Fine art painting and photography

From Nicosia, Cyprus. Live and work in London.
Member of ACAVA (Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art)
Artist in residence at ACAVA Palace Wharf Studios, London

Awards:
1994 Queen Mary's Scholarship
1998 Painting is not Dead, Joint Winner

Public Collections:
The London Institute
Central Saint Martins College of Art
West Thames College
Work sold in numerous private collections

Solo Exhibitions:
1996 'Lara Kantardjian, Paintings' Habitat Restaurant, King's Road, Chelsea, London
1999 'Transcriptions, Paintings 1998-99' the Studio Gallery, London
2003 'glassworks' Canary Wharf Studios
2009 Four Quartets, Ravenscourt Photography Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions & Projects:
1993 'Fine Art One' Lethaby Gallery, London
'The Thames - Liquid History' Circle Gallery, Lyric Theatre, Hamersmith London
Photographs Aug-Sep 1993, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Boulevard Jourdan, Paris
'Drawings Aug-Sep 1993' Maison des étudiants arméniens, Boulevard Jourdan, Paris

1994 'Selected Paintings' Lethaby Gallery, London
Watermans Fine Art Summer Exhibition, Watermans Art Centre, London

1995 Central Saint Martins Library, Charing Cross Road, London
Fine Art Graduate Show, Central Saint Martins, London
'Top Marks Art'' The London Institute Gallery, London
Recent LIU Graduates, Touring Exhibition, Budapest

1996 'abstractions', 6 Invited Artists, Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art, London
Work in Progress, Graduate Show, Chelsea, London
Masters Exhibition, Chelsea College of Art & Design

1997 Cellar Bar, London

1998 Whitechapel Open, 6 Artists (Chelsea MA graduates) Studio 9, Fashion Street, London
'Painting is not dead', the Studio Gallery, London

1999 'Sea and Sky', ACAVA Open Studios, Palace Wharf, London

2000 'dark matter', espace 21, Paris
Transcriptions Series 1999-2000: Paintings' London Open House, Palace Wharf

2001 'Art Upstream' Hammersmith, London
'Transcriptions Series 2000-2001: Paintings' London Open House, Palace Wharf

2002 Fine Art summer show, Attendi Gallery, London
ACAVA Open Studios, London
London Open House, Palace Wharf

2003 ACAVA Open Studios, London
'last remnants of love: paintings & photographs' London Open House, London
glassworks, 5 artists, Canary Wharf Studios, London

2004 'Transcriptions Series 2003-2004: Paintings' ACAVA Open Studios, London
'Between Dark and Dawn: Paintings & Drawings' ACAVA, Palace Wharf

2005 'Landscapes of Silica: Paintings & Photographs' ACAVA Open Studios, Palace Wharf

1995-2000 Art works rented and exhibited to Restaurants and Offices: Architects, Interior Designers & Lawyers - London, Paris, Amsterdam, NYC

1997-2005 Commissions for Residential Spaces - London, Paris, Amsterdam

2005 Greece, photographs - July

2006 Virginia, photographs & drawings - June, October
CD Album Cover Art & Photographs (CD design): "Days Of The Last Crusade" and "Ballads From Another Age" by Geoff Robson

2007 Private commisions. Series of paintings entitled, Five Chapters
Virginia, photograps & paintings - April, June, October
Cyprus, photographs - September

2008 Virginia, Paintings, photographs & drawings - January, April, October.
Private commission - painting.
Music video for Geoff Robson; 'Less Than Living For Today'
Cyprus, photographs & drawings - July
London Open House, AVAVA, Palace Wharf

2009 Virginia, photographs & work on paper - April
Greece, photographs - June
Cyprus, photographs & work on paper - September
'voyages: photographs & recent paintings' ACAVA Open Studios, in connection with London Open House, Palace Wharf - September

2010 'In Transit' photographs inspired by travel, movement, transport by 25 participating photographers from around the world:
We Sink Ships online gallery exhibition 01.04-30.04.2010
Paris, photographs and works on paper - April
Bedford Park Photographic Exhibition, London - June
Tuscany Italy, photographs - June
Cyprus, photographs & work on paper - September
Paris, photographs - November

2011 'voyages: part II' & recent paintings, AVACA Open Studios, Palace Wharf - March
Cyprus, photographs & work on paper - June/July
Cyprus, photographs - September
London Open House, AVAVA, Palace Wharf - September

Forthcoming
CD cover & design for Carola Baer's debut album - Oct/Nov
Photography book project
Paris, photographs - Mar
CD cover art for Geoff Robson (WA DC) - Dec/Jan
Cyprus, photographs - July
Cyprus, photographs - Sep
London Open House, AVAVA, Palace Wharf - Sep
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