Installation. Memorie de l'avenir, Paris.

Pinned paint n.1, 2015. 
Acrylic paint and pins (variable dimensions)

Installation. Cutlog, Paris.

Pinned paint n.1, 2015. 
Acrylic paint, copper thread

pinned: paint, place and identity


 

Installation. 59 Rivoli, Paris 

Pinned paint n.5, 2018. 
Acrylic paint and nails (variable dimensions)

This series investigates the transformation of paint that first peels away from its traditional support, then is pierced, stitched, or bound with nails, wire, or thread. The act symbolises a complex tension between fragility and resilience, identity and adaptability, vulnerability and control.

They embody the experience of uprooting—the forceful act of breaking away from one’s origins while striving to insert oneself into a new culture, language, and set of customs. The metal’s intrusion into the paint mirrors this tension: both a disruption and a binding, symbolising the challenge of forging new connections and asserting identity in unfamiliar territory.

As the paint detaches and reattaches, the work reflects the fragile balance that shapes a composite identity—an embodiment of the third culture individual, formed through the fusion of multiple influences, navigating between past and transformation, loss and renewal.