"are you listening? Can you see me?"
*Are You Listening? Can You See Me?* is a body of work that interrogates the ongoing struggle for identity and equality through a feminist lens, using the visceral language of resin, sound, and cymatics to explore presence, erasure, and resilience. The title is both a plea and a provocation, directed at those who overlook, diminish, or silence the voices of women and marginalised identities.
This series emerges from the tension between visibility and audibility. Through resin, a material that simultaneously preserves, distorts, and reveals, I have created layered works that capture fleeting sound vibrations, rendered visible through cymatic patterns. These sonic imprints become symbolic of unheard voices: the things women say, cry, sing, or scream into a world that often chooses not to listen.
The resin forms function as frozen echoes, delicate, ghostly impressions of sound waves made tangible. Each piece begins with a recording of a voice or sound related to personal stories of inequality, gender-based struggle, or acts of resistance. These vibrations are transformed into patterns using cymatics and then embedded in transparent resin, evoking the layers of identity, the weight of silence, and the complexity of being seen as a whole person.
As a feminist artist, I am interested in the contradiction between being constantly looked at and yet not truly ‘seen’; in speaking and not being ‘heard’. These works ask viewers to consider how sound and presence can be manipulated, buried, or amplified, not only in material form but also within social structures.
This project sits at the intersection of art and activism. It challenges audiences to confront the discomfort of disconnection and the consequences of silence. In the stillness of resin and the echoes of sound, I invite viewers to look deeper, to listen harder, and to question the ways in which we all participate in systems of erasure and acknowledgment.
"Ocean moods"
2018
Resin and luminous pigments
90 x 90cm
This work captures the shifting emotional tides experienced under the weight of gendered expectations. The ocean’s vastness, its calm surface and hidden turbulence, mirrors the psychological flux many women endure. Layers of resin mimic water’s depth and movement, suggesting both serenity and unrest, reflecting the contradiction of appearing composed while navigating inner storms.
"Song for Rhiannon”
2018
Resin and luminous pigments
90 x 90cm
Dedicated to my daughter, this work becomes an offering of strength and tenderness. Through layered resin forms and wave-inspired patterns, it captures the protective, generational wisdom passed from mother to child. The silent song embedded in its form reflects love as resistance, a hope that the future she inherits will not echo the silences of the past.
“Seashore sunrise”
2018
Resin and luminous pigments
90 x 90cm
Symbolising moments of quiet awakening, Seashore Sunrise speaks to the first light of self-awareness emerging after prolonged silence. Through translucent resin and soft colour transitions, the work expresses hope without ignoring the shadow of past trauma. It represents renewal, a reclaiming of space, voice, and visibility.
“A place to hide”
2018
Resin and luminous pigments
90 x 90cm
A Place to Hide explores the instinct to retreat when safety or autonomy is threatened. Resin’s clarity and translucence are used to veil and protect inner layers, echoing the psychological need for boundaries. The work becomes both sanctuary and cage, embodying the complexity of concealment as both survival and suppression.
“Living galleries”
2018
Resin and luminous pigments
90 x 90cm
Living Galleries explores the body and mind as dynamic spaces — ever-changing repositories of memory, identity, and lived experience. This work reimagines the self as an internal exhibition space, where stories of gender, resilience, and silence are not only archived but actively reshaped. Echoing architectural and museological forms, the piece draws on the metaphor of the gallery as both sanctuary and site of exposure. Through layered materials and reflective surfaces, it invites viewers to witness what is typically unseen: the psychological interiors we carry, curate, and conceal. Living Galleries is both personal and political, a meditation on visibility and the fluid architecture of the self.
“Once in a dream”
2018
Resin and luminous pigments
90 x 90cm
This ethereal piece blends memory, longing, and the surreal. Resin's reflective quality evokes the fugitive nature of dreams, moments where freedom felt near but not fully grasped. Inspired by subconscious terrain and emotional echoes, the work floats between realms of what is and what could be, speaking to the quiet yearning for a different kind of existence.
“Submerged”
2018
Resin and luminous pigments
90 x 90cm
This piece visualises the experience of emotional submersion: the overwhelming feeling of being silenced or lost beneath societal pressures. Using cymatics to form delicate, wave-like geometries, it reflects trauma made invisible and silent. Yet, within that depth lies movement and resistance, a push against drowning in expectation.
“Windseeker”
2018
Resin and luminous pigments
90 x 90cm
This artwork channels the restless pursuit of freedom of breath, movement, and unbound self-expression. Inspired by wind's unseen force and the invisible vibrations of cymatics frequencies, Wind Seeker expresses the longing to transcend constraint. It celebrates feminine resilience and the relentless spirit that seeks light beyond restriction.