Maria Appleton
b.1997, Portugal
Questioning the subjectivity present in urban systems, Maria Appleton’s practice finds its material form an ongoing research of colour and form developed through multiple techniques of dyeing, weaving and printmaking. Her pieces unravel as chromatic in-prints onto a juxtaposition of layered cotton, silk and other industrial fabrics, defining a series of vibrant abstract transparencies that respond to light and spatial interactions.
Installation view, 'Formas de Reexistência', Appleton Square, Lisbon, PT 2025. © Teresa Santos / Pedro Tropa. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, 'Formas de Reexistência', Appleton Square, Lisbon, PT 2025. © Teresa Santos / Pedro Tropa. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, 'Formas de Reexistência', Appleton Square, Lisbon, PT 2025. © Teresa Santos / Pedro Tropa. Courtesy of the artist.
Maria Appleton
Senses of Existence
2025
Six weavings woven using a manual loom. Cotton organdy, silk fabric, plastic screen, structure in metal
180 x 430 x 90 cm
Installation view, 'What Holds The Structure', Galeria FOCO, Lisbon, PT, 2025. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria FOCO.
Maria Appleton
Opening Sky
2025
Details
Maria Appleton
Opening Sky
2025
Sewn mesh fabric layers with patchwork and linen/polyester fabric unthreaded, screen printed, hanged in metal
210 x 140 x 40 cm
Installation view, 'What Holds The Structure', Galeria FOCO, Lisbon, PT, 2025. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria FOCO.
Installation view, 'What Holds The Structure', Galeria FOCO, Lisbon, PT, 2025. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria FOCO.
Maria Appleton
The Remains of Survival II
2025
Double weaving using a manual loom, wool, linen and cotton waste threads, patchwork on top of silver fabric and canvas, metal box.
155 x 133 x 13 cm
Installation view, 'Working Site', Artissima with Hatch Gallery, Turin, IT, 2024. © Choreo. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Maria Appleton
Everything we think we know II
2024
Woven double fabric with linen, wool and cotton threads, inlaid paper cut outs, photographs and tree skin
180 x 90 cm
Maria Appleton
Caixa Liberdade
2024
Cotton Fabric, paper cut out, mounted in metal
18 x 25 cm
Installation view, 'Working Site', Artissima with Hatch Gallery, Turin, IT, 2024. © Choreo. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Maria Appleton
6 am
2023
From the series 'Tapume'
Woven and dyed cotton and wool threads, dyed an printed silk,
welded metal
200 x 100 cm
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Maria Appleton
Tower With No Inside II
2023
From the series 'Light Sculptor'
Details
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Maria Appleton
Misleading Informative Wall
2022
From series 'Cave Paintings'
Dyed cotton found and sawned poster, cotton and polyester fabric cut and woven, metal roads
201 x 90 cm
Maria Appleton
misleading informative Wall
2022
From the series 'Cave Paintings'
Details
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Installation view, ‘Nicht Eine Stadt, die war’, EMMA Stattbad, Pforzheim, DE, 2022. © : Winfried Reinhardt. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, ‘Nicht Eine Stadt, die war’, EMMA Stattbad, Pforzheim, DE, 2022. © Winfried Reinhardt. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, 'Gaze To See, Gauze To Perceive', FOCO Galeria, Lisbon, PT, 2021. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and FOCO Galeria.
Installation view, 'Gaze To See, Gauze To Perceive', FOCO Galeria, Lisbon, PT, 2021. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and FOCO Galeria.
Maria Appleton
Awning at night, Seville
2021
Wool, cotton, viscose and linen threads dyed and woven
Variable dimensions
Maria Appleton
Poem flag in Galleria Nazionale
2021
Cotton and silk dyed screen printed and sewn, metal
207 x 217 x 10 cm
Installation view, 'Gaze To See, Gauze To Perceive', FOCO Galeria, Lisbon, PT, 2021. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and FOCO Galeria.
Maria Appleton
Glimpse on a box III
2021
Silk and cotton an polyester dyed and printed, welded metal
130 x 70 x 23 cm
Installation view, 'Gaze To See, Gauze To Perceive', FOCO Galeria, Lisbon, PT, 2021. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and FOCO Galeria.
