Chryso Sorokkou
Chryso’s art examines female power and achievements. She has created a multi-part panel of powerful, important and famous female figures whose achievements have influenced culture, politics and society. Some of these women are important in her personal life, for example her sister, mother and grandmothers. Chryso’s concept is to show that all these women are infinitely more than bodies and faces, they are intelligent and skilled achievers.
Her drawings focus on faces and eyes, eyes being most important. Chryso wants the viewer to feel that each drawing is addressing them personally - trying to communicate, communicate women’s strength, power and influence and the irony of their marginalization by the society at large. She uses colour pencils in her work, as she believes they give a smoother and a more delicate result.
Chryso’s home is Cyprus. Cyprus is a small island with a mix of traditional and modern attitudes. While women have always been fundamental to family and social life, equality in the professions, including the arts, is still evolving. These drawings of powerful women represent models of achievement. For Chryso, as a young female artist, their achievements are inspirational. Her practice celebrates and follows in their footsteps.














