Abstraction

I'm excited to share that my newest work, Untitled (tree), has been selected for Gallerium's Abstraction 2026—an international exhibition celebrating artists who explore abstraction through form, material, texture, and imagination.

At first glance, the work appears to contain a tree, but it is not intended as a landscape or a depiction of nature. Instead, the tree becomes a structural language. Constructed from layered canvases suspended from a carved plywood backing, the piece moves beyond the traditional picture plane into sculpture. The bright blue stitched threads weave through the composition, branching upward while extending downward into exposed roots that continue beyond the artwork itself. Rather than illustrating a tree, they suggest systems of growth, connection, memory, and unseen networks that exist beneath every visible structure.

The exhibition's theme asks artists to look beyond the surface of reality and uncover deeper emotional or conceptual truths. That invitation resonated strongly with my process. Much of my work begins with observations from the natural world, but I am increasingly interested in abstraction as a way of revealing patterns rather than objects. In Untitled (Tree), the repeated geometric planes, shifting depths, and tension between rigid architecture and organic thread create a space where order and growth coexist. The work asks viewers to consider not what they are looking at, but how relationships, systems, and transformation can be expressed without relying on direct representation.

I'm grateful to Gallerium for including this piece in Abstraction 2026 and for creating a platform that celebrates contemporary abstract practice from artists around the world. It is an honor to have this work included in a conversation about the many ways abstraction can communicate ideas that realism alone cannot.