The “Portland - Nicosia Print Project” is an initiative of the ongoing “International Print Project” launched in 2007 by Dr Arafat Al-Naim and Barbara Mason in collaboration with International Art Institutes,
Associations, Galleries and Artists from all over the world to celebrate global culture and widen intercultural dialogue while demonstrating the richness of printmaking medium.
“Portland - Nicosia Print Project” is an exhibition and exchange consists of the fine art print works and engravings by twenty seven distinguished American and Cypriot artists from different generations, stylistic orientations, aesthetic and philosophical conceptions, illustrating a range of techniques and subject fields. Through developed personal vocabularies and use of different creative approaches in their artistic works they present their national identity.