Maria Ioannou

Rooted in the body’s silent wisdom, my sculptures emerge from a conscious dialogue with gesture, balance, and sensory memory. The white figure stands as a ritual presence—evoking funeral etiquette, ancestral passage, and the purity of transition. Limbs are extended beyond proportion, capturing the kinesthetic pull of memory and the reach toward shared lineage. Gold punctuates the form like a sacred breath—both inheritance and illumination. I work with material as one would with a tradition: slowly, attentively, with reverence. These figures embody not just personal narratives, but collective echoes, participating in the spiritual and cultural weave of community. They are shaped by touch, by movement, by silence—guardians of craft, carriers of ancestral gesture, and witnesses to the enduring poetry of the human form.

ECHOES OF THE DOMESTIC DIVINE

Object Resin, Wood, Wire, Capsules, Jade Stone