Family Icons draws on religious imagery as a form of appropriation to explore narratives of the family—both as a social institution and as a personal, intimate construct. I work with traditional iconographic profiles such as the Pantocrator, the Vera Icon, and the Theotokos to portray close figures: relatives, memories, and emotional landscapes rooted in my own experience.

One recurring motif in my work is the Theotokos—the maternal figure rooted in Orthodox iconography, embodying countless myths throughout art history. Traditionally depicted as the bearer of life and mother of God, she appears in my practice as a mutable presence, resurfacing across different projects in varied and evolving forms.

I have Theotokos figures rendered in gold leaf, in neon colors, holding babies, dolls, or little monsters... Over time, this has developed into a kind of curious visual catalogue. This classical motif is continuously reinterpreted to reflect on the tensions, idealizations, and contradictions embedded in motherhood and the representation of family.