Artist Statement:
Inspired by rituals, narratives and cultural aspects evolving the relationship between the wild and the man-made, my work portrays ancient elements and traditions that carry on to this day. The pictorial motifs are at once symbolic and poetic, drawn from personal as well as collective memories and reflect ecological and social aspects that influence my everyday life.
Through a meticulous approach to drawing — whether using a simple ballpoint pen on paper or brushstrokes I explore the definition of real, surreal and symbolic boundaries. I am interested in examining the domestication of nature, and while documenting the process of growth and withering in the wild, I correspond with other artists and botanical drawings in a new point of view as a bridge-maker between past and present.
Through my body of work I invite the audience to observe closely and consider questions regarding social identities and evolution and bring to mind the dialectics between local and global, the planted and the uprooted, east and west, indoors and outdoors, nature and culture, entangling past and present, charted pathways and unrestrained nature.
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