My work is an exploration of human behaviour, not direcly from life, but through available contemporary media such as films, digital imagery (Internet screen shots, computer games, scanned magazines, newspapers photos, etc.). These found images often convey a straightforward message which I would qualify as "prêt à consommer" (ready to consume). I then transform them, blurring their initial meaning in order to
propose alternative narratives allowing the viewer to revisit our social habits and history from different perspectives.
My latest research have led to a body of work inspired by old and modern rituals involving strong feelings like religious devotion, fanatism, trance and frenzy.
In the initial stages, the images are created in a deliberate and controlled manner using different media such as drawing, collage and very old alternative photographic processes.
It is at their final stage, when I translate them into paintings that they seem to assume a certain degree of autonomy and evolve into something more ambiguous and unexpected, open to multiple interpretations and experiences.
EXHIBITIONS
June 2011 Southwark Open Studios Show
May 2011 Wimbledon Open Studios Show
October 2007 Wimbledon Open Studios Show
December 2006 Hans Brinker Prize Exhibition, Amsterdam, Joint exhibition
December 2006 "Watch this Space", The Violin Factory, London Joint exhibition
November 2006 The Great Art Fair, Alexandra Palace, London
November 2006 Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, London
October 2006 Liberté d'Expression Exhibition, Candid Art Trust, Islington, London, Joint exhibition
September 2006 Barclays Bank Exhibition, Barclays Headquarters, Canary Wharf, London, Joint exhibition
13-19 June 2006 The Light Gallery, London, EWACC Tenth Anniversary Group Show, Joint exhibition
April 2006 (Ongoing exhibition) White Cross – Farringdon Joint exhibition
2 – 22 May 2005 Gallerie San Roch, Céret, France A two-man show (JP Roffi – A. Szczech)
January-May 2005 Work selected for the BHF Bank exhibition, London
December 2004 The Mall Galleries, London Work selected for the Discerning Eye Prizes, sponsored by Parker Harris.
February 2004 Exhibition at the “Syndicat d’initiative”, Céret France
1998 (regular basis) Exhibitions at the “Ateliers d’Art La Caboussette”, Céret, France
EDUCATION
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Art
