Artist Statement

My artistic practice explores softness as a radical form of perception.

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We encounter images primarily through cultural codes: colour, form, and aesthetics are classified and evaluated within seconds. My work begins precisely at this moment. It seeks to briefly interrupt these automatic readings and open spaces in which perception slows down and shifts from mere seeing towards a physical, sensory experience. In an increasingly digitalised visual culture, where images are quickly accessible and consumable, I am interested in the possibility of a form of perception that, for a moment, resists this pace.

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I work predominantly with my hands, without tools, directly onto unprimed cotton. Pigment, water, and fabric come into immediate contact. Through a slow, layered process, up to forty translucent layers of colour are built up, becoming embedded in the fabric and creating a physically perceptible depth. The layering makes the process of emergence tangible within the material and allows the works to unfold their effect over time.

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At first glance, the works appear soft, quiet, and fragile. Yet this very softness is deliberate. It challenges cultural notions of strength that are often associated with hardness, loudness, or control. In this sense, softness becomes a form of quiet rebellion — an invitation to renegotiate perception.My paintings are therefore not representations in the classical sense. They are sensory propositions: spaces in which perception can become more immediate again, inviting viewers to explore their own sensations beyond preconceived interpretations.

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In this sense, I understand my artistic practice as a form of postmodern enlightenment — not as the formulation of new rules, but as the conscious unlearning of existing codes.