Foreign Body represents a series of oil paintings made for my master’s graduate thesis exhibition, created between 2020 and 2022.

The words “foreign” and “body” operate on multiple levels, referencing a medical term of an object not naturally belonging in the body and playing on the paradox of dissociation from one’s physical self. The series juxtaposes close ups of flesh, drapery, plastics, machinery, and medical objects, striking the viewer with vivid color and delicate rendering. Balancing realism with a dreamy and uncanny ambiguity, these works reflect on our relationship with mortality, our reliance on technology, and our will to preserve human life.