Maria Salouvardou
I am an interdisciplinary artist creating vivid installations with costumes and shoes as contemporary art .
With origin from Greece, I live in Berlin.
Apart from attaining an Economics degree, I studied Acting
(Vasilis Diamantopoulos and Akis Davis Theatre Schools),
Costume design and Scenography (Micro Polytechneio),
History of Art (Spanish Spoudastirio) and History of B&W Photography (PhotoCircle).
The last 10 years I am creating a multidisciplinary fusion that combines costume and set design with the performing arts .The freedom of expression, and specifically the freedom of women, is a central theme in my Art. I am a weaver, not only of threads but also of women's lives. My performances are inspired by poetry and my voice resonates through needles, threads, papers, glue, brushes, wires, music and words, crafting a narrative . I upcycle, restructure and compose with respect towards the environment. I am always experimenting on new techniques on "paper making" and "textile art".
I participate in various exhibitions and perform internationally, spreading my messages deeply concerned with the inequalities, in a world fraught with patriarchy, conflict and heedless consumerism.
- 2025 March: Performance "wrong note" together with the screening of 3 Poetry films at Embros Theater, Athens
- 2025 April: Performance and Installation "no longer hurt", a project dedicated to femicides , presented for "Dream Gap", Berlin
- 2025 April: Installation "Algorithm" for "Dream Gap", Berlin
- 2024 November: Installation and Performance at the Opening of the 28th Sustainable Art Festival of Catalonia, Drap-Art 24 in the Gothic Quarter, Barcelona
- 2024 September: Paper costume Installation at Elizabeth Church for Luna Park, Berlin
- 2024 August: Group exhibition at Fykio Shinousa Gallery, Greece
- 2024 June: Film Poetry screening and Poetry installations,Open Studios weekend, Berlin.
- 2024 May: Artist Residency and Performance for Kotoki at Serifos island, Greece.
- 2024 March - April: Performance, Costume design and Installation for the Poetry film "Whiteweight", Berlin.
- 2023 November, Feline Lang´s gothic novel "The Dollhouse" is published, where lots of my artworks are printed as main characters of the fairytale, Berlin.
- 2023 November, Performance, Costume-Set design and co-Direction for the Film Poetry "the harp of vocal cords", Berlin.
- 2023 September - October, Group Exhibition at Stefanus Church, Berlin.
- 2023 July, Performance "Inconnu" for Eye`s walk Festival in Syros island, Greece.
- 2023 May, Solo Exhibition for Wave Gothic Treffen (WGT) at Wilhelm-Halle-H ,Leipzig.
- 2023 February, Group Exhibition at Lite-Haus Gallerie, Berlin.
- 2022 December, Award for my short film "Into my Garden come" at Bliss333 Poetry Festival ,Colorado
- 2022 December, Group Exhibition at Digital Chroma Gallery ,Berlin
- 2022 November, Solo Exhibition at Forum Factory, Berlin.
- 2022 November, Group Exhibition at Lite- Haus Galleri, Berlin.
- 2022 October, my Poetry Installation and Performance "Dead land" for Eye`s walk Festival at the Byzantine Bath-Meetings-Τhessaloniki.
- 2022 May to July, Solo Exhibition "Throw me not" at Ewa Frauenzenrtum, Berlin.
- 2022 April, my Poetry film "Into my Garden come" at Project Lazaretta for Eye's walk Festival, Athens.
- 2021 December, my fairytale video Installation "Heartbird" for the Exhibition Mink, Athens
- 2021 winter, Costume and Set design for the film "Goddess, Garbage & Gewalt", Berlin.
- 2021 September, my Poetry Installation "dreams limited" at Group Exhibition "Threads of freedom" Art Stalker, Berlin.
- 2021 spring, Poetry installlation and Performance "Lady Lazarus" for the International Video Poetry Festival, Athens.
- 2020 August, my Poetry Installation "returning to myself" at Group Exhibition "missing nature" at Illuseum, Berlin
Selected past works
- 2015 performance in Gallery 11 for "Landscape Metropolis" Exhibition, Berlin
- 2006-2010, performing and working as costume and set designer as part of the team LSD, Athens.