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Yorgos Kypris | |
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![]() Yorgos Kypris in 2016 | |
Born | George Kypris (Greek: Γεώργιος Κυπρής) March 11, 1954 Nicosia, Cyprus |
Nationality | Cypriot |
Education | Istituto Statale d' Arte per la Ceramica, Faenza, Italy |
Known for | Sculpture, installations, ceramics |
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Spouse | Antonella Toschi |
Yorgos Kypris (Greek: Γιώργος Κυπρής), born 1954, is a Cypriot sculptor who lives and works between Athens and Santorini in Greece. He continues to take part in numerous solo and group exhibitions, commissions work, designs jewelry and permanently exhibits his work through MATI, his personal art gallery. His work has been published in a number of books, articles and magazines. His best known works include the "Entrapped Fish" installation, at the Lobby of the World Bank Building, Washington D.C., commissioned in 1997, the "Gate of Knowledge" - a sculptural steel gate, erected in 1998 in the yard of St. Paul High school, Pafos, Cyprus, the body of works "Fish" (1993-), the "Parallel Notions" body of works (2001) and the "Observers", an installation of four sited figures on poles, 4,5m high each, commissioned (2002) at Fabrica Commercial Center, Fira, Santorini, Greece.