Self / Portrait (2000-ongoing)
The Self / Portrait section explores identity as a layered and shifting condition rather than a fixed representation of the individual. The portrait is approached not as likeness, but as a space where internal states, emotional registers, and fragmented perceptions of the self coexist.
These works move between recognition and dissolution of identity. The face and figure are often deconstructed, transformed, or partially erased, allowing multiple layers of presence to appear simultaneously. What emerges is not a stable subject, but a field of overlapping identities.
The portrait becomes a site of negotiation between visibility and disappearance, intimacy and distance. It reflects not a single self, but a multiplicity of states that resist clear definition.
Through drawing and mixed media, the act of self-representation shifts into a process of observation and estrangement. The image no longer confirms identity, but opens it toward instability, transformation, and internal complexity.
Related Writing
Structure and Deconstruction (2015) —
writing accompanying Self / Portrait
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