Melita Couta is a multidisciplinary artist born in Cyprus. She studied at Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design and at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. She has been working with sculpture, ceramics, installation art, performance as well as using collaborative and participatory methodologies in order to investigate subjects related with narratives through personal and collective identities and memories. As a curator and Artistic Director she has worked with local communities on Cultural projects, Festivals and Workshops in order to revisit local histories and making processes.

She has been exhibiting her work widely in Cyprus and abroad in numerous solo and group exhibitions.

Melita Couta has been working extensively in theatre and performing arts as a director, performance designer and producer. She is currently a Visiting Lecturer at the Fine Art Department of The Nicosia University.

http://www.melitacouta.com
http://www.paravan.org