Maria Titan

Maria Titan is a contemporary mixed-media and collage artist whose work merges painting, drawing, and layered paper into richly narrative compositions. Born in South Africa and now based in Cyprus, she explores the spaces where memory, imagination, and everyday life intersect. Her art often blurs the boundary between the ordinary and the fantastical, transforming interiors, animals, food, and familiar objects into dreamlike scenes filled with symbolism and quiet intrigue.

Collage lies at the heart of her practice. Torn and cut paper fragments, interwoven with acrylic, watercolor, and pastel, become textures of memory—echoes of fabric, wallpaper, books, and domestic objects that once carried their own histories. Through layering, Maria builds surfaces that feel both intimate and expansive, inviting the viewer to linger and discover. This process mirrors lived experience itself: not linear, but composed of overlapping moments, fragments, and emotional traces.

Her work spans multiple series, from intricate room portraits where interiors unfold like miniature theaters of imagination, to her celebrated Little Gems—a collection of small, meticulously painted works presented in ornate miniature frames. These palm-sized pieces reward clo...

BA Fine Art, University of the Witwatersrand.

Wonderful World (online group exhibition)
La Fenice Gallery, Hong Kong
28th Sept - 27th October 2021

The Art of Self Regulation (online group exhibition)
The Holy Art Gallery, London
29th Oct - 4th Nov 2021

Conversations (physical group exhibition)
Exhibit8 Gallery, Limassol
19th Nov - 25th Nov

Athens Open Art (physical group exhibition)
Art Number 23, Athens
17th Dec - 23rd Dec 2021

The Visionary Projects x ACW (online group exhibition)
The Visionary Projects + ACW
4th March 2022

Deformation (physical group exhibition)
Exhibit8 Gallery, Limassol
8th April 2022 - 6th May 2022


Aqua Art Miami
3rd December 2025 - 7th December 2025