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STATEMENT

My artistic practice explores identity as a dynamic and evolving process, shaped by the interaction between the body, perception, symbolic systems, and subjective experience. Working across painting, writing, and installation, I investigate the ways in which internal states—such as memory, emotion, and unconscious processes—are translated into material and visual form. My research draws from psychoanalysis, philosophy, and metaphysical frameworks as tools to examine the construction of meaning and subjectivity.

 

I approach the body as a site of inscription: a space where experiences are registered not only cognitively, but also through sensory and affective dimensions. In this sense, my work is particularly concerned with forms of memory that are not always accessible through language, but remain active in the body through gesture, tension, repetition, and material trace.

 

Rather than representing specific narratives, my practice focuses on the translation of these processes into visual structures. Through layering, accumulation, and controlled disruption, I explore how experiences—particularly those that are internalized or normalized—persist over time and shape perception, behavior, and identity.

 

My use of large-scale formats allows for an expanded engagement with the body, both in the act of making and in the spatial relationship with the viewer. The process often involves a balance between control and release, where intuitive gestures coexist with structural decisions, reflecting the complexity of internal experience.

 

I am interested in the intersections between the personal and the collective, particularly in how individual experiences are shaped by broader cultural, symbolic, and environmental frameworks. Recurring elements such as archetypal forms, spatial configurations, and references to natural systems function as tools to articulate these relationships without relying on direct representation.

 

Ultimately, my work proposes an approach to art as a space of perception and reflection, where material, body, and memory intersect. It seeks to create conditions in which the viewer can engage with the work not only visually, but also through a heightened awareness of their own sensory and affective experience.



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