Biography

Nationality: British
Place of Birth: Cyprus
Date of Birth: 28-10-69

Education
97-99      MA Ceramics & Glass RCA London
95-97      Ceramics Diploma City Lit London
94-95      Travel World wide
88-93      BA (Hons) Interior Design Middlesex University London
87-88      Art & Design Foundation Middlesex Polytechnic London

Employment
2002      Visiting lecturer Royal College of Art London
2002      Visiting lecturer Ashmole School London
2001      Visiting lecturer Crafts Council Forum
1999      Workshop assistant Fusion Glass Designs Ltd. London
1995      Ceramics assistant Rose Wallis Ceramics Sydney Australia
1993      Interior Designer Vakis Associates Architectural practice Cyprus

Exhibitions
2008      ‘The 12 Madonnas’ Famagusta Gate - Nicosia Cyprus (solo)
2008      ‘The New Icons’ Vessel Gallery – London (solo)
2008      ‘Effervervescence II’ Sussex Barn Gallery – Chichester
2007      ‘Dissection’ ABC Carpets & Home – New York USA
2006      ‘New Voices in Architectural Glass’ The Hub – Sleaford
2006      ‘Bombay Sapphire in Paris’ Galerie Claudine Papillon Paris
2005      ‘Elais + Grove’ 50 Bank Street Canary Wharf London (solo)
2005      Bombay Sapphire’ Touring show- London, Liverpool, Brighton
2004      ‘ELEA’ The Gallery Cork Street London (solo)
2004      ‘Glass has many faces’ Tiffany Glass Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock Germany
2002      Holmes Place Canary Riverside London (solo)
2001      Holmes Place Crouch End London (solo)
2000      Rosenthal New Routes - New Destinations Frankfurt - Milan
2000      ‘Apeiron’ The Hellenic centre London
1999      'The Show' Henry Moore Gallery RCA London
1999      'Ninety degrees' (solo) Hockney Gallery RCA London
1999      'Collaborations' V&A London
1998      'Arson' Gulbenkian Hall RCA London
1997      'Breaking the mould' Elms Lesters Painting Rooms London
1997      'Barbican Showcase' Barbican centre London

Selected Commissions
2008      Lincoln Vale – Sloane Square House London
2008      Amigos café – Holborn London
2007      Private office – Soho London
2006      Saga cruiseliner – Spirit of Adventure
2005      Vima Dance Studio – San Francisco
2004      P&O liner ‘ Arcadia’
2003      Private residence Kensington London
2002      Berkeley Square House London
2002      Renka Furniture Store Birmingham
2001      Private residence Radlett
2001      Private residence Kensington London
2001      Conco Property Developing W1 London
1999      Collingwood Jewellery store Old Bond St. London
1999      Private residence Orpington Kent
1999      Pied a terre restaurant W1 London

Collections
2004      Derix Glass Studio Taunusstein Germany
2001      British Airways Art Collection - Heathrow T4

Awards and Scholarships
2004      Bombay Sapphire Prize (Shortlisted)
2002      Research trip to Japan - Trade Partners UK / Crafts Council
02-00      100% Design / Crafts Council Bursary
2000      Crafts Council Setting-up grant
1998      RTZ Travel Scholarship West Coast USA

Publications
2008      ‘Contemporary Glass’ Blanche Craig Black Dog Publishing
2006      ‘Colours in Architecture’ Andrew Moor,
2004      ‘Lamination’, George Papadopoulos, A&C Black, London
2003      ‘Smocks v. Comme des Garçons’ – Modern Painters Winter
2003      ‘Transparent’, Elspeth Pridham, Mitchell Beazly
2002      ‘Glass’, Chris Lefteri, Roto Vision