10/06/2024
Cyprus art supports breast cancer prevention
Healing art: show looks at the dual nature of the cancer experience
The month of October is dedicated to both World Mental Health Day and Breast Cancer Awareness and Early Diagnosis and to approach the topic, the Breast Centre of Cyprus is hosting an all-day event on October 22. Included in the day’s agenda is an exhibition by artist and art therapist Eleni Petridou Bouriti titled Healing Arts that touches on the physical and emotional care of people with cancer experiences.
Eleni’s exhibition offers a platform to highlight issues related to the multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer treatment and the therapeutic role of art. In her new series of works, Eleni draws inspiration from the diagnostic services of the Breast Centre of Cyprus while exploring her journey of healing and processing the trauma caused by the loss of a loved one to cancer. Through her art, she expresses the emotions associated with loss, healing, and empowerment.
“As an artist and art psychotherapist,” she says, “through my daily engagement with visual arts, I try to translate my personal or professional life concerns and thoughts into visual forms. My artistic work, as a social tool, aims to raise public awareness and help people see art as a medium that facilitates connection between individuals, a channel for processing and healing personal wounds, reflection, relief and even hope.”
