Stoking Embers #4 (Blue Showers)
£2,200.00
Description
Iliodora Margellos collaborated with Inaash, a charity which provides training in embroidery for refugee women from Palestine, to create variations of her original ‘Stoking Embers’ piece. The floating islets of coloured threads as seen in Margellos’ visual language have been recreated using slightly varied colour schemes for each work. The craftspeople employ the traditional Palestinian cross-stitch, an age-old technique which a number of regions have had their influence on. By combining the two embroidery techniques and cultural narratives into the new pieces, both Margellos’ and Inaash’s aims to stitch stories have coalesced.
Iliodora Margellos
Iliodora Margellos (b. 1985, Minneapolis) is a Greek-Swiss artist whose vibrant depictions of Greek topography and mythology reflect her mixed heritage. Exploring themes of feminine roleplay, nostalgia, and contemporary vitality, Margellos infuses her art with the rich colours of Greece's islands, capturing the enduring connection between sea and land. Using steel wire screens and floating islets of coloured threads, she invites viewers to explore engaged negative spaces, delving into the boundless web of the unconscious.
Iliodora Margellos earned a BA from Yale University and has held solo exhibitions at Baert Gallery, Los Angeles and Dio Horia, Athens. Her work has been showcased in international art fairs such as Frieze London and Enter Fair, Copenhagen, as well as esteemed institutions worldwide, including the Museum of Greek Modern Culture in Athens and Louise Bourgeois’ Sunday Salons in New York.
