Artist Text

My art practice turns into a universal and philosophical questioning based on my individual experiences. My bird phobia, which developed as a result of a trauma I experienced in childhood, forms the main motivation of my works. I address concepts such as death, uncanniness and the destructiveness of human nature through the dead bodies of birds, and I investigate the relationship between individual memory and collective consciousness.

Death is not only an end, but also an indicator that reminds us of the cycle of life. While bird figures function as metaphors that keep track of what is destroyed, they make visible the uncanny connection that humans establish with destructiveness. These images, which question the border between fear and control, like the lifeless bodies exhibited throughout history, present a narrative about our existential anxieties and the dark side of memory.

Working with different disciplines such as painting, sculpture, collage and site-specific installations, I examine the ways in which individual traumas transform into collective memory. In the tension between death and life, my art examines the immortalization process of beings that become objects of fear.

A CALM MESS

Art is a kind of psychological archaeology that carries the inner conflicts of the individual to a universal stage. The artist's bird phobia and knot form, which sprouted from childhood trauma, are not only the decipherment of a personal memory, but also a map of the collective unconscious of man. Here, the knots bear the traces of a social pathology: Unresolved traumas of societies are knotted in the neural networks of individuals and crystallized in bodies.

The artist's production practice is based on a traumatic experience experienced in childhood. Dead bird bodies, which emerge as a visual projection of bird phobia, gradually go beyond individual fear and turn into a metaphorical narrative about the relationship that man establishes with nature, death and destruction.

In his recent works, the artist has tended to express this traumatic memory not only through bird images, but also through the knot form. The knot symbolizes the intertwined structure of repressed emotions, unresolved thoughts and bodily memory. This form positions the viewer on a threshold between consciousness and the unconscious, with the tension between dissociation and resistance.

In this context, the artist aims to transform the knot form beyond an individual trauma into a symbol of a universal emotion. “A Calm Chaos” is a simplified yet intense visual depiction of internal knots that manifest differently in each individual. This work becomes a silent and layered representation of collectively experienced psychological entrapments.

“A wind remained in my wings

En mis alas quedó un viento, no: 8"

Graduated Pencil on Paper,

2024, 40x45 cm