Constantinos Kyriacou Bio

Constantinos Kyriacou Bio

NAME CONSTANTINOS KYRIACOU

BORN 14th November 1972, Nicosia, Cyprus

ADDRESS 4 Argolikou str., 1048 NICOSIA, CYPRUS

CELLULAR +357 99388779

EMAIL CONSTANTINOSKYR@GMAIL.COM

 

STUDIES

 

1992-1994

Le Arti Orafe, Florence, Italy

*Jewellery Design

*jewellery making

*stone setting

*gemmology

 

2006  Alchimia Jewellery school in Florence-  Granulation course with Giovanni Corvaja. (school website)

2006-2007 Sculpture- Philippos Yiapanis Sculpture Art Studio, with Philippos Yiapanis

2021-2022 “Know Yourself” teachings, by Matheo Galatis (more here)

2022 Introduction to Jewellery CAD with Rhino3D

2022 Inner Engineering (first level) by Sadhguru.

 

EXHIBITIONS

 

1998 Basel Switzerland.

1998 Hilton Hotel, group show, Cyprus

1999 Solo Exhibition, Nicosia, Cyprus

2000 Fashion Show Miss Universe, Cyprus (more)

2000 Fashion Show including designs by Dolce&Gabbana, Jean Paul Gaultier, Romeo Gigli,  Alessandro Dell’ Acqua

2001 Haute Coiffure Fashion Show by L’Oreal PARIS-ATHENS-THESSALONIKI

2005 Inhorghenta-Munich

2005 SOFA, New York with The David Collection Gallery

2005 SOFA, Chicago with The David Collection Gallery

2005 SIERAAD, Amsterdam

2005 RED STRAIN” Solo exhibition. Nicosia-Cyprus

2006 SOFA, New York with The David Collection Gallery

2006 SOFA, Chicago with The David Collection Gallery

2007 Inhorghenta-Munich

2007 Group Exhibition, Nicosia, Cyprus

2007 SOFA, New York with The David Collection Gallery

2007 SOFA, Chicago with The David Collection Gallery

2008 COLLECT, London, with the ALTERNATIVES Gallery (Rome)

2008 Inhorghenta-Munich

2008 SOFA, New York with The David Collection Gallery

2008 SOFA, Chicago with The David Collection Gallery

2008 Temporary Gallery, with Dr. Cornelie Ueding, Germany

2008 Honorable participation in the designers section of Hong Kong International Jewelry Show.

2009 Inhorghenta-Munich

2009 COLLECT, London, with the ALTERNATIVES Gallery (Rome)

2009 Group exhibition – Contemporary Jewelry Cyprus

2010 Group exhibition – Contemporary Jewelry Cyprus

2010 Group exhibition- Gioiello Contemporaneo in Mostra-AGC- Senigallia, Italy

2011 Group exhibition – Contemporary Jewelry Cyprus

2012 Honorable Participation in LIGHT AND DARKNESS Exhibition, Athens

2015 Sole owner and designer of YUME linen clothing brand

2022 “10,000 DAYS” retrospection. Solo Exhibition. Nicosia-Cyprus. (pics)

 

COMMISSIONS

1999 Commissioned by Yves Saint Laurent (Paris) to create the jewellery  for Haute Couture Summer Millennium Collection (pics)

2000 Commissioned to create Sportsman of the Year Awards Trophy for Philelephtheros Awards (pics)

2001 Commissioned to create Sportsman of the Year Awards Trophy for Philelephtheros Awards (pics)

2004 Commissioned to create International Architectural Awards Trophy (Dubai),for  Architecture+ (plus) magazine (pics)

2004 Commissioned to design and create the 13 meter high Christmas tree of Areeba telecommunication company in Cyprus (pics)

2006 Commissioned to design and create the center decorative piece of “Time Out Eating Awards” (for restaurants). Installation made with 1000 pieces of chinaware and cutlery (pics)

2007 Commissioned to design and create a collection of bracelets for the Fashion Show of Elena Stroggyliotou In Nicosia. The collection included 25 papier- mache pieces.

2008 Commissioned to design and create a collection of rings for the Fashion Show of Elena Stroggyliotou in Nicosia

2010 Commissioned to design and create a collection for the Fashion Show of Loukia in Athens (pics)

2011 Commissioned to design and create a collection for the Fashion Show of Loukia in Athens. (pics)

 

PUBLICATIONS

2006 Featured in Architectural Digest Italia

2008 "The Compendium Finale Of Contemporary Jewellers 2008". Darling Publications (Germany)

2011 "International Contemporary Artists" (Vol. II). ICA Publishing (New York)

2011 "Contemporary Jewellery Year Book 2011". Groupo Duplex (Spain)

2011 "500 Silver Jewelry Designs". Lark Crafts Publications. (New York)

2012 "Contemporary Jewellery Year Book 2012". Groupo Duplex (Spain)

2012 "COLLECT Contemporary Jewelry" by Joanna Hardy. Thames & Hudson (London)

2012 "Showcase 500 Rings". Lark Crafts Publications. (New York)

2013 "Segnalati" by Dr. Salvatore Russo. EA Editori (Italy)

 

SHORT BIO

Born in Cyprus in 1972. He studied jewellery design, making and stone setting between 1992 and 1994 at Le Arti Orafe Jewellery school in Florence. In 2006 he attended a granulation course with Giovanni Corvaja at Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery school in Florence. During the period 2006-2007 he was guided into the world of sculpture at Philippos Yiapanis Art Studio in Cyprus.

His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Cyprus, Switzerland, Greece, France, Holland, Germany, Hong Kong, USA , Italy and U.K. He has received a number of notable commissions for sculpture, jewellery and installations in Cyprus, France, Greece and Dubai.

In 2015 was one of the two cofounders and designers of YUME linen clothing brand. In 2019 he solely owns and designs for YUME clothing brand. In 2021 he creates and designs the PURE jewellery brand, which experiments the techniques and design of working with pure silver and gold.

Constantinos Kyriacou considers his work, a continuous inner research. He moves between extreme states of soul, eliminating everything in-between, concentrating on the limits. He tries to keep a balance and moves on a fine line when expressing himself through his work.

He is not concerned with whether or not, the viewer fully understands the whole meaning of each piece. He considers important, though, to pass a “smell” to the viewer, of  the state of mind at the moment a piece is born.