About – Marina Emphietzi

Artist Statement

My home, my art, my style

Through art I find my freedom. I try to imagine and create powerful and evocative experiences.

About

With the sound of crashing sea waves and the hot feeling of sand under bare feet, Marina Emphietzi’s story starts in Famagusta, Cyprus. Her family’s childhood home built along the scenic coastline, she spent most of her days by the beach. It is here that she came to know the limitless freedom of the Ocean.

Marina lost her home in the trauma of war in 1974. The ocean and its waters, full of life and possibility, are a part of her most joyful memories. They are from which she draws inspiration from in her work and why her pieces have the power to evoke strong feelings of nostalgia and freedom. Her strong association with the sea and coastline has encouraged her inner artist to draw seamless seascape paintings and abstract landscapes.

A world traveller, Marina has called many places home. The man-made beaches of Dubai, the crowded markets of Ethiopia, Cyprus and recently the grey skies of London, U.K., each brings their own colour palette to Marina’s current work on modern art.

About Style and Inspiration:

Marina Emphietzi’s visionary work transcends conventional boundaries, immersing viewers in a realm where time, life, and memory intertwine. Her captivating artworks, rooted in a distinct semi-abstract style, draw inspiration primarily from the mesmerizing power of water and the marine environment.

She creates paintings with a vivid colour palette, many textures, robust energy and a playful style mostly inspired by the sea.

Created with robust energy, her paintings have playful textures and a distinct style of modern art. They bring to surface lost memories of being near water; the sound of rumbling waves, the feeling of a warm breeze across skin. A metaphor of the transient human experience, her vibrant seascapes suggest we flow through the journey of life, ever-changing and free.

Her work is characterized by strong tonal variations and constantly challenges her own talent by trying to experiment with subject matters and techniques for new creative effects in modern art.

Marina’s expressive ocean paintings show the natural forms of a real world in a semi abstract way as shown clearly in most of her vibrant sea and land scape paintings made by her.

Custom Commission Art Piece | Abstract paintings

Living Room Interior Design | Modern Art

Your rented artworks | Abstract paintings | Marina Emphietzi

‘We were all impressed by the artist’s inexhaustible energy and passion focused on the sea life reflecting through her outstanding works so many cherished experiences at a remarkable technique highlighting her infinite imagination and talent’

Polixeni Ghioni

Kathimerini newspaper-UK

‘You have a great sense of composition. I like the expressivity of your lines, ‘the Turning Point’ storm feels very strong and threatening, and yet, the viewer is offered a sense of solitude and a great reflexion on the power of the elements.

Lea Simone Allegria

Founder & Art Director • New York, NY

‘We felt in love with your artwork, bought one last year and we are now looking forward to seeing your new paintings’

G. Nuetzi

MY INFLUENCES

The artist I most admire is J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851).

My Journey

How Knowing A Little More About me helps create lasting connections

Having lived in a few countries around the world, I have encountered their people and their languages; I have also lived in one of Africa’s ancient cultural centres-Ethiopia and the Gulf, a coming together of the new and old worlds. I believe that this precious cultural diversity influenced my work. I have met lovely people and made good friends.

Creates visual reminders through commissions

Creates visual reminders through commissions It was when friends and friends of friends and work colleagues started asking if I could create a one of a kind visual reminder artwork for them that I started taking on commissions.

TEACHES ART

Motivates and coaches artists to reach the next level of their artistic path ( See Workshop page).

ArtWear @EmporioAragao

A collaboration between Empório Aragão and renowned artist Marina Emphietzi (Cyprus). Marina’s mesmerizing artwork, known for its fluid shapes, intricate patterns, and vibrant hues, inspired the abstract designs. By sharing her exquisite creations, Marina enabled Empório Aragão to translate the enchanting beauty of natural marine landscapes into wearable art.

Art wear

ArtWear

Here is my story

My style and compositions show the natural forms of a real world in a semi abstract, expressionist way.

I do not just create artworks with my brushes. I paint from inside out. I create colourful, soulful and expressive artworks using many glazes and textures, inspired by, both my travels and by my strong bond with the sea. I connect with people, through emotions of unlimited freedom, nostalgia, memories, life and nostos* ( Greek word for homecoming).

