Bio

Evita Stavrou is an arts & cultural program manager, an upcycling and origami artist with over 10 years of experience in creative, independent event, curation, and project production. She has acted as a creative producer and event director for international cultural events, specializing in community-driven arts, music, events, and awareness campaigns. As a creative her main medium is paper and natural materials, her work is inspired by the beauty in nature, light and shadow, architecture and geometry. She discovered her passion for paper crafting after creating some personalized handmade gifts out of paper, exploring basket weaving with newspapers, and the contrast between the fragility /rigidity of this versatile material. For the past years, she has been focusing on community engagement installations that address societal challenges with a special focus on gender inequalities and gender-based violence.

Evita Stavrou