Lefki Savvidou aka Lé Boob, (b.1990, Cyprus) is a visual artist, writer and illustrator. She uses text as her main medium for her work, which focuses on human relationships and life’s perceptions in the 21st century and likes to challenge the modern day life. Since 2011 she has taken part in solo and group exhibitions in Cyprus, the UK and Greece and was one of Bucketfeets (US/JP) artists whose shoe design has been selling worldwide for the past 5 years. Her work has also appeared in numerous magazines and independent zines and publications.
Lefki Savvidou aka Lé Boob
Visual Artist/Illustrator/Creative Writer/Tattoo Artist | Cyprus
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Education & Qualifications
2012, BA(Hons) Illustration, Middlesex University, London (UK)
2009, BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, UCA (University of the Creative Arts), Canterbury (UK)
Residencies
Exhibitions
2019, “This Era, Their Interpritation”, (group exhibtion) CHEAPART 84th TIF-Helexpo, Thessaloniki, GR
2018, "It's Not You, It's The 21st Century /// Part 1", (solo exhibition), Nicosia, CY
2018, "Hip Hop Cocktails Exhibition", (book launch exhibition), The Doodle Bar, London UK
The Zambella Museum of Art, Nicosia, CY
2017, "Sardam" (Literary Festival), Limassol, CY
2015, "Easy As", (book launch exhibition), Light Eye Mind, London UK
2015, "Design for Peace", CUT (Cyprus University of Technology), Limassol, CY
2014, "Memoirs of a Trash Culture", (solo exhibition), Prozak Kafeneio, Nicosia, CY
2014, "Tales From the Deep", (book launch exhibition), Hackney Pirates, London, UK
2014, “Ahoy,” Espacio Gallery, London, UK
2013, “Hybrids are Here to Stay”, (solo exhibition), City Press Pop Up Shop, Nicosia, CY
2013, “The Greatest Show on Earth”, The Gallery on the Corner, London, UK
2013, “Curiouser and Curiouser”, Curious Duke Gallery, London, UK
2012, “Sancti Clandestini: Undercover Saints”, (book launch exhibition), Poetry Society, London, UK
2011, “Κουτσακοτίρκα”, Skia Cultural Spot, Nicosia, CY
2011, “Lomography”, Skia Cultural Spot, Nicosia, CY
Publications
2018, "Changes" - The Bowie Zine (UK), Drawn Chorus Collective Zine, Single Page Illustration
2018, "Hip Hop Cocktails", The Hip Hop Cocktail Book by Various Artists, Single Page Illustration,
Published by Blue Monday Press
2017, Not Square (CY), Self Published Zine, Issue #2
2017, Not Square (CY), Self Published Zine, Issue #1
2016, Two Cities Review (Chicago/New York, USA)), Online Poem Feature
2016, "ANTENNAS" (CY), Self Published Zine
2016, "The Secret Diaries Of A Non-Smoker" (CY), Self Published Zine
2015, "Easy As", Alphabet Book by Various Artists, Double Page Illustration
2015, "Forever Nowhere" (CY), Self Published Zine
2014, "Tales From The Deep", Graphic Novel by Various Artists, Short Story Illustration
2014, Forbidden Planet (UK), Comic Book Anthology Review
2014, Design Juices (UK), Feature
2014, Cosmopolitan (CY), August Issue, Artist Interview
2014, Omikron Magazine (CY), August Issue, Artist Interview
2014, Straw Dogs Magazine (CY), Issue #4, Feature
2012, “Sancti Clandestini: Undercover Saints”, by Maggie Butt (UK), Book Illustration feature