Extensive travel and working in forestry have led me to reflect upon the place of the real and the raw versus the aesthetic and the artificial. By pitting substance against form, I bring two distinct elements to co-exist in the same universe, hinting at sustainable development responses while evoking the absurdity of Western society. My art is meant to be a simple and accessible means to cultivate a sense of personal responsibility towards the future of our planet and ultimately awaken the public to an active awareness. I’m searching the balance between environment art and humanity art.
My work is not only a voice of protest— it is a commitment signed in the visual. My creations are an extension of the social action I take on a daily basis: By deliberately favoring recycled materials and experimenting new environmentally-friendly techniques throughout my creative process, I question established patterns of consumption and ways of life. This ‘minimalist’ use of resources for creation is intended to be selective and conscientious, whereas the work itself is ample, plentiful and exuberant. Living in a mining part of the country influence my last creation…
Video and sculptural installation is my media of choice as it can prompt an instantaneous, multi-layered and experiential reading of a theme. At the same time, my creations reflect the organic: painting, sculptural installations juxtapose living creatures or dead organic materials as bones, skulls, tree trunks, rocks, and even food (egg shells and corn on the cob) with consumer products like recycled clothing and industrial equipment. Color stands out either by its boldness or by its absence. These techniques have the ultimate effect of confronting appearances and symbols of power and consumerism against memory, consciousness, and the eternal cycle of birth, death and renewal.
My work denounces the weaknesses of our society. Like a visual editorialist covering current events, I have a need to decry the injustices of this world. My art is a mirror in which we are forced to face ourselves. What do we see?