Danakil Depression
2025-2026

Danakil Depression is not a place but a climate — oppressive, acidic, inescapable — where colour carries the weight of experience. The work draws on the residue of a fragmented upbringing shaped by absence, tension, and emotional volatility. Rather than recounting events, the paintings hold onto atmosphere: pressure without release, saturation without clarity, surfaces that feel unstable yet persistent. Through layered colour and exposed marks, the work considers how early environments imprint on perception, forming a visual language rooted in endurance, vulnerability, and the slow reconstruction of self.