ABOUT THE WORK

Growing up, I found that unending cycles of change and separation taught me all there was to know about the transience, loss, and fragmented character of existence. These early experiences built in me a view of the world as a set of fleeting states, which only grew into great engagement with themes of decay, abandonment, and disintegration. This is linked to my artistic practice and an intrinsic fascination with impermanence of structure and the narratives they hold. I find myself in places that were almost left out or forgotten, trying to discover the hidden motives and historical contexts behind their construction and rise, eventually leading to their fall. My photography serves as an archival tool for my detail-oriented drawings and a source of inspiration. Compositions like these derive from a subconscious dialogue with recurring dreams of chaos; I explore how these structures are in different stages of ruin. They can be powerful symbols of resilience, memory, and change. Creation becomes a means of negotiating both the past and the present, personal trauma, and social neglect. To emphasize the interplay between decay and beauty, my work should subvert conventional perceptions of the ruin and suggest that maybe inside the process of decline we find renewal and understanding.