Andri Iona/ The Sea of Emotions

Andri Iona completed her studies at Camberwell University of Arts in London and has been working in her atelier since 2000. Her work has been showcased in two solo exhibitions: at K Gallery in Nicosia (2005) and Gallery Kypriaki Gonia in Larnaca (2009). She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions both in Cyprus and internationally, including in the UK, Scotland, Greece, Crete, Malta, and Italy, as well as in the 2nd International Online Exhibition of Motile Art. Her artistic journey and work have been featured in a six-page interview in Art Reveal Magazine and the Collect Art Spring issue.

Andri Iona draws inspiration from the richness, diversity, and mystery of nature. Her Ceramic sculptures, crafted with stoneware clay, explore the profound connection between form, matter, and the organic world. Nature serves as both a source of wonder and a metaphor for inner exploration, as her creative process becomes a dialogue between material resistance and personal transformation.

Her work reflects an internal and external evolution, an ongoing journey to express emotional depth, spiritual searching, and social concern. Through art, she navigates the complexities of human existence, expressing both contradictions and harmonies, as well as anxieties and joys.

Themes of life, birth, transformation, and the duality of the human experience are central to her practice. Each piece is a metaphorical rebirth, an attempt to reconcile soul, body, and nature into a unified whole. Her sculptures often resemble tree trunks, underwater landscapes, or abstract human forms, blending elements of the natural world with the essence of humanity. By merging

organic textures and bodily shapes, she creates a visual language that speaks of unity, strength, and the timeless connection between humans and nature.