Women are my main inspiration. Even the most trivial details of their daily lives, their unspoken predicament, their historic and biologic background, their acts and thoughts, their wounds. What drives them and what discourages them.

With a background in the world of fashion design, I found my true métier, after graduating as costume designer, working eight years for woman magazines. Derived from these experiences, is my fondness for playing with feminine stereotypes and with social mandates. I immerse myself in the devoted search of a central image, where the woman is the lead role of the daily reign.

I have found inspiration in issues such as loneliness,
anxiety, beauty, maternity, divorce, virginity, manipulation and abuse.

My canvas is the analogy of the female body.
I dress them with embroidered fabrics, linens, pillow covers, table cloths, paper dolls and a myriad of related objects.

I transfer images and use decoupage techniques with motives from the 18th Century, Neo-classicism, Chinese, Chippendale as well as wallpapers. I make my own tiles of plaster, ceramic and resin, adding textures, leather, fur, paper dolls, and ruffled dresses that interact in an innocent play. Ultimately, the use of irony uncovers those emblematic objects. I choose images that portray these ideas gently, softly, and even in a childlike manner. What is “cute” is dramatic, most of the times.

My tiles are a façade for a deeper message, as a close-up that can bring back memories and objects from childhood times of innocence and joy, offering an opportunity to escape reality and to experience an imaginary scenario of pleasure.