Debut Exhibition
Debut Exhibition
Debut Exhibition
[from
reflection to
form]
Born from MRIANNA’s 24 Letters from New York: Rise to Your Full Potential, One Archetype at a Time, the 24 Paintings from New York: An Ode to Feminine Becoming awaken something elemental—an inquiry that echoes across generations:
Who am I? What do I value? Who am I becoming?
Each archetype embodies a universal truth, distilled through the lens of lived experience.
Rooted in philosophical inquiry and shaped by curatorial precision, this debut collection honors both New York and the evolving journey of feminine becoming.
Through these works, we are invited into the paradox where stillness meets motion, and becoming is both intimate and monumental. Here, the feminine is neither muse nor subject, but protagonist—sovereign, evolving, eternal.
Born from MRIANNA’s 24 Letters from New York: Rise to Your Full Potential, One Archetype at a Time, the 24 Paintings from New York: An Ode to Feminine Becoming awaken something elemental—an inquiry that echoes across generations:
Who am I? What do I value? Who am I becoming?
Each archetype embodies a universal truth, distilled through the lens of lived experience.
Rooted in philosophical inquiry and shaped by curatorial precision, this debut collection honors both New York and the evolving journey of feminine becoming.
Through these works, we are invited into the paradox where stillness meets motion, and becoming is both intimate and monumental. Here, the feminine is neither muse nor subject, but protagonist—sovereign, evolving, eternal.
Born from MRIANNA’s 24 Letters from New York: Rise to Your Full Potential, One Archetype at a Time, the 24 Paintings from New York: An Ode to Feminine Becoming awaken something elemental—an inquiry that echoes across generations:
Who am I? What do I value? Who am I becoming?
Each archetype embodies a universal truth, distilled through the lens of lived experience.
Rooted in philosophical inquiry and shaped by curatorial precision, this debut collection honors both New York and the evolving journey of feminine becoming.
Through these works, we are invited into the paradox where stillness meets motion, and becoming is both intimate and monumental. Here, the feminine is neither muse nor subject, but protagonist—sovereign, evolving, eternal.
[from
reflection to form]
24 paintings
from New York— Vol. I:
An Ode to Feminine Becoming
24 paintings
from New York— Vol. I:
An Ode to Feminine Becoming
Part I:
Foundations of Empowerment
Part I:
Foundations of Empowerment
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral echoes of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for what is yet to emerge.
Her thoughts shape the skyline. What begins in her mind becomes the world she inhabits. She does not need to speak to be heard, the city echoes her presence. Her hair unfurls like constellations, dissolving the boundary between thinker and world.
She walks unarmored across fractured ground, where every break gleams with gold, revealing that becoming requires transmutation. Each crack is not a wound but an alchemical passage, a testament to what has emerged through the fracture.
she who sees beyond
Archetype I – The Visionary
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
crown of thought
Archetype iI – The sovereign mind
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
THE ALCHEMY OF FRACTURE
Archetype iiI – The alchemist
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
24 paintings
from New York— Vol. I:
An Ode to Feminine Becoming
Part I:
Foundations of Empowerment
Part II:
Psychology of Transformation
she who COMMANDS THE HORIZON
Archetype IV — The Warrior of Will
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
Clad in a gown woven like armor, she does not wait for the world to soften. She meets it, disciplines it, and bends it toward vision.
The wind moves around her, yet her gaze remains steady, fixed on a distant cerulean horizon only she can see. Behind her, the world rises tall and chaotic, but she stands unmoved, anchored in something deeper.
The Grace of Still Waters
Archetype V — The KEEPER of ENERGY
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
She moves through water like breath through silence, undaunted and luminous. With the city's chaos behind her, she turns inward, choosing presence over noise. Her energy is sacred, carried with intention and held with grace.
Amid the turning of seasons, a single petal rests in her hand as she anchors herself in the present—fully awake in a world that forgets how to pause. In a culture that glorifies motion, she reclaims the forgotten virtue of stillness: an act of becoming that begins by simply being.
