women's Studies. 41 (8): 37–54. doi:10.1080/00497878.2012.718691. S2CID 54690353.
  10. ↑ The Location of Culture (PDF). Netherlands: Walk of Truth. p. 73. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2021.
  11. ↑ "CV of Lia Lapithi". Archived from the original on September 14, 2021.
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