Maria Pierides

In my paintings, I render in colour the stories of the physical and emotional landscapes that formed my experience of being born in Greece and then growing up in England and Cyprus, and now living and working in Wales. The actual process of my painting relates to this theme, as I use mixed media, building up and scraping back areas of paint to capture the atmosphere, mass, and light of the landscapes I am trying to depict.
The actual process of my painting relates to this theme, as I use mixed media, building up and scraping back areas of paint to capture the atmosphere, mass, and light of the landscapes I am aiming to depict . In the series ‘The Gloaming,’ I explore ways of bringing these landscapes together and play with the similarities and contrasts: How being caught between two time perspectives – the Eastern Mediterranean is two hours ahead of England – two different kinds of light, two different cultures, results in both a feeling of richness and diversity of experience as well as a search for rootedness in the moment and in space.
Dusk and the changes in light between sunset and darkness capture this feeling of ‘homelessness’ and search for ‘home.’ On the other hand, in the plays of light, in exploring ways of translating ...

Central School of Speech and Drama
Goldsmiths University
University of Hertsfordshire

2025
12-16 March: The Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London
Jan-Feb: Beep Biennale, Aberystwyth

2024
Dec. Small Works Winter Show. Spring Cheltenham
Nov-Dec. Breathe: Inspire: Spirit. Studio Cennen, Wales
Sep-Nov: Studio Cennen, Wales
Sep-Nov: Beep Biennale, Swansea, Wales
March Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London

2023
December Flux Exhibition Piccadilly, London
16-26 November Mall Galleries, ING Discerning Eye, London
November Mountains, Moons and Music, Studio Cennen, Wales
12-15th October The Other Art Fair, London
September- 14th January Royal West of England Academy Open, Bristol
September Floriferous: Fruitiferous, Studio Cennen, Wales
June-July Human : Nature, Studio Cennen, Wales
2022
June Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham
Nov The Silence of Sound SOLO show, Queen Street Gallery, Wales
2021
November Flux Exhibitions Design District, Greenwich, London
July-August, Borrowed Landscape, Studio Cennen, Wales
July-August ArtSpring Gallery, Tonbridge
April-May Let the Darkness In, Studio Cennen, Wales
March-May Selected for the Curators Gallery
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March-April Abstract Aesthetics, Flux Exhibitions, Virtual Exhibition
Feb Wales Week London






2020
22 Sept -30 Dec. Society of Women Artists Open
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