Medium and technique: Acrylic on canvas

How did this exhibition start?
I got this idea from everything I see around the world. Bruised represents any experience, human or otherwise. There are a lot of disasters happening over the world these days. It makes me stop and think that our world experience is fundamentally wounded and bruised. So, I interpreted that world in this series of paintings.

How does this exhibition evolve from your previous exhibition?
The only thing that is the same is that I chose to use acrylic colors and canvas, but the technique is different. As the concept is “bruised,” I added a lot of water to dilute the intensity of the pigment, which gives the colors themselves an injured look. The presentation is also more like a story. One painting can recall some memory from the past and has the ending in itself.

What’s the story behind this painting, Love?
Love has many dimensions. It could start with happiness and end in tragedy. Both from my own experience and the experiences of my friends and family, I know that heartbreak isn’t something we forget. It’s like we have a scar on our body. So I came up with the picture of a boy and a girl with these bruises all over their bodies. When you look into the paintings, it makes you feel as if you are experiencing these memories for yourself.