I breathe between abstraction and figuration and I reach for materials where I feel safe

Performance is at the heart of my body of work – sometimes in an audiovisual manner by either playing Beethoven or improvising on the piano to my own paintings or videos

Piano has been with me since the late nineties. It started with an old piano from dad’s cousin - now I hold a master’s degree in classical piano. It’s been a relationship, ups and downs. But so much love. In my master thesis I was ranting about how the material always made me feel very free. As a child I loved being in water. Embracing water as a material is an ongoing process in which I am exploring piano performance and painting. My desire to connect different expressions and art forms coupled with the curiosity to paint and freely improvise by the piano, sparked a process focusing largely on having fun and create beautiful things. I am looking for other alternatives/lifestyles, and questioning where to look for beauty. I am aiming for honesty with some sense of humor

Other materials/people/shapes where I find safety: charcoal, Pipilotti Rist, forest, Schubert, ultramarine blue, Martha Argerich, Eva Hesse, loud music in headphones, Britney Spears, Desperate housewifes