Artist Statement 

My work explores identity as a dynamic, fragmented construction shaped by the visible and invisible forces of the psyche. Through a mosaic-based process of thousands of hand-painted squares, I construct portraits that shift between abstraction and clarity, requiring distance and perception to fully resolve. This interplay between fragmentation and cohesion reflects the tension between conscious identity and the deeper structures of the unconscious.

Influenced by the psychological theories of Carl Jung, I approach the human face not as a fixed likeness, but as a site where multiple psychic elements converge. Archetypes such as the persona, shadow, and anima/animus inform the layered construction of each piece, suggesting that identity is not singular but composed of competing and overlapping forces. The fragmentation within the work mirrors the way unconscious material surfaces — distorted, partial, and often unresolved — while the image’s coherence at a distance points toward the integrative process Jung described as individuation.

Each painted square functions as a unit of memory, experience, or inherited pattern, contributing to a larger psychological whole. The resulting portraits embody both personal and collective dimensions of identity, where individual presence is inseparable from broader archetypal structures. My work ultimately seeks to visualize the psyche not as a unified entity, but as a living system — layered, evolving, and continuously negotiating meaning through the reconciliation of its fragments.