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My practice develops and works through ways of thinking around relationships and hierarchies between mark/material/figure/surface. These relationships, in turn, have potential implications for thinking the site of the feminine within the domain of painting and drawing.
My work investigates what different types of mark making might mean and how these may challenge a logic premised on hierarchical binary oppositions such as presence/absence and figure/ground. The specific concerns of my work are: the creation of a feminine space in/through painting and drawing, the use of materiality and the notion of different "materialities", the notion of blurring or ambiguity in painting and drawing and the use of deconstructive or subversive play. The idea of different "materialities" relates both to the material being used for mark making and to the surface on which marks are made. I have been investigating the accumulation of marks/gestures and the use of thin, disappearing marks that suggest an ambiguous relationship between mark and surface.
The main strategy I have been using in my current work is to come up with marks that form a response to each type of surface used – a response specific to that surface, be it paper, cloth, or a found surface. As a result of this approach, in many pieces there seems to be a close interaction between surface and mark that sometimes leads to confusion between the two – the image partially escapes vision. This strategy has extended to the installation of the work. The play between marks and surfaces within each work persists in the installation of the work, with the walls and floors this time being the surface and the actual works becoming some kind of “mark”.
These ambiguous relationships and “fugitive” images/artworks lead to a partial destabilization of categories. The border or hierarchy between mark/surface begins to destabilize and the edges demarcating or separating works become uncertain.
My work is informed by the theoretical work of Luce Irigaray and Bracha Ettinger. Both these authors theorize the feminine in more positive terms than those proposed by Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis and my research deploys their theories in order to rethink the feminine within the domain of painting and drawing. |
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| BIOGRAPHY |
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Marina Kassianidou is an artist and writer based in Limassol and London.
She was born in Limassol in 1979. She lived and studied in California, USA, from 1998 to 2004. She graduated from Stanford University, CA, USA, in 2002 with a BA in Studio Art (with Distinction) and a BS in Computer Science (with Distinction). Upon graduation, she was awarded the Arthur Giese Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting by the Stanford Department of Art and Art History.
In 2004, she obtained an MS in Computer Science at Stanford University. In 2005, she obtained a Master in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London. She is currently a PhD candidate in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London.
She has participated in exhibitions in the UK, USA, Israel, Germany and Cyprus and her writings and work have appeared in journals in the USA and Europe. |
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| EDUCATION |
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2006 - Present
PhD Fine Art
Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London, UK.
Supervisors: Jeffrey Dennis, Bernice Donszelmann, Rebecca Fortnum
(Practice-based research degree in which the final submission consists of a body of artistic work and a written thesis)
2005
MA Fine Art (with Distinction for final project).
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London, UK.
2004
MS Computer Science (Human Computer Interaction Design).
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
2002
BA Studio Art (with Distinction).
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
BS Computer Science (with Distinction).
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
2001
Certificate of Attendance.
London Summer Art and Design Programme, American Institute for Foreign Study, London, UK. |
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| REPRESENTATION |
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| SOLO EXHIBITS |
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2009
* "Re-surface," Tenderpixel Gallery, London, UK.
2008
* "Facts and Fictions," Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2006
* "Marina Kassianidou - Paintings", Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus.
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2009
* "Anonymous Drawing," Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
* Group exhibition, Rouan Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus (exhibition catalogue).
* "Lemesos 2009: Recent Visual Trends and Perspectives," Evagoras Lanitis Center, Limassol, Cyprus (exhibition catalogue).
* "Smoking," Darling Chicken Restaurant, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2008
* "Small is Beautiful," Flowers East, London, UK.
* "The Art of Research: Research Narratives," Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK.
* "Transparent," Century Tower, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2007
* "Small is beautiful," Flowers Central, London, UK.
* Young Artists Awards 2007, Brio Expressions, Limassol, Cyprus.
* "Open Studios 2007," En Plo Gallery, Paphos, Cyprus.
* "Blank expression," Zion Arts Centre, Manchester, UK.
* "Future reflections," Triangle Gallery, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK.
* "Young Cypriot Artists," British Council, Nicosia, Cyprus.
2006
* "Small is Beautiful - Portraits", Flowers Central, London, UK.
* "Para-dox", Malchei Israel Pet Clinic, Tel Aviv, Israel.
* Young Artists Awards 2006, Brio Expressions, Limassol, Cyprus.
* "Another product", Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK.
2005
* "Small is Beautiful", Flowers Central, London, UK.
* "Girls On Film", Joshua Brooks, Manchester, UK.
* "Making amends," site-specific installation, Amnesty International Headquarters, London, UK.
* MA Fine Art Degree Show, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK, (exhibition catalogue).
* "XHIBIT05," The Arts Gallery, University of the Arts, London, UK, (exhibition catalogue).
* "Leviathan," Candid Arts Trust Galleries, London, UK.