Zanshin: The Art of Presence
Archetype VI – The STILLNESS SEEKER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
Beyond the window, the city rushes on. But in this room, time bends toward purpose. Surrounded by volumes of human thought, she inquires, reflects, and ponders. Within her sanctuary of study, growth becomes sacred, and each still moment becomes a seed in her becoming.
the chamber of becoming
Archetype ViI – The growth SEEKER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
HER TEMPO
Archetype x – The keeper of time
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Her presence rewrites tempo. Light follows her, not the other way around. In this golden hour, she does not hurry. She moves with the poise of one who knows she belongs to the future she walks toward. Around her, the city blurs—rushing, unraveling, collapsing into urgency. Yet she remains unmoved by its rhythm. Time does not lead her. She leads it. Her pace is her power. Her gaze, clear and eternal, cuts through the noise.
Standing at the helm, she navigates by conviction. The sea before her is uncharted, the path unwritten—yet her grip remains steady. Her back is turned to the known world, her gaze fixed on the unknowable. In a world obsessed with direction, this work honors a deeper art: the discipline to hold one’s course not despite uncertainty, but because of it.
against the current of certainty
Archetype VIII – The SAILOR OF THE UNKNOWN
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
The Sacred Violence of Becoming
Archetype IX – The phoenix
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
the dance of dualities
Archetype XI – The keeper of balance
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
She dances between fire and moonlight, dusk and dawn, spirit and structure. Suspended mid-motion on the bridge between two worlds, she is neither fleeing the darkness nor rushing toward the light—but honoring both. In this work, equilibrium is not portrayed as stillness but as movement: the sacred choreography of contradictions in harmony.
Set within the historic grandeur of Grand Central Terminal, this painting captures the essence of inner anchoring amid perpetual motion. The woman becomes a symbolic axis in a world of transit and urgency, embodying not an endpoint but a beginning, with trust as her point of origin.
"The Compass Within" is a visual meditation on integrity as the fluid discipline to always return to the inner alignment that cannot be bought, taught, or imitated.
SHE WHO TRUSTS HERSELF
Archetype xii – The trustor
oil on linen | 60 x90cm | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
the compass within
Archetype xiii – The keeper of integrity
oil on linen | 60 x90cm | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
Part III: Art of Alignment
She stands between two worlds: the one she presents and the one she truly inhabits. In the reflection, there is no mask, no performance—only clarity, only self. This work confronts the perennial human tension between persona and presence, illusion and essence. The masked figure stares into the mirror, not to admire or perform, but to remember who she is beneath expectations, beneath applause.
the mirror without applause
Archetype xiv– The authentic self
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
AMATOR SUI
Archetype XV– The LOVER OF THE self
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
With eyes closed and hand to heart, she rededicates herself to a forgotten vow: to belong first and wholly to herself. Bathed in a sanctifying glow, she returns to the unshakable source of worth within—a love unconditioned, unperformed, and undefeated.
Beneath a sky ablaze with gold and memory, a family walks forward in unity. More than a moment captured, this is a tribute to life's gifts: a reverent tribute to the everyday blessings we often overlook. The rustle of leaves, the warmth of small hands, the shared horizon ahead—each element becomes a sacred gesture in the liturgy of life.
THE LITURGY OF LIFE
Archetype xVI– The LOVER OF LIFE
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
THE POISE OF THANKS
Archetype xVI– The ARTIST OF GRATITUDE
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Barefoot on solid ground and draped in a gown of quiet elegance, "The Poise of Thanks” captures a woman in a state of still reflection—embodying humility, presence, and soft strength. Behind her, the city pulses with ambition, but she chooses instead to dwell in appreciation for what is.
"Speculum Veritatis" transcends portraiture to explore the tension between perception and essence, identity and projection in relationships. At its heart, this painting honors the raw courage required to confront the authentic relationships. Not every mirror tells the truth. But this one holds the possibility of liberation. It is not a mirror that defines, but one that invites recognition.
SPECULUM VERITATIS
Archetype XVIII – The MIRROR GAZER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Part IV: Vision, Purpose, and a Legacy of Impact
"Ambulare in Somnio" is an ode to the soul brave enough to envision what does not yet exist. Time yields to those who act upon the unseen, carrying visions too luminous for the present. This work honors dreaming not as escape, but as faith in what the future has not yet dared to name.
