Project 78 Gallery, Saint Saint Leonards, UK.
Acrylic on paper and cardboard, artist book.
in collaboration with visual artist Vassilis Vlastaras
Tandem is a reflection on how the visual artists Maria Glyka and Vassilis Vlastaras live and work. It concerns the movements between two people, and the shared yet non-linear decisions they have taken as partners, parents, and artists. They do not aim to merge into one voice. Rather, their practices operate in parallel—sometimes close, sometimes distant—but always with awareness of each other. The understanding was already there: that their work is shaped by life, between the studio and the kitchen table, by holidays and by the repetitions that define care and time. In TANDEM, each presents a body of work that speaks from their individual spaces, yet also a common tone—a gentle pulse that connects them. They have lived with each other’s practices for years—not in theory but in reality. This influence is not direct, but deeply felt. They see this exhibition as a snapshot—a moment in an ongoing exchange, a way to mark the flow of thought and feeling that continues between them.
