Artist statement
I work with themes of time, corporeality, everyday life, and masking — both physical and metaphorical. My focus is on how cultural memory shapes identity. These explorations form the basis of a visual statement where the personal inevitably intertwines with the historical.
I am interested in social fractures: loneliness in the crowd, masking under pressure, the transformation of trauma, women’s socialization.
Following the principle of “reduce and repurpose,” in my practice I use found materials — albums, clothing, wood, recycled fabrics and canvases — and turn to collage both in its direct form and in painting, as a method of releasing control and allowing the material to influence the outcome. Bright colors and festive forms enter into counterpoint with anxiety, vulnerability, and longing. For me, art is a humanistic gesture: a way to say that “we are all alive, and we all hurt.”
I work with themes of time, corporeality, everyday life, and masking — both physical and metaphorical. My focus is on how cultural memory shapes identity. These explorations form the basis of a visual statement where the personal inevitably intertwines with the historical.
I am interested in social fractures: loneliness in the crowd, masking under pressure, the transformation of trauma, women’s socialization.
Following the principle of “reduce and repurpose,” in my practice I use found materials — albums, clothing, wood, recycled fabrics and canvases — and turn to collage both in its direct form and in painting, as a method of releasing control and allowing the material to influence the outcome. Bright colors and festive forms enter into counterpoint with anxiety, vulnerability, and longing. For me, art is a humanistic gesture: a way to say that “we are all alive, and we all hurt.”