Maria Stella Lydaki

Maria Stella is a London-based multidisciplinary artist, born in 1996 and of Greek origin. She graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Design from the Jewellery Linking Bodies department in 2022. Her creative practice encompasses sculptures, performances, public interventions, photography, art-video installations, writing, and publications. As an artist, she explores the ancient ritual of lamentation within contemporary art, the use of language as a material, the interplay between inner and outer realms, the contrast of dark and light, the concept of gentleness, cultural and natural preservation, the world soul, and the power of fairytales.

Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. This includes showings at Munich Jewellery Week in 2023 (Munich, Germany), Cluster Photography & Print Fair in 2022 (Oxo Tower, London, UK), OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival in 2023 and 2019 (Amsterdam, Netherlands), St Augustine's Tower Hackney in 2024 (London, UK), Fashion For Good in 2023 (Amsterdam, Netherlands), London Craft Week in 2023 (London, UK), and Huygens' Hofwijck in 2022 (Voorburg, Netherlands).