İnci Kansu is a painter and paper artist based in Cyprus. Worked as an educator, administrator and art advisor for schools. Multi-cultural structure with natural richness and transparency of the light, depth of the shadow of the island fascinates her.Time and memory are active elements in her work; building various layers in two and three dinensional forms,installations.Kansu’s artistic philosophy is based on working and experimenting with selfmade paper from plants and recycling, mostly with collage and mix technic. Has been offered a grant from FULBRIGHT/CASP and participated “Education of Fine Arts Course” and experimented “Papermaking-Paper Art” in USA. As a first paper artist of the island has been avid, advocate, educator of paper art, papermaking; delivering over fifty conferences,workshops in Cyprus and abroad. Has been Commissar at 3th Asia- Europe Arts Biennial 1990 - Ankara. Also submitted papers on the topic of “The Aesthetics of the Colour Red” at IAA XVII in 2007, Ankara-Turkey and on “Aesthetics and Nature” at and XIX World Congress of Aesthetics in 2013, Krakow-Poland, where the CUPRUM series were also exhibited. Kansu holds several awards and is an active member of IAPMA among other international art associations and was first president of the Cyprus Paper Artists Association. She regularly contributes to international congress and juried exhibitions around the world and has had numerous solo and group exhibitions. She participated in many congress-exhibitions organized by IAPMA.
WORKS IN SELECTED COLLECTIONS: Center Post Office-Copenhagen- Denmark, Kaze Plastic Arts Association-Nagoya-Japan, Pan Asia Paper Museum Jeanju-Korea, Embassy of Cyprus Republic-Cancun-Mexico, Ege University Paper Art and Book Museum-İzmir and İbrahim Müteferrika Paper Art Museum-Yalova-Turkey, Near East and Eastern Mediterranean Universities- Cyprus, Hacettepe University Fine Arts Museum- Ankara.
SELECTED LATEST EXHIBITIONS
2024: "Pavlikeni and World" Group Exhibition Bratstvo-1884 Center, Pavlikeni - Bulgaria.
2024: "Sofia Paper Art Fest" Bianale, Sofia
2023 : ACPA Paper Touch 5 – Nicosia, Cyprus
2022 : Sofia Paper Art Festival - Bulgaria
2021 : Points Visual Arts – Egypt (online),Postal Artist Books Project Exibition – Brazil , Origins and Destinations IAPMA Jubilee – Denmark & Spain , Global Paper 5 Deggendorf –
2020 : Stay at Home/Keep The Distance ( online ),
2019-Shanghai International Paper Art Biennial-China,
2018 IVth International Woman Artist’s Show (Honour Artist)-Nicosia-Cyprus,
2017 Pafos European Capital of Culture Exhibition-Cyprus, XIth Florence Biennial-Italy,
3th International Paper Biennial-Bear Sheva-Israel, 2017-2019 IAPMA “Inspired By Paper Touring Exhibition”- Europe. 2013 Paper Art Project MP
2013, Marseille-Provance France.
2008 Paper Festival, Abbazia di Spineto-Italy,
2006 Three Cypriot Artists-“CYP-rum”, European Parliament Brussels-Belgium,
2000 Anchestor Baloon Minneapolis-USA.
WORKS IN SELECTED COLLECTIONS: Center Post Office-Copenhagen- Denmark, Kaze Plastic Arts Association-Nagoya-Japan, Pan Asia Paper Museum Jeanju-Korea, Embassy of Cyprus Republic-Cancun-Mexico, Ege University Paper Art and Book Museum-İzmir and İbrahim Müteferrika Paper Art Museum-Yalova-Turkey, Near East and Eastern Mediterranean Universities- Cyprus, Hacettepe University Fine Arts Museum- Ankara.
SELECTED LATEST EXHIBITIONS
2024: "Pavlikeni and World" Group Exhibition Bratstvo-1884 Center, Pavlikeni - Bulgaria.
2024: "Sofia Paper Art Fest" Bianale, Sofia
2023 : ACPA Paper Touch 5 – Nicosia, Cyprus
2022 : Sofia Paper Art Festival - Bulgaria
2021 : Points Visual Arts – Egypt (online),Postal Artist Books Project Exibition – Brazil , Origins and Destinations IAPMA Jubilee – Denmark & Spain , Global Paper 5 Deggendorf –
2020 : Stay at Home/Keep The Distance ( online ),
2019-Shanghai International Paper Art Biennial-China,
2018 IVth International Woman Artist’s Show (Honour Artist)-Nicosia-Cyprus,
2017 Pafos European Capital of Culture Exhibition-Cyprus, XIth Florence Biennial-Italy,
3th International Paper Biennial-Bear Sheva-Israel, 2017-2019 IAPMA “Inspired By Paper Touring Exhibition”- Europe. 2013 Paper Art Project MP
2013, Marseille-Provance France.
2008 Paper Festival, Abbazia di Spineto-Italy,
2006 Three Cypriot Artists-“CYP-rum”, European Parliament Brussels-Belgium,
2000 Anchestor Baloon Minneapolis-USA.
