Olfactory ART
Natural scents have a healing power and evoke images and memories that I express in my art objects and installations. These scents, coming from flowers, plants and trees, can also actually be smelled in the works of art themselves. My work includes panels, tapestries, objects and installations. Each work has a unique, natural scent and its own scent system. View my portfolio, read below more about my olfactory art.
Artist Statement
My work is rooted in the experience that scent is a sensory medium that connects us directly to memory, embodiment, and ecological interconnectedness. Escaping the dominance of visual culture, scent opens a poetic space where personal experience and collective memory converge. From within this space, I explore plants, their fragrances, and the stories they carry.
Encounters with flowers, trees, and herbs form the foundation of my installations, objects, tapestries, videos, and ritual experiences. My techniques range from distillation and the creation of natural fragrance compositions to the integration of scent into textiles, ceramics, and multisensory installations. The scale of my works varies according to what the story requires, from immersive, space-filling environments to more intimate formats.
Projects such as Buckwheat, far and wide and installations such as Mille Fleurs (en route) emerge from questions surrounding connection, biodiversity, and cultural meaning. I work intuitively and meditatively; the material and the narrative determine the form. My scent compositions develop in dialogue with the audience, making abstract ideas tangible through sensory experience. I create in order to give voice to what wishes to be heard—or smelled.
OLFACTORY ART IN SPACIAL CONTEXT
My olfactory artwork emerges as autonomous work and can, when conceptually appropriate, be presented within a spatial context. The works may become part of an exhibition, presentation, or research situation, where the context also influences the way they are experienced. See olfactory art projects for examples of this.
In addition to existing work, I also develop work in relation to a specific space, situation, or research question. These questions may arise both from my own artistic practice and in collaboration or dialogue with external contexts, including commissions.