Maria Appleton
b.1997, Portugal
Questioning the subjectivity present in urban systems, Maria Appleton’s practice finds its material form an ongoing research of colour and form developed through multiple techniques of dyeing, weaving and printmaking. Her pieces unravel as chromatic in-prints onto a juxtaposition of layered cotton, silk and other industrial fabrics, defining a series of vibrant abstract transparencies that respond to light and spatial interactions.
Installation view, 'Formas de Reexistência', Appleton Square, Lisbon, PT 2025. © Teresa Santos / Pedro Tropa. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, 'Formas de Reexistência', Appleton Square, Lisbon, PT 2025. © Teresa Santos / Pedro Tropa. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, 'Formas de Reexistência', Appleton Square, Lisbon, PT 2025. © Teresa Santos / Pedro Tropa. Courtesy of the artist.
Maria Appleton
Senses of Existence
2025
Six weavings woven using a manual loom. Cotton organdy, silk fabric, plastic screen, structure in metal
180 x 430 x 90 cm
Installation view, 'What Holds The Structure', Galeria FOCO, Lisbon, PT, 2025. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria FOCO.
Maria Appleton
Opening Sky
2025
Details
Maria Appleton
Opening Sky
2025
Sewn mesh fabric layers with patchwork and linen/polyester fabric unthreaded, screen printed, hanged in metal
210 x 140 x 40 cm
Installation view, 'What Holds The Structure', Galeria FOCO, Lisbon, PT, 2025. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria FOCO.
Installation view, 'What Holds The Structure', Galeria FOCO, Lisbon, PT, 2025. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria FOCO.
Maria Appleton
The Remains of Survival II
2025
Double weaving using a manual loom, wool, linen and cotton waste threads, patchwork on top of silver fabric and canvas, metal box.
155 x 133 x 13 cm
Installation view, 'Working Site', Artissima with Hatch Gallery, Turin, IT, 2024. © Choreo. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Maria Appleton
Everything we think we know II
2024
Woven double fabric with linen, wool and cotton threads, inlaid paper cut outs, photographs and tree skin
180 x 90 cm
Maria Appleton
Caixa Liberdade
2024
Cotton Fabric, paper cut out, mounted in metal
18 x 25 cm
Installation view, 'Working Site', Artissima with Hatch Gallery, Turin, IT, 2024. © Choreo. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Maria Appleton
6 am
2023
From the series 'Tapume'
Woven and dyed cotton and wool threads, dyed an printed silk,
welded metal
200 x 100 cm
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Maria Appleton
Tower With No Inside II
2023
From the series 'Light Sculptor'
Details
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Maria Appleton
Misleading Informative Wall
2022
From series 'Cave Paintings'
Dyed cotton found and sawned poster, cotton and polyester fabric cut and woven, metal roads
201 x 90 cm
Maria Appleton
misleading informative Wall
2022
From the series 'Cave Paintings'
Details
Installation views, ‘Is There Yet Space for Light’, Hatch Gallery, Paris, FR, 2023. © Adrien Thibault. Courtesy of the artist and Hatch Gallery.
Installation view, ‘Nicht Eine Stadt, die war’, EMMA Stattbad, Pforzheim, DE, 2022. © : Winfried Reinhardt. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, ‘Nicht Eine Stadt, die war’, EMMA Stattbad, Pforzheim, DE, 2022. © Winfried Reinhardt. Courtesy of the artist.
Installation view, 'Gaze To See, Gauze To Perceive', FOCO Galeria, Lisbon, PT, 2021. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and FOCO Galeria.
Installation view, 'Gaze To See, Gauze To Perceive', FOCO Galeria, Lisbon, PT, 2021. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and FOCO Galeria.
Maria Appleton
Awning at night, Seville
2021
Wool, cotton, viscose and linen threads dyed and woven
Variable dimensions
Maria Appleton
Poem flag in Galleria Nazionale
2021
Cotton and silk dyed screen printed and sewn, metal
207 x 217 x 10 cm
Installation view, 'Gaze To See, Gauze To Perceive', FOCO Galeria, Lisbon, PT, 2021. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and FOCO Galeria.
Maria Appleton
Glimpse on a box III
2021
Silk and cotton an polyester dyed and printed, welded metal
130 x 70 x 23 cm
Installation view, 'Gaze To See, Gauze To Perceive', FOCO Galeria, Lisbon, PT, 2021. © Photodocumenta. Courtesy of the artist and FOCO Galeria.