“RARE METALS” (2025)  

“Rare Metals” is a project about geopolitics, and a reflection on the escalating competition for the Earth’s mineral resources. Each painting in the series is titled after a rare metal, mineral, or gemstone. I chose a small format for these works to evoke the value, uniqueness, and intimacy we often associate with precious materials.

For the surface, I used soil and sand on MDF boards to tie the materiality of the paintings directly to the Earth’s geology. These raw textures create a sense of tension beneath the vibrant colours, producing landscapes that feel both seductive and unsettling. At first glance, they may appear visually striking, but beneath their turbulent beauty lay quiet signals of warning: instability, extraction, and environmental strain.

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I00I – BRUSHSTROKES (2024)

I00I is a project about the relationship between painting as a medium and what it represents. In these works, I made a conscious decision to break away from pictorial or narrative imagery, shifting the focus entirely to the medium itself. Here, the brushstroke becomes central, not as a mark of something else, but as the subject in its own right.

In I00I, I explore the idea of a “painting of a painting,” where brushstrokes are not painted representations, but entities that function as “self”, autonomous, unreferenced, and direct. In this way, I00I suggests a “designed painting,” shaped by both its conceptual premise and its process of construction. Gerhard Richter was among the first to investigate this kind of approach, using the medium to reflect on itself. In this project, I revisit and extend that dialogue.

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STRIPPED (2017, ongoing)

Stripped began as an inquiry into the ‘archaeology’ of memory, how layers of personal experience shape identity over time.

By physically removing existing imagery, stripping paints from the surface, I reversed the traditional act of painting. This process became a way of unmaking as making, where the act of erasure reveals rather than conceals.

Stripped is about renewal. It’s a gesture toward reclaiming memory and transforming it into form, an excavation of what lies beneath, and an attempt to shape that raw, exposed surface into something honest and unresolved.

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GUNIA PROJECT (ongoing)

Gunia Project takes the form of a personal diary, reflecting on how identity is shaped by the quiet, persistent influence of everyday actions and events.
It also explores our relationship with objects, those inherited, collected, or simply lived with, that carry traces of cultural memory. These objects, often overlooked, become silent agents, shaping who we are in subtle, often unconscious ways.

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