Lefki Savvidou aka Lé Boob, (b.1990, Cyprus) Lefki Savvidou is a Cypriot visual artist, illustrator, writer, and tattoo artist. She uses text as her main medium for her diverse work, which focuses on human relationships and life’s perceptions in the 21st century. 

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Since 2011 she has taken part in solo and group exhibitions in Cyprus, the UK, and Greece. She has collaborated with international companies such as Bucketfeet and HarrrimanSteel Advertising Agency and was recently chosen to design a limited-edition bottle for Vouni Panayia Winery. Her work has also appeared in numerous magazines, independent zines, and publications. She is now in the process of directing and staging a play she wrote titled "The Secret Diaries of a Non-Smoker’ and will continue to pursue writing with a master’s degree at University College Dublin.

Lefki Savvidou aka Lé Boob
Visual Artist/Illustrator/Creative Writer/Tattoo Artist | Cyprus
@lefki_savvidou
 
Represented by
The Edit Gallery

Collaborations with:
Bucketfeet
HarrimanSteel
Vouni Panayia Winery

Education & Qualifications
2022, B1 Goethe Zertifikat 
2012, BA(Hons) Illustration, Middlesex University, London (UK)
2009, BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, UCA (University of the Creative Arts), Canterbury (UK)     

Plays
2022, "The Secret Diaries of a Non-Smoker", Monologue - Writer/Director

Residencies
2020, 30/10 - 25/11, Everything Flows
2020, 24/08 - 24/09, Phytorio: Cyprus Visual Artists Association

Exhibitions - Events
2022, "Cinderella, Don't Forget to Take your Meds" (solo exhibition), The Edit Gallery, Limasol, CY
2022, "Azines" Library Opening - Zine Exhibition (contributor), Garage Art Space. Nicosia, CY
2021, "Absolut Dare" by Absolut Vodka CY, The Collection Gallery, Nicosia, CY
2020, "Fragments", part of the residency with Everything Flows
2020, Fly Your Flag project, invited artist, Amsterdam, NL
2020, "Data Harvesting", part of the residency at Phytorio: Cyprus Visual Artists Association
2020, The Reading "10 years theYard.Residency", Center of Performing Arts MITOS, Limassol, CY
2020, regnōsis: an online exhibition, Artist & Co-organiser
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
2017, "Livres d 'Artistes: Retrospective in the' Artist's Book 'in Cyprus from 1960 until today" (group exhibition),
          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
2022, Avant Garde, Writer's Interview
2022, Parathyro - Politis, Artist's Interview
2022, Dieline feature
2022, Pent Awards feature
2022, Packaging of the World feature
2021, "Crying in Paradise", Self Published Zine
2021, "I Didn't Know The Years Would Pass" Self Published Zine
2020, Art, anxiety and the stay-at-home lifestyle (CY), Cyprus Mail Artist Interview
2020, #ThroughTheVisionOfLefki - Ideas Worth Sharing (FR), Radio Loumbard Feature
2020, Get to Know regnosis an online exhibition w/Lefki (FR), Radio Loumbard Guest
2020, Philenews (CY), Interview
2019, A Minute With (CY), Cyprus Mail Artist Profile
2018, "Changes" - The Bowie Zine (UK), Drawn Chorus Collective Zine, Single Page Illustration
2018, Another Country (CY), Write CY Artist Interview
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