ARTIST STATEMENT

My painting practice explores the emotional and psychological tensions of the contemporary human being, immersed in an era marked by individualism, hyperconnection, and alienation. At the center of my research is the body: a fragile yet powerful instrument through which I represent vulnerability, isolation, and the desire for belonging.

I use charcoal drawing to trace the forms, and then I paint with glazes of undiluted oil colors, layering them to build depth and volume. My subjects—often inspired by my own face and body, though rarely intended as self-portraits—embody intimate experiences that become universal.

The figures I paint, immersed in essential spaces, seem suspended in time: captured in moments of silent reflection, disorientation, or melancholy. Through this suspension between presence and absence, I seek to establish an empathetic dialogue with the viewer, evoking a shared emotional recognition.

My painting has an autobiographical nature, but it opens up to a broader reflection on pain, fear, the desire for love, and human fragility. I am deeply inspired by early 20th-century Expressionism, particularly the works of Egon Schiele, and I find affinities in the physical and emotional exploration of artists like Lucian Freud and Jenny Saville.

With my work, I wish to create a space of introspection in which the viewer can face a tragic vision of life—not in a pessimistic sense, but as a deep awareness of the pain that connects us, thus making a reconnection with our humanity possible.