Exhibition Dia-Chronos - Direct// | Maria Niora

Dia Xronos Art Exhibition Space, presents Direct//, Maria Niora’s first theme photography project. The exhibition is divided into four sections, which collaborate together into a certain direction, chronologically and aesthetically. Direct wasn’t a random title. The word direct has two basic meanings, among others. One referring to the direction one follows literally, moving into a straight line without changing course. The other one is used as an adjective for a person who is free in expressing one’s feelings and emotions. Maria draws here a line of course with a mental destination to her mother’s birthplace -Kythnos Island, Cyclades- depicting the four elements of life, the simplicity of events, the lines of life. As Is. She now closes a personal chapter in her life, towards a new phase of “serenity”, a course of direction with a certain personal directness , moving into new paths, using her origins as a mental and literal image, as well as her godfather’s birthplace, where the exhibition will take place for the first time.

Born and raised in Athens , Greece, Maria Niora has been honing her skills in minimalistic and color photography for the past several years. Originally an actress with a BA in Sociology, she turned to photography during the Greek Crisis and cultivated her childhood love for moving images, where she blended her theatrical background, her innate ability to see balance, shapes and colour and create images, with her greek origins and love for the minimal in photography.

Nikolaou Gyzi 5, Chora Tinos Island Greece

Νικολαου Γύζη 5, Χώρα Τήνος, Κυκλάδες