Georgia Michaelides Saad
Biography
Born in Limassol, Cyprus. Lived in South Africa between 1968-1996. Currently lives and works in Limassol.
Georgia Michaelides Saad's work is rooted in a sustained engagement with nature, particularly at a time when our relationship with the natural world is increasingly fragile. Through close observation of botanical forms, the artist creates imagined, hybrid flora that blur the boundaries between plant, body, and organism.
Focusing on enlarged and fragmented flowers, she explores the tension between beauty and distortion. Vivid colour, meticulous detail, and luminous surfaces draw the viewer in, while subtle shifts in scale and structure introduce a quiet sense of disorientation.
The flowers of Georgia Michaelides Saad bloom enormous, filling the canvas and inviting the viewer to cherish the absolute perfection of these natural forms. Blossoms are transformed into icons, revealing their structure, colour, and light with such clarity that the work moves beyond the familiar into the uncanny.
Georgia Michaelides Saad earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and a Higher Diploma in Education from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, a Master of Arts in Fine Arts (Painting) from the University of South Africa, Pretoria, and a Master of Arts in the History and Theory of Art from the Cyprus University of Technology.
She has participated in over 50 exhibitions, including eight solo shows and numerous international group exhibitions. Recent solo exhibitions include Colours (2025), the 15th Botanicals Art Exhibition (2025), Anima Mundi: Visions at the ITSLIQUID International Art Fair, Venice (2024), Exploring Cypriot Topography at Larnaca Municipal Art Gallery (2024), Mysterium Tremendum (Exhibit 8 Gallery, Limassol, 2022), Secretum Hortus (Beat Bazaar Art Space and Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, 2018), and the 7th Beijing International Art Biennale, China (2017).
She has received numerous awards for her artistic and academic work. Highlights include 7th place in the 15th Botanicals Art Exhibition (out of 527 entries), finalist status in the Colours 2025 exhibition, First Prize in the Flowers Category at the Best Art Awards (2024), Second Prize in the same category in 2023, and a Merit Certificate at the Luxembourg Art Prize (2024).
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