Surviving death four years ago ignited a vision I strive to capture in paint—a fierce celebration of life where fire confronts darkness, culminating in a breath that claims existence. This experience fuels my work, creating sanctuaries in fractured realities where memories, emotions, and echoes coexist. Each piece draws from my life and the lives of resilient women, weaving our stories into universal expressions of survival and hope.
Deeply inspired by literature and poetry, my work blends surrealism, wild portraits, the occult, and symbolism, inviting viewers into the pulse of existence. Beyond painting, I’m writing surrealistic stories rooted in my own childhood, aimed at bringing light and inspiration. These stories form the foundation of my first book, where my visual and narrative worlds merge on a journey of transformation. Through my art, I honor the extraordinary in the ordinary, using strong narratives to connect with the viewer on a timeless journey. With each piece, I aim to bridge the realms of art and spirit, inviting others to feel the intensity, raw sexuality, and sensitive reflection that drive my creative expression.
I am a feminist artist born in Athens, dedicated to exploring resilience, transformation, and the voices of women through my art. At 22, I moved to Spain, where I lived and worked for a decade. I hold a BA from the Seville School of Arts, an MFA from the University of Seville, and a MEd in Montessori Education and Adolescent Psychology from the University of Cuyo. Over the past 15 years, my work has been exhibited internationally, and I’ve actively engaged in the theoretical aspects of art, leading workshops and seminars that explore art as a metalanguage for sublimation.
Through my work, I strive to fuse activism with artistic expression, inviting viewers into spaces where feminist stories come alive. My art is a bridge for connecting with feminist themes and everyday surrealism, and I also teach the history of feminism in arts and literature while mentoring at Women on Top. Currently, I am preparing a project of short surrealistic stories and an artist book, alongside new paintings inspired by my latest research at the Centre Pompadour.Through each piece, I hope to evoke reflection, resilience, and a sense of shared journey. Art, for me, is a sanctuary where the personal becomes universal and transformation is constant.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 (upcoming) Paintings & Sculptures. Solo Exhibition, CICA Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo Korea
2025 March (upcoming) My room too – Installation & performance (sculpture, paintings, writings). Ithaka International Art Festival, Belgium
2025 March (upcoming) Girls on the Run – Paintings & Writings. Solo Exhibition Gallery Mikrou, Greece
2024 October PLATFORM PROJECTS – Paintings and talks with the project ‘Kairos & Chronos”, International Contemporary Art Fair, Athens, Greece
2024 May – Paintings. Collective Exhibition, Calabro Art Gallery, Zurich Switzerland
2024 March The State in Between Loss & Discovery – Paintings. Collective Exhibition, Insistrum & Hypha Studios, London UK
2024 (February) Art Fair Participation- ART CAPITAL PARIS, Grand Palais Paris France
2024 (February) Witches & Goddesses [preface]- Paintings. Solo Exhibition Gallery Mikrou, Greece
2024 (February-March) ITHAKA International Art Festival, Participation with project Witches & Goddesses, Belgium
2023 Insistrum – Paintings. Collective Exhibition, Booze Cooperativa Gallery, Athens, Greece
2023 International Festival of Feminist and Lesbian Cinema Paris – Paintings. Collective Exhibition Cineffable. Paris, France
2023 WILD TALES – A dialogue with the Dutch Expressionists – Paintings. Solo Exhibition, Kwaster Art Gallery, Belgium
2023 MADONNAS – Paintings. Solo Exhibition Psifida Art Gallery, Cyprus
2023 MADONNAS – Paintings. Solo Exhibition Gallery Gwendoline, Grenoble, France
2022 MORSURES – Paintings. Solo Exhibition L’Anecdote, Paris, France
2021 SAUVAGE – Paintings. Solo Exhibition Gallery Gwendoline, Grenoble, France
2018 POESIA VISUAL – Paintings, poetry. Duo Exhibition Gallery Méson de los Poetas, Guanajuato, Mexico
2017 CAMBIANDO TERCIOS – Paintings. Duo Exhibition Gallery Méson de los Poeta, Guanajuato, Mexico
2017 AQUELLO – Paintings, poetry. Representation of the vulva based on the poetry of N. Kavvadias
Solo exhibition Gallery Mamafante&Papaposa, Seville, Spain
2016 GATAKIA – Paintings, Illustrations. Duo Exhibition Gallery El viajero sedentario, Seville, Spain
2014 REPHRASE – Paintings. Solo Exhibition Gallery Kreislauf. Munich, Germany
2014 1st OF MAY – Paintings. Collective Exhibition City hall of Seville, Spain
2014 MIRADAS DE MUJERES – Paintings, installations, video art, performance. International Art Festival
participation with the project Menarche. Collective Exhibition Gallery Weber – Lutgen, Seville Spain
2014 50 YEARS WITHOUT CERNUDA – Paintings, sculptures. Collective Exhibition, Accion Directa Art Center,
Seville, Spain
2013 THE FALL – Paintings. Solo Exhibition Gallery Chicago Art Place, Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain
2013 TIEFSCHWARZ-ANTPARALLEL – Paintings and engravings. Collective project with the artist Dieter Zurnieden. Gallery Weber-Lutgen, Seville, Spain
2013 CRUZANDO CHARCOS – Paintings, sculptures. Collective International Exhibition Gallery Fundeca, Seville, Spain
