Maria Salouvardou

I live in Berlin and work as costume installation designer. Human hair was my first material for sculpture and installation working as a hair stylist. 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), History of B&W Photography (PhotoCircle). I participated as costume designer and actress in various shows and performances and lectured at the Little University on recyclable materials for making clothes. My mixed media work consists of handwork techniques using various broken stuff, toys, dolls, plastic and paper garbage, threads, textiles and wires combining with music, text and video.

I restructure and compose with respect towards the environment. I love to combine objects and fabrics, upcycle them and transform them into art.

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.