Recent Shows
Food for Thought-Emerge Gallery
February 2024
The Big Small Show at Drawing Room
Best in Show at Emerge Gallery
Honoring the Philippine Traditions
January 2024
Rockefeller Center Flag Project
BWAC-Art of Trees
April 2023
The Art of Coney Island/BWAC
Art On the Corner
Framing The Village
July 2022
The Art of Coney Island/BWAC
July 2021
Roots Cafe/Park Slope, Brooklyn
En Plein Air-New York Outside Painters
February 2021
Court Street Collective, Brooklyn
En Plein Air-New York Outside Painters
March 2020
Court Street Collective, Brooklyn
Works on Paper
June 2019
Boricua Gallery, NYC
Group Show
April 2019
High School of Art and Design Alumni Show
August 2017
Mandolino’s Ristorante, NYC
“Out & About”
June 2017
West Side Coalition for the Arts-Broadway Mall
June-2016/September-2016/March-2017/September 2017
Small Works – 440 Gallery, Brooklyn New York
December-2015
December-2016
One-Person Show
Dichter Pharmacy-Inwood, NY-September 2015
A cool community space and alternate gallery
Professional Experience
Two watercolors published in a Poetry Journal–Radar Poetry Issue 38
En Plein Air Workshop on “Painting Big”– August 2023
Zoom Workshop on Sketchbooking for NYC Urban Sketchers-July 2021
En Plein Air Watercolor Painting Workshop at Court Street Collective-January 2020
Member at Large/Event Planner/Instagram Admin for NYC Urban Sketchers
Sloatsburg En Plein Air Art Event-May 2021
Paint Inwood!-June 2019
All I ever wanted to do was color. At first with crayons and then I moved onto paints as soon as I could. Being from Greek Cypriot heritage, there were always beautiful craft objects around all my families homes. Colorful baskets, beautiful ceramic vessels and bright handmade woven tapestries. And then to my amazement, when I first went to the MET and saw similar things displayed as art! It was in my blood!
I went to the High School of Art and Design in NYC, where it was mandatory to paint outside “en plein air”, on the subway ride home, or on weekends in the neighborhood. I never stopped that style of painting. I have an intense love for the outdoors and have been on some amazing treks. I am happiest when painting “en plein air.” I am seriously focused on that style of painting presently, mostly using watercolors and oils.
I graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Printmaking. My styles of art making has a connection in the steps and processes it takes to complete the tasks. From setting up a plate to etch, finding the perfect spot to set up a painting to prepping a perfect paint palette for the chosen spot. I recently took a watercolor making class at Kremer Pigments to create the perfect palette of colors. I am a details person when it comes to the finished product.
For the past eight years I have been painting and drawing with the local chapter of an international artists group called NYC Urban Sketchers. I am a member at large on their board of directors. My recent involvement has been helping organize the last two drawing events called “Portrait Party.” I also organized, found a location and acquired sponsors for the 2020-2023 annual meeting. I currently am the Workshop coordinator. In the past two years, we have run about 12 workshops a season with local and international urban sketchers.