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MEET LOUIS YIANNAPIS Outsider Art Studio, Nicosia
Louis Yiannapis is a Cypriot artist based in Nicosia. He works from his own art studio, ‘Outsider’s Art Studio’, which is open to the public and displays a wide range of his own eccentric and surreal paintings. He is a playful character with strong messages conveyed in each of his paintings. His work is often considered to be controversial while at the same time, it is incredibly thought-provoking and full of deep emotion. Yiannapis’ work is popular with Cypriot, Greek and international collectors. From 1992 to 1995, Yiannapis studied icon painting at the Emmanuel Panselinos School of Byzantine Icon Painting. In 2009, he joined and still is a member of the CO.BR.A Artistic movement, from which, “The founders came from … the Flemish group Reflex, the Danish Høst and the Belgian ‘Revolutionary Surrealist Group,’ three movements in opposition to the dictates of Geometric Abstraction and Socialist Realism.”.
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February 2020
