HIDING (2025-2026) is a series of miniature paintings measuring 3 × 4 cm each. Their small scale requires close, intimate viewing; from a distance, the images are almost unreadable and resist immediate recognition. In these works, I depict humans and animals in acts of concealment. Figures wear costumes, turn away from the viewer, press themselves into corners, or disappear behind furniture.
Bodies are partially obscured, fragmented, or absorbed into their environment, so that no figure is ever fully revealed.
Each painting is built around omission. A gesture, a fragment, or a shadow is enough to shift perception and destabilize recognition. What is visible always remains incomplete, requiring the viewer to reconstruct the image from partial information.
The series explores how identity is shaped through visibility and concealment. A figure is never stable; it changes depending on what is shown and what is withheld. In this sense, hiding is not a narrative addition, but the structural condition of the image itself. By working at such a small scale, I emphasize fragility and attention. The viewer must physically approach the work, slowing down perception in order to see. This slowed looking mirrors the instability of what is depicted.
HIDING
HIDING (2025-2026) is a series of miniature paintings measuring 3 × 4 cm each. Their small scale requires close, intimate viewing; from a distance, the images are almost unreadable and resist immediate recognition. In these works, I depict humans and animals in acts of concealment. Figures wear costumes, turn away from the viewer, press themselves into corners, or disappear behind furniture.
Bodies are partially obscured, fragmented, or absorbed into their environment, so that no figure is ever fully revealed.
Each painting is built around omission. A gesture, a fragment, or a shadow is enough to shift perception and destabilize recognition. What is visible always remains incomplete, requiring the viewer to reconstruct the image from partial information.
The series explores how identity is shaped through visibility and concealment. A figure is never stable; it changes depending on what is shown and what is withheld. In this sense, hiding is not a narrative addition, but the structural condition of the image itself. By working at such a small scale, I emphasize fragility and attention. The viewer must physically approach the work, slowing down perception in order to see. This slowed looking mirrors the instability of what is depicted.
