Georgia Michaelides Saad

I am a painter and I was born and raised in Limassol but emigrated to South Africa with my parents when I was 14 years old. I lived in South Africa for 28 years and returned to Cyprus in 1996, where I have been living and working since. My primary theme is the exploration of natural forms and , in my more recent work in particular, of flowers. Flowers to me are representative of the microcosm in relation to the macrocosm, the finite as expressive of the infinite. Flowers have also been associated with a long-standing tradition which connects them to female sexuality as many of them resemble in form the female genitalia. This association has been given to my flowers as well, but my main aim in painting the flowers, in great detail and enlarging them, is to transmit the feeling of awe and mystery which I experience before even the minutest forms of nature.

• University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts ( 1972 – 1976).
• University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Higher Diploma in Education (postgraduate) for secondary education ( 1977).
• University of South Africa, Pretoria. Master of Arts in Fine Arts ( Painting) (1990 – 1996).
• Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Master of Arts in History and Theory of Art (2022). Received a certificate of excellence award on graduation.

Academic Awards:

Certificate of Excellence on my Master of Arts in History and Theory of Art studies at the Cyprus University of Technology (2022)

The Robin Aldwinckle Merit Bursary, at the University of South Africa (1994) during my MA.FA studies.

Painting Awards

Luxembourg Art Prize 2021 Merit Certificate.

Currently in the Visual Art Open22 Longlisted artists (UK & International Emerging Artist Awards). I was longlisted out of more than 3000 artists who had entered the competition. Selection for the finalists is still in process.

Exhibitions between 2017-2022

2023 ARTBOX.PROJECT, Miami 4.0, Miami Art Weeks,
(December 6-December 10 2023). Digital participation.

2023 VisibleInvisible, event by Luminous Eye art gallery and
Artgrid.gr, Athens, Greece

2023 Mediterranean Wanderings, Limassol Municipal Arts
Centre, Limassol, Cyprus

2023 ARTBOX.PROJECT BASEL 2.0, ARTBOXEXPO Basel,
(digital participation)
2023 ARTBOX.PROJECT New York 2.0, NYC Artexpo,
Manhattan, New York, USA (digital participation)
2022 EVOLVE exhibition competition, The SCOPE Art Fair in
Miami Beach, USA, during Miami Art Week, 2022
(November 29- December 4). Digital participation
2022 Mysterium Tremendum, solo exhibition
Exhibit8 gallery, Limassol, Cyprus.
2022 ARTBOX.PROJECT Venezia 1.0.
Biennale Art Expo, Tana Art Space,
Venice, Italy (virtual participation)
2021 Artworks in Quarantine Time group
show, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cypr...