Kyriacos Kousoulides engages in a raw, almost primal form of painting. The dominant element in his work is writing. A writing filled with references, ranging from Anglo-Saxon pop culture to the trauma of the invasion of his homeland. His work is intensely political, possessing the character of a complete, self-contained, autonomous world, somewhat like the Temporary Autonomous Zones (T.A.Z.) that activist writer Hakim Bey wrote about—zones where an individual can establish their own governance, detached from state influences, and thus from compromises and disappointments. Kousoulidis's visual language is based on the use of highly diluted watercolors applied on what seems like raw canvas, where complex and cryptic references to expressionism, comic and caricature culture, the art of the mentally ill, and who knows what else, intertwine...
— Thanasis Moutsopoulos
CAREER AND RECOGNITION
Selected (curated) List of Exhibitions
2023 – "Sredets Gallery” Sofia / (Curator Steve Pantazis)[1]
2023 – "Camp!” Athens / (Curator Steve Pantazis)[1]
2022 – "Reflections” Cyprus / MAMA (Curator Steve Pantazis)[1]
2022 – "Resillience Compassion” . Municipal Gallery of Athens. (Curator Katerina Koskina , Efi Kyprianidou)[1]
2021 – "From East To East” . Ningbo Cultural Center. China. (Curator Assadour Markarov)[1]
2020 – "We Can Never Go Back” . Forest Park Hotel. Cyprus.(Curator Klitsa Antoniou)[1]
2018 – "Weaving Europe / Weaving Balkans” . Biennale of Western Balkans. (Curator Efi Kyprianidou)[1]
2018 – "Portraits” : Αura of Life and Death. Evagoras and Kathleen Lanitis Cultural Center, Limassol. (Curator Efi Kyprianidou)[1]
2017 "Weaving Europe: The World as Meditation” . (Curator Efi Kyprianidou) [1]
[Participant Artists: Kimsooja, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Eva Borner, Loukia Alavanou, Anne Wilson, Janis Jefferis, Johan Grimonprez, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Francesca Fini, Diane Wood Conroy, Yannis Sakellis, Nikos Gyftakis, Eleni Nikodemou, Erato Hadjisavva, Christos Avraam, Anastasia Mina, Christina Lucas ].
2017 - Pafos17, Pafos EU Capital of Culture 2017 Opening Ceremony, Building 3d Projection Mapping. Led by "Walk The Plank Theater Company” [1]
2016 - Theatro Dentro, (interactive visuals) - "aorato” Dance Performance by Marina Poyiaji[1]
2016 - Nicosia Dance Festival, (interactive visuals) - "temenos” Dance Performance by Marina Poyiaji[1][2]
2015 - Art Athina, "The Waiting Room.” Athens[1]
2015 - Compassion: On the phenomenology of being ill, (Curator Efi Kyprianidou) Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Berlin.[1]
2014 - Anasystasi. Embassy of Greece in Cyprus & Greek Presidency of the EU Council. Nicosia.[1]
2014 - Atticon Cultural Center Othellos Rebirth, Cyprus (Curator Efi Kyprianidou)[1]
2014 – "Introducing” , Athens
2013 - Camp!, (Curator Tassos Stylianou) Athens[1]
2013 - Athens Concert Hall , Athens (Curator Yiannis Psychopedis)[1]
2012 – "Consolation” Interactive Street Performance, London
2012 - Hatcham Church Show, London[1]
2012 – V&A Museum, London (Curator Irine Papademitriou)[1]
2011 - Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens[1]
2011 - Tinshed Gallery, London
2010 - ISNOT Gallery, Cyprus[1]
2010 - Breeder Gallery, Athens[1]
2009 - Meat Market Show - Large Scale Collective Creative initiative, Athens
2009 - Cyprus Culture Center Exarchia - "Emvolima” (Curator Eleni Sevasti)