My meditation mantra
is how art reflects society
Finding Inspiration in Every Turn
Inspiration & Motivation
Creative Origins
I started studying Fine Arts because I always loved fashion and I was convinced having strong skills in hand drawing and contemporary art knowledge could only fuel my future career as a fashion designer. This love directed many of my life choices - moving away to study art when 13 years old, departing to Italy when I was 19, living in Milan, moving to Switzerland for work, and then, moving to picturesque France. Each chapter of my journey is a testament to my restless desire for creative pursuits of my inner-self.
My inspiration
We live in the era of overly, mass-producing and overly, mass consuming.
We buy products, goods and objects, in addition to those we already have. But without really using these objects and things.
Because how many clothes one can wear? And how many objects does one really need in its home?
The Spirit of This Time is signed by the digitalisation of everything. A person’s face can be digitalised and prompted as an “avatar”; a person’s thoughts can be replaced by AI instruments. A person’s life is exported to social media.
Unavoidably, this technology (r)evolution shaped an unrealistic human - the digital human. Which identity is tuned by filters, surrounded by labelled clothes and unnecessary objects.
It’s like we gave consensually objects the power to represent us, to story-tell our personality. In my paintings, you will always find the link to this concept and vision of what contemporary means to me. Unique art that reflects your inner self is what I chasing after.
The shiny home decor objects, colourful fishes or detailed portraits - they are all meant to be attractive images (exactly like everything you see on social media), that hide a secret. The secret to what contemporary and so modern art are.
Why I create
I love to create. Anything.
Whether it's the oil colour, Acrilyc, Watercolours, pencils, designing clothes, putting thoughts into words, scripting for my YouTube Channel, video editing, or surprising a dear person - I love to create things and experiences. It took a while to feel comfortable labelling myself as a "modern artist", that's why I prefer the word creator of art that says a story.
When creating, I feel like in a state of meditation - close to my inner self.
I believe that art can have many shades, but what really matters is why it engages you. I do it, to capture the Spirit of This Time. But mostly, I create because it is when I am making something that I feel most like myself.
Ideas & Phylosophy
Beautiful on the surface. Uncomfortable underneath.
Objects & Desire
We don’t just buy objects. We fall in love with them.
Heart Shaped Glasses is a series of four oil paintings exploring our relationship with consumption, desire and the things we choose to surround ourselves with.
The objects are familiar, colourful and even seductive - much like the images we see every day online. But behind their glossy appearance is a question: how much of what we desire is really ours?
The series looks at consumerism, social pressure and the rose-tinted way we sometimes choose to see them.
Beautiful on the surface. Uncomfortable underneath.
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Taste it first.
Cocktails
A cocktail is meant to be tasted.
But today, sometimes we photograph it first.
This series began with a simple observation: how often do we experience something through the image we create of it, rather than through the experience itself?
A beautiful drink, a restaurant, a new outfit, a piece of art - objects can become symbols of the life we want to show, and sometimes even symbols of who we believe we are.
Through the familiar and seductive image of a cocktail, I explore our relationship with consumption, appearance and the constant desire to share.
Taste it first.
Look closer. There is always more beneath the surface.
Portraits
I’m interested in what happens beneath the surface of a face.
My portraits are not only about capturing a likeness, but about those fleeting expressions, thoughts and emotions that reveal something of who we are - often before we even realise it ourselves.
I paint people as individuals, but also as mirrors of the world around them. The longer you look, the more you may begin to recognise something of yourself.
Look closer. There is always more beneath the surface.