“Water and Oil Don’t Mix” is both the title and the guiding principle of this series. In creating these artworks, I use the natural resistance between oil and liquid acrylic as a method of discovery. By layering these incompatible materials on the same surface, I observe pigments pushing, repelling, and settling into unexpected organic forms. This encounter becomes both process and metaphor, capturing moments of tension, separation, and uneasy coexistence.
The series reflects my interest in understanding what brings people together and what keeps them apart, and how our environments, beliefs, and emotions shape both personal experience and the collective field we share. These works question where such divisions begin and end, while suggesting a deeper sense of connection beneath the surface. The series also echoes the contrasts and challenges we experience when beings so apparently different in nature must coexist in the same place - whether a city, a country, or a community.
The project was developed during my participation in the GlogauAIR Artists in Residence Online Program (Berlin, Oct–Dec 2025). It was also fully documented, resulting in a series of process videos that add another layer of reflection to the experiment, where time plays a crucial role in organizing and rearranging the initial settings.