My Bio

Career History & Exhibitions

Past, Present, Future

Solo exhibitions

Selected Exhibitions

Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2024 – Cyprus High Commission, London, UK
- 2021 – EKATE (Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts), Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2020 – Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2017 – The Hellenic Centre, London, UK
- 2013 – Thisseas Gallery, Limassol, Cyprus
- 2011 – Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2010 – Gallery Mondo Arte, Dubai, UAE
- 2010 – Gallery Leila, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 2009 – Gallery Mondo Arte, Dubai, UAE (No.1 selling artist of the gallery)
- 2008 – Gallery Mondo Arte, Dubai, UAE
- 2007 – Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2007 – Gallery Mondo Arte, Dubai, UAE
- 2006 – Gallery Mondo Arte, Dubai, UAE
- 2005 – Hunar Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Selected Group & International Exhibitions
- 2025– Brooklyn Fashion Artwear, Osaka, Japan
- 2023 – StART Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- 2023 – Women in Art, Mall Galleries, London, UK
- 2023 – FLUX Exhibition, London, UK
- 2023 – Ensemble 02, The Knoll, Paris, France
- 2022 – Bobcat Gallery, London, UK
- 2022 – Green & Stone Gallery, Chelsea, London, UK (Top Award Winner)
- 2022 – Elevate 04, The Kroll, London, UK
- 2022 – Chroma Exhibition, London, UK
- 2022 – HGS Art Fair, London, UK
- 2021 – FLUX Exhibition, London, UK
- 2021 – Cityscapes, Light Space & Time Gallery, UK (Finalist)
- 2021 – Creates Gallery, Monmouth, UK (Finalist)
- 2020 – Three Angels, Larnaca, Cyprus
- 2020 – ArtNumber23, Athens, Greece
- 2020 – Cylinder Gallery (Virtual Exhibition), London, UK
- 2019 – ARTBOX.Project, Art Miami, USA (Semi-Finalist)
- 2019 – Light Space & Time Gallery, UK (Special Recognition – Seascapes)
- 2019 – Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2019 – Camden Image Gallery, London, UK
- 2019 – FLUX Exhibition, London, UK
- 2018 – Parallax Art Fair, London, UK
- 2018 – The Hellenic Centre, London, UK
- 2018 – Salon des Refusés, London, UK (#8 Voted Artist)
- 2017 – Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2016 – Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2016 – Technopolis 20, Paphos, Cyprus
- 2015 – Salon des Refusés, London, UK (#3 Voted Artist)
- 2014 – The Gallery, United Society of Artists, London, UK
- 2014 – Kyklos Gallery, Paphos, Cyprus
- 2012 – Anti-Dora, Pegasus Art Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
- 2012 – Window Art, Paphos, Cyprus
- 2011 – Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 2011 – Modern Contemporary Art Contest (Juried), New York, USA
- 2010 – Erotic Art, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 2010 – Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Selected Group and International Exhibitions

2023- StART exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2023- Women in Art, Mall Galleries, london, UK
2023- Flux Exhibition,,London, UK
2023- Ensemble 02 – The Knoll Paris, France
2022-Bobcat Gallery, London, UK
2022 Elevate 04 The Shard, London

2022 Green & Stone gallery, Chelsea, London * (Award winner)
2022 HGS, London, UK
2021 Flux, London,
2020 Three Angels-Larnaca-Cyprus
2020 Artnumber23-Athens, Greece,
2020 Cylinder Gallery, London, UK (Virtual Exhibition)
2019 Artbox. Project, Art Miami, USA*
2019 Light, Space & Time Gallery, UK**
2019 Opus39, Nicosia, Cyprus
2019 Camden Image Gallery, London, Uk
2019 Flux Exhibition, London, UK
2018 Parallax exhibition, London, Uk
2018 Hellenic Centre, London, Uk
2018 Salon des Refuses, London, Uk2

2017-Opus 39 Nicosia, Cyprus
2016 Opus 39 Nicosia Cyprus
2016 Technopolis Paphos Cyprus
2015-Salon des refuses-London.Uk
2014- ‘The Gallery’ United society of Artists – London, UK
2014- Kyklos Gallery –Paphos, Cyprus
2012- Anti-Dora Pegasus Arts Foundation-Limassol Cyprus
2012 Window-Art-Paphos-Cyprus
2011 Art Festival Addis Ababa-Ethiopia
2011 Modern Contemporary juried Art contest-New York
2010 Erotic Art Exhibition-Nicosia-Cyprus
2010 Art festival Addis Ababa-Ethiopia
2010-E.K.A.T.E. 50 years Anniversary of the Cyprus Republic-Nicosia