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24 of my 26 Muses to date, 2026.

The Muses

Marina’s Muses is a body of soft-sculpture portraits exploring the women who inspired many of the most celebrated artworks of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Created through hand-dyeing, painting and stitched construction, each textile figure reinterprets a historical muse while reflecting the visual language of the artist who once depicted her.

Alongside the sculptural works, research into the lives of these women offers a broader perspective on their roles within artistic circles, reconsidering narratives that have often reduced them to passive figures. The project invites viewers to encounter the muse anew, not simply as subject, but as a presence within the creative exchange that shaped the history of art.