Christina Milanou (born 1975, Germany) is a Greek artist whose practice explores memory, transformation and the stories embedded in everyday materials. For more than twenty-five years she has observed the vulnerability, resilience and changing nature of the human body, an experience that gradually led her towards working with textiles and found clothing.

Using discarded garments, wool, weaving, stitching and improvised textile techniques, she transforms materials that have already lived one life into new forms that carry traces of the past. In recent years her work has expanded to explore the sea, water, fish, the elements of nature and light, while grief, loss and mortality have become important influences in her practice.

Through weaving, crochet and assemblage, Milanou creates works that connect memory with the present, giving forgotten materials a renewed voice.

Clothes that Become Carpets

Every piece of clothing carries a life.

Who wore it?
Where did it travel?
What joys, losses and memories does it hold?

I collect worn fabrics because they contain more than fibres. They carry emotions, gestures, absences and traces of the people who once lived with them.

By weaving, stitching and transforming these fragments into new forms, I allow old stories to meet new ones. Past and present become intertwined, creating a space where memory is not fixed but constantly changing.

Recently my work has also turned towards the sea, water, fish, light and the elements of nature, searching for ways to weave together human experience and the natural world.

This year, grief, death and the study of mortality have deeply shaped my work, reminding me that every transformation is also an act of remembrance.