Born in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1987, Tonia started studying art at an early age, showing great promise and receiving several awards and scholarships along the way. She was accepted in Athens School of Fine Arts in 2006 where she completed her bachelors in Fine Arts majoring in Sculpture. Tonia then moved to Scotland when she was offered a MFA in contemporary arts-practice by Edinburgh College of Art. After successfully completing her masters in 2013 she has embarked on residencies in Belgium with Glo'Art foundation and in Scotland with the RSA scheme. She has exhibited work in Cyprus, Greece, England, Slovakia, Scotland and Belgium and has been commissioned for work by private and public art collectors in Scotland and abroad. Tonia is now a freelance visual artist and tutor.
Education
MFA in Contemporary Arts – Practice, Edinburgh College of Art, full time, 2011-2013
Bachelors in Fine Arts - Integrated Masters, Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece, full time, 2006-2011
Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture’s Teacher Training Diploma, University of Cyprus, Nicosia-Cyprus, 2020-2021
Awards and Residencies
RSA Residency, Scotland, 2014
Glo'Art residency, Belgium, 2013
A.G. Leventis Foundation Scholarship, 2012
Panayiotis and Effie Micheli Foundation Scholarship, 2011
Selected Exhibitions
2018 - Reclaiming the roof, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia-Cyprus.
2017 - Metamorphosis - Syn Festival, Out of the Blue Drill hall, Edinburgh-Scotland
2016 - Flaubert Summer Exhibition, Edinburgh-Scotland
2014 - Syn/Συν Festival, Teviot Row House, Edinburgh-Scotland
2012 - Lush Art in Austere Times, IsNotGallery, Nicosia-Cyprus
2012 - Sculpture and Object XVII, Dom Umenia - House of Art, Bratislava-Slovakia
2012 - Two, Royal College of Art, London, U.K.
2010 - A3, The Factory, Athens-Greece
2010 - Eco Festival, Athens-Greece
2009 - Visual Intermission/Alsos Pankratiou - sculpture workshop & group exhibition, Athens-Greece
2008 -Delphi International Sculpture Workshop, ASFA Annex, Athens-Greece
Collections and Commissions
Smiling Donkey, public art platform, Nicosia-Cyprus
Demogorgon, prop and set design for The Pop Up Geeks, Edinburgh-Scotland
Woman, Glo'Art Global Art Center, Neerharen-Lanaken, Belgium
Censor, Glo'Art Global Art Center, Neerharen-Lanaken, Belgium
Minotaur, Masterpiece Fine Art – Myles McCormick, Edinburgh-Scotland
Inner Thoughts, Flaubert Gallery, Edinburgh-Scotland
Publicity
http://parathyro.politis.com.cy/2018/10/tonia-papapetrou/
http://www.philenews.com/politismos/kypros/article/587843/tonia-papapetroy-eton-31-eikastikos