"Transgressio" is a portrait of awakened courage. She stands not at the end of a path, but at its genesis, commanding new ground into being. The floating staircase behind her is not a relic of escape, but a testament to the invisible scaffolding shaped by vision. Inspired by Letter 20: Dear Pioneer, this work honors those who refuse inherited boundaries, who dismantle what no longer serves, and who shape reality through unwavering conviction.
AMBULARE IN SOMNIO
Archetype xIx – The dreamer of greatness
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
TRANSGRESSIO
Archetype XX – The PIONEER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
A woman in poised resolve is holding the vision of a building not yet complete—a symbol of legacy as an evolving act of creation. Inspired by Letter 21: Dear Architect of Legacy, this artwork invites us to consider that legacy is not only what we leave behind, but how deeply we allow purpose to guide us. Legacy is not static; it is a lifelong dialogue between intention, responsibility, and the courage to live in alignment with both.
Clothed in stardust, the figure is more than a symbol of wonder; she is a reminder that we are not separate from creation. Inspired by Letter 22: Dear Manifestor, " The Field Within" reveals a profound truth: what we align with internally shapes what becomes real. Reality is not fixed; it vibrates with infinite potential. Each intention we hold, each emotion we sustain, draws one possibility into form while allowing others to fade.
SHE WHO BUILDS WHAT LASTS
Archetype xxi – The architect of legacy
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
THE FIELD WITHIN
Archetype xxIi – The MANIFESTOR
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
The "Eternal Becoming" dismantles the illusion of a final self. It honors the thresholds between identities—the moments we are no longer who we were and not yet who we will be. True becoming, it suggests, is not linear advancement but a continual reconstitution of one’s inner architecture.
A woman is holding a flame that is both intimate and ancestral. Within her hands burns responsibility, wisdom, and the potential for transformation. Drawn from the spirit of Letter 24: Dear Guardian of the Flame, the work evokes the quiet power of transgenerational stewardship. The flame she carries is not hers alone; it is the living continuity of those who came before her and those still to come.
THE JOURNEY BEYOND ARRIVAL
Archetype xxiii – The eternal becoming
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
THE SACRED FLAME
Archetype xxiV – The GUARDIAN OF THE FLAME
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
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Part IV: Vision, Purpose, and a Legacy of Impact
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral faces of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for the yet-to-be. This work speaks to the earliest spark of becoming: vision.
the chamber of becoming
Archetype ViI – The growth SEEKER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
Zanshin: The Art of Presence
Archetype VI – The STILLNESS SEEKER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
Beyond the window, the city rushes on. But in this room, time bends toward purpose. Surrounded by volumes of human thought, she inquires, reflects, and ponders. Within her sanctuary of study, growth becomes sacred, and each still moment becomes a seed in her becoming.
Amid the turning of seasons, a single petal rests in her hand as she anchors herself in the present—fully awake in a world that forgets how to pause. In a culture that glorifies motion, she reclaims the forgotten virtue of stillness: an act of becoming that begins by simply being.
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral faces of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for the yet-to-be. This work speaks to the earliest spark of becoming: vision.
THE LITURGY OF LIFE
Archetype xVI– The LOVER OF LIFE
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Beneath a sky ablaze with gold and memory, a family walks forward in unity. More than a moment captured, this is a tribute to life's gifts: a reverent tribute to the everyday blessings we often overlook. The rustle of leaves, the warmth of small hands, the shared horizon ahead—each element becomes a sacred gesture in the liturgy of life.
THE POISE OF THANKS
Archetype xVI– The ARTIST OF GRATITUDE
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
SPECULUM VERITATIS
Archetype XVIII – The MIRROR GAZER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
AMBULARE IN SOMNIO
Archetype xIx – The dreamer of greatness
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Barefoot on solid ground and draped in a gown of quiet elegance, "The Poise of Thanks” captures a woman in a state of still reflection—embodying humility, presence, and soft strength. Behind her, the city pulses with ambition, but she chooses instead to dwell in appreciation for what is.
