In my artistic practice, I explore the relationship between the individual and society — how social norms and expectations are written into the body, identity, and everyday experience. My works often grow from personal or bodily experiences that expand into broader reflections on human behavior and social pressure.
A key aspect of my practice is the material itself — it is never neutral, it always carries its own meaning. By combining technology and traditional craft techniques with intimate narratives, I try to create tension between the cold structure of systems and the fragility of the human being.
For me, textile — the main medium I work with — is not only tactile and symbolic, but also deeply connected to women’s emancipation. At the same time, it can also stand for the opposite — a symbol of domesticity, submission, and the traditional expectations placed on women. Textile has both empowered women, especially in the field of art, and represented their limitation. I wrote about this in my essay Rehabilitation of Textile within “High” Art and in my diploma research Unravelling Predetermined Paths, where I focused on motherhood and the position of women in contemporary society.
In the future, I want to deepen my knowledge of both digital and traditional textile techniques. I see textile as a material that has accompanied humanity from its very beginnings — a kind of “fabric of civilization” (Virginia Postrel, 2024) that keeps evolving. Ancient textile techniques still survive today, much like certain social stereotypes. I want to dive further into these structures, both in theory and in practice.