The TWO|FOUR|TWO art group was formed on 21 August 1996 in Nicosia, Cyprus by Constantinos Kounnis and Costas Mantzalos; a two-person group working as an entity. It is an Art Group that lives and believes in Art as an evolutionary institution which changes in time and mutates with the passing of time, however, like democracy, remains a supreme power vested in the people and characterized by recognition of equality of opinions and voices.
Exhibitions
2018: “REBOOT” S:2F2, Nicosia, Cyprus
2017: “Postcards from Cyprus/CAREFORU” S:2F2, Nicosia, Cyprus
2016: “20” S:2F2, Nicosia, Cyprus
2014: “ΛΑΙΚ ΟΡΦΑΝΣ” Gallery Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
2011: “Espace Blanc”Gallery Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
2009: “THREESOMES” UN Negotiations Room, Nicosia, Cyprus
2009: “THREESOMES” Gallery Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
2008: “Back Home” An installation at Salt & Pepper, Nicosia, Cyprus
2008: “Not Far From Home” An installation in the lobby of Hilton Athens, Athens, Greece
2006: "Das....Party", Gallery Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
2005: "PUBLISH ME! ", Stadtische Galerie Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
2004: "REACTION TOO ", Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2004: "GRIDS", Gallery Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
2002: "REACTION", Gallery Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
2001: "HEADS", GammaSpace, Melbourne, Australia
2001: "SOLVENT", Gallery Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
1999: "SHARED EXPERIENCES ", Gallery Lobby, Nicosia, Cyprus
Participations
2024 Art in Democracy, European Parliament, Stasbourg, France
2023 Art in Democracy, Parlamentarium by European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
2023 Larnaca Biennale,Home away from Home, Larnaca, Cyprus
2021 Larnaca Biennale,Limitless Limits, Larnaca, Cyprus
2019 Urban Details#3, #SUZITROS, Regina Cinema, Nicosia, Cyprus
2018 “The Amphora Project”, European Union House, Nicosia, Cyprus
2018 “Imago Mundi, Contemporary Art from Cyprus”, Luciano Benetton Foundation, Trieste, Italy
2018 “Portraits: Aura of Life and Death”, Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
2017 “Trans-Allegoria”, A project initiated for Mykonos Biennale 2017, IFCA Athens, Greece
2017 “Trans-Allegoria, In between words, visuals and their opposites”, Mykonos Biennale, Greece
2017 “So Close Yet So Far Away”, Petah Tikva Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015 “Unaccompanied”, Cyprus Library (References Dept.), Nicosia, Cyprus
2015 "SYNERGIES", Gallery Argo, Nicosia, Cyprus
2013 "Lost in Trans(ap)parencies” East-Centric Architecture Triennale, Bucharest, Romania
2013 “Open Doors” Forum Eugenio de Almeida, Portugal
2012: “Social Ride“, In Crisis, Nicosia Municipal Arts Cemtre, Nicosia
2011: “The Object; stories and representations“, Lanitis Foundation, Limassol
2010: “Chypre; L’art au present“, Space Commines, Paris
2010: “1974, milestone to politics and art”, Famagusta Gate, Nicosia
2010: “ΠΝΟΕΣ ΤΕΧΝΗΣ”, Alsos Neas Smyrnis, Athens
2010: “Breaking Walls – Building Networks”, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
2009: “Walls”, Leonardo Da Vinci Room, Patra
2008: “Unpack”, Kodra, Thessaloniki
2008: “Paris/Chypre”, Boutique EROTOKRITOS, Paris
2008: “anti+thesis”, Trigono Gallery, Athens
2007: “Atlandis Lost” Indira Ghandi Cultural Centre, New Delhi
2007: Artathina, Hellexpo, Athens
2006: “dormART” Depot, Dortmund
2005: “GOING BEYOND THE COUNTRIES' ART” Ancient Monastery of Saint Claire, San Marino
2005: “Capturing Utopia” Fournos Centre for Digital Culture, Athens
2005: “100 Artists, 1 Museum”, Casoria Museum of Contemporary Art, Naples
2005: Artathina, Hellexpo, Athens
2005: “You know what I mean”, Nicosia
2005: “Accidental Meetings”, Nicosia Municipal Art Centre, Nicosia
2005: "The Voyage ", Gallery Argo, Nicosia
2005: “ Unclaimed Luggage ”, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid
2004: Xperimental 3.0 Pantheon Gallery, Nicosia.
2004: ‘GRIDS' video installation 8 th Famagusta International Festival Famagusta
2004: “ Nomadifesta”, Kastelliotissa, Nicosia
2003: Xperimental 2.0 Pantheon Gallery, Nicosia.
2003: "Reflected thoughts" installation "The languages of gender", UCY
2003: "Reaction" video installation Recontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
2003: "Mosaic", Gallery Argo, Nicosia
2001: "MEDIATERRA" Lavrion-Sofia-Belgrade-Maribo-Frankfurt
1999: "Cyprus Week" Cypriot artists, at Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam
Public Collections and Commissions
Larnaca Internations Airport, Sense of Place
Städtische Galerie Erlangen
Cyprus State Gallery Collection, Nicosia, Cyprus
Municipal Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
Hilton Brussels, Hilton Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Hilton Athens, Hilton Izmir
Bibliography
2016: 242 - "20 ", Artists Book, Nicosia
2011: 242 - "Espace Blanc", Artists Book, Nicosia
2010: "Chypre, l'art au present", Yiannis Toumazis and Andri Michael, Exhibition Catalogue, Paris
2008: "Paris/Chypre", Andri Michael and Fabrice Flahutez, Exhibition Catalogue, Paris
2007: "Atlandis Lost", Artemis Eleftheriadou, Exhibition Catalogue, Nicosia
2006: 242 - "10 JAHRE TWO|FOUR|TWO ", Artists Book, Nicosia
2006: "dormART", Claudia Schenk, Exhibition Catalogue, Depot, Dortmund
2005: "Accidental Meetings”, Yiannis Toumazis Exhibition Catalogue, NIMAC
2005: "100 Artists, 1 Museum”, Antonio Manfredi, Exhibition Catalogue, CMCA
2005: 242 - "Publish Me!” Artemis Eleftheriadou , Exhibition Catalogue, Nicosia
2004: 242 - "Grids", Artemis Eleftheriadou, Exhibition Catalogue, Nicosia
2002: 242 - "Reaction", Artemis Eleftheriadou, Exhibition Catalogue, Nicosia
2001: 242 - "Solvent", Artemis Eleftheriadou, Exhibition Catalogue, Nicosia
2001: "De-Globalizing/Re-Globalizing"
2001: "solvent", Glyn Hughes,The Cyprus Weekly, Nicosia 19 Jan
2001: "I speak, You hear", Anna Polydorou, Politis, Nicosia 12 Jan
1999: 242 - "Shared Experiences", Artists Book, Nicosia
1999: "mixed media", Anna Polydorou, Politis, Nicosia 25 Sep
1999: "Shared Experiences", Glyn Hughes, The Cyprus Weekly, Nicosia 24 Sep