Besides two-dimensional works on paper—where I use pencil, charcoal and pastels—I most of the time do installations or wall decorations with use of paper. I have a degree in Literature—before I started with studies in Art— and since books and literature have followed me my whole life, I found a way to express my self when I began to use texts, novels, music and poetry from books in the works I create.
I always tear the paper apart. I never cut it. I find that the soft and velvety edges gives the artwork a more sensitive, genuine and tactile appearance. I try to find new ways or technics to develop my understanding of the material and of the interpretations of the text all the time.
Usually artists use words to describe art, I use art to describe words. Art is my language.
The texts I choose to focus on in my work are carefully selected and always related to context—whether that is an exhibition or a show room. I make dresses or costumes of the most featherweight material like silk paper or installations or sculptures of bold and solid handmade cotton paper. Sometimes I prepare it, paint or spray layers of color over it before I tear it into smaller pieces, but most often I like it as it is, in natural shades of white and grey with the text as a contrast next to it.
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