ARTIST STATEMENT

My art is informed by my interest in the Humanities and more specifically in Psycho-Sosiological matters, the things that form and shape us as human beings.

In my work I explore the the culture of concealment and denial, selfdeceit and what the playwright Henrik Ibsen repeatedly explored in his plays, the Life-Lie. Life-lies are thoughts and actions which sole purpose serves, through a state of denial, to create a zone of comfort, a space inhabited by emotions like longing, melancholia and loneliness.

I am interested in the role that hope holds in our lives, from its lifesaving capabilities to its detrimental aspects, when hope prevents us from making necessary changes, trapping us in a state of Status Quo.

My objective is that the visual aesthetics through its layers and details invite the viewer to introspective reflection and contemplation. The poetic titles seek to link the multilayered and sometimes abstract visuals to the complex, concealed and layered motifs that denote cultures of denial.

I explore this visually through staged photography. The staging is repetitious both in materials and settings as I deconstruct and reconstruct the same forms and shapes. This way of approaching my work mirrors the repetitious nature of the subject matter. I work analogue with natural light and print the work in my darkroom.