Daphne Christoforou is a visual artist from Cyprus with a particular focus on ceramics and painting. She is a graduate of the Royal College of Art -London- and during her studies she was the V&A Student Illustrator of the Year and was awarded an Adobe Achievement Award in LA.

Her work is narrative-driven and revolves around Greek myths, human interaction and behaviour as well as personal worriments. Producing art is both transformative and assuaging for her, not only because of the enjoyable process of generating pictorial representations, but also due to the possibility of communicating inner states through narrative work.

For weekly updates, work in progress and studio glimpses follow along on Instagram.

Awards:

  • Brighton University Illustration Scholarship (2009)

  • Nagoya University of Arts – Highly Commended (2010)

  • Seoul National University Student Award (2010)

  • George Eady Prize (2010)

  • Sir Quentin Blake Narrative Drawing Prize (2014)

  • 3×3 Illustration ProShow 11 – Honorable Mention (2014)

  • Adobe Design Achievement Awards – Semifinalist (2014)

  • V&A Student Illustrator of the Year (2015)

  • The Daler Rowney Prize for Drawing (2015)

  • Adobe Design Achievement Award in Illustration (2015)

  • Adobe Design Achievement Award - Grand Prize Winner / Traditional Media Segment (2015)

Education

  • City College of Brighton and Hove: Foundation in Art and Design (2007) – Distinction

  • University of Brighton: BA Honours in Illustration (2010) – First

  • Royal College of Art: MA in Visual Communication (2015)

Group Exhibitions:

  • November 2008 - Installation / Southbank Centre / London, UK

  • June 2010 - University of Brighton / Brighton, UK

  • July 2010 - University of Brighton Show / Rochelle school / London, UK

  • December 2011 - AMV BBDO agency / London, UK

  • July 2012 - Ethnological Museum / Nicosia, Cyprus

  • December 2012 - Then, Now, After / University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

  • February 2015 - Royal College of Art / London, UK

  • May 2015 - V&A Illustration Prize Winners’ exhibition / V&A Museum, London, UK

  • June 2015 - Royal College of Art / London, UK

  • September 2015 - Mint Gallery / London, UK

  • October 2015 - British Council Beijing / Beijing / China

  • November 2015 - Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles / Los Angeles, USA

  • December 2015 - Étapes 228 Launch / Paris, France

  • October 2016 - Illustrative 16 / Berlin / Germany

  • April 2017 - Group Exhibition / Mint Gallery / London, UK

  • February 2018 - Collect Fair / Saatchi Gallery / London, UK

  • June 2021 - Reclaiming / Edit Gallery / Limassol, Cyprus

  • April 2023 - TEN by Gubi / Bagni Misteriosi / Milan, Italy

  • July 2023 - Three Layers of Skin / Apothikes Papadaki /Limassol, Cyprus

  • February 2024 - A Brush Of Ceramics / Schönfeld Gallery /Brussels, Belgium

  • March 2024 - 3024 La Exposición Que Llegó Del Futuro / Factory of Dreams / Madrid, Spain

  • September 2024 - Myths and Fables / Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea / Milan, Italy