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Born in Athens, Greece (1981)
Lives and works in the Barcelona region, Spain

Maritsa Kissamitaki is a Greek artist with British heritage, working with light-based sculpture to explore the language of form, presence, and perception.

Rooted in an early fascination with spiraling forms found in nature and ancient patterns, her practice has evolved into a contemplative study of the spiral as both a symbolic and structural force.

Suspended between the organic and the abstract, her works resist categorization. They suggest sentient beings or phenomena, formed through an intuitive process rather than fixed narrative. Her sculptural language is deeply material and fluid, unfolding through reed and paper. Light is not simply a medium but an activating presence: a breath, a pulse, a way of inviting stillness into an overstimulated world.

After years of professional experience in design, scientific communication, and technology prototyping across the UK and United Arab Emirates, Maritsa now works independently from her studio in the Barcelona region.

Group Exhibitions

2025 – Light and Shadow, Virtual Exhibition, Open Call for Artists

2025 – Collective Contemporary, Abartium, Vic, Spain

2025 – Cracks in Time: The Decade of Change through Her Eyes, Guest artist, AAP Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

2025 – The Future of Humanity Experience, Creative Switzerland at Mövenpick Hotel, Basel, Switzerland

2024 – Growing Art Now and Then, AAP Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

Press

Why Maritsa Kissamitaki Left Screen-Based Work to Build Sculptures with Light, Open Call for Artists, 2025