She studied in Paris at the Académie Colarossi (1929) and the École des Beaux-Arts (1930-1933) in Lucien Simon’s studio. In 1933 she returned to Cyprus, where she displayed prolific artistic activity. In 1937 she moved to Britain, where she lived until the end of her life.

Her art is associated with the pursuits of the Post-Impressionist currents, especially the Nabis, the Intimists, the Fauves, the Symbolists and the Cubists. Her subject matter does not stray far from visual reality, to which she sometimes imparted allegorical and symbolic implications. Her interest focused on landscapes, scenes from everyday life and portraiture.

She was the first Cypriot woman who studied art. Her three solo exhibitions in Cyprus (1934, 1935, 1936) were ahead of their time for the island’s art scene. She also took part in group shows in Paris (Salon d’Automne, 1932) and in London (Leger Galleries, 1939). Though she continued to paint until the mid-1960s, she never held another solo exhibition or participated in other group shows. In 1992, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus organised a large retrospective of her work at the State Gallery of Contemporary Art in Nicosia.