Sotiris Giannakou - Self-Luminous

Sotiris Giannakou presents the exhibition Αυτόφωτος (Self-Luminous) which consists of poems of his own, illustrated by 21 artists coming from 18 different forms of art. Each artist created his own work, approaching the poem from his/her own perspective, in an aim to transform poetry into another form of art.

The artists who participated in the project Self-Luminous are the following:

Installation Art: Myrianthis Sozou
Perform Artist: Luke John
Jewelry Designer: Christos Nousis
Photographer: Phryne Pazourou
Clothe Designer: Eleonora Antoniades
Digital Artist: Andreas Moses
Painter: Christos Michlis
Ceramist/ Tiler: Sonia Hatzivasilis
Musician: Marios Papadopoulos
Director: Savvas Christou
Illustrator: Maria Aristeidou
Furniture Designer: Menelaos Theodossiadis
Architect: Antonis Stylianou
Graphic Designer: Lisa Artemis
Engraver: Nikoleta Alexandraki
Sculptor: Meletios Meletios
Actors: Joan Andrew, Maria heartburn, Dimitris Psomas
Computational Design: F. studio Ioannou Anastasius, Theodosius Joanna

Grand opening: Friday, May 22, 2015 at 7.30 pm.

Place: ‘Irinarhos Voudaskas’ Old Warehouse, castle area, 8 Ellinon Str, Limassol

Duration: 22/05/2015 to 24/05/2015

Opening hours: 10:00 to 20:00 Saturday and Sunday

Telephone: 99471386

Bio
Sotiris Giannakou was born in Limassol, in 1981. In 2004, he completed his studies in Marketing at the Τechnological Educational Institution of Athens. However, his love for interior design and aesthetics, urged him to study, in 2007, Interior Design at Alexander College, in Larnaca, graduating in 2009, with 'Excellent'. His passion for poetry began at an early age. He has published 3 illustrated poetry collections; Epilogis...Epilogos, 13 and Avtoheires Pleiades.

The first 2 poetry collections were accompanied by paintings of Digital Art. Each poem was expressed by a painting, also created by Sotiris Giannakou, in an aim to express poetry through Digital Art. The third collection included 7 poems illustrated by 7 different artists. It is important to note that his latest poetry collection, Avtoheires Pleiades, was nominated by the National Literary Awards 2013, organized by the Ministry of Education and Culture, for the category Best New Literature Artist. Moreover, Sotiris Giannakou has taken part in several group exhibitions.