2017 Season IV
ANDREAS SAVVA (Cyprus)
![Knitting History , 2017 wood, rope, ribbon 12×5×3m Removement 2017, Kairi Arcade, Athens, Greece(cur.: Maria Vasariotou)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55673af7e4b0d4766b8a43a3/1510943151608-7QATAZGIAS8ROXNY4HGV/1.jpg)
![Oval Frontiers , 2016 rope and wood 18×9×4,5m The Fields Sculpture Park, OMI International Arts Center, NY, USA (cur.: Nicole Hayes)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55673af7e4b0d4766b8a43a3/1510943171798-QWXQMQPCBU9YTSUL2BE9/2.jpg)
![Milky Way A , 2015 rope and chairs 9,5×9,5×4,5m Ammos, Larnaca, Cyprus](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55673af7e4b0d4766b8a43a3/1510943167639-X52VTRYH0S98C15TGBB8/3.jpg)
![Refuge , 2014 construction woods, strips of clothes & rope 15×7,5×4,5m No Words, Larnaka Municipal Gallery, Larnaca, Cyprus (cur.: Tonia Loizou)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55673af7e4b0d4766b8a43a3/1510943182264-26EG77CJF3DRMHFFP5FI/4+%281%29.jpg)
![Digestive Tract , 2000 objects and rope 20×8×6m Artists of the Spyropoulos Museum, The Foundation of the Hellenic World, Athens, Greece (cur.: Olga Daniylopoulou)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55673af7e4b0d4766b8a43a3/1510943199288-KTL7NRNDXUFB5V1WMD70/5+%281%29.jpg)
Artist Statement/ Biography
Andreas Savva was born in Kyrenia, Cyprus. A refugee since childhood, his practice is defined by his social and political views that are often imbued with skepticism in relation to capitalistic societal values. His in-situ installations or units as he defines them are categorized by a different set of dominant materials ranging from rope (series Opportunist (1993- ) to money bills as main material (1995-) with the series ¥€$ using the symbols of the three most powerful currencies at the turn of the millennium. More recently, Savva has developed a body of painting with extremely smooth surfaces in response to the vast but infertile information emanating from the pervasive use of the flat screen of the Internet.Solo shows include: Sleep Sliding Away, EDW, ReMap4, Athens , 2013; Martyrium, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Munich, Germany, 2012; Kapsel, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Munich, Germany, 2009; Kosmos, Cork Vision Centre, Cork, Ireland , 2005; Smoking seriously damages the country, Diaspro Art Center, Nicosia; The view that I love, Siakolas Tower, Nicosia in 2004; ¥€$, gallery a.antonopoulou, AthensOccupied, gallery Mylos, Thessaloniki in 2002.
Recent group shows include: Epitopou 2015, Livadia, Andros, Greece (cur.: Stratis Pantazis), 2015; Art Omi 2014 Residents, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, New York (cur.: Moukhtar Kocache); Trauma and therapy, Cypriot antiquity and contemporary art, Paphos archaeological museum, Paphos (cur.: Niki Loizidi) and No Words, Larnaca Municipal Gallery,Larnaca (cur.: Tonia Loizou) in 2014; Medium as Narrative, CAMP Contemporary Art Meeting Point, Athens (cur.: Lina Tsikouta) and Art-Athina, International Contemporary Art Fair of Athens, gallery Françoise Heitsch, Athens in 2013.