Practice —
Marilena Kranioti (b. 1997 in Greece) is a visual artist who lives and works in Athens. She graduated from the School of Fine Arts of Athens with a focus on sculpture.
Her work consists of small and large scale sculptural installations, with metal, as the main material, and also light, sound, soil and biomass. Her research focuses on the observation and the study of natural phenomena. By means of symbols, she creates works accompanied ritual processes that are dealing with philosophical and metaphysical questions.
Her work has been presented in Museums, Galleries and Festivals in Greece and Italy. Her most important exhibitions were held at the Numismatic Museum, the Italian Embassy in Athens, the Athens Conservatory, the Public Tobacco Factory, the Athens Megaron Concert Hall, the Byzantine and Christian Museum, the Delphi Museum, the Bagion, the Isaiah Mansion and the Blender Gallery. Reports and interviews about her work can be found in the Greek press (ERT radio, Ethnos, To Vima, Ta Nea tis Technis, LIFO, Culture Now, elculture, Kathimerini, Athinorama etc.).
Since 2022, she is running a collaborative studio & art space called CK45 in Neos Kosmos, organizing small scale exhibitions & workshops for the community.