Ceramic Mural for a residence in Paros, Greece

“Ongoing" is a love letter to Asia and in particular to Hong Kong.

"I have been leaving in Asia for nine years, in Singapore first and in Hong Kong for the past seven years. This year, 2024, I become a permanent resident in Hong Kong, an important milestone in my journey.

I came to Asia with a prominent cultural identity, heritage and personal story.
For most of my life I lived in Europe and my eyes were fed by the “Old Continent”. That was what I knew and from where I got inspiration for my ceramic works.

Asia is being a journey in a completely new culture, new way to be and to live, different from where I grew up and lived before. I began my journey on tiptoe; sometimes I felt like I had a very different pace when I was in Asia compared to when I was in Europe, often asking my self where I belonged.

 

At that time I didn’t really understand that my being was being enriched by new small cultural pieces, new thoughts, new experiences whose existence I didn't even know. I didn’t understand that the question “where do I belong?” wasn’t appropriate. I guess I don’t belong to a specific country or culture or something else. I started thinking that “belong” is a strong word and I don’t know how to use it.
 

Maybe a possible question would be “where my being is going?”.
And the answer could be “Every single day I move forward and/or backward; constantly changing”. Every day Asia adds a new small piece to myself, something that sometimes I don’t even know consciously. Those pieces and those that were already sedimented into my own personal identity when I moved to Asia are now a strong mix included into my new ceramic art.

 

My new work reflects what I am now, in this precise instant knowing that my journey is ongoing".