Artist Statement

In a world governed by meaning and utility, art remains the only space where the abandonment of rigid purpose is still possible. The ongoing economization of Western society has allowed market-driven thinking to seep into even our most private spheres. Everything we do is expected to be efficient, to yield measurable benefit with minimal time and resource investment. As a result, there is little space left for reflection, perception, or contemplation of current realities or of possible futures. Art, however, not only possesses the freedom, but also the social relevance to inhabit this void with new perspectives and questions. In a world obsessed with productivity and function, purposeless thinking is increasingly devalued. This is precisely where art comes in: it questions, delays, opens spaces for wonder and disruption, and thus deliberately withdraws from mechanisms of commodification. This engagement is a deep inner necessity for me.

During my studies, I learned how to refine concepts, develop content, and identify appropriate forms of expression. Driven by curiosity, I explored various media: photography, drawing, collage, text and film. Each had its own appeal, but none truly held me – until I discovered ceramics. It felt like coming home. Since then, I’ve felt a profound connection to the material, the process, and the resulting objects. I don’t work on the material, but with it. Clay is alive, it constantly changes. Depending on its stage, it must be soaked, kneaded, dried, compressed, or supported. It demands attention, presence, and care.

What fascinates me most is how clay transforms through time, gravity, physical force, and fire: from a soft, malleable mass into something solid and enduring. This process mirrors the central tensions that shape my artistic inquiry: the interplay of control and chance, structure and chaos, transience and permanence. While the idea always guides my choice of medium, ceramics has become a language that supports my approach and allows for a dialogue between material, process, and intention.

I want my work to remain open to a range of responses: a look of surprise, a smile, discomfort, an unexpected thought - or ideally, all of these at once. My pieces tell stories about people, their inner contradictions, the quiet rules and invisible structures of social life. The order we conform to and through which we interpret the world must be questioned again and again. To me, that’s what art is: a space that breaks us out of familiar patterns of thought, a place for questions, for resistance, and for discovering new ways of seeing and thinking.

“Art is not obliged to do anything. But it is allowed to do everything.”

– Ernst Fischer