I am an autodidact visual artist based in Berlin with a background in International Relations. My academic studies in social and political contexts, combined with my work with migrants at Berlin’s former Tegel refugee camp — one of the largest...
Read More I am an autodidact visual artist based in Berlin with a background in International Relations. My academic studies in social and political contexts, combined with my work with migrants at Berlin’s former Tegel refugee camp — one of the largest in Europe — have profoundly influenced my artistic practice. Witnessing stories of displacement, resilience, and the search for dignity has strengthened my own reflections on belonging and uprootedness, which I translate into visual form.
My primary medium is drawing, using cross-hatching and ink to build depth and intensity. This meticulous technique mirrors the layered complexity of memory and migration — patient, repetitive, and full of tension between fragility and strength.
Recurring motifs such as rootless trees, a young refugee girl braiding her own hair, or the fragile balance of a dancer serve as metaphors for identity and endurance. Through these images, I explore how absence — of homeland, of family, of roots — shapes the human experience, and how memory and tradition can weave new forms of belonging.
As an autodidact, I approach art without institutional constraints, guided instead by honesty and lived experience. My works aim not for polished perfection but for resonance: to create spaces where pain and beauty, loss and resilience coexist. They are open invitations to connect, to reflect, and to recognize the universal search for home.
