From November 20th, 2025– December 14, 2025 artist Martha Sakellariou will occupy the David Pace Gallery at the Institute of Contemporary Art San José, as both resident and agitator, transforming the space into a site of contemplation and quiet insurrection. Preparation(s) for a Dinner 2025–2026 continues Sakellariou’s ongoing Revolution is a Dinner Party series. The table remains unset, gestures are incomplete, and anticipation hangs in the air. Visitors encounter a space where acts of care, labor, and waiting become political gestures. On Friday, December 5th at 7:30pm, a symbolic meal will be shared as a gesture and a promise for a revolutionary dinner to come. Link to view the project pdf here
SYP artist-in-residence
The Sunnyvale Youth Philharmonic Orchestra has invited me to be the artist-in-residence and collaborator for the SYP Art + Music Program during the 2025–26 season. This autumn, I led a workshop titled Unlearning Carmen, inviting members of the South Bay community to engage with Georges Bizet’s Carmen libretto text as raw material — to extract, fragment, and recompose its language into new constellations of meaning. It is a great joy to work with young musicians and the community. Join my mailing list for announcements about upcoming workshops and events with SYP.
Menu for a Revolution
An experiential presentation blurs the line between storytelling, performance and installation, and invites the public to a participatory, imaginative exploration of the dinner table as a platform for rituals, gestures, and conversations. Take a seat at the artist’s table and engage with a menu of collected ideas inspired by contributions during her 2024 artist residency and solo exhibition, Revolution Is a Dinner Party, at the Palo Alto Art Center. May 8th 6-7:30 p.m.
Self Portrait as a Dinner - Artist Talk and Presentation
A performance, a Self Portrait as a Dinner, exploring the key threads of my artistic practice through twenty words and edible thoughts. From Home and Memory to Crisis, Self-Portraits, Migraines, Color and everything in between is in the menu of this imaginary table. I will share in a performance and culinary format twenty main ideas that shape my creative process and reflect on how I navigate life through art. Studio E7, limited spaces, RSVP to reserve a spot. May 8th 6-7:30 p.m.