CONVERSION COLLECTION

Usually, the word Conversion is used when some one changes their religion. I also did it. I changed my religion of silence and shouted through my paintings the pain I was experiencing. 

I painted this collection during my bachelor’s studies. It’s a portrait of me as a woman in my early twenties, living in a society that was deeply patriarchal. Around that time, I had just moved alone to a bigger city. Meeting new people and being exposed to new ideas slowly started to shift my core beliefs. I began to realize how much I had internalized years of structural violence against women—so much that I couldn’t even see it or put it into words. It was just alive under my skin.

That period put me under a lot of pressure. I was trying to adapt to a new environment while also redefining who I was. Even though I’m grateful for those changes—because they pushed me toward becoming a better version of myself—it was still a painful process.

On top of that, I was in a romantic relationship that was unequal and draining my soul, without me even realizing it was unhealthy. This collection grew out of all of that: the struggle, the confusion, the pain, and also the beginnings of change.

(2019-2020) Oil on Canvas