meet dyana gravina
interdisciplinary artist, curator, birth Doula and activist
Dyana Gravina (They/She) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, birth Doula and activist, mover, and community builder. She is the founding director of Procreate Project and the Mother House Studios, a pioneering arts organisation and artists studios dedicated to (m)others and primary care givers. They have been creating models of integrated care that have inspired systemic change across the cultural sectors.
Under this umbrella, Dyana has developed for over a decade curatorial and activist practices that pushes the boundaries of what we showcase, where we showcase it and how people experience it. Her performance actions, performative lectures and writing has been seen and heard in the UK and internationally collaborating with East Street Arts, Wellcome Collection, The Science Gallery London, The New York Times, The Yard Theatre, Institute Centre of Photography ICP ( NYC), Art Basel / Richard Saltoun Gallery, Minusoffspace (Vienna), Unit London, Menoparkas Gallery (Kaunas), Gruentaler9 (Berlin) to mention a few. Her interdisciplinary artistic and socially engaged practices highlight themes like politics of migration and class, intergenerational feminist collective organising, care, sexualities and genealogies, pushing for decentralised networks of knowledge sharing and collective memories. Dyana’s artworks combine writing, movement, actions, photography, sculptural installations and sound-video interventions.
- Web links: dyanagravina.com IG handle: @dygravina