MarinaÌýKassianidou

  • (She, her, hers)
  • Associate Professor
  • PAINTING & DRAWING
Marina Kassianidou, Photograph by Carolina Porras Monroy, Assets for Artists/The Studios at MASS MoCA

Photograph by Carolina Porras Monroy, Assets for Artists/The Studios at MASS MoCA

Marina Kassianidou’s practice combines drawing, painting, collage, artist’s books, art writing, and installation. Her works focus on processes of responsive mark making, where her marks respond to features of the surface/space being marked. She usually works with everyday surfaces and spaces, approaching the act of marking as a way of relating to the world around her.

Marina was born and raised in Limassol, Cyprus. She has a B.A. in Studio Art and a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University, an M.A. in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins, and a Ph.D. in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts.

Her work has been exhibited internationally at spaces such as the House of Cyprus (Athens, Greece), NiMAC (Nicosia, Cyprus), Thkio Ppalies (Nicosia, Cyprus), Tenderpixel Gallery (London, UK), Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria), Stand4 Gallery (Brooklyn, New York, USA), Yes Ma’am Projects (Denver, Colorado, USA), Lane Meyer Projects (Denver, Colorado, USA), Rule Gallery (Marfa, Texas, USA), the Museum of Art Fort Collins (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA), East Window Gallery (Ãå±±½ûµØ, Colorado, USA), the NARS Foundation (Brooklyn, New York, USA), Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah, New York, USA), and ETAJ Artist-Run Space (Bucharest, Romania), among others.

She has been awarded artist residencies and fellowships at Art Colony Galichnik (Galichnik, Republic of North Macedonia), Ragdale Foundation (Illinois, USA), The Studios at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts, USA), Ox-Bow (Michigan, USA), Residencia Internacional de Arte Can Serrat (El Bruc, Spain), and Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences (Georgia, USA), among others. She has received grants from the A. G. Leventis Foundation and the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, and is a recipient of the 2016 Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant.

Her work is found in several private and public collections, including the Cyprus State Collection of Contemporary Art. Additionally, her work has been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic and Cultbytes.