My work explores identity, gender, and cultural belonging through photography, embroidery, and visual research. Combining an anthropological gaze with staged and documentary elements, I use portraiture and textile interventions to investigate memory, intimacy, and the ways social experiences become inscribed onto bodies and images.
Embroidery functions both as a gesture of care and as an act of disruption, transforming photographs into layered narratives that question visibility, vulnerability, and resistance. My practice focuses on gender-related themes and on creating visual spaces where personal stories can challenge dominant representations.
Maria Silvano (Venice, 1986) is an artist whose practice emerges from the intersection of anthropological perspective and photographic research. Her work explores identity, gender, and cultural belonging, with a particular focus on feminist themes. In recent years, she has integrated embroidery and textile interventions directly onto her images, creating layered and material visual narratives. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and she regularly participates in festivals and artistic residencies. She lives and works in Berlin.