Michail Elia is a professional artist. He has shown a variety of works in eight solo and more than forty group shows in Cyprus and abroad. He had also organized many art and art related events the recent years. He lives and works in Larnaca Cyprus.
https://www.facebook.com/artistmichailelia/

Maria is a marketer and event planner.
She studied in London and holds a Bachelor Degree in Marketing from Middlesex University and two Masters degrees in International Management from Kings University and Investment Management from Cass Business School.  After a five-year work experience in Athens in the banking sector she recited in her hometown Larnaca in 2011.  She is now the founder and director of WonderDots Ltd offering new age marketing, event planning and project services.  Throughout her career she has planned numerous unique and successful events. As an art lover she is excited to be part of the Biennale Team.

Stavri is a freelance set and costume designer for film and theatre productions. She has an MA in Theatre Design from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. In 2016, Stavri founded Once In a Blue Moon; a creative platform that supports and encourages a new era of creative events and performances in Cyprus. Since then, she has successfully produced, co-directed and designed several site specific, devised performances and experiential events. Stavri was a semi-finalist (top 20) for the Linbury Prize from the National Theater London in 2019. She was also shortlisted as an emerging designer for the World Stage Design 2022 in Calgary, Canada.
www.stavripapa.com / www.onceinabluemoon.eu

Doros Demetriou, born in Nicosia in 1970, is a cinema historian, events organizer, and film screenings curator. He’s a member of ECFA and elected to the Director’s Board of CIFEJ. Doros manages film screenings and education programs at Cultural Workshop Agion Omologiton, Nicosia, and co-directs the IVAC film festival. He serves as vice-president at the “Fotodos” Photography Club and collaborates with the Ministry of Education and Culture on film education programs. Additionally, he advises at BCEFF in Canada and AEI Film Festival in Cyprus. Doros lectures on Cinema History, studied Cinematherapy, and co-founded the CineTexts webpage. He holds degrees in Electronic Engineering and Visual Theories/Cinema.

Massimo is an independent contemporary art curator and organizer of cultural events. During over 40 years of activity in Italy and abroad he has presented many Italian and foreign artists. From 2000 he worked in the ‘’Contemporary Art’’ sector of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the creation of the well-known ‘’Collection of the 20th century at the Farnesina’’. He was Artistic Director of the 4th edition of the Biennal of the End of the World 2014/2015. In 2016 he was invited curator in the V International Biennial of Graphic Design in Lima, and in 2017 and in 2019 curator of the Pavilion of Ivory Coast in the 57th, 58th and 59th International Biennial of Art in Venice and invited curator in the International Biennial of Curitiba in the editions 2017, 2019, 2022 and its 25th anniversary in 2018. In 2024 at the 60th Biennal of Art in Venice he collaborated as Project Manager on the following projects: “The Endless Spiral : Betsabeé Romero” promoted by the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) of Los Angeles – Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation; National Pavilion of Cameroon – Palace Donà dalle Rose and “Federico Solmi” promoted by the Phillips Collection of Washington (USA) – Palace Donà dalle Rose.

Anca was born in 1957 in Pucioasa, Dâmbovița County, Romania.
In 1982 she recieved her PhD in Visual and Graphic Arts from Nicolae Grigorescu Institute of Fine Arts.
She is working as an artist mainly in the field of engraving and graphic arts and she is currently a lecturer in the Graphic Department at the National University of Arts in Bucharest. She is a member of UAP since 1999. Beginning in 2016 she is the President of the Bucharest Graphics Branch, a founding member of the Friends of the National Art Museum of Romania International Association, a member of the MitOst Germany International Association, delegate for Romania at the Chamalieres Triennale, and she is the founder and coordinator of BIPB-Bucharest International Print Biennale (2014).
She had several solo exhibitions and she curated a large number of group shows and major art events.

Arianna was born in Milan Italy. She studied Humanitarian Studies at the Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
She is an art curator and art critic. As a CEO and Co-Founder of AF-MetaStrategy srl she is organizing and promoting art.
Recently she has curated the first Biennale of Vigevano in Italy.

Stavros lives and works in Greece. He was born in Thessaloniki and studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy, from where he graduated with Honors.
Since 2015, he has also been involved in other aspects of art, such as set design and directing in theatres for classical ballet and theatre performances. Stavros has held many individual and group exhibitions. His paintings belong to permanent collections around the world, such as the Vorre Museum, Athens, at the Yukyung Art Museum South Korea, at the Luigi Bellini Museum Florenc Italy, at Pieridis Museum Larnaca Cyprus, at the Art Gallery of Florence Italy, in the Hellenic Ministry of Justice as well as in private collections.
He is a member of the Chamber of Visual Arts of Greece.

Costas Mantzalos was trained as a visual artist and specialized in information design in the UK.
He is a Professor at Frederick University Cyprus, where he held positions as a Head of the Arts and Communication Department as well as a Dean of the School of Arts, Communication and Cultural Studies.
Parallel to his academic career, Costas Mantzalos has been involved in numerous international art and design consultations. Since 1996 he is the cofounder of the TWO|FOUR|TWO art group, an art collective with architect Constantinos Kounnis. The TWO|FOUR|TWO collective has been actively involved in the local and international contemporary art scene.

Froso Andreou was born in 1982, in Nicosia Cyprus. She received a BA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where she had as a tutor Prof. Riccardo Guarnerri and Prof. Dracomireschu. Also she took courses in printmaking by Prof. M.Borgo.
She is currently working as an artist and art teacher in public sector. She took part in numerous group exhibitions in Cyprus, Italy, Greece and UK. Since 2022 she is a member of the Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts E.KA.TE.