The Order of Arts and Letters unanimously decided at its meeting on February 8, 2023, and the Plenary unanimously approved at its 44th meeting, on March 15, 2023, the award of the House Prize to Mr.Valentinos Charalambous.
The award will be presented at the ceremonial session of the Academy in 2023, in accordance with the Regulations.
Valentinos Charalambous was born in Famagusta on 25 October 1929 and studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London.
Valentinos Charalambous was born in Famagusta on 25 October 1929 and studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. He was awarded for his world-class work and his contribution to contemporary, world, Cypriot and Iraqi ceramics.
In 1957 he was invited by the Iraqi Ministry of Education to establish the Department of Ceramics at the Institute of Fine Arts in Baghdad. Later, in 1967, he took over the establishment and direction of the Department of Ceramics at the newly established Academy of Fine Arts at Baghdad University, where he worked until his retirement in 1983. Works of artistic reference include his ceramic murals in the House of Representatives, his ceramics in the ceremonial hall of the Presidential Palace and the ceramic mosaic depicting the history of Cyprus (which was created for Nicosia Airport and now adorns Larnaca Airport).
His works have been presented in international exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale (where he represented Cyprus in 2017), as well as in solo exhibitions in Baghdad, Nicosia, Athens, Paris, London, London, Bonn, Berlin, Bucharest, Bucharest, Madrid, and elsewhere. His works are exhibited in museums in Iraq, the UK, Greece, Egypt, Egypt, Spain, USA and Lebanon. In 2001, the Cambridge International Biographical Centre included him in the volume Great Minds of the 21stst Century, and in 2002 the U.S. World Academy of Letters awarded him an honorary distinction for his contribution to world ceramics. In 2005, the Cambridge International Biographical Centre ranked him as one of the top 100 artists of 2005 in its publication 100 Top Artists 2005. In 2007, he was awarded the Cyprus Government's Award of Excellence in Arts, Letters and Sciences. In 2017, he represented Cyprus at the 57th Venice Biennale.
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