"Speculum Veritatis" transcends portraiture to explore the tension between perception and essence, identity and projection in relationships. At its heart, this painting honors the raw courage required to confront the authentic relationships. Not every mirror tells the truth. But this one holds the possibility of liberation. It is not a mirror that defines, but one that invites recognition.
"Ambulare in Somnio" is an ode to the soul brave enough to envision what does not yet exist. Time yields to those who act upon the unseen, carrying visions too luminous for the present. This work honors dreaming not as escape, but as faith in what the future has not yet dared to name.
Part IV: Vision, Purpose, and a Legacy of Impact
The "Eternal Becoming" dismantles the illusion of a final self. It honors the thresholds between identities—the moments we are no longer who we were and not yet who we will be. True becoming, it suggests, is not linear advancement but a continual reconstitution of one’s inner architecture.
A woman is holding a flame that is both intimate and ancestral. Within her hands burns responsibility, wisdom, and the potential for transformation. Drawn from the spirit of Letter 24: Dear Guardian of the Flame, the work evokes the quiet power of transgenerational stewardship. The flame she carries is not hers alone; it is the living continuity of those who came before her and those still to come.
THE JOURNEY BEYOND ARRIVAL
Archetype xxiii – The eternal becoming
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
THE SACRED FLAME
Archetype xxiV – The GUARDIAN OF THE FLAME
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Standing at the helm, she navigates by conviction. The sea before her is uncharted, the path unwritten—yet her grip remains steady. Her back is turned to the known world, her gaze fixed on the unknowable. In a world obsessed with direction, this work honors a deeper art: the discipline to hold one’s course not despite uncertainty, but because of it.
Set against a void, she stands with arms raised. This is rebirth as concentrated ascension, not return to innocence but a transmutation into radiance. Inspired by Letter 9: Dear Phoenix, this painting is a visual invocation of sublation where destruction becomes creation.
against the current of certainty
Archetype VIII – The SAILOR OF THE UNKNOWN
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
the sacred violence of becoming
Archetype IX – The SAILOR OF THE UNKNOWN
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
"Ambulare in Somnio" is an ode to the soul brave enough to envision what does not yet exist. Time yields to those who act upon the unseen, carrying visions too luminous for the present. This work honors dreaming not as escape, but as faith in what the future has not yet dared to name.
"Transgressio" is a portrait of awakened courage. She stands not at the end of a path, but at its genesis, commanding new ground into being. The floating staircase behind her is not a relic of escape, but a testament to the invisible scaffolding shaped by vision. Inspired by Letter 20: Dear Pioneer, this work honors those who refuse inherited boundaries, who dismantle what no longer serves, and who shape reality through unwavering conviction.
AMBULARE IN SOMNIO
Archetype xIx – The dreamer of greatness
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
TRANSGRESSIO
Archetype XX – The PIONEER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
SHE WHO TRUSTS HERSELF
Archetype xii – The trustor
oil on linen | 60 x90cm | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral faces of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for the yet-to-be. This work speaks to the earliest spark of becoming: vision.
the compass within
Archetype xiii – The keeper of integrity
oil on linen | 60 x90cm | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
"The Compass Within" is a visual meditation on integrity as the fluid discipline to always return to the inner alignment that cannot be bought, taught, or imitated.
Set within the historic grandeur of Grand Central Terminal, this painting captures the essence of inner anchoring amid perpetual motion. The woman becomes a symbolic axis in a world of transit and urgency, embodying not an endpoint but a beginning, with trust as her point of origin.
the mirror without applause
Archetype xiv– The authentic self
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
She stands between two worlds: the one she presents and the one she truly inhabits. In the reflection, there is no mask, no performance—only clarity, only self. This work confronts the perennial human tension between persona and presence, illusion and essence. The masked figure stares into the mirror, not to admire or perform, but to remember who she is beneath expectations, beneath applause.
AMATOR SUI
Archetype XV– The LOVER OF THE self
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
With eyes closed and hand to heart, she rededicates herself to a forgotten vow: to belong first and wholly to herself. Bathed in a sanctifying glow, she returns to the unshakable source of worth within—a love unconditioned, unperformed, and undefeated.
