From my collection "Process"
Inside Out explores two competing forces that shape identity: the internal self we construct from within, and the external pressures placed upon us from without. The piece is split conceptually between “Inside” and “Out,” inviting viewers to confront the tension between autonomy and influence.
Inside — This side reflects introspection, self-exposure, and the continuous process of becoming. Suspended figures move delicately across a woman’s form, using it as scaffolding for quiet reconstruction. Each seam is stitched, not erased—proof of past versions, held together by vulnerability, instinct, and the slow work of healing. Identity is not fixed; it is built, unbuilt, and built again.
Out — Here, the female body becomes a site of intervention. Small figures climb, inspect, and manipulate her form—symbolizing the ways women are shaped by external forces: society, relationships, assumptions. These interventions are sometimes gentle, sometimes invasive, always persistent. The work challenges the viewer to consider the often-invisible labor of navigating other people’s perceptions and projections.
Inside Out is a meditation on the dual labor of existing—how we hold space for both who we are and who we are expected to be.
