House of Ita

Margarita (Ita) Aleksievska Sclavi, aka "House of Ita", is a multimedia textile artist of North Macedonian origin.

Following an interlude in the United States and England, Ita moved permanently to Rome, where she handcrafts tapestries and Artistic home textiles in limited editions, alongside collectible items of furniture, studying iconographies and symbolic archetypes of Balcan origin with Byzantyne and Medieval memories in her unique signs of great personality.

What distinguishes her work is the measured contamination of traditional and contemporary elements, in a game of union and contrasts.

Ita breathes life into a delicately mysterious iconography, infused with a sense of unreality and surprise, which winks at surrealism and reveals influences ranging from Naïve Art to Magical Realism, from Russian Constructivism to Ornamentalism and Mythology.

Ita's creations, which honour her Macedonian roots and multicultural background, are the result of a unique design style that arises from the encounter between East and West. The slight variations and slight imperfections of each piece are a sign of their singular quality.

Her production intersects multiple levels and displays a complex and highly expressive language. An eclectic style, to which the dualistic nature of her career contributes: in addition to her artistic vocation, Ita is also a practicing psychiatrist, convinced that both activities are a powerful means of fostering the narration of individual and collective experiences.

In 2016 she completed a course for Hand painting and Printing Textiles and Wallpaper at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, UK as well as Interior Decoration course with Abygail Ahern, London,UK.

Each House of Ita collection is a visual poem, a narration and reflection of the artist's imaginary world.

Entering the House is like stepping into Wonderland and embarking on an extraordinary journey of fantasy.