She stands between two worlds: the one she presents and the one she truly inhabits. In the reflection, there is no mask, no performance—only clarity, only self. This work confronts the perennial human tension between persona and presence, illusion and essence. The masked figure stares into the mirror, not to admire or perform, but to remember who she is beneath expectations, beneath applause.
With eyes closed and hand to heart, she rededicates herself to a forgotten vow: to belong first and wholly to herself. Bathed in a sanctifying glow, she returns to the unshakable source of worth within—a love unconditioned, unperformed, and undefeated.
the mirror without applause
Archetype xiv– The authentic self
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
AMATOR SUI
Archetype XV– The LOVER OF THE self
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Her presence rewrites tempo. Light follows her, not the other way around. In this golden hour, she does not hurry. She moves with the poise of one who knows she belongs to the future she walks toward. Around her, the city blurs—rushing, unraveling, collapsing into urgency. Yet she remains unmoved by its rhythm. Time does not lead her. She leads it. Her pace is her power. Her gaze, clear and eternal, cuts through the noise.
She dances between fire and moonlight, dusk and dawn, spirit and structure. Suspended mid-motion on the bridge between two worlds, she is neither fleeing the darkness nor rushing toward the light—but honoring both. In this work, equilibrium is not portrayed as stillness but as movement: the sacred choreography of contradictions in harmony.
HER TEMPO
Archetype x – The keeper of time
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
the dance of dualities
Archetype XI – The keeper of balance
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Part III: Art of Alignment
Set within the historic grandeur of Grand Central Terminal, this painting captures the essence of inner anchoring amid perpetual motion. The woman becomes a symbolic axis in a world of transit and urgency, embodying not an endpoint but a beginning, with trust as her point of origin.
"The Compass Within" is a visual meditation on integrity as the fluid discipline to always return to the inner alignment that cannot be bought, taught, or imitated.
SHE WHO TRUSTS HERSELF
Archetype xii – The trustor
oil on linen | 60 x90cm | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
the compass within
Archetype xiii – The keeper of integrity
oil on linen | 60 x90cm | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
A woman in poised resolve is holding the vision of a building not yet complete—a symbol of legacy as an evolving act of creation. Inspired by Letter 21: Dear Architect of Legacy, this artwork invites us to consider that legacy is not only what we leave behind, but how deeply we allow purpose to guide us. Legacy is not static; it is a lifelong dialogue between intention, responsibility, and the courage to live in alignment with both.
Clothed in stardust, the figure is more than a symbol of wonder; she is a reminder that we are not separate from creation. Inspired by Letter 22: Dear Manifestor, " The Field Within" reveals a profound truth: what we align with internally shapes what becomes real. Reality is not fixed; it vibrates with infinite potential. Each intention we hold, each emotion we sustain, draws one possibility into form while allowing others to fade.
SHE WHO BUILDS WHAT LASTS
Archetype xxi – The architect of legacy
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
THE FIELD WITHIN
Archetype xxIi – The MANIFESTOR
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral faces of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for the yet-to-be. This work speaks to the earliest spark of becoming: vision.
TRANSGRESSIO
Archetype XX – The PIONEER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
SHE WHO BUILDS WHAT LASTS
Archetype xxi – The architect of legacy
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
THE JOURNEY BEYOND ARRIVAL
Archetype xxiii – The eternal becoming
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
THE SACRED FLAME
Archetype xxiV – The GUARDIAN OF THE FLAME
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
"Transgressio" is a portrait of awakened courage. She stands not at the end of a path, but at its genesis, commanding new ground into being. The floating staircase behind her is not a relic of escape, but a testament to the invisible scaffolding shaped by vision. Inspired by Letter 20: Dear Pioneer, this work honors those who refuse inherited boundaries, who dismantle what no longer serves, and who shape reality through unwavering conviction.
A woman in poised resolve is holding the vision of a building not yet complete—a symbol of legacy as an evolving act of creation. Inspired by Letter 21: Dear Architect of Legacy, this artwork invites us to consider that legacy is not only what we leave behind, but how deeply we allow purpose to guide us. Legacy is not static; it is a lifelong dialogue between intention, responsibility, and the courage to live in alignment with both.
