Charalambos Christodoulou was born in Cyprus in 1937. He started carving as a hobby in 1981, fascinated and intrigued by his ability to release the unforeseen forms that lay dormant in stone. In time, sculpting captured all his interests and turned out to be a passionate way of expressing himself. He experienced with a variety of materials: marble, limestone, sandstone, granite, jasper, wood, terracotta in his quest for new challenges. Quite often, the actual shape of the material is it a river stone or a piece from a cypress tree trunk, leads the artist to the representation as if it dictates to him how to reveal the shape hidden inside. The human figure dominates his world, the female acquiring a leading role. It is motherhood that appeals to him most: sometimes female figures imbued with a powerful sensual quality, other times sturdy forms that evoke the force of the earth. Charalambos Christodoulou had one solo exhibition in 1990. He also participated in several group exhibitions, latest of which in 2009.

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