Collection 2024
Veils of Perception
At the heart of these works lies a deep engagement with the human psyche under duress. The veils operate as both concealment and skin: they protect, suppress, and remember. In some compositions, the body turns inward in isolation; in others, spectral figures multiply, suggesting a community bound by shared disquiet. These gestures reflect the layered experience of witnessing—where the self is both present and distanced, both individual and collective.
Created in the shadow of ongoing global violence, censorship, and displacement, the collection resists easy narratives. It does not name specific events, but it listens closely to their aftershocks. Rather than portray suffering, it honors its residue—tracing the weight of what endures long after silence has fallen.
Veils of Perception does not scream. It stands still. It waits. In that stillness, it invites us to look again—not for answers, but for traces. Traces of survival, of unseen resilience, of the unseen bonds that shape those who carry memory not as burden, but as presence.
They do not scream. They do not plead. Their power lies in the weight of their restraint.
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