Maria Loizidou
Cyprus
Maria Loizidou is a visual artist, educated at École des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France and settled in Nicosia, Cyprus. Her practice interweaves personal and political references in relation to the history of colonialism, war, oppression, minorities, and the deprivation of social welfare in Cyprus.
Her work, combines drawings with pencil, animation, video, sculpture, and knitting through collective workshops. Upcoming exhibitions include, Unlimited Art Basel, 2026, while some of her recent installations include: “Newcomers”, in collaboration with Pylon Art & Culture, Minerva hotel, Platres (2025); “Where Am I now” at Liverpool Biennial 2025, “Elevation 1049: ENERGIES”, Conceived & Produced by LUMA Foundation (Gstaad, Switzerland, 2025), “La Place”, DEO projects, “Once we were gardens”, Kampos Chios (2025); “The place I am not” in collaboration with Freud Museum London and Hellenic Center (London, 2024); “Space of Togetherness”, in collaboration with NEON (Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece | School of Athens – Irene Papas, Athens, 2024); “Moi Balbuzard Migrant”, in collaboration with the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, (Paris, 2023); A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920–2020, in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery (London, 2021); Portals, in collaboration with NEON, at the Former Tobacco Factory (Athens, 2020).
In 1986, she represented Cyprus at the 43 Venice Biennale with the work The Myth of Ariadne in three acts, and in 2017 she participated in Documenta 14, with the work Collective Autobiographie (2011).
Her works activate public spaces, creating platform for interaction and discussion, emphasizing the power of fragility. As a member of AA & U For Architecture, Art and Urbanism Maria has the possibility to address such issues on an interdisciplinary level. Maria Loizidou is represented by Kalfayan Galleries (Athens, Greece).
Kalfayan Galleries
Since 1995 Kalfayan Galleries have been a pioneer in the expansion of the contemporary art scene in Greece and abroad.
korai project space
Korai is an artist-run space in Nicosia that aims to facilitate and showcase research in the field of arts.
Works
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