In a Forbidden Moment
Gallery Makowski, Chelsea, New York
Through December 3, 2025
Exhibition Inquiry
This series is available for future presentations, group exhibitions, and curatorial review.
Resources for Curators
High-resolution images and complete portfolio available upon request.
Exhibition Overview
The works in this selection approach the human body as a site of psychological truth. Rather than depicting emotion through facial expression or dramatic narrative, the paintings focus on micro-gestures—the subtle, involuntary movements of the hands, the slight tilt of a head, the moment when a body reveals more than it intends.
The works originate in a unique process: before painting, short internalized performances are filmed in the studio. Instead of directing models toward a specific emotion, they are guided toward a stored inner tension—an unresolved conflict that briefly becomes visible and then disappears again.
Hands play a central role. They are not accessories or expressive additions—they are the primary carriers of psychological charge. Their positioning, tension, and restraint structure the entire image.
Artist Statement
In my pursuit of underlying realities, I expand my intellectual framework through mythology, philosophy, and systemic psychology. Psychological tension is the central driving motif, exploring dynamics between individuals, within groups, and internally.
Before painting, I played double bass. Eventually, sound became too fleeting, too formless. Painting allows me to give lasting shape to the intangible—to make the unspeakable visible and to find stillness in it.
Neo-Romanticism and Digital Disembodiment
We are living in a neo-romantic era. Much like in the early 19th century, our present moment is shaped by deep disillusionment with the promises of reason, progress, and political ideals. In response, many turn inward, searching for identity, meaning, and emotional depth.
Today, in a world overwhelmed by information and algorithmic influence, emotion, myth, and inner experience return powerfully to the foreground. As a counter-movement to digital detachment, the body re-emerges as a site of emotional truth in a hyperconnected yet emotionally distant world.