2004
* "An Art Affair 2004," Stanford University, CA, USA.
2003
* "An Art Affair 2003," Stanford University, CA, USA.
2002
* "Senior Show," Stanford University Department of Art and Art History, CA, USA.
* "Works by Katie Flynn and Marina Kassianidou," Stanford University Department of Art and Art History, CA, USA.
* "An Art Affair 2002," Stanford University, CA, USA.
1998
* "Epilogi Art Competition," Peter’s Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus.
1997
* "Epilogi Art Competition," Peter’s Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus.
1996
* "Epilogi Art Competition," Peter’s Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus. |
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| ARTICLES |
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Artist's publications:
2009
* "Re-Surface", pamphlet to accompany exhibition "Re-Surface", Tenderpixel Gallery, London. Essay by Andrew Smaldone.
2008
* "Backstage," limited edition text-based artist’s multiple.
2007
* Marina Kassianidou, "Sideways," ArtSEEN, 6, Summer.
* Marina Kassianidou, "Redefining norms," Arteri, 2, Spring.
* Marina Kassianidou, "Wandering in a hybrid landscape," Hybrids - Lalie Schewadron (exhibition catalogue), Lounge Gallery, London.
2006
* Marina Kassianidou, "The Painting Standard," ArtSEEN, 4, Winter.
* Marina Kassianidou, "Another way of being," ArtSEEN, 3, Autumn.
* Marina Kassianidou, "Caught in the web," ArtSEEN, 2, Summer.
* Marina Kassianidou, "Untouchable," ArtSEEN, 1, Spring.
2005
* Marina Kassianidou, "Writing Painting, Painting Writing," ArtSEEN, Pilot Issue, Spring.
* Marina Kassianidou, "To fundraise or not to fundraise," Common Area, 2, pp. 18.
2002
* Marina Kassianidou, "The Status of the Mechanical in the writings and works of two artists: Cezanne and Matisse," Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal 1, pp. 60 - 64.
* Eric S. Roberts, Marina Kassianidou, and Lilly Irani, "Encouraging Women in Computer Science," Inroads - SIGCSE Bulletin 34, no. 2, pp. 84 - 88.
Bibliography/press:
2009
* "Cyprus Red Cross Home for Sick Children - Group Exhibition," exhibition catalogue, Rouan Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus.
* "Lemesos 2009: Recent Visual Trends and Perspectives," exhibition catalogue, Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts, Cyprus.
* spoonfed, "Re-Surface," online review on spoonfed.co.uk.
* Mark Ridley, "Marina Kassianidou at Tenderpixel Gallery, London," online review on worldwidereview.com.
* Elena Castro, "Re-Surface," online review on artslant.com.
* "London for free: Re-Surface," Metro, August 25, pp. 21.
2008
* "The Marmite Prize for Painting" exhibition catalogue, London, UK.
* Glyn Hughes, "Marina at Gloria’s," The Cyprus Weekly Lifestyle, February 29 - March 6, pp. 4.
* Glyn Hughes, "Kassianidou at Gloria," The Cyprus Weekly Lifestyle, February 22 - 28, pp. 5.
* Giorgos Savvinides, "Marina Kassianidou exhibition," O Phileleftheros, February 21, pp. 37.
* Yiota Demetriou, "Facts and Fictions," I Simerini, February 17, 2008, pp. 87.
2007
* Yiota Demetriou, "Young painters," To Periodiko, September 7, issue 1113, pp. 60.
2006
* Glyn Hughes, "Marina Kassianidou is at Gloria Gallery," The Cyprus Weekly, September 22 - 28.
2005
* MA Fine Art Degree Show exhibition catalogue, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK.
* "XHIBIT05" exhibition catalogue, The Arts Gallery, University of the Arts, London, UK.
2002
* Womenspeak, 3, no. 2, (cover).
1999
* The Mind’s Eye, 7, no. 2, (cover and illus).
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| OTHER INFO |
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Awards & distinctions:
2008
* Member of EKATE (Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts).
2007
* Shortlisted for Brio Expressions Young Artists Awards 2007, Limassol, Cyprus.
2006
* Shortlisted for Brio Expressions Young Artists Awards 2006, Limassol, Cyprus.
2002
* Arthur Giese Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting, Stanford University Department of Art and Art History, CA, USA.
* Award for Excellence in Research, Stanford University, CA, USA.
2001
* Member of Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honour Society).
1999
* Stanford University President's Award for Academic Excellence, Stanford University, CA, USA.
1998
* CASP/AMIDEAST (Cyprus American Scholarship Program) scholarship to study in the USA.
* First Place Award, Epilogi Art Competition, Limassol, Cyprus.
1997
* Third Place Award, Epilogi Art Competition, Limassol, Cyprus.
1996
* First Place Award, Epilogi Art Competition, Limassol, Cyprus. |
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