Elina Hadjinicola (b.1997) is a Cypriot artist based in Larnaca, working at a variety of sculptural practices.
Her work focuses on materiality and the stories that each element can best narrate. Through an examination of both human and non-human realms, she confronts spiritual, historical, environmental, and personal narratives. Hadjinicola's work ranges from abstracted ceramic character-like figures to beeswax entities and designs.
Elina has a BA degree in Fine Arts from Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom and currently is a visual arts tutor at Aigaia School of Art, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Selected exhibitions
2024 Purity - t.a.s.xyz (Lefkara, CY)
2023 The fundamental components of the world - The Seed (Limassol, CY)
2023 Home away from home - Laraca Biennale (Larnaca, CY)
2023 Bio Design Festival in Larnaca Biennale - Zouhouri (Larnaca, CY)
2022 The fragility of being - Larnaca Municipal Gallery (Larnaca, CY)
2021 Material matters - Bioarts Lab part of Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, NL)
2020 Apprentice Master Expo, TAC - (Eindhoven, NL)
2020 Being Alone Together, Kunstpodium T - (Tilburg, NL)
2019 Landing in the Pantheon, Surface Gallery (Nottingham, UK)
Awards
2023 Award of Excellence Larnaca Biennale
2022 First prize winner - Ceramics Association of Cyprus
Residencies
2022 Youth Makerspace Larnaca