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Andreas Savvas

b. 1970 in Kyrenia, Cyprus.

lives and works in Cyprus and abroad


Andreas Savva has been involved in his artistic output with social, political and financial issues.

He studied painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1991-1996) and attended the postgraduate programme in Digital Arts at the same School (2002-2004).

He has held over ten solo exhibitions and his work has been shown in many group exhibitions around Europe, including Painting Notes, Art Seen, Nicosia (2018); So Close Yet So Far Away: Contemporary artists from Cyprus, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Israel (2017); Mona Hatoum Art Workshop, Villa Iris, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain (2010); Open 12 International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations, Venice Lido, Italy (2009); Instant Europe, Villa Manin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Italy (2004); the BIACS 1st International Biennale of Contemporary Art of Seville, The joy of my dreams, Spain (2004); EUROPE EXIST, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece (2003). His installations can been seen at The Fields Sculpture Park, OMI International Art Center, Ghent, New York (2016- )and at the 7th edition of CONTEXTS International Festival of Ephemeral Art, Sokolovsko, Poland (2017- ).

Savva presents his ideas, positions and skepticism through different materials and installations of large dimensions in situ. His work is open to comprehension without leading the viewer.