My main focus as an artist is the exploration of how it is possible to extend our perception of the world from the linguistic perceptions that we can manipulate, into the realm of non-verbal perceptions, through the application of colour.

Through my experience as an aspiring painter and studying abroad on my own, I became interested in how we humans, with our religious, cultural and linguistic differences, can genuinely share the experience of beauty and the experience of empathy and healing that comes with it.

Through colour, I explore the space for overcoming conceptual conflicts in an increasingly complex and realistic world by trying to get closer to a world in a realm that cannot be explained by language. It is a ‘response to reconciliation’ to the world in order to overcome ideologies and differences in an age of post-truth and fragmentation.

One of the roles that painting has historically played is that of transmitting symbolism and authority. By carefully avoiding the explicit presentation of form, I seek a contemplative space where the viewer, the artist and the object depicted are equally present, and where we can go beyond our personal unconscious to commune with the universal unconscious. It is a means of resisting division, discrimination and social oppression, and the ambiguous image, which avoids the formation of meaning, is an act of seeking out the space where light can be delivered to the human mind beyond language.

The pictorial space that emerges in this way creates a meditative experience, gently unravelling our unconscious assumptions and anguish. While working on several series that expand from the exploration of materials, I have consistently believed in the possibility of gentleness and harmony in the ambiguity and fluctuation of colours. It is my hope that this will lead to a fundamental contemplation of ‘the world’ and ‘we humans’, and a renewal of the way we perceive the reality in front of us.

This series of blue abstract paintings, ‘Otherwise than being’, which was conceived around in 2010 and officially began continuous production in 2017, was very strongly inspired by the writings of the Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, who lived as a witness to a century of war and pondered the question ‘What is peace?’ to the utmost limit.
Through the colour blue, I would like to invite viewers to reflect on the various conflicts and hesitations that are not straightforward and cannot be fully expressed in words, as well as on the possibilities of overcoming these conflicts. I feel that each of us living our daily lives with such feelings for ourselves and others is the fundamental state of mind that is essential to realising peace.