10/09/2026
✨ Meet Raissa Malezieux ✨
Living and creating between France and Kenya, Raissa is a contemporary artist whose work celebrates the richness of African heritage through beads, natural materials, textiles, and sculptural compositions — traveling across Africa to gather authentic beads and materials, and transforming traditional techniques into contemporary artistic expressions where ancestral symbols meet innovative design, each piece a dialogue between memory and modernity.
This piece, “Machapa,” draws on the story of Jacob and Esau — twins born from the same womb yet shaped by profoundly different destinies. A reflection on identity, choice, and the path each of us is called to walk.
We at Art Therapy are thrilled to welcome Raissa’s work to our gallery here in Paros, bringing her vision across.