Stavros Antonopoulos was born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1962. He studied Fine Arts at the Florence Academy of Fine Arts, Italy from 1981 to 1985. He also studied Fashion Design at Scuola M. Lazzari in Florence, Italy from 1982 to 1984 and Set Design at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France from 1988 to 1990.
In 1987 he was awarded the Premio Internazionale d´arte Moderna in Florence, Italy and the Prix Matisse by the French Embassy in Nicosia. He worked as a stage and costume designer for many theater productions both in Cyprus and Greece. Some of the most important productions are:
1987: THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams – Theatre ENA, Nicosia
1988: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare THOC
1991: THE RHESUS by Euripides – Athens Festival Komotini Municipal Theatre, Greece
1992: DANGEROUS LIAISONS by Christopher Hampton – Theatre ENA, Nicosia & MARIA STUART by Friedrich Schiller, THOC
1993: MEDEA by Euripides – National theatre of Greece, Epidaurus Festival of Ancient Drama
2001: SEVEN AGAINST THEBES by Aeschylus, THOC, The Epidaurus Festival
2003: BACCHAE by Euripides,Theatrokinisis, Megaron, Athens-Greece
2004: MYRMIDONES-NYRYIDES-FRYGES by Aeschylus THOC, Epidaurus Festival
2007: IFIGENIA IN TAURIS by Euripides, THOC, The Epidaurus Festival
MAIN SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1983 to 2007 – GLORIA GALLERY Nicosia, Cyprus
1987: GALLERIA IL PUNTO, Florence, Italy
1990: CITE DES ARTS, Paris ,France
1991 to 2012: MORPHI GALERY, Limassol, Cyprus
2003: Space INTELIA, Nicosia, Cyprus
MAIN GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1986 – 1987: BIENNALE OF YOUNG ARTISTS Marceille, France and Barcelona, Spain and 5 CYPRIOT ARTISTS Cologne, Germany
1990: L´EXPOSITION DU BICENTENAIRE, Paris, France
1994: ALEXANDRIA BIENNALE – Alexandria, Egypt
1996: 7 CYPRIOT ARTISTS – London, UK
1999 & 2003: PRAGUE QUADRIENNALE OF SCENOGRAPHY AND THEATRE ARCHITECTURE
2008: THE ODYSSEY WITHIN, New York, USA
2009: CYPRIOT ARTISTS IN HELSINKI & MEDITERRANEAN ARTISTS, Miami, USA
