It is an image that has haunted me from the first time I read the book "Of Love and Other Demons" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Little did I know that many years later, I would be exploring the many symbolic meanings of hair. I began working with hair in 2011 after a short experience of my own hair falling out. I began to save my hair every day in plastic bags in order to see if the condition was improving. At a certain point, I decided I would make an art project out of the collected hair. I had no idea at the time that it would become an entire body of work.

As soon as I layed the first piece of hair onto the canvas, I immediately knew that I would be working with it for a long time to come. As a material, it is full of life and connotations. It's symbology is present throughout literature, mythology and religion. It is both fragile and at the same time strong. It has very much to do with personal identity, sexuality and a certain kind of strength. It is archaeic in that it records the history of life, and is preserved after death.

It has been very interesting for me to witness the various reactions to my new work, and it has created many dynamic conversations in turn. For me as an artist, there is no greater reward than to create an active dialogue, one that asks the viewer to question themselves about their innermost fears, often concerning death and disgust. My aim is to create aesthetically beautiful pieces, that at the same time challenge the viewer to reach within, and to push beyond their initial reaction.