After thirteen intensive years as an assistant director in the mainstream film industry, I reached a pivotal moment where I felt compelled to redefine my creative expression. This led me to expand my artistic practice, staying grounded in my foundation in performance art while embracing interdisciplinary methods to explore themes of belonging, identity, and experimental narrative forms. My transition from film to performance art was not a departure but an evolution—one that allowed me to engage more directly with the body as a site of resistance, transformation, and storytelling.

As an artist, I employ my body as both subject and medium, integrating video, projection, and sculptural costumes to create immersive, visceral experiences. My work interrogates the fluid nature of identity, examining how physicality and presence can challenge societal constraints. Inspired by the disruptive energy of performance art, I explore the blurred boundaries between performer and persona, reality and artifice, while humorously deconstructing gender norms and the manufactured nature of selfhood.

For example, in Is Natural, I explore the tension between what is perceived as "natural" and what is, in reality, socially constructed. Drawing inspiration from Wigstock (1995) and Judith Butler’s theory of gender performativity, this piece examines how identity categories—such as gender and sexuality—are not inherent but rather shaped by historical discourses and institutional power structures. By exaggerating the artificiality of the body, the performance critiques the rigid norms imposed on identity and self-expression. I use foam spray as a primary material, intrigued by its synthetic texture and sculptural potential. The rigid, sculpted form creates a second skin—one that is both constraining and performative, symbolizing the ways bodies are molded by societal expectations. The act of struggling to fit into this artificial structure serves as a metaphor for the constraints of gender norms, while also demonstrating how performance can be a tool for resistance and subversion.

Rooted in queer, feminist, and decolonial perspectives, my work strives to reimagine the representation of bodies in ways that transcend rigid or conventional definitions of gender. By activating the body as a site of both personal and collective experience, I challenge ingrained assumptions and foster new perspectives on selfhood and representation.

At the heart of my artistic exploration is the interplay between the physical body and its performative dimensions. Working across disciplines, I view the body as both an instrument and a site of critical inquiry, engaging with gender as a constantly evolving, relational phenomenon. My goal is to offer viewers alternative ways of witnessing identity’s intricate dynamics, inviting more expansive and liberated expressions of individuality.

I envision my practice as a reflective space where personal introspection meets collective dialogue, offering audiences a way to engage with storytelling that transcends boundaries and redefines the process of self-discovery.