My work explores the tension between who we are and how we become. Shaped by inheritance, memory, and lived experience, it examines the identity formed through the layers we carry in the present, those we willingly reveal and those under the surface.
In the journey of life, we continuously negotiate the boundaries between vulnerability, protection, authenticity, and perception. How do we choose which parts of ourselves to show to the world, and what influences these decisions? Do we openly present our strengths, weaknesses, or even our wounds, or do we carefully curate an outward identity?
This figure represents a layered being—someone who is holding onto themselves, who is vulnerable and damaged, yet is also on display for viewers to inspect. It has various strong shell layers on top, but some begin to peel away. Is this evidence of growth? I wonder: how do we authentically express our evolving selves amidst the complexities of our past and present, and how do the layers overlap and combine to form an identity?
