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An installation made of cut-up mirrors, flimsy wires and hand-drawn animated projections, Pieces of Us tries to encapsulate a finale to the exhibition, a final experience for the audience. It holds the messages of all the other pieces, and embodies the true umbrella theme of the whole exhibition. We look into the mirrors hanging in front of us, seeing a jumbled and messy reflection staring back. But there is a projection directly on our face, a chaotic but graceful movement of flowers and nature. This is the beauty within the mess, the wildflower growing in the cracks of concrete. It teaches us to look at our reflections differently, and change our environment to make our reflections worth our inner beauty.

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Interactive Installation of mirrors and digital animation projection, Undefined area, 2021

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The animation itself is of a constant moving nature, with one thing morphing into another, creating a mashed sequence of events. This expressed my life, with unexpected turns and changes, all morphed into one human being. When displayed, the animation is looped, creating a confusion within the audience. However, once it’s looped enough times, we get desensitized to it, no longer feeling the disorientation we first experienced upon viewing the animation. This is exactly what life on the move is like; after a while, it becomes normal.

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Digital animation, 1280  ×  720 px, 2021

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I'm not just a multi-faceted person, I am a conglomeration of everyone and everything around me. I do not know who I am, so I'll just be whoever you want me to be.
Matthieu Bourel's style is of great influence in this piece, taking from his experiments in digital collage work and animation.

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As indicated by the title of the piece, it is a mirror of persephone. Instead of seeing the deity in the Underworld, we see her falling from the skies, possibly towards the Underworld as suggested by its mirror painting. The colours are also mirrored, warm tones on top with Persephone falling into the cool and dark Underworld.

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The third piece of this series, this work defies expectations by showing a turn from the previous emotional exposure, the vulnerability of feeling things. This shows a result of a more physical exertion, how physically we lend ourselves to the world and sometimes forget to give ourselves time and rest. It’s still linked to emotion in the sense of being exhausted and tired of exerting yourself, whether it be physically or mentally.

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The next piece of the CoE series, these shows the story of someone's life through their hands. The eyes may be the window to your soul, but the hands are the key to your life.
Incorporating the same stippling technique as the first, this piece encapsulates the literal expression of emotion through the silver tears flowing down, but also figuratively through the delicate arches of the fingers.

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Masculinity shouldn't be a one-size-fits-all theme. It should be defined by individuals who identify with masculinity. When that is forgotten, we are left with the toxic remains of masculinity. The original springboard for the CoE series, this piece embodies how emotions are universal and should not be separated by gender expression.

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Persephone, a greek deity, has always been portrayed in art as helpless when being kidnapped by Hades. In this painting, I wanted to show her as the focus of the painting without Hades being there to provide a male-driven narrative. Her posture and the nudity shows her demure nature, but still portraying her as independent and self-sufficient.

We see her sitting amongst the flickering lights of the jewelled poplar trees of the Underworld, surrounded by pomegranates, the fruits of her demise.

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Ink and Acrylic on paper, 23 x 18 cm, 2020
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A beautifully broken sculpture showing the light within our darkness. This piece takes inspiration from kintsugi, the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. It expresses how we can learn to grow from our mistakes rather than try to erase it and move on. Our flaws are what makes us unique and beautfiul.

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Koi ponds have been an unexpected constant in my unstable life. Wherever I go, there is a koi pond I can gaze into, watching the fish do their complicated dance around each other to find space. Their cohabitation in an environment designed artificially for them seems all too familiar in our current focus on materialism. We don't have to remain unmoving and helpless, but rather enjoy as reality blurs into ripples of fantasy, catching the sunlight as we swim around like koi.

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Acrylic and Textile on plaster cast, aa x bb x cc cm, 2021

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Gouache on canvas, (check dimensions), 2021

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Photography and Digital media, 490 × 658

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Oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm, 2021

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Ink and Acrylic on paper, 23 x 18 cm, 2020

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Ink and Acrylic on paper, 23 x 18 cm, 2020

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Digital media on glass, 768 × 1024 px, 2020