I always felt like there was a bigger purpose to my life. I didn't understand how to connect to the world any other way so I created my own
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I create multidisciplinary work that lives between film, performance, and painting. I’m drawn to intimate storytelling. capturing small human actions and turning them into something cinematic and emotionally charged. My work explores identity, memory, and transformation through repetition, symbolism, and presence.
Where do you find inspiration?I find inspiration in everyday. In nature, in conversations, in how I see and move through the world. In moments that feel small but hold weight. My life across different countries and cultures shapes how I see identity as fluid and layered. I am drawn to human behaviour and the tension between control and surrender. Spirituality hold a big shape in my connection to art and how it defines and inspires me to move through.
What would you do with $25,000?I would create a series of short documentary films exploring the rituals that shape us. The small, repeated acts that reveal how much we have in common. Through film and art, I want to explore identity as something shared, not separate. The project would grow into a body of work and a community built around these stories. The funds would support filming, travel, and post-production.
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