The Edit Gallery is thrilled to announce Alexithymia, the second solo exhibition by Cypriot artist Mariandrie. Known for her multidisciplinary practice that bridges painting, textiles, and installation, Mariandrie uses materiality as a means to question societal constructs and explore emotional and psychological landscapes.

In Alexithymia, she turns her focus to the very essence of what makes us human, our emotions. The exhibition examines how patriarchal norms shape emotional expression across genders, often framing vulnerability as weakness and discouraging authenticity. Through this lens, Mariandrie investigates the emotional consequences of such conditioning, while proposing alternative, more empathetic modes of connection.

At the heart of the exhibition is a series of sculptural textile works that reimagine the bedroom — quilts, pillows, and curtains — as intimate spaces of introspection and transformation. Pierced, skewed, and organically deformed, these works resist comfort and blur the line between body and object. Delicate fabrics like organza conceal as much as they reveal, reflecting the complexities of intimacy, identity, and gender.

Alexithymia unfolds as both a visual and emotional inquiry, a space where tenderness and tension coexist, and where vulnerability becomes a form of strength.