My work explores the transition between girlhood and womanhood, examining the divide between self-perception and the ways femininity is viewed and evaluated. I am interested in how this external lens becomes internalized, shaping the ways women understand their bodies, identities, and self-worth.

Through figurative narrative and symbolic imagery, I investigate the archetypes women are expected to embody. These roles encourage constant self-surveillance. Beauty, innocence, sexuality, and desire are often presented as separate or conflicting qualities. This creates deep internal contradictions within the experience of femininity. I examine the tension between the body as a target of scrutiny and the body as a lived reality, drawing from personal experience as well as beauty culture, childhood imagery, and popular media.

I deconstruct the disparity between the caricature of “woman” and the individual who inhabits that body. My practice lies within the space between the image and the complexity that exists beyond it. I question what remains when the body no longer speaks louder than the thoughts, memories, and experiences that shape the individual.