Tugi/Tigivana/Tugay
Born and raised in the island of Cyprus…
He is a multidisciplinary artist that combines his skills in painting, video making, performing, sculpting and holding spaces.
…From an early age his path as an artist was visible to him.
His aim is to continuously grow and share what he has within himself.
Artist Statement
I create to share my emotions, knowledge and to learn, I create to channel from the divine source.
The process in my work is very significant to the meaning and context. It’s about creating control and freedom. Balance between creation and reflection.
Allowing the intuition to take over… One initial mark can grow and become part of to the whole.
Symbolic works that embody a flowing presence, created through an intuitive process that fosters a state of trust which is very important in any work i’m creating, I want to surprise myself.
My art has been in balance with realism and abstract flows. Focusing around topic of heart, pain, sensuality, love, energetic connections, geometry and light and dark. In aim to inspire, share and transform.
Through my creations, I aim to bring the unseen to be seen, to share the depths, often imperceptible aspects of a human experience.
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Dance With The Wind Festival Live painting Yedidalga - Cyprus 2024
Queerwave Festival Opening Performance with Tahini Molasses Nimac Museum, Nicosia - Cyprus 2024
Xarkis Festival Performance Karma Accelerator In collaboration with Alice (IT) & Marianna (Cy) Old Town Nicosia- Cyprus 2024
Purity Exhibition T.a.s Lefkara, Cyprus 13 April - 13 July 2024
Body Art Ritual Performance The Garden of Babylon, Amsterdam, NL 2023
Light & Dark Performance collaboration with Doga Uluclar (Cy) @Studio12, Old Harbour Kyrenia - Cyprus 2022
KABK Graduation show 2022
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag, NL 2022
SOB, ANTI/ERA Grey Space In The Middle, Den Haag, NL 2022
As Is Where Is. Pre- graduation group exhibition, KABK Fine arts Verheeskade 321, Den Haag, NL 2021
3rd Year KABK (Fine arts group exhibition ) MAAKHAVEN, Den Haag, NL 2021
ClubHoliday Festival (Exhibition, Performance, Art Director, Workshop) Schoterpad 1, 8314 RA Bant, NL 2021
Wild Art Dance - Ecstatic Dance Cyprus ( Workshop) Potting Shed, Kyrenia, CY 2021
Potentiality Of Sound and Matter Online Exhibition - Research Catalogue, NL 2020
Things Will Change
Group exhibition
TENT, Rotterdam NL, 2019
1st Year Show Art University Bournemouth, UK 2019
Graduation Exhibition English School of Kyrenia, CY 2018
Open Mic ve Resim Sergisi - (Bedesten) Old Town, Nicosia, CY 2017
Art Fest Old Town, Nicosia, CY 2016
—STUDIES—
Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL) Bachelor Fine Arts 2019 -2022
Art University Bournemouth (UK) Bachelor Fine Arts 2018-2019