BIO

My art began where words failed me—in the silence of a Russian boarding school. Images were my first language: my escape, my tool for self exploration. I didn't find my voice by talking, but by watching. The camera gave me that. It was my shield to hide behind and my only true way to connect.

This history imprinted my vision with a specific literacy: the ability to translate the unspoken narratives held in spaces and bodies. I find beauty in brokenness; I read scars as maps of personal journeys.

The struggles with my own emotions and life choices forged in me a hard-won fluency in the most difficult language of all: human complexity.

My own path has been anything but straight. I've lived half my life as an immigrant in several counties. Constantly rebuilding myself, I've learned that what others might see as damage in me, or in the world, is not an end—it is the very substance from which I build.

I found myself strongly inclined to explore the topic of sexuality, as its appeal and complexity fascinated me. I viewed it as a powerful force that can also be fragile and destructive.

Sometimes I find my own photos "disturbing", but they never leave me numb. My freedom, that costly freedom, lives entirely in my art.

Sexuality is my primary language. I wield the body and desire as precise instruments to carve into the complexities of human nature, exposing the mechanics of power and intimacy.

I have always seen sexuality as a primal force—one that holds the power to destroy or to grant a fresh start. It can be abusive; it can be loving. I am fluent in its silent dialect: the stories told by a tensed muscle, a fleeting glance, a deliberate absence.

In my work, I do not direct or construct a fiction. I serve as a mirror, reflecting the raw and often unsettling truths that pass before me. This allows me to delve beneath the surface.

I use this compelling subject as a gateway to more profound questions about equality, humanity, tradition, and societal structures.

My work often examines human biases and our judgmental nature. It is not about personal reflection, but about posing questions and creating a space for self-inquiry.

Through my photographs, I aim to convey a message of resistance. I want to compel viewers to pause, to think, and to sit with silent reflection.

What do you see here? What do you feel?
What are your thoughts? Are you judgmental?