Primarily working with pencil on paper, Maia Naveriani focuses on drawing as her main medium. She intertwines signs and symbols from pop culture, biblical stories, Greek mythology, fairy tales, and classical literature with her personal experiences to critically explore the female subject within a patriarchal framework. Text is integral to her unique visual language, incorporating fragments of everyday conversations, advertisements, and tabloid headlines, which she removes from their original contexts to open spaces for critical reflection. Recurring themes in her work include parenthood, domestic and emotional labor, pleasure, and love, all explored through the lens of a female body navigating a male-dominated reality. Her work has expanded to address broader political concerns such as emigration, labor conditions, and gender issues. Grounded in daily sketching and diaristic narratives, Naveriani describes her process as ephemeral and conceptual, resisting fixed truths. Her work exists as ideas, questions, and reflections—alive in their openness rather than definitive answers. ...
