NINO YUNIARDI

ARTIST’S STATEMENT

When I create, I embark on a journey of self-reflection. Each painting begins with a question, and through exploration, grows into a narrative; an abstraction of an aspect of life where the materials, colors, and textures become phrases and chapters describing the journey, not just the ending. 

The process is iterative and celebrates the curiosity and imperfection that makes life dynamic. Though each painting documents a personal journey, I invite others to reflect on their own experiences through the work. A continuation of learning and responding to emotions that are calling out to be expressed and interpreted as visual poetry. They are searching for context and creating an underlying story. Embracing differences, tension such as dark and light, the raw and refined, the thick and thin. Multiple layers of materials reveal a journey of discovery.

My work can be about food at the surface level, but underneath it all, it's about human connection and belonging.