Statement

Artistic statement

Process, montage, and visual fiction

My work explores visual archives produced by printed media throughout the 20th century. Initially intended to inform, narrate, or document the world, these images now form a dense and fragmented visual memory. By extracting them from their original context, collage shifts their meaning and opens new narrative possibilities. Image fragments become autonomous forms, capable of dialoguing beyond their initial temporality. The process begins with observation and image collection, followed by cutting and recomposition. Elements are moved, brought together, or superimposed until a visual tension or unexpected situation emerges. This collage practice seeks a balance between recognition and strangeness: images remain familiar, yet their associations create a shift that opens interpretation. Each artwork is entirely handmade, presented with a passe-partout in a 30 × 40 cm format (visible image 21 × 29.7 cm).