"In the presence of us" Painting

Rooted in my background in criminology and sociology, my work explores the social codes and constructed realities that shape identity, space, and connection. Through fragmented figures and layered domestic interiors, I examine the tension between belonging and isolation, performance and truth. Using oil, I create environments that feel both intimate and unstable—spaces where the familiar unravels. Through deliberate distortions, unexpected textures, and emotional shifts in color, I aim to destabilize the viewer’s sense of what is real and what is performed. The familiar becomes uncanny; what appears whole is often fractured. My paintings become sites of quiet rupture. Interiors become metaphors for psychological and societal structures: protective yet confining, comforting yet deceptive. Ultimately, my paintings are a visual inquiry into how we navigate systems we rarely question—what holds us, what divides us, and what remains when appearances fall away. Our minds are spinning. The flow of thoughts, mass information, stimuli and questions are fast and omnipotent: never has society faced such high rates of anxiety and depression. As I paint to discover myself as an artist, a woman, and a citizen, I project on canvas my vision of our modern society, a society run by organizations that fight to control people's minds with marketing and mass data. I paint with a specific purpose of education and awareness. I put visuals on the canvas to open this dialogue about our current state of alienation and the urgent need to open our eyes and break free. The visuals I create are situated between figuration and abstraction, stillness and movement, using painting, words, and photography. In this era of globalization, we are constantly labeled and categorized. We experience analysis paralysis, where excessive reflection is hindering our ability to act. Our habits and routines can sometimes lead us down a path that becomes increasingly challenging to break away from. With empathy, I create a diagnosis of who we are together. In my visual explorations of our contemporary society, I bring to the surface the unconscious endeavors that are often ignored. As a child of the 90's who once studied the impact of society on individuals as a criminologist, I make art about the issues of our age.