Painter and printmaker, born in Famagusta, Cyprus, whose family – involved in the restaurant business – settled in London in 1946. He attended Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, 1960–4, then Royal Academy Schools, 1964–7. Kiki’s pictures were often on a large scale, figurative, vigorous, using high-pitched and unconventional colours and reflecting his Mediterranean background. Group exhibitions included Young Contemporaries, Mall Galleries, 1966; British Painting ’74, Hayward Gallery, 1974; and Viriamu Jones Gallery, University College, Cardiff, 1986. Later solo shows included Art Space Gallery, from 1991, and SeaChange Gallery, Great Yarmouth, 2002, Frames of Norwich and Chappel Galleries, Chappel, both 2003, and The Warehouse, Lowestoft, 2005.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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