Maria Kounalaki-Kotsovolou

Maria Kounalaki-Kotsovolou cut thick sheets of metal with a torch in her Athens studio, leaving raw edges that catch the light like jagged poetry. She once told a friend she wanted her work to feel “alive even when it’s still,” and you can see that in pieces like Χωρίς τίτλο (Metalwork), where bent steel seems to breathe. Look her up next time you’re near the old factory-turned-gallery in Psiri, her work sits right by the front door, impossible to miss.