Nikos Papaloukas

Nikos Papaloukas was born in the village of Pellapais in the province of Kyrenia, Cyprus in October 1969. Directly after the Turkish invasion in Cyprus in 1974 he was forced to relocate to Nicosia, his current residence where he lives and established his studio as a visual artist.
After completing his Master’s degree, he was invited to teach at the university of Nicosia the History of Art lesson «Greek Art» (2012-2014 / 2016) and at the Cyprus Technological University in Limassol, the course "Drawing, Color and Composition" (2014-2017). He had been collaborating with the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute were he organized workshops on teaching art to teachers, within the framework of the program “Collaborations with visual artists” (2017-2019), while since 2018 he has been organizing seminars on Erasmus+ as a course provider.

During the period 1992 1994 he studied Graphic Design in Frederick Institute of Technology Nicosia, Cyprus. In 1998, he continued his studies to the Aristotle University of Salonika at the Department of Applied and Fine Arts where he graduated with honors. In 2011, he completed a master’s degree in Fine Arts at Northampton University, England.

Solo Exhibitions

International
• 2016 Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens
• 2011 Museum of Literature, Kiev, Ukraine.

In Cyprus
• 2021 Alpha Gallery, Nicosia
• 2017 Blue Iris Art Gallery, Paphos.
• 2017 Loukia and Michael Zampellas Art Museum, Nicosia.
• 2014 Visual Artist Cultivation Nursery, Nicosia.
• 2013 Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia
• 2010 Nicosia Municipality Hall "Peace", Nicosia.
• 2009 Gallery Gloria, Nicosia.
• 2008 Gallery Kypriaki Gonia, Larnaca.
• 2007 Gallery Apocalypse, Nicosia.
• 2005 Gallery Apocalypse, Nicosia.


Group Exhibitions

International
• 2002 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Fine Arts Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Graduates 2001- 2003, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2000 Alumni Center of the School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece

In Cyprus
• 2019 Alpha Gallery, Nicosia.
• 2018 Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia.
• 2014 Kypriaki Gonia Gallery, Larnaca
• 2013 Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia
• 2012 Cyprus Radio television Authority, ‘Poetic and Visuals Routes On Aphrodite’s Island’.
• 2012 Alpha Gallery, Nicosia
• 2011 Is not a Gallery, Gallery, Nicosia
• 2011 Apocalypse Gallery, Nicosia
• 2010 Fifty years of the Republic of Cyprus, Fifty years of Artist...