marina coriolano-lykourezos

Marina Ηolds a BA in Art History & Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She has worked in publishing, as a translator, as a curator and has collaborated with the Athens Photo Festival for many years. She had the gallery space cats&marbles in Athens between 2004 and 2009.

Her  home has no boundaries, her heart is anchored in many places. She is half Greek half Brazilian, born in London, grew up in Paris and Rio de Janeiro, studied in London and came to Greece in 1999. She finally settled in Aegina in 2012 somewhat by chance, with her partner Yanis with whom she created The Cool Projects in 2013. Soon after arriving on the island she discovered the art of ceramics with ceramicist Theodora Chorafas, a passion with a sure future. In 2023 she created her own studio.

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In September 2021, together with Theodora Chorafas and HP Coulon, she co-organised the International Slipware Symposium: two weeks of co-creation on the workshop, materclasses, presentiations and two exhibitions. The event was beautifully covered by Oliwia Tado in a video that can be seen here.

“I discovered the art of ceramics on the island of Aegina, where I have been living for the last years. It is here I realized that I belong to the earth, that what gives me roots is the very earth on which I stand, on which I walk, not a nation where I was born, raised or where my parents are from. I do not have one single country, as I do not have one single language. I feel at ease pretty much everywhere, I express myself in various tongues. The journey into ceramics offers me a home.

It is with respect, fascination and patience that I work with clay. My practice of ceramics has a meditative approach. I take time to listen to the clay, feel where it takes me, create a dialogue with it and find a way to express myself through it and with it. My hands follow its guidelines, softly and decided, conscious and with a desire to be free of stereotypes. My hands, my fingers are the continuation of my breathing; each gesture in harmony with each breath so as to leave its imprint on the pieces, whether everyday objects or sculptures. It feels like a never-ending journey in which I am like a novice in search of infinite explorations. A creative journey of eternal research”.