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Nominated in
2023
By
Void
Lives and Works in
Athens
Maria Siorba (b. 1986) is a visual artist based in Athens, Greece, with an educational background in Fine Arts, Graphic Design & Communication. Her photography, deeply tied to personal experience, explores human connections, the fragility of self-expression and the fluidity of truth. She uses photography as a psychological and existential tool to uncover new layers of meaning and emotional resonance.
Projects
2023

Blank Verse

Blank Verse is a visual inquiry into the human need to understand, not as a process leading to resolution, but as an ongoing state of being. The photographs approach knowledge as something perpetually unfinished, an open dialogue between what we see and what we intuit. Inspired by the uneasy emotions that arise from our inability to truly comprehend or perceive others, or even ourselves, the work moves through portraits and quiet scenes, tracing the shifting nature of perception and the realization that understanding often arrives only as a whisper. Here, photography ceases to serve as proof; it becomes a reflective space where the distance tbetween seeing and experiencing turns into a field of encounter. Within this field, Blank Verse observes how thought touches and shapes the immaterial and how the inner motion of awareness leaves traces of light in the outer world. From the edge of perceiving inner phenomena to questioning the position of the observer, the work investigates the invisible connections that link feelings to images; a silent flow of telepathic reflections, magnetic pulls, and fleeting illuminations that briefly reveal the uncertain, along with the attempt to accept it.
Maria Siorba
was nominated by
Void
in
2023
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Each year every member of the FUTURES European Photography Platform nominates a set of artists and projects to become part of the FUTURES network.

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Maria Siorba is a Greek visual artist based in Athens, with an educational background in Communication, Graphic design and Fine Arts. Her subtle approach to
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communication.

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