Artist Statement

What can precision, focus, and detachment do to an act as simple as drawing lines over time?

First planted in my mind while learning the philosophy of Karma Yoga, a spiritual path of action emphasising dedication without attachment, this question is the root of my practice. Here, the repetition and accumulation of lines transform a flat visual into a fluid, nearly three-dimensional texture.

Stemming from this meditative act, my work asks what happens to the philosophy itself as time passes. In a society governed by rapid change, information overflow, and access ruled by power dynamics, I question how the definition and value of the sacred continue to shift. I look to what remains as archaeological evidence of a time slower than ours, found in manuscripts and artefacts, and branch them into the contemporary world using everyday tools like pens and pencils on materials that reference the past, such as hemp paper, papyrus, and wood.

In this context, drawing has become a ritual. Repeating these marks over weeks and months creates a pause, allowing my personal exploration to move beyond Karma Yoga into the sacred geometry and cosmology of Tantra. The drawings capture my tussle with seeking transcendence and struggling to let go of the material as I examine how these systems evolve or dissolve through time.

Through this intersection of ancient diagrams and historical erasure, I map celestial and philosophical data, transforming the surface into a dense testimony of time. Ultimately, these pieces are living questions that invite the viewer to slow down and observe what continues to resonate between symbol and silence, building new narratives and expanding identities in contemporary visual culture.