Journey
Journey is a foundational series of ink and charcoal drawings documenting the emergence of line as a tool for spatial mapping. Responding to personal and global crises, these works mark the transition from expressive gesture to the structured topographical language that defines the later series.
Dreams under the Rubble, 2024
Indian ink on lightweight paper
30 x 30 cm
This work depicts the deformed body of a child killed in airstrikes.
The delicate brushwork is interrupted by harsh lines scratched into the paper with a sharp nib. The surface is physically scarred. The damage is not symbolic, but material. Fragility and violence occupy the same space. The damaged paper mirrors the mutilated body buried beneath the rubble.
Can You See in the Dark?, 2024
Indian ink and charcoal on lightweight paper
30 x 30 cm
A dense, enclosing field contains subtle internal textures, but no exit. Like many oppressive states, it forms a livable yet inescapable environment.
The surface bears the marks of repeated incisions attempting to break free, though most leave the barrier intact. Where the paper finally tears, the underlying layer is exposed. Light enters only through the damage. Liberation requires personal risk, rupture, and consequence. The rupture does not guarantee escape. It marks the moment the individual fully confronts and reacts to their situation.
Abstract No.2 We Grew Apart, 2024
Indian ink and charcoal on a removed journal page
19.4 x 19.4 cm
Each line displays the space between division and reunion, movement and stillness, creation and erasure.
Spinning, 2024
Indian ink on lightweight paper
30 x 30 cm
The work visualizes the disorientation and overwhelm experienced in the face of injustice through flowing, heavy swirls of ink. A topographical linework is layered over this, containing the uncontrolled movements and giving the surface a new direction. This grounding act of drawing reflects the essence of the work: powerlessness does not resolve simply by waiting. Taking deliberate action restores our orientation and agency.
Abstract No.3 – Difficult Terrain, 2024
Indian ink and charcoal on a removed journal page
19.4 x 19.4 cm
This work maps a difficult terrain and is a representation of the ground one navigates during moments of challenge: physical, psychological, or ethical.
Earth, 2024
Indian ink and charcoal on lightweight paper
30 x 30 cm
A dense, spherical composition of ink and charcoal. A suffocating mass that reflects what we’ve done to the planet, and to ourselves.
Journey, 2024
Indian ink on lightweight paper
30 x 30 cm
The final work in the series, Journey, was created under extreme physical limitations. The lines are raw, random, and uncalculated. They record the physical act of creation itself. Every stroke is an act of refusal: a refusal to submit to pain, limitations, or circumstances. This work evades mere representation: it documents the immediate and material resistance of body and mind.