In a world where identity is constantly shifting, my work explores the fluid boundaries between who we are and who we are perceived to be, focusing on the identity of young women. I navigate this space mainly through charcoal and pastel drawings, alongside an ever-expanding practice that includes ceramics, video, and textiles. My art resists singularity—of style, medium, and self—embracing contradiction as an essential part of my identity. I believe the way we present ourselves—through appearance, adornment, and expression—is both a reflection of our true self and a constructed facade shaped by the need for belonging. My beliefs about identity are shaped by growing up in a world where social media, aesthetic, and tangible success reigns. This has compressed identity into a mere surface, rather than a dimensional form. 

Where is the line between who you are and who you want to be?

Recurring symbols—orchids, lilies, stars, female faces and bodies, teeth grills, piercings—form a visual language of vulnerability and self-construction. These objects are layered like identity itself. First, a core layer that is created by and rooted in life and earth, then is embodied in a flesh human body. Lastly, is the decor we adorn ourselves in to make the flesh feel less delicate. These layers of identity build up to create the persona we present to others. They speak to the tension between softness and strength, visibility and protection.

At the core of my work is an exploration of the duality within us: the raw, delicate self and the persona we develop to exist in the world, forming a balance between self-expression and social survival. Society, especially for women, demands that vulnerability be concealed beneath a facade of composure, yet both sides—our inner self and our outward identity—coexist, neither good nor bad, just intertwined. My work does not seek to resolve this tension but to illuminate it, to question where our soul ends and where society begins. 

I create from within the process of becoming, not from a place of conclusion. My work aims to encourage viewers to consider and challenge the definition of self, and inhabit the space of transformation and duality.