Charis Tsevis is a Greek visual designer living and working in Pafos, Cyprus.
“my creative method is to break down the world in millions of pixels and to reconstruct it again using tiny pieces of the same world.”
He holds a Diploma in Graphic Design from Munich and a Master in Visual Design from Milan. He runs a studio in Cyprus serving clients like Nike, Google, Ferrari, PepsiCo, and Toyota. He is also a visiting professor at AKTO College in Athens since 1996. He has written 2 books about Adobe Photoshop and his work has been featured in many magazines.
One of his notable series is “The African Bricks,” inspired by the Mandela House in Soweto and other matchbox houses in African townships. He created these artworks for an African restaurant in Athens. The brick is a symbol of people’s creativity and courage to build a safe place for family. He printed these digital files on wood using 8 colors, with white ink creating illusion that bricks are stuck on wood.
His work has been awarded in ED Awards, Epica Awards, and Behance. He has been named four times in a row as one of the 200 World’s Best Illustrators by Lürzer’s Archive. His art has been presented in exhibitions in Athens, Barcelona, San Jose and other cities. Since 2016 Lumas has been selling series of his art. He believes Africa is a constant source of inspiration for his life and work.
He uses bricks that are sometimes stable and others unstable, filled with forms of African creativity like fabrics, art, leather, and animal skins. The series pays tribute to Shaka Zulu and the long tradition of Zulus, Ndebele, and Xhosa tribes. His work celebrates everyday African life and the rich cultural heritage of the continent. He continues to create and exhibit his work around the world.
From pixels to bricks, he builds a world,
Where African stories are unfurled.
A symbol of strength, a house, a home,
In every piece, a seed is sown.
With colors bold and vision clear,
He brings the African spirit near.
In Charis’s art, the bricks take flight,
A tribute to the endless light.