Marianna Karava

Born 1982, Chalkida, Greece

Exhibitions

[2026] Leek! Leek!, solo installation, Gelbes Haus, Lucerne (CH)

[2025] Unpredictable Waters, Eudoxeio Cultural Center, Pelion (GR)

[2024–25] Books as Art, Museo MUACC, Cagliari, Sardinia (IT)

[2024–25] Vulkanizer II, Galerija Tir, Nova Gorica (SI)

[2024] Their Singing Shifts the Soil, Au Brana Centre, Pauilhac (FR)

[2024] SUPA: A Patched Flag, Mât Artspace, Neuchâtel (CH)

[2024] Mediterranean Disturbances, Gramma Epsilon, Athens (GR)

[2024] Kompost ’23, Weissraum, Innsbruck (AT)

[2023] Open Grund, Grund1535, Rietz (AT)

[2023] Vulkanizer, Ostavinska Gallery, Belgrade (RS)

Art Residencies

[2025–26] Gelbes Haus Art Residency, Lucerne (CH)

[2024] Sansusi Well-Being Art Residency, Aknīste (LV)

[2024] Attrition Art Residency, Au Brana Centre, Pauilhac (FR)

[2023] Grounding Through Improvisation Residency, Grund1535, Rietz (AT)

[2023] Nomad Dance Academy Residency, Zagreb (HR)

[2022] Footnote Centre Art Residency, Belgrade (RS)

Participatory Projects (selected)

[2026] Goals for Life, Participatory encounters, Gelbes Haus Art Residency, Lucerne (CH)

[2025] Home with Books, Domestic installation / gathering, Chalkida (GR)

[2024] Transparent Curtains Soften the Light, Collaborative embroidery project, Sansusi Well-Being Programme, Aknīste (LV)

[2024] The Season We Share, Dance performance, Sansusi Well-Being Programme, Aknīste (LV)

[2024] Garlic Notes, Site-responsive workshop, Attrition Art Residency, Pauilhac (FR)

[2023] When I Was Young I Wanted to Become the Circus Girl, Peripatetic performance, Grund1535, Rietz (AT)

[2022] The River Leads Us Back, Embroidery on paper workshop, Footnote Centre, Belgrade (RS)

Performance (selected)

[2024] Factory of Nothing Tapes, KC Magacin, Belgrade (RS)

[2023] Stones Bones, Video Performance, Rietz (AT)

[2023] When I Hear You, Video Performance, Belgrade (RS)

[2023] Now Now Now, Festival in Opposition, Kuda.org, Novi Sad (RS)

[2022] New Now Me, KC Magacin, Belgrade (RS)

[2016] Elastic Plastic, Athens Video Dance Project, Athens (GR)

[2013–15] Randevu, Various Festivals, Athens & Tinos (GR)

[2013] Tomorrow in a Cup, by Z. Dimitriou, IETM Athens (GR)

[2011–12] IN THE PROCESS OF..., by Z. Dimitriou, Cuore Di Grecia Festival Bologna (IT) / M. Cacoyannis Foundation, Athens (GR)

Publications & Features

[2025] Interview, Cat Is Art, online platform

[2025] Concrete Etheras, publication, BBDB Studio, Athens (GR)

[2025] Interview, Mediterranean Commune, online platform

[2024] Kompost ’23, Komplex Kulturmagazin, Innsbruck (AT)

[2023] SUPA: Collaborative Edition, Edition Fasting Plockare, Biel/Bienne (CH)

[2023] Kompost ’22, Komplex Kulturmagazin, Innsbruck (AT)

[2022] Faith of Others, artist book, self-publication, Athens (GR)

[2021] Nyx, artist book, self-publication, Athens (GR)

Events (selected)

[2025] A Collective Auction, A Collective of Collectives, Living Room Athens (GR)

[2021–25] Athens Art Book Fair (GR)

[2024] Word Games, Performative reading, Footnote Centre, Belgrade (RS)

[2023] Sit+Read Art Book Fair, Timișoara (RO)

[2023] Soundgate Belgrade, Lumpen Station, Biel/Bienne (CH)

Education

[2009] Degree in Contemporary Dance, Rallou Manou Professional Dance School, Athens (GR)

[2007] Degree in Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki (GR)

Teaching & Training (selected)

[2009— ] Teaching Hatha Yoga, Chair Yoga, Dance Improvisation

[2018] Advanced Yoga Teacher Training, Sivananda Yoga Organisation (PL)

[2017] Accessible Yoga Training, International Accessible Yoga Organisation (AT)