This work is a journey of self-discovery and self-expression. Motivated by an existential need to understand the many and often incompatible sides of the human ego. My intention is to create work that facilitates intimacy with the viewer and encourages empathy.

«Sine qua non/Without which, not» consists of three groups of my recent work: ‘Folds, ‘Seas’ and ‘Body’ in which the visual representation –especially the photographic portrait– play a decisive role in this complex search process.

My work does not attempt to provide answers to any question but rather to challenge and invite the viewer to follow me beyond the surface by posing questions and concerns about the conflicted nature of ego and the way we perceive intimacy, communicate with others, express our desires, love, and affection in a deeper and more meaningful way.

The piles of clothes –a dominant element– in most of this work, are all about our identity, emotions, and pivotal choices that echo our different and often unbearably demanding roles which we embody in our social and private life, with the naked body – house of our soul suggesting the possibility to allow ourselves to emerge-evolve free out of the burden.