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BIOGRAPHY

Yiorgos Michael is a visual artist and poet. He was born and raised in Cyprus and has spent much of his adult life in the United States. Now, he lives and works between the two countries. Drawing on his experience of migration and continual movement, his practice explores displacement, presence, identity, aging, and belonging. He works across photography, text, and installation to construct image sequences and spatial environments in which bodies, gestures, and transient spaces become psychologically charged. The result is an exploration of the fragile architecture of presence: the uncertain space between appearing and disappearing, intimacy and distance, memory and metaphor.

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Yiorgos also writes poetry in Greek and English. He treats text as a parallel material within his visual practice using it to deepen the psychological landscape of his visual work.

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His work was selected as a Juror’s Pick in the 2026 LensCulture Art Photography Awards by Rebecca Morse, Curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and received 3rd Place in Fine Art at the 2025 Black & White Spider Awards.

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Awards and Recognitions

2026

 

2025

  • Black and White Spider Awards – 3rd Place – Honor of Distinction in Fine Art for “a torso, an arm, no head body”

  • Black and White Spider Awards – Honorable Mentions in Fine Art | “a beach” and “a body, a wall, no head”

  • European Photography Awards – Gold Winner – Some Place / Not Here / Still There, But Not

  • Annual Photography Awards (APA) – Honorable Mention – words, they stick

  • Praxis Photo Arts Center – Honorable Mentions – Motion Blur Group Exhibition and In Between Moments Group Exhibition

  • One Exposure Awards – Honorable Mention (Fine Art) and Nominee (Conceptual) – Some Place / Not Here / Still There, But Not

  • ND Awards – Honorable Mentions – words, they stick and Some Place / Not Here / Still There, But Not

 

2024

  • London International Creative Competition – Official Selection – to catch a storm, gray wall, and F3S 

  • International Photography Awards – Official Selection – One Shot: Searching for Peace – more peace

  • European Photography Awards – Platinum & Gold Winner – to catch a storm

  • ND Awards – Honorable Mention – to catch a storm

  • Black & White Spider Awards – Honorable Mention – to catch a storm

  • Monochrome Awards – Honorable Mentions – to catch a storm and gray wall

 

 2023

  • ND Awards – Honorable Mention – burnt

  • London International Creative Competition – Finalist – never a sound of building

  • International Photography Awards – Official Selection – never a sound of building

 

 2022

  • ND Awards – Honorable Mention – a gray wall


Exhibitions (selected group shows)​

  • Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice, Anima Mundi: Visions, 2026 (organized by ITSLIQUID Group)

  • Praxis Photo Arts Center, “Open Theme”, Minneapolis, 2026

  • Praxis Photo Arts Center, “In Between Moments” and “Motion Blur,” Minneapolis, 2025

  • Art Number 23, Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, 2024

  • BBA Gallery, Berlin, 2024

  • D31 Gallery, UK (“Nostalgia”), 2022

 

Workshops and Masterclasses​

 

Features and Media Mentions​

Contact Information: ymkollective@gmail.com

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