In collaboration with Motu Galerie i will expose my artwork on paper in Antwerp on a project called SUBLIME MEDITERRANEE, from July to September 2026.

I chose to work on the theme of the Mediterranean, starting from the culture I am made of. A DNA test even revealed that my roots are mostly Greek and Southern Italian — practically 99%, with a small percentage of Breton.

My works on paper narrate the myths and the peoples who passed through the Mediterranean: from etruscan canopic jars — the vessels that preserved the remains of loved ones, with their faces used as lids — to the symbolism of the vase itself, often an offering to the divinities. I chose to work with handmade paper, made using ancient techniques, because it was precisely from the Mediterranean that the skilled art of papermaking arriveded from China.

I also hold dear the theme of Ulysses’ Odyssey, and especially the two women who waited for him, watching the sea, and who welcomed him from the sea: Calypso and Penelope.

My painting is based mainly on pigments diluted in water, and this too, unintentionally, is a strong echo of the sea — much like the representation of the human body, which is made mostly of water.

Like a fire that burns eternally, the masculine and the feminine alternate in creation. Open spaces, breathing, renewal. Using matter without adding anything — only transforming it. We ourselves are the matter used by a superior divine force.