Lecturer in Graphic Design

Qualifications 

• MA Visual Arts (Book Arts) (Camberwell College of the Arts, University of the Arts London, London, United Kingdom, 2009 – 2010). 
• BA (Hons) Illustration (Westminster University, London, United Kingdom, 2005 – 2008). 
• Art and Design Foundation Course (Camberwell College of the Arts, University of the Arts London, London (United Kingdom), 2004 – 2005). 

Specialization  

• Design, Illustration, Animation, Printmaking, Book Arts,
• Digital Fabrication & Rapid prototyping.

Employment Track 

• Special Teaching Staff, University of Central Lancashire, Cyprus, (September 2025 – present).  
• Associate Lecturer, IDEC/Minjiang University – EUC, Fuzhou, China, (Jan 2025 – May 2025).  
• Associate Lecturer, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus (Jan 2017- Dec 2020). 
• Associate Lecturer, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus (Sep2024 – Dec 2024). 
• Instructor, CYENS Coe, Nicosia, Cyprus (Jan 2020 – Dec 2023). 
• Researcher, Serious Products Lab – Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus (2023 – present).  
• Researcher, SVC lab – Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus (2017). 
• Researcher, VSMS Lab – Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus (2016). 
• Makerspace Manager, CYENS Coe / Nicosia, Cyprus (Sep 2019 – 2024).  

Memberships (Academic/Professional)

• EMAP (European Media Art Platform), Partners representative (2022-2025).
• S+T+ARTS, European Commission, Member (2022).
• Illustration award committee for youth literature. Awarded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, and Youth, President, Nicosia, Cyprus (2019- 2022).
• Cyprus Association of Graphic Designers & Illustrators (C.A.G.D.I.), Founding member(2016-present).
• Artist Status Committee -Cyprus Artists Unions discussions with Deputy Ministry of Culture – CAGDI Representative member (2017-2018).
• ABR Alternative Brains Rule (NGO), Founding member (2016).
• Buffer Fringe Festival (bi-communal event), Committee member Buffer zone / Nicosia, Cyprus (2016).

Research Interests

• The convergence of art and technology for visual communication.  
• Heritage and culture as a link to local innovation. 

Roles and Responsibilities (including past roles and responsibilities) 

Teaching and Course Leadership  

Module Leadership/Delivery: Computer Graphics, Creative Thinking, Communication Craft Skills, Introduction to Graphic Communication, Graphic Communication, Typography one, Illustration, Drawing and composition, Printmaking, Digital fabrication, Prototyping. 

Selective Publications  

Roles and Responsibilities (including past roles and responsibilities) 

• Laser Acrobatics – (Log) Book, Editor / Eva Korae’s Publication on Uses & Experimentation with Laser cutting and engraving.  
• ISBN 978-9925-7568-7-2, Eva Korae, MIKROKYKLOS BOOKS, Cyprus, 2025.  
• The Be-Hive Project – Counting Bee Traffic Based on Deep Learning and Pose Estimation.Chirag Padubidri, Andreas Kamilaris, Alexis Charalambous, Andreas Lanitis, IntelliSys (2023) 
• WIP Festival – (Festival) Exhibition catalogue, Creative Director / CYENS TMS Publication / Nicosia, Cyprus, 2022-2024. 
• The new Atlas of Digital Art – proceedings volume. Contributor, S+T+ARTS, European Commission, MEET digital culture center, Milano, Italy, 2022. 
• Patterns and Symbols in Search of Identity – (Sequential artwork) book, Creator, Marios Constantinides, Άλατου, ISBN: 978-9963-2401-0-4, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2016. 
• D’Accord – (Comic anthology) book, Contributor, A Sean Azzopardi publication, London, United Kingdom, 2013. 
• Life of Gravata – (Comic) book, Creator, Self-published Comic, Berlin, Germany, 2011. 

Selective Exhibitions

• Creative Director at WIP – Art, Science & Technology, Nicosia, Cyprus (2024) 
• Creative Director at WIP – Art, Science & Technology, Nicosia, Cyprus (2023) 
• Creative Director at WIP – Art, Science & Technology, Nicosia, Cyprus (2022) 
• Paris Printmaking Biennale. Paris, France (2019). 
• In Search of Common Myth Residency and Group Exhibition, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Paphos, Cyprus (2017). 
• Elementa Residency and Group Exhibition. Nicosia, Cyprus (2017). 
• Patterns and Symbols in search of identity. Personal Exhibition, VARTS, Nicosia, Cyprus (2016). 
• Fusion is the future Exhibition. Artos Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus (2016). 
• Buffer Fringe, Exhibition. Alatou.Press, Nicosia, Cyprus (2015). 

 Selective Research Funding/ Grant Capture 

•  STUDIOTOPIA – Funded by Creative Europe, Researcher/Task Leader, €159,541,00, 2024-2026. 
• Culture Moves Europe – Funded by Creative Europe, Researcher/Task Leader, €40,000,00, 2024. 
• WIP Festival – Funded by Kypria Deputy Ministry of Culture, Principal instigator /Task Leader €120,000,00, 2022-2024. 
• Innovation Coupons – Funded by RIF (Research and Innovation Foundation), Researcher/Task Leader, €15,000,00 2022-2023 
• S+T+ARTS: Repairing the Present – Funded by the European Commission, Researcher/Task Leader, €70,211.50, 2021-2022. 
• Nicosia entrepreneurship and innovation Hub – Makerspace & coworking space  
• Funded by ESIF (European Structural Innovation Funds) & (Horizon), Principal Instigator/Researcher/Task Leader €1,200,000,00, 2019-2023  / Grant Capture