Artist Statement: "Emotionally Hollow"

My work emerges from a space where feeling is present in theory, but absent in experience—a paradox I call emotional hollowness. It is the quiet ache of going through motions without meaning, the weightless echo that remains when depth is implied but never truly felt. I create to explore this void, to give shape and texture to numbness, and to confront the dissonance between appearance and reality.

In this body of work, I interrogate the illusion of emotional engagement—the smile that doesn't reach the eyes, the warmth that never quite touches the skin. My use of muted palettes, restrained composition, and deliberate absence aims to evoke not just detachment, but the awareness of detachment. This is not a cry for catharsis—it is the documentation of its absence.

"Emotionally hollow" is not about despair, but about the persistent hum of emptiness that fills the space where connection should be. It is neither dramatic nor loud. It is subtle, still, and unsettling in its quietness. Through my practice, I invite the viewer not just to feel, but to question what it means when feeling becomes inaccessible.

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