ARTIST STATEMENT

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My paintings are grounded in figurative work, while my sculpture and installation incorporate vintage found objects, particularly from childhood, alongside fabricated forms. Domestic objects, clothing, food, and corporeal fragments are employed to examine cultural gender conditioning, objectification, bodily autonomy, and mortality. My work is deeply personal, examining intergenerational imprint, childhood feminist identity and expression,  ambition, and fear.

My practice explores the human condition, engaging themes of visibility and resilience through a feminist lens. My work unfolds across distinct series that share a cohesive conceptual foundation grounded in existential concerns and a heightened awareness of mortality. Surreal and ghostly elements surface through distortion and absence, alongside an interest in how impermanence and spiritual uncertainty shape the body, identity, and the desire to be seen. An expression that resonates with me and informs my practice is, “the darker the shadow, the brighter the light.” ​I sign my work Dagu, the name I called myself as a child, reflecting my intuitive creative process and the value of childlike exploration.

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