2013 LOS HILOS INVISIBLES – Paintings and engravings. Solo Exhibition. Hall of Health Equity Association
Uruguay – Spain
2013 LUCID DREAMING – Paintings. Solo Exhibition Gallery Bicicleteria, Seville, Spain
2013 APNEAS – Paintings. Solo Exhibition Gallery Anima, Seville, Spain
2013 15 YEARS OF ACCION DIRECTA – Paintings and installations. Collective Exhibition, Accion Directa Art Center. Seville, Spain
2012 PALABRAS GRIEGAS – Paintings. Solo Exhibition Gallery Tasca, Seville, Spain
2012 YELLOW PAGES – Paintings,collages. Solo Exhibition Gallery Feria 61, Seville, Spain
Artworks in public collections: EU Committee of the Regions, Belgium. Private collections: Italy, Spain, Germany, Greece, France,Mexico, Canada, Belgium, France, Sweden
RESIDENCIES – GRANTS – OPEN CALLS
2025 CICA Contemporary Art Museum, Solo Exhibition. Gimpo, Korea
2025 Ithaka International Art Festival, Belgium. Commission and Exhibition
2024 Shortlisted between final three candidates for the European project Re-Wiring: Unmasking Gendered Power Hierarchies, Mural comission & research workshop
2024 Winner of the Creative Residence Grant, Centre Pompadour, France. Fully Granted Art Residence for painting & research
2024 Ithaka International Art Festival, Belgium. Commission and Exhibition
2023 Cinnefable International Festival of Feminist and lesbian cinema, Paris, France. Commission and Exhibition
2022 Exhibition ToBe Art Center, Turnhout Belgium. Solo Exhibition
2014 Public Commission, European Committee of the Regions. Brussels, Belgium
2011 UNED Art Scholarship
STUDIES
2021 MEd Montessori Education/Adolescent Psychology, Universidad de Cuyo
2021 (course) Modern & Contemporary American Poetry, University of Pennsylvania
2016 MFA (BBAA) University of Seville, Spain
2015 BA Seville School of Arts, Spain
2019 TESOL Arisona State University
2013 (course) Technology and Scenic Arts
CICUS University of Seville, Spain
2012 (course) PERFORMANCE/Body Action/Performance Minimal by Willem Wilhelmus CICUS University of Seville, Spain
ARTISTIC ACTION
(ongoing project) Girls on the Run ( Research, Writings and paintings & sculptures)
2023-2024 Witches & Goddesses
2023 Art mentor in Women on Top (ongoing)
2023 Madonnas. Stories and Paintings of Alternative Motherhoods
2022 PARADIS. A multidisciplinary, participative project by Marina Tziara
2021 Artist & Project Manager Region Rhône – Alpes. Company People&Baby, France
Project ‘Art et Nature’ – Creation of ephemeral and sustainable artistic installations in nurseries
2015 – 2021 Creative and Alternative education. Arts integration, multilingualism. Spain, Greece, France
Art therapy volunteering (children, teenagers, adults, immigrants)
2012 – 2014 Founder – Artist – Educator, Gatakia Company. Spain
Contemporary art workshops
2013 – 2014 Menarche (a 9-month-audiovisual project). A thorough audiovisual documentation of the menarche and it’s abstraction in the feminine body. 9 photographic interventions & video art. Spain, Greece
2013 PINTURA VERBAL – a project of interactive & conseptual art. VEGAP Madrid, Spain
Audience Participatory Project. Creation & main idea Marina Tziara, writer Jaime Castro Garcia.
2013 Participation in JIAAP 3 (International Festival Of Performance and Artistic Action 2013)
WEBER-LUTGEN Gallery & City Hall of Seville. Spain
2012 El afecto es revolutionario – a reflection of urban art to humans. Collaboration with the artist Teresa Ribuffo. WEBER-LUTGEN Gallery & City Hall of Seville. Spain
2011 BLACKBIRD – a video art project – the human presence in the Canary Islands. Collaboration with the photographer Rulo Campos. Canary Islands
WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
About Inspiration Artistic, sensorial & multidisciplinary seminar, which opts to enhance or unlock individual or collective inspiration with the utter goal of artistic sublimation.
The Hearing Trumpet Artistic, Montessori laboratory which uses art as a metalanguage to create hybrid identities. Based on the work and the writings of Leonora Carrington.
The oceanic feeling Simply a description of the feeling the infant has before it learns there are other persons in the world. A laboratory focuses on the idea of the ‘Whole’. Individual/group exploration, body language,music, sounds, and upcycling material, canalizing overwhelming feelings into artistic flow.
Part 1.Weaned -The primitive ego-feeling. Dealing with overwhelming feelings through art. Raw emotionalism, stark movement, humour and expressionism. Artists Explored: W.Thompson, P.Bausch & E.Schiele
Part 2.Boundaries Blended with love. Limitlessness. Extended collaborative braiding, deep concentration and motricity, discharge.
Our Ego in the imaginary world -The illustrative tale Intrapersonal relationships, self
representation, illustration of ideas, creative writing, and
performative experimentation. Creating and binding an illustrative tale of our ego in the notion
of ‘kairos’
The Non-mechanical repetition (postminimal) Labyrinths & invented words based on the work
of Simon Hantaï and ‘Ringaround Arosie’ by
E.Hesse
Designed for children, teenagers and adults and have been carried out in public and private schools in Spain, France and Cyprus. Some of them in Social Centers in Spain, France and Belgium but also private groups of women or members of the LGBTQ community.