Stefanos Kouratzis

Stefanos Kouratzis (b. Athens, Greece) is an award-winning visual storyteller / photographer and writer based in Cyprus who serves as the Artistic Director of LPF - Limassol Photography Festival.
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​​​​His  first photobook monograph, “Ammochostos – The Algos of Nostos” (ISBN: 978-9925-632-16-9), was published in July 2024.
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​In 2018, he participated at the 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture, part of the Cyprus Pavilion (I Am Where You Are) with three photographic projects. 
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Three years later, in 2021, Stefanos was invited by the curatorial team to contribute a series of photographs to the first retrospective exhibition "Past-forward: Stavros Economou Unarchived" at "SPEL", the State Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nicosia. The photos were also projected when the exhibition was moved to Le Corbusier’s Unité d’habitation in Marseille, France.
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In 2024, he curated Marat Hasanov's photography exhibition "Duality" in Limassol, Cyprus. In 2022, he curated two exhibitions by the award- winning  photographer Sebastian Rich: "Fleeing to Safety" at Kasteliotissa Hall in Nicosia and the University of Cyprus, organized in collaboration with UNHCR Cyprus and Universitas Foundation.
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In 2023, as the Artistic Director of LPF - Limassol Pho...

He studied at Focus, School of Art Photography, Video and New Technologies (Athens, Greece) and has continued his professional development with online courses at the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art, New York) and Magnum Photos.

Solo Exhibitions

2024

​"Αμμόχωστος - Το Άλγος του Νόστου | Ammochostos - The Algos of Nostos"

The House of Cyprus, Center for Culture,
Oct 2024,
Athens, Greece

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"The Untamed" - "Οι Αδάμαστοι"

LPF - Limassol Photography Festival 2024, Athlos, April - May 2024, Limassol, Cyprus

2023

“Elle - Cyprus in the feminine”
Austrian National Library
Production, Press and Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus
Research - Curation, Catherine Louis - Nikita
Jan 2023,
Vienna, Austria

2022

“Elle - Cyprus in the feminine”
Nicosia Municipal Theatre - 3rd Nicosia International Festival
Production, Press and Information Office of the Republic of Cyprus
Research - Curation, Catherine Louis - Nikita
Oct - Nov 2022,
Nicosia, Cyprus

2020

"Ενταύθα" (Entáftha)
To Erma,
Feb - Mar 2020,
Nicosia, Cyprus

2017

"Memento Mori"
European University of Cyprus,
May 2017,
Nicosia, Cyprus


Group Exhibitions

2022

"Boundaries: external & internal impact of immigration"
Exhibit 8 Gallery,
Multidisciplinary art exhibition dedicated to immigration
Organised by Paphos Women Artists
Sept 2022,
Limassol, Cyprus

"Post cards from Europe"
Cambridge University, Alison Richard building
Organised by Shutter Hub
Jan 2022,
Cambridge, UK

2021

“Pas...