Marianna Karava (b. 1982, Chalkida, Greece) is an artist whose work takes the form of artist’s books, installations, performances, and participatory processes.

Each project develops through sustained engagement with place, people, materials, and the forms of knowledge already present within a community.

As these relationships deepen, movement, poetic writing, and hand embroidery become embodied and material practices through which the research takes form, creating conditions for encounter, participation, and shared meaning.

Rooted in contemporary dance and improvisation, her practice approaches making through attention, listening, and responsiveness.

Her projects develop primarily through artist residencies and long-term relationships with places and communities across Greece and Europe.

Alongside her artistic practice, she maintains an active teaching practice in yoga.