My story:
I felt different as a child. Every day I was bullied. I wanted to be like everyone else so much.
At night, a different kind of power loomed over me. The frightful Baba Yaga witch chased me in my dreams. I was sure I would perish if she caught me. And then one night, tired of running away, I just let her devour me.
The next morning, I was reborn - as her. That old hag, dark goddess of the forest - me!
As I learned how to transmute my darkness in the cauldron of creativity, I discovered how to cast powerful spells in the form of art. But it took me years to embrace that wildness inside.
The breakthrough came when I became a solo mom. The process of birth took me to a place beyond pain and self, sacred and profane, to the cave where souls await to be brought to this world. A place beyond cares, yet full of all the care in the world. A place where nobody is an outsider, nothing is unwanted, and everything is one. A place guarded only by the sharp teeth of time. In my womb I discovered the womb of the world. I carried a red thread from there, to hell and back. It's woven in all my work, as an offering for the goddess, mother and crone - in me, and in you.
Today, I transmute the winds and storms of the goddess we know as the world, and let my devotion flow into paintings, poems, videos, and mixed media – it's a colorful, multidisciplinary potion! I've embraced transgressive art as a way to tackle the daily challenges of being a weirdo and an immigrant solo mom. I mount my broom to participate in covens all over the world at any chance.
I'm also a founding member of the Berlin Holy Cvnt collective and Uga Buga Art.
My art | vision | spell:
May my art encourage a change in attitudes towards death and sexuality towards joyful, tolerant and undogmatic acceptance of life's inevitabilities.
May my art bring a widespread understanding that prejudices are social and mental constructs, and should be dispensed with.
May my art inspire respect and empowerment for women and those perceived as different in any way.
My art's mission:
To jolt out of layers of conditioning, prejudice and taboo through a transgressive perspective centered in the body and mystical symbolism.
To empower outsiders and freaks to embrace their weirdness and turn it into a tool for transformation.
To critique social mores and isms from a feminist perspective.
To loosen restrictive patterns with a tongue-in-cheek humor melding the sacred and the profane that provokes laughter at the sublime cosmic joke that is life.
To cast provocative, colorful and trippy art spells that free your mind, heart and body.
About this shop:
I've dreamed of dedicating my life to my art all of my life. I believe that the greatest service you can give to the world is the one which challenges and utilizes your talents the most, the one that fills you with a gratitude for being alive here now.
For me, this gift of love I want to share manifests in the art I create. Being the solo caretaker of my young child means that I can't take the unsteady paths of my younger self, and risk falling through the cracks of our unjust society as I have before.
This shop is bringing me one step closer to my dream. My intention is that my offerings here bring you closer to yours.
Everything I share is designed and created with fierce love for this harsh and beautiful reality play of ours.