The "Eternal Becoming" dismantles the illusion of a final self. It honors the thresholds between identities—the moments we are no longer who we were and not yet who we will be. True becoming, it suggests, is not linear advancement but a continual reconstitution of one’s inner architecture.
A woman is holding a flame that is both intimate and ancestral. Within her hands burns responsibility, wisdom, and the potential for transformation. Drawn from the spirit of Letter 24: Dear Guardian of the Flame, the work evokes the quiet power of transgenerational stewardship. The flame she carries is not hers alone; it is the living continuity of those who came before her and those still to come.
THE FIELD WITHIN
Archetype xxIi – The MANIFESTOR
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Clothed in stardust, the figure is more than a symbol of wonder; she is a reminder that we are not separate from creation. Inspired by Letter 22: Dear Manifestor, " The Field Within" reveals a profound truth: what we align with internally shapes what becomes real. Reality is not fixed; it vibrates with infinite potential. Each intention we hold, each emotion we sustain, draws one possibility into form while allowing others to fade.
Beneath a sky ablaze with gold and memory, a family walks forward in unity. More than a moment captured, this is a tribute to life's gifts: a reverent tribute to the everyday blessings we often overlook. The rustle of leaves, the warmth of small hands, the shared horizon ahead—each element becomes a sacred gesture in the liturgy of life.
Barefoot on solid ground and draped in a gown of quiet elegance, "The Poise of Thanks” captures a woman in a state of still reflection—embodying humility, presence, and soft strength. Behind her, the city pulses with ambition, but she chooses instead to dwell in appreciation for what is.
Set against a void, the figure radiates light from within. Her arms extend not in surrender, but in sovereign arrival. Destruction and transcendence merge into a single gesture—the embodiment of rebirth not as healing, but as ascension. A visual invocation of the mythic phoenix, reimagined through feminine resolve. This work is a devotion to the sacred violence of rebirth: the fire that does not destroy, but refines. In her upward gaze and open stance, we witness not just resilience, but a woman who has claimed her own myth.
THE LITURGY OF LIFE
Archetype xVI– The LOVER OF LIFE
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
THE POISE OF THANKS
Archetype xVI– The ARTIST OF GRATITUDE
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
"Speculum Veritatis" transcends portraiture to explore the tension between perception and essence, identity and projection in relationships. At its heart, this painting honors the raw courage required to confront the authentic relationships. Not every mirror tells the truth. But this one holds the possibility of liberation. It is not a mirror that defines, but one that invites recognition.
SPECULUM VERITATIS
Archetype XVIII – The MIRROR GAZER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Amid the turning of seasons, a single petal rests in her hand as she anchors herself in the present—fully awake in a world that forgets how to pause. In a culture that glorifies motion, she reclaims the forgotten virtue of stillness: an act of becoming that begins by simply being.
Beyond the window, the city rushes on. But in this room, time bends toward purpose. Surrounded by volumes of human thought, she inquires, reflects, and ponders. Within her sanctuary of study, growth becomes sacred, and each still moment becomes a seed in her becoming.
Zanshin: The Art of Presence
Archetype VI – The STILLNESS SEEKER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
the chamber of becoming
Archetype ViI – The growth SEEKER
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
artist: iòta kappa
Clad in a gown woven like armor, she does not wait for the world to soften. She meets it, disciplines it, and bends it toward vision. The wind moves around her, yet her gaze remains steady, fixed on a distant cerulean horizon only she can see. Behind her, the world rises tall and chaotic, but she stands unmoved, anchored in something deeper.
She moves through water like breath through silence, undaunted and luminous. With the city's chaos behind her, she turns inward, choosing presence over noise. Her energy is sacred, carried with intention and held with grace.
she who COMMANDS THE HORIZON
Archetype IV — The Warrior of Will
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
The Grace of Still Waters
Archetype V — The KEEPER of ENERGY
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
Part II:
Psychology of Transformation
against the current of certainty
Archetype VIII – The SAILOR OF THE UNKNOWN
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral faces of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for the yet-to-be. This work speaks to the earliest spark of becoming: vision.
