Stelios Votsis

Stelios Votsis was born in Larnaca in 1929. He studied at the Saint Martin’s School of Arts, Sir John Cass College and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He graduated in 1955 from the Slade School of Arts of the University of London.

He exhibited in:

1967 , 1972 The Biennial of Alexandria

1968 The Triennial of India

1968 , 1972 The Biennial of Venice

1969 The International Exhibition of Graphic Arts in Ljubliana

Yugoslavia

1969 The Biennial of Sao Paolo

1970 , 1972 The International Exhibition of Graphic Arts in Bradford - England

1970 The International Exhibition of Graphic Arts and Drawings in Rijeka-Yugoslavia

1970 The International Exhibition of Graphic Arts in Krakov-Poland

1970 The International Exhibition of Graphic Arts (Gamlebyen Gallery) in Oslo-Norway

1970 and 1972 The Bennial of Graphic Arts in Buenos Aires-Argetina

1971 The International Exhibition of New Artists in New York

1972 The International Biennial of Graphic Arts in Fredrikstadt-Norway.

The International Exhibition of Graphic Arts in Frechey – Germany

1972 The International Exhibition of caving (Wood VI) of Geneva

1976 The International Exhibition of Graphic Arts (Gallery Du Bois)-Pennsylvania

And in many other.

He was awarded the Raskin prize in drawing and a third prize in the European contest which was held in Ostand-Belgium in 1973.

Some of his paintings are in collections in the National Gallery of Greece, the National Bank of Greece, the Greek Ministry of Culture, the Commercial Bank of Greece, the Vorre Museum, the Larnaca Municipal Gallery, at the Presidential Palace of Cyprus, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus and in many other Public and Private collections in Greece and abroad.