It would not be an overstatement to say that Andy Hadjiadamos’ life was defined by constant movement, separation, and nostalgia – divided in effect between two homelands: Cyprus and South Africa. His biography speaks for itself. Andy was born in Ktima, Pafos, in 1936. He spent his childhood in the area of Geroskipou, moving as a teenager to his maternal aunt’s house in Ktima, in order to attend the Hellenic High School of Pafos. After graduation, he enrolled at the American Academy in Nicosia for courses in commercial studies. In 1955 he followed his family emigrating to South Africa and settling in the city of Durban in the area of Natal. There he studied graphic arts and advertising at the city’s Technical College. In 1959 he moved to Pietermaritzburg, registering at the Department of Fine Arts of the University of Natal and majoring in sculpture. He worked as an assistant lecturer at the Department of Sculpture. He met his future wife, Jennifer Lynn Thompson-Colenzo. In 1964 he left for Greece to work as conservator for the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, a post he would soon resign from. He spent some time in London and in 1965 returned to Cyprus. He got married in 1967. He worked as an art teacher at the Public College of Commerce in Morfou until 1970, then returned with his wife to Africa. They settled in Johannesburg but in the same year moved to Pietermaritzburg. Hadjiadamos attended a program of postgraduate studies in sculpture at the University of Natal. Due to a vehement disagreement with the head of the program, he cut short his studies. He presented his first solo exhibition at Jack Heath Gallery. The couple moved to Durban where he took over as director of the Department of Sculpture at Natal Polytechnic. In 1972 they returned to Cyprus and settled in Ammochostos until the Turkish invasion. Their first son, Yiorkos, was born. Andy Hadjiadamos left his studio behind, along with a significant number of works from that period. (The artworks would eventually be salvaged by Turkish Cypriot architect and artist Baki Bogac who after several years of tribulations would manage to return the body of work to the artist’s family in 1993). The family had had to move once more to Johannesburg, South Africa. In 1975 and 1978 respectively, Sergis and Natali were born. In 1979 they settled in the seaside city of Salt Rock. Their third son, Alexis, was born. Finally, in 1980, the family returned to Cyprus for good, settling in Pafos. In 1986 Andy Hadjiadamos represented Cyprus at the 2nd Cairo International Biennale and won the Gold Medal for Sculpture. In 1988 he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. In 1990 he lost his battle with the disease.