Artist Statement

A duck, calm on the surface, struggles beneath the water. A dandelion, carried by the wind, scatters its seeds into the unknown. Together, they embody resistance and release, stillness and transformation. Through this work, I stitch fragments into form, shaping the endless interplay of being and becoming. Sometimes, I reach for the infinite, yearning to dissolve into endless possibilities. Yet, memory anchors me—recalling a night when I brought a woman home. In that moment, I became a tree, rooted and still; she became a bird, slipping through the bars of a cage. This delicate dance of stillness and flight, struggle and freedom, lies at the heart of my work.

*The Duck and the Dandelion* is a house built from Silent Relics—each brick a photograph from my archive, a silent narrative of memories veiled and blurred. Like a breath-clouded window, only shadows remain. I transfer these photos again and again, recreating the struggles, the people I once knew, the places I once belonged, and the fleeting emotions we shared. These fragments, untethered yet heavy with meaning, shape the woman I have become. In this process, I transform memory into form. Brick by brick, I build a house that invites viewers into my body—a vessel of memories. The walls speak, revealing who I am. Each image I create releases a silenced part of me—the dreams I’ve carried, the lives I’ve imagined, and the land I bear within me.

Through performance, I once tried to release my pain before the camera. Now, these transformed photos speak, embodying my existence. As the stories unfold, I feel the duck taking flight—rising beyond struggle, carrying the dandelion toward new possibilities, where I search for an answer:

Am I always in exile, or do I carry home within me?