Dracolina

Dracolina Biography

United Kingdom, born 1996

Unleashing hellish, haunting, heathen beasts on canvas, is Dracolina’s artistic manifesto.

Greek Cypriot painter Nicolina Papas is a UK based artist, who also makes illustrations in graphite and ink. Her concept is macabre with elements of realism and surrealism. She took Art and Design A Levels, and moved on to study Acting in the UK at Queen Mary University of London and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.Growing up , watching her mother create art, she always knew she would follow in her footsteps, thus she took the path of Fine Arts, using the pseudonym Dracolina.

Having taken part in exhibitions both in Cyprus and Greece, she sells paintings and prints and also takes on commission work.Her artistic influences include Francisco de Goya, Francis Bacon, Edvard Munch, Henry Fuseli and Roberto Ferri. The Occult, religion, phabels and nightmares inspire her work as she always aims to explore inner demons artistically and symbolically.