Self: Lost and Found explores the inner journey between losing and rediscovering oneself. The work unfolds as an emotional landscape in which forms emerge, dissolve, and reappear within layers of darkness and light. Rather than depicting a clear figure, it captures a state of transformation the moment when an individual confronts the distance between who they have become and who they have always been at their core.
The dominant black background symbolizes the unknown: a space where constructed identities begin to collapse and where certainty and control disappear. Within this darkness, tones of pink, white, orange, and violet emerge like memories, emotions, and forgotten fragments of the self returning to consciousness. The contrast between darkness and light reflects the enduring tension between concealment and revelation, while the organic gestures suggest the continuous reconstruction of human existence.
The work proposes that losing oneself is not the end of the journey, but a necessary stage of transformation. Before an individual can rediscover their essence, they must first confront the dissolution of the identities they have inherited, constructed, or performed for the world.
Self: Lost and Found does not offer answers. Instead, it invites the viewer to confront a universal question:
Who are you when everything by which you have defined yourself disappears?
It is precisely in that moment that the journey back to oneself begins.