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The artists interests lie in utilizing the materiality of medias to transform spaces through scale and quantity, His works fill and dominate spaces with a subtly gives to the objects he creates.

“When I first arrived in India, I saw a man carrying a plastic pot on his shoulder. I got the idea that this land embodied many remarkable contrasts. I saw that India has a rich ancient culture and eastern philosophy, but now I also see that India is a  place thriving in a modern culture of industrial, modern technology. There is a big contrast between old and new forms of culture.

However, among many changes and developments, there is a balance that takes place. Like the clay pot and the plastic pot, the form remains the same, but the way it is made has changed. In my artwork, I use plastic pots appropriated from a modern context. I move from the context of modernity towards nature by transforming these plastic pots into a lotus flowers. Through this action, my intention is to bring the work back to nature. I think my work invites people to look within themselves as the way reflections appear on faces. When I arrived in India, my imagination opened and I wanted to feed my feelings through my work. In this concept, I wanted to create site-specific installations using shapes and colors.