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“Getting people engaged in the artmaking process offers them a different awareness while mirroring their own life experiences. As I have witnessed over the years, it is no longer simply about the artwork itself, but the personal impact it has on each individual, and any further change it may cause. This inspires me to continue making art for the people, with the people, and about the people.”

My inspirations are drawn from the colors of life, human experiences, and the puzzle pieces of emotional states of mind, weaving like a red thread through layering visuals, hidden messages and symbols, assuming obvious perceptions and surprise reveals. 
 
After years of exploring the dynamics of the human condition, illustrating and deconstructing the human body, examining motives and emotions, through the ever-present idiomatic filter of the human body, my art continues to evolve. My casting sessions are mostly done in public settings, exploring my own involvement as a public act of intimacy, acceptance, communion, ritual, and sensuality. It is a continuous attempt to reformulate our human condition, mirroring our current situations and the essence of particular moments in time.
 
Drawing from my European heritage and upbringing in a historically rich environment, I have come to appreciate traditional art-making methods. I combine these techniques with a contemporary perspective, addressing past and future while focusing on universal issues, translated into the language of today.

Through my internationally exhibited series, "The Mandala Project," I continue to follow my own personal goal of creating a body of work that morphs over time yet maintains relevance. My recent works focus on labor-intensive, multi-media, interactive performance projects that tackle global issues and the state of humanity. Examples include "The Mandala Project Desert: Collateral Damage," highlighting the plight of migrants, In Venice /Italy “The Mandala Project Venice: The Boat” and "We Are Humanity," immersive and participatory installations addressing the global refugee crisis, wars and displacement.

In 2022, I created a large-scale installation at the Madonna Del'Orto convent in Venice "THE GLOBAL SUPPER," inviting viewers to contemplate peace and solidarity. This project was also showcased at Germany's oldest cathedral in Aachen for the European “KARLSPREIS”, imagining the world united at one large table, reflecting on our future while "serving humanity."

Future international projects aim to engage audiences in dialogue and effect change in communities through complex, multi-media exhibits incorporating sound, projection, and video interaction with performance art.

My studio works include drawing, painting, mixed-media sculpture, video performance, and conceptual installations.