In my mixed media, sculpture and installation work, the recurrent subject matter has been the body, especially fragmented body parts, acting as receptacles for storytelling.

I am using the memory of observed and experienced events especially those from my childhood and from the news, for creating installations.

Besides, I explore the notion of trace that indicates the existence of others and my own. Trace also shows the passing of time. Many of my projects suggest the course of time as they examine memories, past actions or incidents, and events that happened at a specific and recorded time.

In my practice, I have a strong interest in the handmade process. I have used several materials such as clay, papier-mâché (I make my own paste using flour, salt and water), fabric, wood, paper, plaster and chicken wire among others. In addition, I am also often drawn to natural materials, available in the every day life.

While doing an artist residency upstate New York, during Fall 2011, (ChaNorth Residency in Pine Plains, NY) I started creating organic body/vessel-like sculptures using chicken wire (for the skeleton) and layering onto the structure leftover materials and art supplies from past residents, such as fabric, paper and paint. I am interested in integrating elements belonging to former artists as a way of questioning memory through objects. It was also for me a way of imposing my own creative constraint.

I regard the action of “layering” for which different coats, different thicknesses are added on top of each other as a metaphor of life itself, where one’s experiences are accumulated throughout one’s entire life.