ABOUT

My practice is based on painting’s extensive traditions. Material enquiry is at the center of my work and I approach painting as a three-dimensional object, rather than an illusion of an image on canvas.

I am currently working on the concept of the trace. I am exploring traces and marks: the trace of a pencil on paper, the trace of an oil paint on canvas, the trace of sanding on a wooden surface, in the first place, the trace as the interaction of two materials in contact. I approach  trace as the place where painting is located.

My pictorial motifs come from the environment we all share, both urban and natural. My paintings are inspired by traces and marks experienced in these places. Such marks that fascinate me include scratches on lampposts, road marks in asphalt, worn paint layers on facades and beetle trails in tree trunks.

The starting point of my work is to engage with our visual environment, to understand and refine it, to find the forgotten and unnoticed details. My work is about searching connections and exploring the visual signs of today’s society.