Margaret Paraskos

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Margaret Frances Paraskos (* 1959 in Leeds ) is an artist living in Cyprus .

Life

Margaret Paraskos is the daughter of the Cypriot artist Stass Paraskos. She attended Chartham County Secondary Modern School in Chartham, Kent ( England ). She completed her Bachelor of Arts BA Hons (with Honors) at the University of Brighton and the Master’s MA Art from the University of Northampton, where she specialized in painting .

Paraskos has taught at numerous institutions and schools, mainly in Cyprus, including the British Forces Adult Education Center in Akrotiri and the Cyprus College of Art in Lempa . This was founded in 1969 by her father Stass Paraskos. When his father died in 2014, Margaret Paraskos took over the reins of the college.

Her works are in collections in Cyprus, Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland.

Artistic work

Paraskos' artistic focus is painting. The Greek newspaper Kathimerini sees her work "inspired by philosophy, mythology, the poetry of Homer and Ovid and the rural way of life". This topic leads to strong colors and "free flowing gestures that are characteristic" for her work.

These have been issued in Cyprus, the UK and other countries. This includes in March 2015 Paphos took place in Cyprus exhibition "Travelers to ( 'from' in the original English.) To Antique Land" (tour of an old country), whose title at the famous poem Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley inspired . In an interview about the exhibition, Paraskos said the poem and this exhibition share the inspiration that emanates from the mystery associated with first contact with a foreign ancient culture.

This is a poetic approach to painting, according to Nadia Anaxagorou, who wrote about Paraskos' work in 2012 and stated: “In a universe shaped by painting, in which the rules of order, proportions and gravity are suspended ... In the areas where reality and logic mix with dreams and fantasy, one figure emerges from the other. ”A strong desire to use art to convey feelings through color and shapes is unmistakable in her claim by trying with her work To express “strong feelings through rich colors, abstract shapes and personal symbols”.

Paraskos himself says about her work: "... My work consists of fragments of mythology , folk influences and elements of the large sculpture wall in Lempa ... What is special about it is the overlaying desire to transform these fragments into mysteries and symbols."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ British Forces Adult Education Center
  2. ^ [1] Cyprus College of Art, homepage
  3. ^ Art and Line. In: Kathimerini, (Greek newspaper), June 5, 2011, p. 2.
  4. ↑ [2] CyprusMail, report on the exhibition Travelers to at antique country.
  5. ↑ 'Έκθεση της Μάρκαρετ Παράσκου στη γκαλερί Κυπριακή Γωνιά' in Τα Νέα της Τέχνης (Greek cultural journal ), March 29, 2012 online version
  6. ↑ 'Η Μάρκαρετ Παράσκου εκθέτει στη Κυπριακή Γωνιά' in Η Καθημερινη (Greek newspaper), March 29, 2012, online version
  7. ↑ [3] Large sculpture wall in Lempa
  8. ↑ [4] From the self-description for the JollyMerry 2015 exhibition
personal data
SURNAME Paraskos, Margaret
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paraskos, Margaret Frances (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Leeds