ARTIST STATEMENT

In my works I merge the essential raw conditions of being human (which my Eastern European background has installed in me ) with my adopted Scandinavian aesthetics.

I usually develop a series of sculptures within the same conceptual framework.

My artistic method is in most cases genius loci .My works originate directly from situation they conceived.

I do not aim to develop a single language or use 1 recognizable technique – I  always choose the technique after the idea. This why my works seems to be visually very different from each other. But they are very much connected conceptually!

I am seeking a way from an existing real object/phenomenon to a new poetic form

Currently I am developing a new serie “DRIVE ME INSIDE”(including “The Caretakers “ and “Fauns Flesh”)

In 2022 I began to connect glass sculptures with steel structures made of recycled materials, in order to free the sculptures from podiums.

Merging glass with industrial found objects such as a wheelchair, lamps and chairs, I make the familiar unknown.

The very process of making the two parts fit together and become one unit, as well as giving the static glass forms mobility, is a thematic anchor for this series.  

The glass represents the human part – vulnerable, exposed and disabled - while the metal is a kind of a caregiver.

My intentions are to turn dramatic and violent life conditions into a positive poetic experience - to give some kind of hope. 

As if the human organs after a car crash decide to go to a bar to have a drink.

They are bleeding and broken hearts and livers on wheels. Mobility and movement become a way of coping.