Art that I will treasure for the rest 
of my life!
(Patron)

Artist Statement

Myth, metaphor, and migration form the trinity at the heart of my artistic practice. Having lived and worked across two continents,  my studio is a way of being more than a space. This constant negotiation of geographical boundaries and corporeal transition has drawn me to explore diverse artistic genres, techniques, and modes of expression, each offering a different language for the questions that drive my work.

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My art emerges from an urgent need to find moorings in our socially and culturally turbulent world. This search has awakened me to the transience of physical forms and the profound fragility of human systems we often mistake for permanence. In this awareness lies both vulnerability and power.

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Childhood memories of rituals honoring nature converge with my studies of ancient temple sculptures, architecture, and cave paintings. The grand narratives of my ancestors—stories that shaped my understanding of what it means to transform and transcend—all find their way onto my canvas, creating a visual archaeology of belonging.

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In our age of "insta-art," I embrace what might seem anachronistic: the old masters' techniques of grisaille and glazing in tempera and oil still inspire me to speak in my own evolving voice. My figures, deeply rooted in mythical stories and ancestral memory, have grown to encompass inspiration from Byzantine icons and pre-Renaissance European masters—a cross-cultural dialogue that mirrors my own journey between worlds.

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Through this synthesis of ancient technique and contemporary questioning, I create visual bridges between past and present, East and West, the mythic and the immediate.

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-Mesma

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