Statement

I explore the intersection of office labor, childhood memory, and surrealism through painting—merging figuration and abstraction. Using recurring characters and symbols, I construct spaces where playfulness, technology, and adult life collide. One of my central figures is the contortionist man—an office worker and entrepreneur. At times, he transforms into a wolf or chimpanzee, embodying the competitiveness and aggression that often define professional and financial ambition.
Another key symbol is the horse, representing hard work, passion, and freedom. In my paintings, it often appears as a mask or a toy, inhabiting a dreamlike, childlike space where its meaning shifts between power and play.
The office chair—a staple of modern corporate and virtual work life—is reimagined, fused with animal or human parts, challenging its rigidity and suggesting something more unstable, hybrid, and surreal. Some other element is the vintage toy—sometimes robotic—which not only evokes childhood but also reflects human behavior and productivity in work environments.
In my paintings the bits and numbers scattered through this pictorial world stem not only from machine language but also reference workplace performance: in binary, 1 represents truth or success, while 0 signifies falsehood or failure.
My background in electronic engineering naturally finds its way into my paintings. I integrate electronic components, scientific symbols, and equations into my compositions, blending them with painterly traditions—ranging from playful caricature to detailed realism. This fusion allows me to turn rigid technical language into something poetic and surreal, offering a reflection on the automated patterns of contemporary existence.