Editing Stass Paraskos (section)

==Artistic career==
Following his controversial exhibition in 1966 at the Leeds Institute Gallery, which was raided by the local police, Paraskos was invited in 1967 to take part in a group exhibition, ''Fantasy and Figuration'', alongside [[Pat Douthwaite]], Herbert Kitchen and [[Ian Dury]] at the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] in London.<ref>ICA, ''Fantasy and Figuration'', exhibition cat., London, 1967, Tate Archive (London) ref. LON-INS (S.C.)</ref>

His first exhibition in Cyprus followed a year later, at the Four Lanterns Hotel in [[Larnaca]]<ref>Stass Paraskos's diary, published in Michael Paraskos, ''In Search of Sixpence'' (London: Orage Press, 2016) p.102</ref> after which he exhibited regularly in galleries in both the United Kingdom and Cyprus. His published resume also lists exhibitions in [[Greece]], the United States, [[Brazil]], [[India]], and [[Denmark]].<ref>Evi Papadopoulous (ed), ''The Kean World of Orange'' (Limassol: Kean Ltd, 2009) 42</ref>

In 2003 Paraskos was the subject of a book by the art historian [[Norbert Lynton]], published by the Orage Press. His work is represented in the State Collections of Cyprus, the National Gallery of Greece, the Collection of the Arts Council of England, Leeds University Art Collection, Leeds City Art Gallery and the [[Tate Gallery]] ([[Tate Britain]]), London.

In 2008 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[University of Bolton]] for his services to art and art education.<ref>Evi Papadopoulous (ed), ''The Kean World of Orange'' (Limassol: Kean Ltd, 2009) 42</ref>

In 2017 he was the subject of a major exhibition at [[Paphos]] Art Gallery in Cyprus as part of the city's celebrations as [[European Capital of Culture]].<ref>Pafos 2017: European City of Culture, ''Stass Paraskos: A Celebration'' (London: Orage Press, 2017) [https://issuu.com/artcyprus4/docs/hello_print_complete Weblink]</ref>