Dyana Gravina

Dyana Gravina (She/They) is an interdisciplinary artist, independent curator, somatic movement practitioner, activist and community builder. MA in Gender Sexuality and Culture at Birkbeck University. She is the founding director of Procreate Project a pioneering arts organisation dedicated to (m)others and primary care givers; and the Mother House artists studios with integrated care. She is a Birth Doula and a certified birth educator. They have collaborated and curated projects with partners including RCA, King’s College London, LADA, Mimosa House, Women’s Art Library, The Science Gallery, Richard SaltounGallery, to mention a few. Her performance actions and performative lectures have been hosted in the UK and internationally including, East Street Arts, Venice International PerformanceArt Week, Institute Centre of Photography ICP ( NYC), Art Basel, Minusoffspace (Vienna), Unit London, Menoparkas Gallery (Kaunas), Gruentaler9 (Berlin).

Statement:

Her interdisciplinary and curatorial practices focus on intergenerational feminist collective organising, care, sexualities and genealogies, migration, and body politics. My artistic work traverses the boundaries of performance rituals, acts of care, somatic practices, writing, image-making, and sculptural installation. Each piece stands as a testament to the resilience and agency navigating the entangled webs of personal and collective memory, shaping how we experience identity, intimacy, and belonging. I use somatic movement as a method of research, the body as a site for personal and shared discovery. I draw on both autobiographical and collective histories to open up new understandings around expression and subjective lived experiences.