Peter Lyssiotis
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Peter Lyssiotis is a Cypriot born-Australian writer, photographer and photomonteur.

Peter Lyssiotis (born 1949, Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

) is a Cypriot born-Australian writer, photographer and photomonteur.

Peter Lyssiotis (born 1949, Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

) is a Cypriot born-Australian writer, photographer and photomonteur.Lost and Found: Peter Lyssiotis and John Wolseley In 2004 he received a commendation from the Anne Elder Award
Anne Elder Award
The Anne Elder Trust Fund Award for poetry is administered by the Victorian branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers and is awarded annually, as the Anne Elder Award, for the best first book of poetry published in Australia. It was established in 1976 and currently has a prize of A$1000 for...

 committee for his work.FAW National Literary Awards 2004 His small press books include Industrial Woman (with Vivienne Mehes and Jas H. Duke
Jas H. Duke
Jas Heriot Duke was a cult figure in the Australian performance poetry scene. He worked much of his life in Melbourne Board of Works and began writing poetry in 1966. He was influenced by Dada, Expressionism and experimental movements...

), Journey of a Wise Electron and Other Stories and Three Cheers for Civilization.

His photographs and limited edition artist's books, including the following have been purchased by private collectors, libraries and galleries throughout Australia, the US, Switzerland, France, The Netherlands and Cyprus.
  • The Harmed Circle
  • From The Secret Life of Statues
  • The Products of Wealth
  • Feather and Prey
  • Desire & The Brush
  • The Ifs of Language
  • The Look of Love (with Scott McQuire)
  • "1316 Book 1" (with Angela Cavalieri)
  • "1316 Book 2" (with Angela Cavalieri)
  • Homeland (with Noga Frieberg)
  • A Gardener At Midnight - Travels in the Holyland
  • The Use of Ashes (with Theo Strasser)
  • Eye Witness (with Theo Strasser)
  • Using Shadows (with Theo Strasser and Robert Colvin)
  • First there is a Mountain
  • The River (with Monica Oppen)
  • Seven Rooms (with Monica Oppen)

External links

  • http://www.placegallery.com.au/2006/artists/peter_lyssiotis/Peter-Lyssiotis-06-CV.pdf
  • http://www.watsonplacegallery.com.au/2006/artists/peter_lyssiotis/peter_lyssiotis.htm
  • http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/exhibitions/catalogues/lostandfound/lyssiotis.html
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