Having survived death almost four years ago, I’ve discovered a singular moment that begs to be captured in paint. It’s that brief, intense struggle for life—the clash of fire and light amidst darkness, culminating in that first breath, a visceral reminder of being alive. It’s an inherently human experience that I aim to encapsulate with every color at my disposal. My paintings are a tribute to life’s essence, each stroke a celebration of the ordinary becoming extraordinary. Immersed in literature and poetry, I find inspiration to explore the infinite universes where my art can exist forever, seeking immortality through my work. And for those who view my canvases, may they not just see paint on the surface but sense the pulse of my beating heart, inviting them to join me in this timeless journey.
Born in Athens in 1988, my lifelong passion for art led me to relocate to Spain at 22, where I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and later pursued a Master’s in Montessori education & adolescence psychology. Over a decade in Spain refined my artistic craft, blending figurative abstraction with portraiture to capture intensity and contemplation. For 13 years, I’ve exhibited my art globally, while also engaging in theoretical aspects by facilitating workshops and seminars. Grounded in feminist literature, my work challenges norms and encourages introspection, aiming to empower women and inspire personal and societal transformation.
EXHIBITIONS
2024 (upcoming) May – Paintings. Collective Exhibition, Calabro Art Gallery, Zurich Switzerland
2024 March-May 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
STUDIES
2021 Master’s Montessori Education/Adolescent Psychology
2021 (course) Modern & Contemporary American Poetry University of Pennsylvania
Universidad de Cuyo
2015 Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, University of Seville, 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
2024 Witches & Goddesses (ongoing project)
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.
OPEN CALLS
Ithaka International Art Festival, Belgium. Commission, Exhibition
Cinnefable International Festival of Feminist and lesbian cinema, Paris, France. Exhibition and Commission
ToBe Art Center, Turnhout Belgium. Solo Exhibition