MARINA VELISIOTI

Visual arts

MARINA VELISIOTI

Marina Velisioti was born in Thessaloniki and is based in Athens. She studied at the School of Visual and Applied Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. During her university studies she attended courses and seminars in scenography. She works with video art applications and music psychology, psychoacoustics and documentary. She also attended courses in technical analogue and digital photo printing, engraving and sculpture. Lately, she has been producing a series of digitally processed collages and tapestries developing narratives inspired by deserted or forgotten landscapes and primordial figures. She is the founder and editor of the art zine Bebabebo. She has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2022).

Game Flag_your day is done with gamebag full and empty gun, 2021, 102 x 150 εκ. / Handwoven tapestry (wool, acrylic, cotton), plastic grid

Game Flag_your day is done with gamebag full and empty gun, 2021, 102 x 150 εκ. / Handwoven tapestry (wool, acrylic, cotton), plastic grid

Loyal Gravity, 2022, 96 x 140  εκ. / Embroidery (acrylic, cotton), plastic grid

Loyal Gravity, 2022, 96 x 140 εκ. / Embroidery (acrylic, cotton), plastic grid

Geology of desert, 2022, 70 x 43 εκ. / Collage on print paper

Geology of desert, 2022, 70 x 43 εκ. / Collage on print paper

Electric Horizons, 2022, 80 x 120 εκ. / Embroidery (acrylic, cotton), plastic grid

Electric Horizons, 2022, 80 x 120 εκ. / Embroidery (acrylic, cotton), plastic grid