Maria Toumazou (b. 1989, Nicosia, Cyprus) is based in Nicosia, Cyprus. Toumazou recently graduated from Professor Haegue Yang’s class at the Städelschule, Frankfurt, DE after receiving her BA in Art Practice from Goldsmiths College, London, UK and her MFA from the Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK. In 2013, she co-founded Neoterismoi Toumazou (Neo Toum)– a project space and art collective based in Nicosia. Neo Toum’s interdisciplinary programme brought together poetry, performance, music, fashion and object-art. Toumazou is also the co-founder of the publishing imprint MARIA†. editions based in Nicosia and New York. Notable exhibitions include: Touch Release, curated by Tom Engels, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, DE, 2021 (forthcoming). Condo London, Corvi Mora & greengrassi, London, UK, 2020. Creative beginnings. Professional End., curated by Julia Gardener, Villa Vassilieff, Paris, FR, 2020. Hypersurfacing, curated by Marina Christodoulidou, Nimac, Nicosia, CY, 2020. Condo Unit Athens, Hot Wheels Athens, Athens, GR, 2019. Fair-face Elysée, off-site project curted by Peter Eramian, Thkio Ppalies, Nicosia, CY, 2018.  The future of colour, curated by Jan Verwoert, Cyprus Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2017, (Polys Peslikas, Mirene, Arsanios Valentinos Charalampous, Neoterismoi Toumazou), Venice, IT, 2017.