Collection: MARINA MANKARIOS

A GRADUATE OF ENSAAMA OLIVIER DE SERRES IN ART AND DESIGN, MARINA MANKARIOS IS A FRENCH-EGYPTIAN SCULPTOR WHOSE WORK EXPLORES MEMORY, FORGETTING, AND OUR RELATIONSHIP TO TIME THROUGH THE APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF ANTIQUE FRAGMENTS.

COMBINING TRADITIONAL STATUARY MOLDING TECHNIQUES WITH GRECO-ROMAN FORMS, SHE CREATES DEFORMED, HOLLOWED, AND UNBALANCED SCULPTURES THAT EVOKE RUINS AND THE VOID LEFT BY WHAT VANISHES FROM OUR HISTORY.

HER PRACTICE INVESTIGATES THE TRACES LEFT BY OUR CIVILIZATION AND QUESTIONS CONTEMPORARY OVERPRODUCTION, AN EXCESS THAT TIME MAY EVENTUALLY ERASE.

HER WORK HAS BEEN SHOWN AT THE DUTCH DESIGN WEEK, SOBERING GALLERY IN PARIS, AND AT THE GALLIFET ART CENTER. IN 2023, SHE JOINED THE LA SOURCE RESIDENCY AND EXHIBITED AT THE MUSÉE RODIN IN MEUDON.

IN 2024, SHE WAS AWARDED A CARTE BLANCHE BY THE MUSÉE ALBERT KAHN IN BOULOGNE, WHERE SHE DEVELOPED A PROJECT FOCUSED ON LOST HERITAGE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.