Set against a void, she stands with arms raised. This is rebirth as concentrated ascension, not return to innocence but a transmutation into radiance. Inspired by Letter 9: Dear Phoenix, this painting is a visual invocation of sublation where destruction becomes creation.
The sacred violence of becoming
Archetype IX – The SAILOR OF THE UNKNOWN
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Standing at the helm, she navigates by conviction. The sea before her is uncharted, the path unwritten—yet her grip remains steady. Her back is turned to the known world, her gaze fixed on the unknowable. In a world obsessed with direction, this work honors a deeper art: the discipline to hold one’s course not despite uncertainty, but because of it.
HER TEMPO
Archetype x – The keeper of time
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
Her presence rewrites tempo. Light follows her, not the other way around. In this golden hour, she does not hurry. She moves with the poise of one who knows she belongs to the future she walks toward. Around her, the city blurs—rushing, unraveling, collapsing into urgency. Yet she remains unmoved by its rhythm. Time does not lead her. She leads it. Her pace is her power. Her gaze, clear and eternal, cuts through the noise.
the dance of dualities
Archetype xi – The keeper of balance
OIL ON LINEN | 60 X 90CM | 2025
ARTIST: IÒTA KAPPA
She dances between fire and moonlight, dusk and dawn, spirit and structure. Suspended mid-motion on the bridge between two worlds, she is neither fleeing the darkness nor rushing toward the light—but honoring both. In this work, equilibrium is not portrayed as stillness but as movement: the sacred choreography of contradictions in harmony.
Part III: Art of Alignment
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral faces of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for the yet-to-be. This work speaks to the earliest spark of becoming: vision.
She moves through water like breath through silence, undaunted and luminous. With the city's chaos behind her, she turns inward, choosing presence over noise. Her energy is sacred, carried with intention and held with grace.
she who sees beyond
Archetype I – The Visionary
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
she who COMMANDS THE HORIZON
Archetype IV — The Warrior of Will
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
Clad in a gown woven like armor, she does not wait for the world to soften. She meets it, disciplines it, and bends it toward vision. The wind moves around her, yet her gaze remains steady, fixed on a distant cerulean horizon only she can see. Behind her, the world rises tall and chaotic, but she stands unmoved, anchored in something deeper.
The Grace of Still Waters
Archetype V — The KEEPER of ENERGY
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
Part II:
Psychology of Transformation
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral faces of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for the yet-to-be. This work speaks to the earliest spark of becoming: vision.
She walks unarmored across fractured ground, where every break gleams with gold, revealing that becoming requires transmutation. Each crack is not a wound but an alchemical passage, a testament to what has emerged through the fracture.
she who sees beyond
Archetype I – The Visionary
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
crown of thought
Archetype iI – The sovereign mind
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
Her thoughts shape the skyline. What begins in her mind becomes the world she inhabits. She does not need to speak to be heard, the city echoes her presence. Her hair unfurls like constellations, dissolving the boundary between thinker and world.
THE ALCHEMY OF FRACTURE
Archetype iiI – The alchemist
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral echoes of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for what is yet to emerge.
she who sees beyond
Archetype I – The Visionary
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
A woman stands poised between skyline and ether, where memory, ambition, and unseen futures converge. Surrounded by the spectral echoes of great minds before her, she becomes a vessel for what is yet to emerge.
Her thoughts shape the skyline. What begins in her mind becomes the world she inhabits. She does not need to speak to be heard, the city echoes her presence. Her hair unfurls like constellations, dissolving the boundary between thinker and world.
She walks unarmored across fractured ground, where every break gleams with gold, revealing that becoming requires transmutation. Each crack is not a wound but an alchemical passage, a testament to what has emerged through the fracture.
she who sees beyond
Archetype I – The Visionary
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
crown of thought
Archetype iI – The sovereign mind
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa
THE ALCHEMY OF FRACTURE
Archetype iiI – The alchemist
oil on linen | 60 x 90cm | 2025
Artist: iòta kappa