This page explores theories of the self in art, drawing on psychology, classical portraiture, and contemporary visual culture. Across multiple projects — including Self – I and The Self and the Other — my work examines how identity is constructed, performed, and reflected through visual media. From ancient Roman sculpture to digital selfies, I’m interested in the shifting ways we depict the self, and in the psychological tensions between persona and authenticity, self and other, surface and depth.

Self, Persona, and the Other

The relationship between the Self and the Other is central to both art history and psychology. In The Self and the Other, I draw on classical Roman portraiture to reflect on how identity is shaped through contrast, imitation, and cultural memory. Using large-format analogue negatives combined with digital fragments of ancient sculpture, I reimagine the historical self-portrait as a site of tension between inner and outer image — the personal and the symbolic.

The Selfie as Cultural Mirror

In Self – I, I explore the ubiquity of the selfie as a contemporary ritual — both deeply personal and globally performative. This project engages with how technology reshapes identity, asking whether the selfie is an act of self-empowerment, self-surveillance, or something more ambiguous. It draws parallels with older visual traditions, but also highlights the shift toward hypervisibility and curated existence.

Jungian Theory and Symbolic Archetypes

My work is informed by Jungian concepts such as the persona, shadow, archetype, and individuation. These ideas help frame the psychological layers present in self-portraiture — from the projected face we offer the world, to the unconscious forces shaping how we perceive ourselves. Rather than illustrating theory, my work uses these ideas as a conceptual lens to explore identity, fragmentation, and transformation.