Artist Statement

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

​

We usually encounter images through cultural codes: color, form and aesthetics are categorized and judged within seconds. My work begins precisely at that moment. It seeks to interrupt these automatic readings and open spaces in which perception slows down, shifting from purely visual recognition toward a more bodily, sensory experience.

​

I work primarily with my hands directly on unprimed cotton. Pigment, water and fabric come into immediate contact. Through a slow, layered process, up to thirty translucent layers of color emerge, gradually embedding themselves into the material and creating a depth that can be physically sensed.

 

At first glance the works appear soft, quiet and fragile. Yet this softness is deliberately chosen. It questions cultural ideas of strength that are often associated with hardness, control or loudness. In this sense, softness becomes a form of quiet rebellion – an invitation to renegotiate perception.

 

My paintings are therefore not representations in the traditional sense. They are sensory propositions: spaces in which perception can become more immediate again and viewers are invited to explore their own responses beyond preconditioned interpretations.