Artist statement

‘Peeling Shell’ (2021-2024)

After a daily routine that demands absolute clarity,

an escape into the unfamiliarity of nature offers a

brief pause–a moment when the restless gaze finally

comes to rest. Within the boundaries of nature, each

scene, encased in its own unfathomable shell,

created a sense of separation between me and the

scene. There, I carried on my work, contemplating

shapes I had encountered superficially before, yet

had never truly seen. As they come into contact with

black-and-white film and the inner workings of the

camera, those scenes take on a new form, becoming

images imbued with distortion. Now transformed into

images, those scenes invite me to imagine some

hidden brilliance, something that lies somewhere

just beyond the firm shell of objects, where

presence and absence intertwine. Though my

imagination, leaning on images, often fails me, I

still hold on to the fragments that emerge in that

moment. These works refer to things that, much like

my dreams from last night, though vivid at first,

will soon fade and slip away, fleeting faces that

never truly take shape at all.