to die in order to bloom and grow.

This series began inadvertently in 2016. While in Berlin making a piece where I worked using the image of intestines as a base, my grandmother unexpectedly died in Rio of complications after having had a procedure in her own intestines. This period crystallised a series of losses and a deep feeling of being disconnected.

My relationship with my work was changing and this series marks the transition from only working for myself to working more comfortably with commissions. In 2018, 4 images were commissioned by the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam for the Garden Broadcasts as part of the Dissident Gardens programme, one of which later became a mural in said exhibition. In 2019, an image was commissioned by ArtBio for a campaign raising Alzheimer’s awareness.

Bleached Corals, 2019

Abyss Series
Collage
28 x 44 cm

Piece commissioned by ArtBio for an Alzheimer’s awareness campaign in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Original available

Bouquet, 2018

Abyss Series
Collage
55 x 61 cm

Piece commissioned by the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Bush, 2017

Abyss Series
Collage
74 x 38 cm

Original available

Fasciation, 2018

Abyss Series
Collage
62 x 66,5 cm

Piece commissioned by the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Original available

Traders, 2018

Abyss Series
Collage
62 x 66,5 cm

Piece commissioned by the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Dig two graves, 2017

Abyss Series
Collage
133 x 55 cm

Hypodermic, 2018

Abyss Series
Collage
42,2 x 85,5cm

Piece commissioned by the Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Original available

Brand new abyss baby, 2017

Abyss Series
Collage
83 x 116 cm

Original available

OMA, 2016

Abyss Series
Collage
49 x 45 cm