Artist Statement

Oil painting, video animation, and installation are the mediums I use in my artwork. My paintings are figurative, characterized by strong contrasts, and highly detailed and precise, created in the style I have named “posthuman realism”.  The main subject of my research is the theme of posthumanism in its two meanings: in the context of physically altered humanity, as well as a philosophical idea that implies a posthuman perspective, where man is decentralized. By creating speculative fiction, my narratives move from utopia to dystopia. Through the prism of social relations, from class struggles full of violence to love affairs, forbidden by class, gender and species, I address themes related to genetic engineering, pandemics, crises, wars, and ecological catastrophes.

Displaying alternative worlds, my work divulges mythical-science-fiction narratives, in an attempt to reexamine phenomena of the contemporary or future world. The heroes in my work are sometimes victims of repressive systems, or they fight for their ideals to create a better world. Constructing my iconography, several projects feature humans genetically cross-bred with cockroaches, rats and wild boars that form three economic classes. These post-biological subjects question the very limits of humanity, erasing the boundaries between nature and technology – human, animal and machine. In a world increasingly dependent on technology, according to Donna Haraway, we have already become chimeras and cyborgs. My art highlights the necessity of harmonizing technological progress with nature, focusing on eco-posthumanism as a possible solution to our current ecological and social issues.