My artistic practice is rooted in the cross-pollination of disciplines—history, literature, anthropology, archaeology, philosophy, and humanistic medicine. These fields inform my work, which encompasses photography, performance, video, drawing, text, objects, and installations. This comprehensive instrumentarium, complemented by movement research, and interaction with the environment, allows me to examine the complexity of the human body through both conceptual and material means.

At the heart of my work is the body, understood as a form of storytelling. I examine its politics, vulnerability, and diverse conditions while engaging with the idea of soothing imagery and building a sensitive vocabulary that acknowledges both bodily crises and affirmation of life. To describe this process, I coined the original concept of bodygraphy: a continuous narration in which the body becomes a living text, shaped by both personal and collective experience.

A central concern in my practice is the representation of bodily states—illness, loss, pain, isolation, anxiety—and language’s (in)ability to convey them. Through critical inquiry, I question how art can express the experience of the body in crisis without reducing it to myth, cliché, or emotional blackmail. How can we move beyond the “Ill = Other” narrative and instead create spaces for empathy, agency, and nuanced representation?

In exploring these questions, I have developed an affective artistic practice: a caring, non-exploitative methodology guided by the rhythms and needs of my body. Through visual essays and performative narratives, I address themes of corporeal fragility and social (in)visibility, exploring representations of health, identity, and diversity. My work aims to transgress the private-patient dynamic, and recognise corporeality within artistic and malady discourse.

I draw on feminist perspectives to examine how women’s embodied experiences have been suppressed or objectified throughout the histories of literature and art. My work reclaims these narratives through the lens of postmodern performativity and socio-cultural theory, seeking to reframe the ill body not as a symbol of weakness, but as a source of knowledge, everyday engagement, resistance, and (trans)formation.

My process blends solitary, studio-based research with collaborative engagements involving scientists, medical professionals, linguists, technicians, and volunteers. Many of my projects evolve through residencies, academic partnerships, and institutional commissions, allowing for socially engaged, interdisciplinary exchange.